'The Fall Guy' star Heather Thomas opened up about her experiences with alleged stalkers in Hollywood
The Fall Guy star Heather Thomas revealed that she once shot an alleged stalker who she said attempted to break into her bedroom. 'I was just getting so many stalkers, really bad,' Thomas, 67, claimed on the Monday, March 17, episode of the 'Still Here Hollywood Podcast.
' Thomas starred for five seasons opposite Lee Majors in the popular action-drama series The Fall Guy, in which Majors played Hollywood stuntman-turned-bounty hunter Colt Seavers. Thomas had a supporting role as Colt's confidant and sidekick Jody Banks. The Fall Guy should have been a launching pad to greater stardom for Thomas, yet she says she walked away from Hollywood at the height of her fame due to security concerns for her family. In her new podcast interview, Thomas opened up to 'Still Here Hollywood' host Steve Kmetko about having to deal with 'at least two a week.' 'I had tons of restraining orders,' she recalled. 'I had two little girls and a guy's jumping our gate with a giant buck knife.' Thomas said she felt especially vulnerable at the time because 'there weren't a lot of stalker laws.' The actress's fears were coupled with the at-the-time demanding work schedule for a primetime series. 'I remember someone sent me a box of bullets,' she said. 'People would send me, like, funeral wreaths they stole from a graveyard. There was a lot of psychos.' While Thomas said she 'always had a bodyguard in the house,' she was once forced to defend herself during a break-in.Thomas clarified that her gun was loaded with 'rocksalt and birdshot' as opposed to an actual bullet, but said she had 'no idea' if the intruder ever went to prison. After Thomas decided to leave Hollywood, she claimed she still had to deal with stalkers for 'a couple of years.' ' didn't know much about it,' she insisted. 'When we got married in Paris, there were a lot of paparazzi and they were very pushy. That was the first time had a lot of awareness.' Discussing her experience with fame in the 1980s, Thomas said she had 'a certain amount of disassociation' with the way she was sexualized in the industry. 'It was a way I sold things,' she said, adding that she was 'happy' with her body at the time because she 'worked hard' on her fitness. Aside from her leading role in The Fall Guy, Thomas made multiple appearances in The Love Boat and starred in the cult classic 1982 movie Zapped!. Thomas has continued to act sporadically since leaving Hollywood, including having a cameo in Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt's 2024 feature remake of The Fall Guy. She was originally married to Cocaine Anonymous cofounder, Allan Rosenthal, from 1985 to 1986 before tying the knot with second husband, attorney Harry Marcus 'Skip' Brittenham, in 1992. Thomas has advocated for the Amazon Conservation Team and California's Rape Treatment Center.
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