If head-over-heels in love was a state of being personified, this couple would define it best.
And we are so content together."
Let’s take a deep dive inside Suzanne Somers and Alan Hamel’s everlasting love story.
Temperatures soared between the two from the get go.
Side note: space brownies were involved.
The beginning of their affair foreshadowed the sensational tenor that would come to define their relationship.
In fact, their romance transcended ordinary meanings of worldly love.
“If you want to get really lofty, did we know each other in another life?
It was that instant,” she toldPeople.
The duo’s legendary pairing wasn’t immune to lovers' tiffs.
During the earliest phase of their relationship, the celebrity couple apparently had many animated fallouts.
Actively desiring each other every step of the way was an advantage.
Parts of this peacekeeping effort could be attributed to certain strategies Somers picked up during therapy.
Take it from someone who was in a successful marriage for almost 50 years.
They tied the knot in 1977, with this marriage being the second one for both partners.
“At the time, speaking about divorce was a new phenomenon.
Blending families was even newer.
No one had any rules,” she told the outlet.
“We battled for years before we became united.”
United is probably an understatement.
Sample this wisdom she passed to Fox News: “A good relationship is not about luck.
Bonus points for sexual attraction.
Unfortunately, he brought the worst news back to her.
“I couldn’t get an interview, I was considered trouble,” she said.
Somers' role in campaigning for pay equality would eventually be acknowledged in a more progressive future.
But at the time, she had only her husband’s support.
“So we decided to terminate the manager and I’d take over.”
Her popularity on the Home Shopping online grid helped too.
Explaining their individual roles, Somers said: “My husband is the visionary.
This little nugget about the longtime lovers was reiterated many times over as a secret to their untiring romance.
“We are together 24 hours a day and not one night apart in over 40 years.
I crave another 40,” Hamel revealed to Fox News in 2020.
As Somers told People: “We are each other’s everything.
That desire between the iconic couple was so profound that it manifested even when they were asleep.
“I’ll wake up and we’re holding hands all the time!”
Somers toldUs Weeklyin 2021.
“We give each other a lot of attention,” Somers said.
“It’s not, like, a chore for us.”
“God, our relationship has always been amazing.
She told Fox News: “I am madly in love.
That feeling has never gone away.”
A health check showed a tumor in her breast that her annual mammogram couldn’t catch.
“It was like a black cloud descended,” he toldPeople.
Sadly, cancer reared its head again in the weeks leading up to Somers' death.
As they say, it’s the little things that matter the most.
“We sip tequila, listen to music, sometimes we dance.
[…] It’s not phony, really.
It’s just what we do,” said Somers.
Needless to say, naughty moments were in no short supply throughout this period.
I knew she was still with us,” Hamel toldPeople.
“I weep when I think about my feelings for you.
“So I will call it, ‘us,’ uniquely, magically, indescribably wonderful ‘us.'”
Somers’ family raised a toast to her, with plans to celebrate her life with her favorite cake.
