Teri Hatcher Has An 'Open Heart' But Isn't Stressed About Being Single In Her 60s

Teri Hatcher has been walking the red carpets solo for some time now and she has remained mum about her romantic life — that's because it simply doesn't exist. "Oh my god, I'm so single," the "Desperate Housewives" alum told Hello! Magazine. "I go through life with an open heart and I would never say never, but I don't date."

For Hatcher, who has been married twice and has had several high-profile relationships in the past, dating isn't a priority anymore. "I haven't been on a date in ... I don't think I'm exaggerating if I say seven years," she admitted. "I have such a giant community of beautiful friends and most of my girlfriends who are my age, I've known for at least 30 years," she continued, emphasizing that her relationships with friends are just as meaningful. The same outlook is shared by fellow actor Andie MacDowell, who is rewriting the script for choosing to be single in your late 60s.

Now in her 60s, Hatcher couldn't be any less stressed about being single. If the right person were to come along, however, Hatcher has said she may be open to romance again. "Sometimes if I go to a charity event, I'll think, 'Oh, maybe I'll meet a like-minded person that cares about curing cancer', but I don't," she joked to Hello! Magazine, but added, "I'm open to it." She even recalled giving her number to someone her friend thought was a good match for her, but he never gave her a call — what was he thinking?!

After her 2003 divorce from her second husband, Jon Tenney, with whom she shares a daughter, Emerson Tenney, Hatcher has built a fulfilling life without a partner. "I have been single for a very long time but there is nothing lonely about my life. I want to remove the stigma of that," she told People in 2019. "There is a difference between being lonely and being alone," she added — which is one of many quotes that celebrates flying solo. 

Besides her acting career, Teri Hatcher has so many moving parts in her busy lifestyle, from being a mom to her charity work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Starlight Children's Foundation, as well as supporting the V Foundation for Cancer Research, and The People Concern – an LA-based organization that helps people affected by poverty and homelessness. 

"It's liberating to care about the things that are important to you and not about the things that aren't important to you," she told People. "When you're younger, you can get really hung up on things. I have the opportunity to think about things differently."

Explaining more about her perspective on being single, the "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" star said a lot of women flourish after divorce. "Many women who get divorced will not get remarried. That kind of sounds depressing but it doesn't have to be," she said. "Many women are not just surviving alone, they're thriving. They're empowered, they're making money, they're being healthy, they're traveling. You are allowed to be proud of your life when you're not part of a couple."