Harry Hamlin.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Even stars likeHarry Hamlinget starstruck!
AtElton John’sOscars 2023viewing party on Sunday night, the 71-year-old actor opened up to PEOPLE about his experience meetingNFL legend Tom Bradyfor the first time back, admitting he was nervous when he came face-to-face with the famed NFL player.
The two crossed paths in January at the premiere of80 for Brady, in which Hamlin played a former football star who romancesJane Fonda’s character. Though Brady, who played himself, was in the film, the two didn’t have any scenes together.
“I didn’t work with him. I met him at the premiere and I told him how great he was and also how I thought the movie was going to be a hit, which it did become,” Hamlin said.
“He is a G.O.A.T. and there aren’t many,” said Hamlin of Brady, who has the mostSuper Bowl MVPawards in NFL history. “Come on. He is a genuine G.O.A.T.”
TheL.A. Lawalum aded: “He’s really nice. He’s a really nice guy.”
Tom Brady.Julio Aguilar/Getty
Elsewhere in his chat with PEOPLE, Hamlin recalled how he gave Brady some career advice. “I said, ‘You might have another career.’ And the next day, he retired from football, so I’m sure it was my influence,” he joked.
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Hamlin, who attended the Elton John Foundation’s fundraiser Sunday with wifeLisa Rinna, also reflected on her exit from theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsafter eight seasons.
“I think Lisa is actually a G.O.A.T. when it comes toTheReal Housewives of Beverly Hills, so I think she went out as a G.O.A.T.,” Hamlin said.
Still, he admitted he’s happy the cameras are gone. “Don’t miss it at all,” he said. “Enough of that.”
Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna.Jerod Harris/FilmMagic
Asked what the secret to their success is in a January interview, Hamlin told PEOPLE that their mutual respect for one another’s independence helps. “‘Happy wife, happy life’ really is my mantra,” Hamlin said. “And it works. We listen to each other, and we’re not clingy. She does what she wants, so I can do what I want.”
Another key point? The fact that they’re wildly different.
“[The secret is] being diametrically opposite,” Hamlin said to PEOPLE last February. “I like going up to the mountains, and her idea of camping is anything below the 10th floor of the Four Seasons.”
Added Rinna: “And it doesn’t hurt that he’s so good-looking.”
source: people.com
