Suzanne Somers, 76, of Three's Company fame （人命などを）奪う，主張するs she said NO to co-hosting The 見解（をとる） with Barbara Walters when the show 開始する，打ち上げるd

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Suzanne Somers has had a lot of success in her long career.

The 76-year-old had her breakout 役割 in the 1970s in Three's Company, had a lucrative Las Vegas residency in the 1980s, built an empire in the 1990s with the ThighMaster and 再燃するd her 事実上の／代理 career in with Step by Step.

But there is one 適切な時期 Suzanne - who has been married to husband Alan Hamel for 55 years - was 現在のd with that she passed on: co-hosting The 見解（をとる） with Barbara Walters.?

'I was 初めは asked to be on the 初めの 見解（をとる） with Barbara Walters and whoever else, and I turned it 負かす／撃墜する,' the actress, 76, 株d during Wednesday's episode of the Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast.

'And everyone said, "Why would you turn that 負かす／撃墜する? It is a 国家の show,"' Somers 解任するd.

Mogul:?Suzanne Somers has had a lot of success in her long career. The 76-year-old had her breakout role in the 1970s in Three's Company but there's one opportunity she turned down

Mogul:?Suzanne Somers has had a lot of success in her long career. The 76-year-old had her breakout 役割 in the 1970s in Three's Company but there's one 適切な時期 she turned 負かす／撃墜する

Bombshell: She had a lucrative Las Vegas residency in the 1980s, built an empire in the 1990s with the ThighMaster and rekindled her acting career in with Step by Step

Bombshell: She had a lucrative Las Vegas residency in the 1980s, built an empire in the 1990s with the ThighMaster and 再燃するd her 事実上の／代理 career in with Step by Step

She continued: 'I said, 'First of all, I have to live in New York. I don't really wanna live in New York. I like the 天候 負かす／撃墜する here, and I like the vibe 負かす／撃墜する here.'' she explained.

'But secondly, I don't do 井戸／弁護士席 争う for time. And there, you gotta interrupt and butt in and butt out. It's just not my personality.'?

And she walked away and 'never looked 支援する.'

Suzanne was 解雇する／砲火／射撃d from Three's Company after four years on the show when she 需要・要求するd her 支払う／賃金 be raised from $30,000 per episode to the $150,000 per episode that her co-星／主役にする John Ritter was making.?

'At that time, the men were making 10 to 15 times more than I was,' she told Fox News 数字表示式の.?

'And I was on the No. 1 show. It just seemed wrong because I was 明確に 存在 underpaid. And it's not like I stopped the show. My 契約 was up. We had a 会合 with the lawyers. But, by then, they had already decided.?

'I was waiting at home ― and remember, this was a time before 独房 phones, so it felt like an eternity,' Somers 解任するd. 'It was a gray day. And the 前線 door opened in a way that you knew bad news was coming. It was really slow. And I heard my husband going up the stairs really slowly. I met him at the 上陸.

Early years: Susan Lucci, center in red, with, from left, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck in 2012

早期に years: Susan Lucci, 中心 in red, with, from left, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck in 2012

'He looked at me, shook his 長，率いる, and said, "You're out. You were gone within the first five minutes when I walked into the 会合." … Now, I was out of work and labeled 'trouble' only because I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be paid 公正に／かなり for doing my 職業.'

The 圧力（をかける） turned against her and she 設立する herself wondering what to do when she realized she needed to 焦点（を合わせる） on what she had and not what she didn't have. And what she had was the fact that almost everyone on the 惑星 knew who she was.?

After a lucrative Las Vegas residency that had a grueling schedule, the Three's Company alum 手配中の，お尋ね者 to try something new.?

She 開始する，打ち上げるd the ThighMaster in 1990 and it was an 即座の 現象. She said she stopped counting how many she sold after 10 million.

The View:?But there's one opportunity she was presented with that she passed on: co-hosting The View with Barbara Walters. 'I was originally asked to be on the original View with Barbara Walters and whoever else, and I turned it down,' the actress, 76, shared during Wednesday's episode of the Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast

The 見解（をとる）:?But there's one 適切な時期 she was 現在のd with that she passed on: co-hosting The 見解（をとる） with Barbara Walters. 'I was 初めは asked to be on the 初めの 見解（をとる） with Barbara Walters and whoever else, and I turned it 負かす／撃墜する,' the actress, 76, 株d during Wednesday's episode of the Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast

Long time love: Suzanne has been married to her husband Alan Hamel for 55 years

Long time love: Suzanne has been married to her husband Alan Hamel for 55 years

No regrets:?'And everyone said, "Why would you turn that down? It is a national show,"' Somers recalled

No 悔いるs:?'And everyone said, "Why would you turn that 負かす／撃墜する? It is a 国家の show,"' Somers 解任するd

By 1992 she was the Home Shopping 網状組織's 最高の，を越す-se lling brands. But she has one （民事の）告訴.

'My biggest （民事の）告訴 today is that I work too much. I’m always keeping busy. The pandemic worked for me because we started doing Facebook Live shows and Instagram shows three times a week.?

'We start the show with some tequila on ice, and it’s like having a drink together while my husband is running the camera.?

'There’s just so much freedom on the internet than there is on mainstream television. I’m just loving where I’ve been and where I’m 長，率いるing.'

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