“Three’s Company” was a landmark and breakout 1970s and ’80s sitcom that gave us breakout stars.
The late John Ritter was one of them, while Suzanne Somers was the other.
Somers played the ditzy blonde bombshell of the roommate trio to perfection.
Her sweet nature and good looks made her a household name with just one season down.
After four seasons, things were not working out on the set for her at all, according toBiography.
In 1980, their reasons may have been acceptable, but today they have become more controversial.
Somers told the Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009 (viaBiography).
According toPeople, she later asked for $150,000 an episode and the response was not what she expected.
“The show’s response was, ‘Who do you think you are?’
They said, ‘John Ritteris the star.'”
She never got another contract and Chrissy was phased off the show (viaOutsider).
Her scenes were never more than a minute long and she filmed them off-contract with no other actors around.
“I probably would have never left web link series,” she says.
But I was ostracized.
So I went away," Somers toldPeople.
