{"id":4313,"date":"2026-06-02T04:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ted-danson-shocked-women-viewed-him-as-a-sex-symbol-during-early-cheers-days\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T04:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:37:03","slug":"ted-danson-shocked-women-viewed-him-as-a-sex-symbol-during-early-cheers-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ted-danson-shocked-women-viewed-him-as-a-sex-symbol-during-early-cheers-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Danson shocked women viewed him as a sex symbol during early \u2018Cheers\u2019 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2Fted-danson-says-couldnt-believe-129440309.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cCheers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a recent episode of his podcast, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UzaUt0NpG3M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Where Everybody Knows Your Name<\/a>,\u201d the 78-year-old actor interviewed \u201cParent Trap\u201d star, Lisa Ann Walter, and had a surprising answer when she asked him \u201cwhat happened when you figured out what a hottie you were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t go back too far because it\u2019s not necessary, but I was the guy who literally I would be, the woman would be standing opposite me naked and I\u2019d be going \u2018What?\u2019 I\u2019d look over my shoulder and be like, \u2018You mean me?&#8217;\u201d he said. \u201cLiterally, it took me until the second year of \u2018Cheers\u2019 when I decided, \u2018You know what? Keep your mouth shut, Ted.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor said that whenever he wasn\u2019t on set and \u201csomebody would say something\u201d about <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/06\/celebrity-news\/ted-danson-recently-experienced-a-health-scare-that-was-humbling\/\">his sex symbol status<\/a>, he would start to protest, and before catching himself, noting, \u201cI\u2019d have to swallow it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that when anyone would compliment him and tell him \u201cyou\u2019re so sexy and so funny,\u201d he attributed it to the show\u2019s decision to hire \u201cvery sexy looking women to look at Sam Malone and go, \u2018Wow, he\u2019s sexy.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got that mantle and I finally learned to keep my mouth shut,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ted Danson as Sam Malone in the sitcom \u201cCheers.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Walter later assured Danson that while he may not have been feeling it, \u201cyou were selling it,\u201d and it wasn\u2019t just about \u201cthe women they put around you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/21\/celebrity-news\/ted-danson-says-bill-clinton-grilled-him-about-his-intentions-with-mary-steenburgen-using-secret-service\/\">Danson starred as<\/a> Sam Malone\u00a0on \u201cCheers\u201d for over 12 years, from 1982 to 1993, a role which earned him two Emmy Awards for lead actor in a comedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCheers\u201d came to an end after 11 seasons when Danson decided to<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/11\/23\/entertainment\/how-ted-danson-reacted-to-being-constantly-called-an-icon-on-set-of-man-on-the-inside\/\">\u00a0leave the show<\/a>\u00a0in order to pursue other opportunities, with executives deciding to end the show upon his departure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cast photo of the TV series \u201cCheers\u201d featuring Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Woody Harrelson, George Wendt, Kelsey Grammer, Rhea Perlman, and John Ratzenberger. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9NBC\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was changing for the better and working really hard at that, so I thought, \u2018Might as well jump completely off the cliff,&#8217;\u201d Danson shared about his decision to leave the show in an August 2025 episode of the podcast. \u201cAnd [there was] a little bit of \u2026 \u2018If I don\u2019t leave now, I may not know if I could do anything else, and I want to see if I can do any other stuff.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following his time on the show, Danson appeared in films such as \u201cPontiac Moon\u201d and \u201cSaving Private Ryan,\u201d and successful television shows such as, \u201cBecker,\u201d \u201cDamages,\u201d Curb Your Enthusiasm,\u201d and \u201cCSI: Crime Scene Investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, he introduced himself to a younger audience playing a demon named Michael, in \u201cThe Good Place,\u201d a role which earned him three Emmy Award nominations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>After 11 seasons, Danson quit \u201cCheers\u201d to chase new roles, later landing hits like \u201cThe Good Place\u201d and \u201cMan on the Inside.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI love when 12-year-olds and their parents come up and tell me how much they love watching \u2018The Good Place<em>,\u2019<\/em>\u201d Danson told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2019\/06\/the-good-place-ted-danson-interview-anatomy-of-a-character?srsltid=AfmBOopInPSL05cHZgmhYONlaB93ZWS716ByUHDyM4gxzV7Ya1aXJxXi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a>\u00a0in June 2019. \u201cI\u2019m just really grateful that I got to be part of a show that I think actually, in a wonderful, silly, happy, uplifting way, means something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Danson is currently starring in\u00a0Netflix\u2019s \u201cMan on the Inside,\u201d\u00a0playing a retired professor who finds a new career as a spy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/02\/celebrity-news\/ted-danson-shocked-women-viewed-him-as-a-sex-symbol-during-early-cheers-days\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCheers.\u201d During a recent episode of his podcast, \u201cWhere Everybody Knows Your Name,\u201d the 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