Rhea Perlman knows that walking away from her marriage to Danny DeVito happened for good reason, and she has no regrets. But she can’t help but feel a pang of nostalgia every now and again. “Sometimes I wish we were still together because those were the glory days,” Perlman said in the 2022 People interview. After being paired up for close to five decades, Perlman had to learn to be on her own, which hasn’t been easy. “I don’t like living alone,” she said on the “Wiser Than Me” podcast. “I like being alone. I like having time to myself.”
But when that becomes her everyday, Perlman struggles. She’s not entirely alone, as she shares her home with her dog. “My partner in life,” she laughed. While it’s not what she had pictured, Perlman knows she’s living a new chapter of her life, one filled with just as much good fortune. “These are other kinds of glory days,” she told People. Besides, what she and DeVito have now is also pretty great.
Perlman knows the aftermath of their split is not at all the rule for most breakups and divorces. “I’m really, really glad that Danny and I were able to navigate some rough days to be able to have this different kind of relationship,” she said. Against all odds, they continue to preserve what they built together. “We’re still separated, but … we’re still a family,” she said.
