Ted Danson and Kelsey Grammer are putting the past behind them.
The former “Cheers” co-stars reminisced about their time together on the hit sitcom, bringing up an argument they had years ago on the latest episode of “Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (Sometimes).”
Danson, who portrayed Sam Malone on the long-running NBC show, took a moment during their conversation to apologize to Grammer.
“I feel like I got stuck a little bit with you during the ‘Cheers’ years. I have a memory of getting angry at you once and it stuck in both of our memories,” Danson told Grammer, who played Dr. Frasier Crane in “Cheers” and its spinoff, “Frasier.”
“Yeah, you came and told me that one day,” Grammer replied.
Danson continued, “I feel like I missed out on the last 30 years of Kelsey Grammer. It’s my bad, my doing, and I almost feel like apologizing to you.”
“No, I don’t feel — I apologize to you and me that I sat back, you know, and didn’t. I really do apologize,” he said.
Danson and Grammer did not specify what their argument was about or when it happened.
Grammer, on his end, said he wished they had spent more time together. He also shared that despite their argument, he still quotes words of wisdom that Danson gave him back in the day.
“You said something wonderful to me though, too, that I always quote to other people,” Grammer said. “When I turned 40, you came up and said, ‘You know what it means, don’t you? Now that you’re 40, it means you’re finally worth having a conversation with.’”
Calling it “brilliant” and using an expletive, Grammer added, “I always loved that. And I thought about it, and I’ve repeated it. My love for you has always been as easy as the day. You know, as easy as the sunrise.”
“Cheers” premiered in 1982 and ran for 11 seasons before concluding in 1993. While Danson acted in the entire series, Grammer appeared on the show from 1984 and 1993.
He later reprised his role in “Frasier,” which also had 11 seasons, running from 1993 to 2004. The show was revived in 2023 and is currently on its second season.
In the podcast episode, Danson reflected on the time they spent together on “Cheers” despite their disagreement.
“What an amazing thing, that time we all spent together. You can go off in different directions, have different lives, but that bond, that love of making something really funny and really good and cracking each other up,” he said.
Danson and Grammer last publicly reunited during the “Cheers” cast reunion at the 75th annual Emmy Awards in January.
The two stars appeared with former co-stars Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt in a re-creation of the famous Bull & Finch Pub to present the award for outstanding directing in a comedy series and writing for a comedy series.
“Being together brings back some great memories from the show we’re all very proud of,” Grammer said during the bit, with Ratzenberger calling it a “long-overdue class reunion.”
Shelley Long and Woody Harrelson were noticeably missing from the reunion. Harrelson wasn’t able to make it because he was in London performing in the play “Ulster American,” Emmys executive producer Jesse Collins later told The Hollywood Reporter.
