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One upon a time, North met South and Kirstie Alley and Patrick Swayze fell in love. So says Alley in a tell-all interview with Entertainment Tonight, in which she claims the stars developed an intense and secret relationship while the two were filming the miniseries North and South. Their attraction was instantaneous, says Alley, but they tried to avoid "going down that road" for the sake of their marriages. Alley says that though they didn't have an affair, "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 also admits that though she's friends with the late Swayze's wife, Lisa Niemi, she's not sure if Niemi knew about the secret relationship. She also dishes on her miscarriage, suffered during her marriage to Parker Stevenson, and Dancing With the Stars.
