{"id":2247964,"date":"2026-01-24T01:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2247964"},"modified":"2026-01-24T01:45:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:45:56","slug":"love-boat-star-ted-lange-says-famous-guest-star-refused-to-shake-his-hand-who-does-that-to-anybody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/love-boat-star-ted-lange-says-famous-guest-star-refused-to-shake-his-hand-who-does-that-to-anybody\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLove Boat\u201d star Ted Lange says famous guest star refused to shake his hand: ‘Who does that to anybody?’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bad first impressions last a lifetime \u2014 just ask The Love Boat<\/em><\/a> star Ted Lange, who has never forgotten a famous guest star on the show who refused to shake his hand.<\/p>\n

In a reposted clip (below) from the Still Here Hollywood <\/em>podcast<\/a>, Lange, 78, told host Steve Kmetko about the snub. \u201cGavin [MacLeod, costar] told us: \u2018Go up to the guest star, shake their hands, and welcome them to the show,’\u201d Lange recalled. \u201cI went up to a guest star, I said, \u2018Hey, my name is Ted Lange, welcome to the show.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he went like this and walked away,\u201d Lange said as he reenacted the guest star pulling a face and yanking his hand away.<\/p>\n

Lange played bartender Isaac Washington on the cruise ship-set romantic comedy series from 1977 to 1986. On the podcast, he wondered if his costume had anything to do with the cold reception he got from the guest star.<\/p>\n

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Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Ted Lange, and Lauren Tewes on ‘The Love Boat’<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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\u201cWell, who does that to anybody? Who does that to anybody?\u201d Lange asked. \u201cBut I had on my little red jacket. There were a couple of other guys with red jackets. I guess he thought I was an extra. And even if he did, why would you do that to an extra, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cSo, about a half hour later, he [the guest star] comes up with the director, and he says, \u2018Ted, I want to introduce you to your scene partner.’ And the guy looks [at me, and goes], \u2018Nice to meet you.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, yeah.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Lange went on to say that this guest star was “a fairly big guy” and someone who “used to have a golf and tennis tournament” that he got invited to, but never attended.<\/p>\n

“Every year he would invite me [to the tournament], but I already know who you are, why would I go?” Lange said. When asked if he’d fill the audience in on this person’s identity, he demurred, “No, I don’t want to do that.”<\/p>\n

The Love Boat<\/em> famously employed many guest stars over the years \u2014 everyone from Hollywood legends (think Ginger Rogers, Olivia de Havilland, and Joan Fontaine) to up-and-coming talent (including Tom Hanks, Kathy Bates, Jamie Lee Curtis, Heather Locklear, and Billy Crystal).<\/p>\n

The show originally aired on ABC from Sept. 24, 1977, to May 24, 1986. It also spawned numerous specials and a TV movie, which also starred Lange.<\/p>\n

Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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