Kirstie Alley: "Patrick Swayze And I Fell In Love"

In a shocking confession, Kirstie Alley claims she and Patrick Swayze fell in love during filming of the 1985 Civil War mini-series "North and South", but she states because they were both married to other people at the time, they technically did not "have an affair."


Alley, 61, who’s currently competing on ABC’s "Dancing with the Stars", confessed to ET’s Chris Jacobs during an interview that aired Monday night.

Alley reveals she and Swayze felt an intense attraction and began an intense emotional relationship during the shoot. At the time, Alley was still with her second husband, actor Parker Stevenson, whom she divorced in 1997, and Swayze was married to his long-time love Lisa Niemi.


Alley claims she tried to avoid "going down that road," but that they ultimately fell in love.

"Both of us were married. We did not have an affair. But again, I think what I did was worse. Because I think when you fall in love with someone when you're married, you jeopardize your own marriage and their marriage. It's doubly bad," Alley was quoted as saying.

It has to be mentioned that Lisa Niemi lost Patrick Swayze, her husband of 34 years, to pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009.





Alley told ET she's still friends with Swayze’s widow, but she doesn’t know if Niemi is aware of their affair. (Niemi asked Alley to speak at his funeral.)

Maybe Alley’s confessions have something to do with the release of her new book: "The Art of Men", now available. What do you think??

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