“The Bold and the Beautiful’s” only original male cast member, John McCook, has been married to actress Laurette Spang since February 16, 1980 and the pair shares three now-grown children, Jake, Becky, and Molly. In the 1980s, Spang had quite the primetime resume, guest-starring on a variety of popular series’ like “Three’s Company,” “Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island,” and “Magnum PI” (via IMDb).
When McCook first met his wife, he told Soap Opera Digest that it was indeed love at first sight, as they just knew there was something there between them. “I had been through a marriage before,” McCook said. “Laurette had not, but we were both really ready to commit to this thing. We came to a place where we thought we would be terrific together. We decided to fall in love.”
McCook also told the outlet that his wife decided to give up her acting career when she became a mom. “When Laurette was pregnant with Jake, our first baby, she didn’t want to work anymore,” McCook explained. “The lucky thing is that I worked enough that she didn’t have to, and that’s the way it’s been all these years. She has taken great pride in her skill as a mom and as a wife and as a homemaker.”
