‘One Tree Hill’s’ Barbara Alyn Woods reveals dating Jerry Seinfeld before show appearance
Barbara Alyn Woods reveals dating Jerry Seinfeld before ‘Seinfeld’
During the Friday, March 28, episode of the Drama Queens podcast, the One Tree Hill alum, sixty three, playfully teased a at the back of-the-scenes mystery from her visitor spot on Seinfeld.
“I played someone going out [on a date] with Jason Alexander … You wanna pay attention a few dust?” She stated. “I used thus far a person from that show.”
As her co-hosts threw out names like Larry David and Michael Richards, Woods laughed, “No, I want!” before revealing, “It changed into truly Seinfeld himself.”
She recalled first meeting Jerry at a comedy membership, lengthy before he became a family name.
“He did stand-up, and [we] even watched the pilot together while he had executed the pilot,” she shared. Seinfeld, now 70, had invited her to observe an early preview of his soon-to-be-iconic sitcom, giving her a front-row seat to television records.
Woods become ecstatic whilst he was asked how he changed into like. “He became very serious approximately being humorous. I suppose quite a few comedians are that manner—so serious humans [and] no longer what you’d anticipate,” she explained. “[He was] first rate clever and wise and so first-rate to enthusiasts.”
Though their romance didn’t final, their friendship did.
They remained close sufficient that Woods later landed a role on Seinfeld in season 6. She stated, “We ended up being buddies.” “And then I ended up doing the show after we dated.”
Seinfeld subsequently married Jessica Sklar in 1999, and the couple, still going strong, share 3 children, Sascha, 24, Julian, 22, and Shepherd, 18.
Woods, in the meantime, married John Lind in 1991, with whom she stocks 3 daughters, Natalie, Emily, and Alyvia.
In October 2024, she rekindled her romance with Golden Bachelorette alum Mark Anderson, who also occurs to be the father of Bachelor winner Kelsey Anderson.