What Really Happened to Richard Simmons” — and how she observed “heartache” in the mysterious “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” star.Simmons, 74, was last seen on Feb.
15, 2014, when he closed his fitness studio and ceased all teaching.The “Three’s Company” alum, 75, looked back in the documentary about her last moments with Simmons, noting how she was supposed to appear on “Larry King Live” one evening.“One night I was on the ‘Larry King Show’ and he was either going to be a guest or supposed to be a guest, and I heard through the Larry King people that he didn’t want to be on the show with me,” she said in a clip from the doc, obtained by People.Simmons was a regular on the late night talk show circuit throughout the years.
Somers went on: “I said, ‘Why?’ and he said, ‘She’ll make fun of me.’ And that’s not my style, I never make fun of anybody. But that’s when I realized a little insecurity has gotten in there.”“I liked him.
I was always so surprised when he thought I’d make fun of him. But doesn’t that show you he’s got a heartache? Something’s broken inside because he did it.
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