Suzanne Somers looked much younger than her years when she dressed up in all black for a dinner date with her husband Alan Hamel.
The 73-year-old Three’s Company star explained on her podcast she was cooking a Southwest meal for her spouse of 43 years as well as her granddaughter Violet.
On the menu was Big Al’s ribs using the Southwest sea salt rub from her Suzanne Organics spice line. The couple laughed and joked with their family and were clearly having fun spending some quality time in the kitchen.
Yee-haw! Suzanne Somers looked much younger than her years when she dressed up in all black for a dinner date with her husband Alan Hamel this week
Chef Suzanne: The 73-year-old Three’s Company star explained on her podcast she was cooking a Southwest meal for her spouse of 43 years as well as her granddaughter Violet
‘Southwest Day!!’ the Six Million Dollar Man actress wrote in her caption. ‘Join us to celebrate the flavors of the SouthWest region!’
In a video seen on Instagram she said, ‘Today is Southwest Day, whatever that means.
‘We’re all dressed up as cowboys today. Today we are making Big Al’s Ribs using the Southwest Sea Salt.’
Her husband had on a black cowboy hat and a print shirt with shorts.
‘I am making tortillas,’ she said. ‘Isn’t that what all Irish women do? No I have never made tortillas before.’
Meat time: On the menu was Big Al’s ribs using the Southwest sea salt rub from her Suzanne Organics spice line. The couple laughed and joked with their family and were clearly having fun spending some quality time in the kitchen
Spicy lady: ‘Southwest Day!!’ the Six Million Dollar Man actress wrote in her caption. ‘Join us to celebrate the flavors of the SouthWest region!’
She explained they had a tortilla press. ‘I can’t wait,’ said the star, happy to be making a new dish
Suzanne looked stunning as she donned a beige cowboy hat as a nod to her love for the desert. She added turquoise bracelets.
Also there was her granddaughter Violet who managed to film the clip while taking care of the star’s small white dog.
This comes after she said her husband still ‘turns me on’ after five decades together.
The 73-year-old icon told Fox News: ‘Since the day we met, I’m overwhelmed with the feeling that I can’t get enough of him.’
Some help: In a video seen on Instagram she said, ‘Today is Southwest Day, whatever that means. ‘We’re all dressed up as cowboys today. Today we are making Big Al’s Ribs using the Southwest Sea Salt.’ She was also with her granddaughter
Mixing the ingredients: Violet helped make the tortillas; Somers said the press was new
A new star in the making? Violet seemed to like the spotlight as she showed off her blue top
Suzanne got together with Alan, 84, while she was a prize model on the game show Anniversary Game from 1969 to 1970 and he was the host.
‘I love his smarts, I love his sexiness, I love the “bad boy” in him. I know he loves me deeply. He is loyal. I trust him,’ said Suzanne.
‘I love who he is as a husband and father. He is a success in every arena. He is my soulmate. We laugh together all throughout the day…and he’s a great dancer!’
They married in 1977 and although they did not have any children together they had each become parents during their previous marriages.
Home on the range: Alan had on a print shirt as Violet cuddled the family dog
Suzanne, nee Mahoney, married one Bruce Somers in 1965 at the age of 19 and had a son with him called Bruce Jr. before their divorce in 1968.
Meanwhile when he was 19 himself Alan married a woman called Marilyn with whom he had his son Stephen and daughter Leslie.
Alan has admitted that he and Suzanne ‘married and fought like wild dogs for years. But we both knew that this was the real deal and worth figuring out, which we did.’
Just the three of us: John Ritter, Joyce Dewitt, Somers on Three’s Company in 1977
He added: ‘Since that time, our relationship has really deepened and I don’t remember the last time we argued. We are together 24 hours a day and not one night apart in over 40 years. I crave another 40.’
As he is Jewish and Suzanne is Irish Catholic they enlisted both a priest and a rabbi to perform their 1977 nuptials.
They lived together for years before marrying and during their engagement Suzanne told People that it was ‘a great relief’ to make the romance legal.
She explained: ‘Our relationship has been a product of the 1970s, the era of cohabiting, but I’m ready for the respectability of it, and so is Alan.’
During that 1977 interview Suzanne recalled the moment she and Alan first met, saying: ‘My mouth fell open like a St. Bernard’s and I still feel that way about him.’
So in love: Somers, 73, dished that her husband Hamel, 84, still ‘turns me on’ after five decades together; the couple are pictured together in 2018
A few years ago Suzanne shed light on the tensions that roiled their relationship in the early stages of their marriage.
‘We argued a lot in the first 10 years, ‘cause we were blending families. And that’s very difficult because there’s no child who wants a new parent, so we’re trying to put our kids together, and you just have to be patient,’ she said on the Today show.
‘The last 10 years, I don’t remember having an argument. We’re so compatible that even a cross tone will hurt one another’s feelings.’
Alan rose to fame as a successful TV presenter in his native Canada but eventually moved into producing for the small screen.
His work in that area including Suzanne’s two talk shows as well as her 1980 romantic comedy film Nothing Personal co-starring Donald Sutherland.
The couple currently work together hosting Virtual Happy Hours from their home bar on Facebook Live amid the coronavirus lockdowns.
Through the years: Suzanne and Alan, who lived together for years before they got married, are pictured in a portrait in 1980