Sometimes the best love stories don’t start with a meet-cute—they start with a reunion. After more than four decades, Heather Locklear and Lorenzo Lamas have rekindled a connection that began in 1983 when the two posed together for Playgirl magazine while starring on competing primetime soaps—Locklear on Dynasty and Lamas on Falcon Crest.
But this isn’t a nostalgic romp down memory lane. The 64-year-old Melrose Place alum and 68-year-old Renegade star are genuinely, actively falling for each other in their golden years. On Monday, June 1, during an appearance on the“Hollywood&Divine”podcast, Locklear opened up about her romance with Lamas for the first time, speaking with the kind of openness and joy that feels earned, not performed.“My new guy is very … everything,”she said.“I’m just like, when I tell this person I love him, I’m really saying,‘I love you, God.’Because that’s what happened. It’s from God.”
The pair reconnected during New Year’s Eve celebrations at Circa Resort&Casino in Las Vegas in December 2025, and by April 10, Lamas’representative confirmed to Us Weekly that they were seeing each other. Their first public appearance as a couple came weeks later at the 2026 Chiller Theatre Expo in New Jersey on April 26, where they coordinated in black ensembles and looked every bit the established couple rather than two people in the early stages of dating.
For Lamas, the timing feels significant. The actor has been married six times—to Victoria Hilbert (1981-1982), Michele Smith (1983-1985), Kathleen Kinmont (1989-1993), Shauna Sand (1996-2002), Shawna Craig (2011-2018), and most recently Kenna Scott (2023-2025). When he spoke to Fox News Digital about his relationship with Locklear, there was a weight to his words:“I’ve been through a lot of trial and error, and she is the most amazing woman that I think I’ve ever met.”
Locklear’s journey to this moment has been equally full. She was married to Tommy Lee from 1986 to 1993 and later to Richie Sambora from 1994 to 2007. She shares daughter Ava, 28, with Sambora. Before finding her way back to Lamas, Locklear was engaged to her high school sweetheart, Chris Heisser, whom she’d reconnected with in 2020—but that engagement ended in May 2025. By her own account, she was single, focused on herself, and doing well. And then Lamas showed up.
What makes this romance compelling isn’t the nostalgia factor or the irony of two Dynasty-era stars finding each other again. It’s the sense that both of them know what they want now, and they’ve chosen each other. That’s worth paying attention to.
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