Actor Ted Danson says he did not expect women to view him as attractive during the early years of his role on the sitcom “Cheers.” In interviews, he describes realizing only after the show had been running for a while that public perception might differ from his own. He says it “took” until the second year of “Cheers” for him to decide to stop talking about the subject, implying he had been openly surprised by the attention he was receiving.
Danson also recounts the reaction he had at the time, describing how he would look over his shoulder when he noticed comments or signals from women. While the accounts differ mainly in wording and emphasis, both sources present the same general idea: he feels genuinely shocked that he was seen as a sex symbol during his early “Cheers” fame. The remarks are presented as retrospective comments about his mindset during the show’s initial popularity rather than as new information about the production or any external events.
