It has taken five decades, but Lee Majors, the legendary star of The Six Million Dollar Man, is finally opening up about the love that defined—and destroyed—his life. At 86, the Hollywood icon is breaking his silence on his passionate yet painful marriage to Farrah Fawcett, revealing a story so raw and haunting that it redefines one of Hollywood’s most glittering romances.
To the world, they were the golden couple of the 1970s: two impossibly beautiful stars whose love story seemed destined for forever. But behind the flashbulbs and red carpets lay a truth filled with loneliness, betrayal, and unspoken heartbreak. “We looked perfect,” Majors confessed softly, “but the truth is, we were falling apart.”
The Love That Started Like a Dream
Their story began in 1968 at a Hollywood party—a fateful night when rising action star Lee Majors met the young, dazzling Texan beauty Farrah Fawcett. “She walked in, and everything else disappeared,” Majors recalled. “She had this light around her—it wasn’t just beauty, it was… energy.”
By 1973, they were married, and for a time, they seemed unstoppable. Majors’ The Six Million Dollar Man was a television phenomenon, while Farrah’s star was rapidly ascending. “We were living the dream,” Majors said. “But dreams don’t last forever.”
The Fame That Tore Them Apart
As the 1970s roared on, Farrah’s career exploded with Charlie’s Angels. The iconic poster of her golden hair and radiant smile turned her into a global sensation—and pushed their marriage into the shadows. “She belonged to the world now,” Majors admitted. “And the world doesn’t share well.”
He revealed that at the height of their fame, they saw each other only twice a week. “I’d come home and the house would be dark. She’d leave notes for me on the kitchen counter,” he said. “We were in love, but we were never in the same place long enough to remember what that felt like.”
As the distance grew, so did the cracks. In 1979, the tabloids exploded with news of Farrah’s affair with actor Ryan O’Neal—a betrayal that shattered Majors. “I found out like everyone else,” he said bitterly. “From the newspapers.” The revelation was a public humiliation that he says “cut deeper than anything else” in his life.
Majors retreated from Hollywood’s glare, choosing silence over scandal. “People wanted me to talk, to fight back, to tell my side,” he recalled. “But what was there to say? The woman I loved was gone.”
The Years of Silence and Regret
While Farrah went on to live her turbulent life in the public eye, Majors withdrew, focusing on his work and keeping his heartbreak private. Friends say he never fully recovered. Though he dated again, he never found another love that matched the electricity of what he shared with Farrah. “He carried her memory like a scar,” one close confidant revealed. “He’d smile when her name came up—but you could see the pain in his eyes.”
In the 1990s, there was talk of a quiet reunion. Farrah reached out, hoping to reconnect with the man she had once called her “safe place.” Majors declined. “Too much had happened,” he said quietly. “Sometimes love is a wound that never heals. You learn to live with it, but you never stop feeling it.”
The Final Goodbye
When Farrah was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, Majors stayed silent, respecting her privacy. Yet those close to him say he followed her battle closely, keeping tabs through mutual friends and quietly sending his prayers. When she died in 2009, he released only a brief, measured statement—“She fought bravely, and she will always be remembered”—but insiders knew the truth: he was devastated.
“He mourned her long before she died,” said a former colleague. “He’d already said goodbye years earlier.” Majors did not attend her funeral, explaining later that “some goodbyes don’t belong to the public.”
The Love That Never Died
Now, as he reflects on a lifetime of stardom and solitude, Majors admits that his marriage to Farrah Fawcett remains both his greatest joy and deepest sorrow. “I loved her,” he said, his voice breaking. “I think a part of me always will.”
He says he never hated Ryan O’Neal—only the circumstances. “We were all victims of fame,” Majors confessed. “It chews you up, and when it spits you out, there’s not much left of who you were.”
As he grows older, Majors says he has made peace with the past, though the memories remain vivid. “When I see her smile in those old clips, it still hits me. That was my girl once,” he whispered. “And for a while… we really did have it all.”
In the end, the Six Million Dollar Man may have been built to survive anything—but not the kind of heartbreak that money, fame, or time can ever fix.
Lee Majors’ final confession is clear and hauntingly human: “People ask if I ever forgave her. I did. Long ago. But forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting. Some loves you carry forever—and Farrah was mine.”
