‘Cheers’ star Ted Danson and his wife Mary Steenburgen wake up at 4:30 am for ‘date early bird specials’

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People, Danson explained that the couple, who will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary next year, prefer to spend time together in the early mornings compared to a romantic date night.“Date nights are kind of, at my age, date early bird specials,” Danson, 76, told the outlet.He continued, “The most fun is the early mornings, 4:30 in the morning, coffee in bed, playing Wordle, Connections, and Spelling Bee, talking and laughing and sharing.”“To both of us, it’s like heaven on Earth,” said the actor.Despite both of their busy schedules, Danson said that distance does not stop him from having his sweet mornings with Steenburgen, 71.“Even if she’s working in a different time zone, we will wake up in time to be able to play our games and have coffee over the phone,” he said.Danson told the outlet that part of the reason he cherishes these moments with his wife is because they did not meet until later in life.

When they met, Steenburgen and Danson were in their 40s and both had been previously married.Steenburgen shares a son and daughter with actor Malcolm McDowell, to whom she was married from 1980 until 1990.

Danson first married Randy Danson in 1970 before splitting in 1975. He married his second wife, Casey Coates, in 1977, and they divorced in 1993; they share two daughters, Alexis and Kate.“I had, about a year before, decided I want to become a more emotionally mature, honest human being,” Danson recalled prior to meeting Steenburgen.