Speaking ahead of the fifth anniversary of Waite's death on Wednesday, Learned said: 'We had a deep love for each other that we would have ruined if we had taken it that extra step, and we didn't. Tens of millions of fans believed they were the perfect couple raising their family in depression hit Virginia. Learned, 79, revealed that she and Waite, 85, remained very close up until his death from old age on February 13, 2014, thanks to their bond working on the show. 'We're both very flawed human beings, but I loved him dearly, what can I say? And he loved me.' 'But if we'd been married or something, I might have had a problem with his complicatedness and he might have with mine. And because we remained the kind of friends we remained, none of that bothered me. 'He had so many colors to his life and his character and he was deeply honest with himself and God conscious I think, and complicated. 'He was a minister before he became an actor. He lost a daughter from leukemia and I think that's when he started drinking. 'But what Ralph and I had was something that came across on screen.'Īdmitting she was 'going to tear up', she added: 'He was a complicated man. 'And I think that's why we became a spiritual husband and wife if you will, and I miss him terribly. In an emotional interview reformed alcoholic Learned also reveals how Waite 'saved her life' as her heavy drinking - mainly bourbon and wine - ran out of control during the early years of the CBS series. Instead Learned says their instant chemistry turned into a lifelong friendship and Waite became her 'spiritual husband.' In an exclusive interview with on the fifth anniversary of his death, Learned, 79, reveals that she and Waite 'were in love' off screen and they even went on a date.īut the pragmatic pair decided during their first intimate meeting that they probably shouldn't pursue a romance as it could ruin the famous show and 'get messy'. Now for the first time in almost four decades, veteran actress Learned has revealed the truth behind their close relationship and told how they did almost become lovers.
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They became famous as America's most perfect husband and wife on TV's The Waltons - the close-knit rural family whose struggles through the Great Depression and World War II ran for nine seasons and multiple TV movies.Īnd viewers often wondered whether the obvious on screen chemistry between actress Michael Learned and screen husband Ralph Waite ever spilled out into real life during the show's more than 10-year run. She added: 'We're both very flawed human beings, but I loved him dearly, what can I say? And he loved me'īy Ryan Parry West Coast Editor For And James Desborough For.Learned, 79, revealed she and Waite, 85, remained very close up until his death on February 13, 2014, thanks to their bond working on the show.
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The reformed alcoholic also revealed how Waite 'saved her life' as her heavy drinking ran out of control during the early years of the CBS series.Learned said: 'We had a deep love for each other that we would have ruined if we had taken it that extra step, and we didn't'.The actress said they decided during their first intimate meeting they probably shouldn't pursue a romance as it could ruin the famous show and 'get messy'.Learned says their instant chemistry turned into a lifelong friendship and Waite became her 'spiritual husband'.When the show first started airing in 1972, Learned was going through a divorce and Waite had also gone through a divorce a few years earlier.In an exclusive interview with Learned reveals that she and Waite 'were in love' off screen and they even went on a date.
Michael Learned and Ralph Waite starred as husband and wife on The Waltons - a CBS show that ran for nine seasons and multiple TV movies in the 1970s.EXCLUSIVE: The Waltons mom Michael Learned confesses she and TV husband Ralph Waite were deeply in love - but they feared pursuing their off-screen romance would ruin the show and get 'too messy'
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