During an interview with Entertainment Tonight on Monday, Kirstie Alley opened up about her feelings for Patrick Swayze which she first met on the set of "North and South," a 1985 TV miniseries, and they soon developed a relationship - even though both of them were married.
Alley was discussing some of the topics covered in her new book, "The Art of Men," when talk turned to the late "Dirty Dancing" actor, who died in 2009.
"We were creating a future together," she told "ET." "Both of us were married. We did not have an affair. But again, I think 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."
Swayze, who passed away in September 2009 from pancreatic cancer, was married to wife Lisa Niemi, who still remains close friends with Alley. Niemi even asked Alley to speak at Swayze's funeral.
The pair ended up falling in love, however, and Alley told Jacobs that she isn't sure to this day if Niemi was aware of their relationship.
Rumors surfaced online today that they were more than friends so the 61-year-old "DWTS" contender tweeted Tuesday that she didn't have "an affair" with her pal Swayze.
And for that matter, their "story" "did NOT include SEX," she posted. "Like is complex. How we think. What we wanted to do but didn't. How we justify our mistakes. I tried to portray this journey in my book."
