{"id":2664,"date":"2026-05-19T11:46:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/william-daniels-wife-bonnie-bartlett-confesses-to-having-months-long-affair-with-boring-actor\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:46:26","slug":"william-daniels-wife-bonnie-bartlett-confesses-to-having-months-long-affair-with-boring-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/william-daniels-wife-bonnie-bartlett-confesses-to-having-months-long-affair-with-boring-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"William Daniels&#8217; wife, Bonnie Bartlett, confesses to having months-long affair with &#8216;boring&#8217; actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/128192702.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>These are her confessions.<\/p>\n<p>William Daniels\u2019 wife, Bonnie Bartlett, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/01\/17\/wife-of-boy-meets-world-actor-william-daniels-details-open-marriage\/\">confessed to having a months-long affair<\/a> with a \u201cslightly boring\u201d actor.<\/p>\n<p>In her 2023 memoir, <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"B0BRLYKLQM\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMiddle-Rainbow-daughter-managed-herself%2Fdp%2FB0BRLYKLQM%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F05%2F19%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fwilliam-daniels-wife-bonnie-bartlett-confesses-to-having-months-long-affair-with-boring-actor%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cMiddle of the Rainbow,\u201d <\/a>the \u201cLove of Life\u201d actress said she began looking for a \u201ckinder and gentler man\u201d in the early years of her marriage with the \u201cBoy Meets World\u201d alum, whom she wed in 1951.<\/p>\n<p>Bartlett, now 96, wrote that she had \u201can affair that lasted a few months\u201d in 1959 with an actor who was \u201cslightly boring.\u201d However, she admitted that \u201cthe sex was good.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">William Daniels\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Bettmann Archive<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI never felt guilty because I never felt tied to fidelity, and neither did Bill,\u201d she penned.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLittle House on the Prairie\u201d alum\u2019s fling eventually blew over.<\/p>\n<p>Though Bartlett was having fun on the side, she wrote that she became \u201cdevastated\u201d when her husband had an affair with a producer in the \u201970s. She realized she \u201ccould no longer tolerate any kind of open marriage.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/William-Daniels-Bonnie-Bartlett-0007.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Last week, the longtime couple \u2014 who are slated to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary next month \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/18\/celebrity-news\/william-daniels-99-and-wife-bonnie-bartlett-96-detail-rules-of-open-marriage\/\">clarified earlier remarks made about their \u201copen marriage.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s funny, the press will pick up on something and make more of it than it was,\u201d Bartlett\u00a0told the Daily Mail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was never any discussion as to what we were going to do, but in 75 years, the two of you together, you know, it would be abnormal if you \u2026 weren\u2019t attracted occasionally to other people,\u201d she shared, adding that \u201cthere have been times, yeah, both of us, on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSt. Elsewhere\u201d actress explained that she and Daniels, 99, never discussed an \u201copen\u201d arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill and I never sit down and make rules,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cWe never sit down and talk about these things. We just don\u2019t. We just live our lives. And if he\u2019s away for a year, he\u2019s away for a year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">William Daniels\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur lives just went on, but we never got unhinged \u2026 We never got unhinged, but our lives did go in different directions occasionally,\u201d Bartlett said.<\/p>\n<p>The actress and Daniels \u2014\u00a0best known for playing Mr. Feeny on the beloved family sitcom \u201cBoy Meets World\u201d \u2014 tied the knot on June 30, 1951.<\/p>\n<p>Ten years into their marriage, the pair welcomed son William Jr. However, he died 24 hours later. The actors later adopted two sons \u2014 Robert and Michael Daniels.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/19\/celebrity-news\/william-daniels-wife-bonnie-bartlett-confesses-to-having-months-long-affair-with-boring-actor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are her confessions. 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