Hamel, who was married to the Three’s Firm star from 1977 till her loss of life in 2023, is now relationship one in all Somers’ former co-stars, actress Joanna Cassidy, who beforehand appeared alongside the late star within the 1985 miniseries Hollywood Wives.

“I do not know the place this relationship goes,” Hamel instructed Web page Six Wednesday, confirming the romance after the 2 had been noticed out collectively at a restaurant in Malibu, California.

The producer says Somers — additionally identified for Step by Step and American Graffiti — gave him her blessing to maneuver on earlier than she handed away from breast most cancers at 76, at some point shy of her 77th birthday.

“Since Suzanne was my solely date for over 50 years, I am a virgin dater,” Hamel shared with the identical outlet in December. “Suzanne instructed me once we knew the top was close to to not ‘mope round’ and reside my life.”

Hamel, 88, revealed his historical past with Cassidy, 79, truly goes again lengthy earlier than Hollywood Wives.

“I’ve identified Joanna Cassidy for over 45 years,” he defined. “Joanna was a visitor star on The Alan Hamel Present in Canada within the ’70s. She was an ideal visitor and it was a dynamic present, and we appreciated one another, not romantically, however primarily with respect. Each of us had been married on the time.”

Their paths crossed once more when Cassidy labored with Somers on the Jackie Collins-inspired miniseries, the place the pair costarred alongside Candice Bergen, Stefanie Powers, and Angie Dickinson.

In keeping with Hamel, it wasn’t till lately, nonetheless, that sparks lastly flew when his son re-introduced the pair.

“My son [from a previous marriage] met Joanna at a screening and after an extended dialog instructed to Joanna that she and me would get alongside and may meet,” Hamel mentioned. “Stephen didn’t know we knew one another.”

They are saying timing is all the things, and this time round, it appears to be like just like the pair lastly received it proper, as each had been single and open to reconnecting.

Cassidy, who has but to publicly communicate concerning the relationship, is finest identified for her roles in movies like Blade Runner, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Do not Inform Mother the Babysitter’s Useless. She additionally starred in all 5 seasons of HBO’s Six Toes Below between 2001 and 2005.