After Suzanne Somers’ request to be paid the same as John Ritter, producers of the show started to write her off “Three’s Company.” This caused tension on set, and after Somers officially left “Three’s Company,” she and Joyce DeWitt didn’t speak again for over three decades. It wasn’t until DeWitt was asked to be on Somers’ talk show, “Suzanne Somers Breaking Through,” in 2012 that the two finally got to talk about what happened in 1980.
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After an emotional embrace, the two began talking about how they felt about the reunion. Somers shared she was “overwhelmed with emotion.” Eventually the two discussed “Three’s Company,” and Somers shared that from her perspective, “I always saw this as a business venture […] in a group of serious actors. I probably pissed you all off.” When the sitcom started, Somers was a single mother who wanted to provide for her son, Bruce Somers Jr. DeWitt, on the other hand, was there for the experience. “I have relentlessly said that it is my opinion that the only reason ‘Three’s Company’ is worth remembering is that it created an opportunity for all of us to laugh together, to celebrate joy. It’s a profound gift,” DeWitt admitted. While they may have drifted apart, DeWitt said to Somers, “What you’ve gone on to do is immeasurable.”
