Barbara Alyn Woods reveals courting Jerry Seinfeld earlier than ‘Seinfeld’
Barbara Alyn Woods has a enjoyable story.
Throughout the Friday, March 28, episode of the Drama Queens podcast, the One Tree Hill alum, 63, playfully teased a behind-the-scenes secret from her visitor spot on Seinfeld.
“I played someone going out [on a date] with Jason Alexander … You wanna hear some dirt?” she stated. “I used to date someone from that show.”
As her co-hosts threw out names like Larry David and Michael Richards, Woods laughed, “No, I wish!” earlier than revealing, “It was actually Seinfeld himself.”
She recalled first assembly Jerry at a comedy membership, lengthy earlier than he turned a family title.
“He did stand-up, and [we] even watched the pilot together when he had done the pilot,” she shared. Seinfeld, now 70, had invited her to observe an early preview of his soon-to-be-iconic sitcom, giving her a front-row seat to tv historical past.
When requested what he was like, Woods had nothing however reward.
“He was very serious about being funny. I think a lot of comedians are that way—so serious people [and] not what you’d expect,” she defined. “[He was] super smart and intelligent and so nice to fans.”
Although their romance didn’t final, their friendship did.
They remained shut sufficient that Woods later landed a job on Seinfeld in season 6. “We ended up being friends,” she stated. “And then I ended up doing the show after we dated.”
Seinfeld ultimately married Jessica Sklar in 1999, and the couple, nonetheless going robust, share three youngsters, Sascha, 24, Julian, 22, and Shepherd, 18.
Woods, in the meantime, married John Lind in 1991, with whom she shares three daughters, Natalie, Emily, and Alyvia.
After divorcing in 2021, she discovered love once more with Golden Bachelorette alum Mark Anderson in October 2024—who, enjoyable reality, is the daddy of Bachelor winner Kelsey Anderson.
