Kirstie Alley’s first marriage was to Bob Alley, who she met in high school. The two married in 1970 and moved together from Kansas to California to kickstart her career. Their marriage ended after seven years though, with Kirstie telling Entertainment Tonight in 2012 that the demise of their relationship came after she fell in love with someone else. Kirstie only referred to the other man as Jake, but explained to the outlet, “I sort of cheated.” She claimed she did not sleep with Jake but did kiss him. “I think it was worse when you fall in love with someone else, when you’re with someone, and you’re plotting and you’re planning,” Kirstie confessed, adding that because she locked lips with Jake she felt she had no choice but to divorce Bob. “It took a long time [to forgive myself] because I was a horrible person, I destroyed my marriage,” she said.
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Kirstie (who actually had the surname Alley before marrying Bob) also spoke candidly about their marriage in her 2012 book, “The Art of Men (I Prefer Mine al Dente),” where she described Bob as being the first proper love of her life. She also detailed the difficulties she had in their relationship, including sharing how she had a gut feeling Bob had gotten a little close with one of their classmates while they were dating, which he then confessed to her shortly after they married, leaving Kirstie devastated.
