{"id":17185,"date":"2026-05-19T14:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/19\/i-never-sit-down-and-make-rules\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:45:26","slug":"i-never-sit-down-and-make-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=17185","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I never sit down and make rules&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131203888,imgsize-99702,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/daniels.jpg\" alt=\"'Boy Meets World' star William Daniels' wife reveals 'open marriage' ahead of 75th anniversary: 'I never sit down and make rules'\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/william-daniels\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">William Daniels<\/a>, the 99-year-old actor renowned for his roles in \u2018Boy Meets World,\u2019 \u2018Knight Rider,\u2019 \u2018The Blue Lagoon,\u2019 and more, has had the unconventional happily ever after that Hollywood has perhaps rarely heard of.<!-- --> His wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bonnie-bartlett\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Bonnie Bartlett<\/a>, revealed that they once had an open marriage at the beginning, with no rules and no discussion.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett&#8217;s no pact<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bartlett had previously remarked in her 2023 memoir that they both had another partner by their side at times. As the note hit the streets, the buzz created gasps and conversations between the fans. Expressing about the marital situation after three years, she said, \u201cThere was never any discussion as to what we were going to do, but in 75 years, the two of you together, you know, it would be abnormal if you \u2026 weren\u2019t attracted occasionally to other people,\u201d during an interview with Daily Mail.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>She shared that the married couple never discussed the arrangements or made rules about how to live their lives together. \u201cWe never sit down and talk about these things. We just don\u2019t. We just live our lives. And if he\u2019s away for a year, he\u2019s away for a year,\u201d the 96-year-old said, adding that they never went \u2018unhinged\u2019 but surely went in different directions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>About William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett will be celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary on June 20, 2026. While the actor noted that he would not have anyone else beside him to celebrate the milestone, she said that people do not usually plan for such a high number, but the ride was amazing during the interview with the outlet. Previously, Bartlett had revisited the devastating moment about the actor\u2019s affair, realising that she could not handle any more open marriage, according to Page Six.<!-- --> She also confessed to being with another \u2018boring\u2019 actor, who lasted a couple of months after being married for eight years.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/english\/hollywood\/news\/boy-meets-world-star-william-daniels-wife-reveals-open-marriage-ahead-of-75th-anniversary-i-never-sit-down-and-make-rules\/articleshow\/131203836.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Daniels, the 99-year-old actor renowned for his roles in \u2018Boy Meets World,\u2019 \u2018Knight Rider,\u2019 \u2018The Blue Lagoon,\u2019 and more, has had the unconventional happily ever after that Hollywood has perhaps rarely heard of. His wife, Bonnie Bartlett, revealed that they once had an open marriage at the beginning, with no rules and no discussion&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}