Even if the name of Patrick Duffy means nothing to you, that of Bobby Ewing in the Dallas series immediately refreshes your memory! It is in the columns of Télé Loisirs that the former monster of the small screen confided in the loss of his wife in 2017, but also on the good surprises of life. Three years later, the comedian has found love again.
It is on the occasion of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival which takes place like every year in June in the Principality of Monaco that our colleagues from Entertainment TV met an icon of the small screen, Patrick Duffy. The one who played for more than 13 years Bobby Ewing in the cult series dallas to then resume his role between 2012 and 2014 confided without taboo on his personal life.
The man who was married for more than forty years lost his wife Carlyn Rosser in 2017. A terrible loss for the comedian who thought he would never be able to find love again at more than 74 years old. Yet it is said that one should never lose hope, this was indeed the case for Patrick Duffy. Indeed, the one who has chained successful roles in the series, each more famous than the other (Dallas, Our Beautiful Family, Love, Glory and Beauty) now lives a magnificent love story with actress Linda Purl. Younger than him by eight springs, Patrick Duffy recounts how he met the 67-year-old actress.
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A love story that took its mark during the Covid
It is through this interview that we discover that the actor will soon return to our screens with his new lover, Linda Purl. It is together that the couple will appear in the next seasons ofLove glory and beauty, an idea suggested by the actor himself to the producer of the series Bradley Bell. A lovely love story that began when the Covid-19 pandemic was at its height.
Even if he had known each other for many years, 1978 according to the words of Patrick Duffy, neither of them had tried anything. It was only during the pandemic that a mutual friend of the two future lovers created a group conversation on a social network to hear from them. A conversation with several who turned into a private discussion for more than three months, the actor says: “In the end, we spoke by videoconference every day for two to three hours. The conversations got deeper and we learned so much about each other“. Then the click, it is then that Patrick Duffy decides to take his car and join his sweetheart who lives more than 2400 kilometers from his home: “Once in front of her, I didn’t know what was going to happen. Either it would be a great love story or we’d still be friends. We’ve been together for three years now. “A beautiful love story as we like them!
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