Susan Lucci Reveals Who Got Her Hooked On ‘Bachelor’ Shows
All My Children star Susan Lucci is a huge fan of the ‘Bachelor’ franchise. A surprising person got her hooked on the reality dating show. Keep reading for all the details.
Will Susan Lucci Be First Golden Bachelorette?
Susan Lucci played Erica Kane for over forty years on the daytime drama All My Children. She’s stayed in the public eye since the soap was canceled in 2011. The iconic actress received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Daytime Emmy Awards.
Sadly, she suffered a huge loss in her personal life. Her husband, Helmut Huber, died in 2022. They had been married for over fifty years. Is she ready to find love on reality TV? Rumors persist online that Susan Lucci will be the first Golden Bachelorette on ABC’s upcoming senior dating spinoff.
According to a casting director tasked with finding eligible men, the network has chosen its Golden Bachelorette but has yet to publicly announce it. Stay tuned to see if it’s Susan Lucci or someone from the first Golden Bachelor season.
Who Reveals Who Got Her Hooked On Bachelor Shows
Susan Lucci brought all the drama as Erica Kane but wasn’t a fan of reality TV or The Bachelor. The actress recently answered Us Weekly‘s 25 questions, revealing lots of fun facts about herself.
She said that she used to “make fun” of a close family member for always watching the reality dating show. “Now, years later, I’m totally addicted to The Bachelor — including The Golden Bachelor,” Susan Lucci confessed.
So who was it that got her hooked on the Bachelor franchise? Her mother, Jeanette. Sadly, her mom passed away in 2021 at 104 years old.
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Other Fun Facts About Daytime Icon
Is Erica Kane’s portrayer as much of a romantic as the fictional character she played for four decades? Erica Kane married ten different times. Susan Lucci’s list of favorite movies hints she’s a romantic at heart. She cited ” Love Actually, Casablanca, An American in Paris, and A Man and a Woman” as her favorite flicks.
Despite 40+ years in daytime television, Susan Lucci called her 1999 stint in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway as her proudest career achievement. If she weren’t an actress, she would be a “pediatrician, research scientist or restaurant critic.”
The daytime icon shared a funny story from her All My Children days. She went to karaoke with some of her co-stars. They performed “It’s Raining Men” by the Weather Girls but quickly realized they only knew the chorus.
Do you think Susan Lucci would be a good choice for the first Golden Bachelorette? Share your thoughts in the comments. Check back with TV Shows Ace for the latest news on the spinoff and all your other favorite reality shows.
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