Ted Danson ‘didn’t grow up emotionally’ until his 40s, was ‘liar’ in relationship: I went to ‘a psychologist’

He recovered his measurement to nan bully place. 

Ted Danson is opening up astir his past. In a new question and reply pinch NPR published July 4, Danson, 76, said, “I didn’t really turn up emotionally until I was successful my 40s, and I was a spot of a liar successful my relationship. I’ll time off it astatine that. And I started to activity connected myself very earnestly astir that time. I went to clinics and a scientist and a mentor. I worked very difficult to not beryllium that personification who hid his emotions and near retired nan backmost door.” 

The “Cheers” star, who has been joined to Mary Steenburgen since 1995, was antecedently joined to shaper Cassandra “Casey” Coates until 1993. He went connected to famously beryllium pinch Whoopi Goldberg, which reportedly contributed to his divided from Coates.

Although Danson didn’t straight mention Goldberg, he seemingly addressed their past romance.

“That was each benignant of messily successful nan press, and my mediocre parents were going, ‘What?’ And I yet called them and they were very saccharine and they came to support maine and everything. The property sounded horrible. But nan activity underneath nan property was invaluable. I’m very gladsome for that time, moreover though it was messy – very messy.”

Goldberg once told Closer, “It was really painful, and it was very public. And nan nonaccomplishment of his relationship hurts a awesome deal. We tin ne'er spell and person a soda, anywhere. I’m friends pinch almost each man I’ve gone retired with, isolated from this man.”

Danson’s highly publicized divorcement from Coates reportedly costs him $30 cardinal successful 1993, ranking it among nan astir costly divorces successful Hollywood history. 

Despite alluding to really his past was “messy,” “The Good Place” prima besides told nan outlet, “I wouldn’t take a do-over. You know, if I did thing otherwise and I took a different path, I wouldn’t beryllium pinch my wife, Mary Steenburgen. I americium horribly embarrassed astir galore things successful my past, things that are cringeworthy, but that’s my life.”

He continued, “I wish I hadn’t go a liar and walked retired nan backmost doorway early successful life. I wish that hadn’t been me, but moreover your wounds, you benignant of person fondness for if you’ve gone done them and unrecorded done it and acknowledged it and made amends and each that stuff.”

He besides revealed that Steenburgen was instantly accepting of his checkered past. 

“First of all, I’m 1 of those group that obnoxiously vomits their life retired connected people. Literally nan time I met her,” said Danson, adding that his existent woman accepted him from nan start. 

“I was for illustration a person to truth. And our life together is truthful quiet of secrets. If there’s moreover a infinitesimal erstwhile I didn’t precisely show nan truth, it’s truthful devastating to maine that I instantly grind to a halt and say, ‘I sewage to talk to you.’ Being truthful, it greases nan skids of life. But our life together is very afloat of laughter and joy. We’re very blessed.”