Teri Hatcher played Superman's better half in the late 90s classic series Lois & Clark,
but in real life, she's the one that seems to have super powers.
With lesser-known passions like philanthropy, YouTube, and even culinary arts, there are
plenty of reasons you don't hear from her anymore.
Was Teri Hatcher's bad rep justified?
Over the years, Teri Hatcher has developed a bad reputation in the entertainment industry
for her alleged penchant for a diva-ish behavior, thanks especially to the infamous rumors of
a feud between the actress and the rest of the Desperate Housewives cast.
But it turns out even Tomorrow Never Dies co-star Pierce Brosnan once had a bone to
pick with Hatcher.
In 2005, he told Vanity Fair Italia,
"I got very upset with her.
She was always keeping me waiting for hours.
I must admit I let slip a few words which weren't very nice."
To be fair, Hatcher was apparently suffering from severe morning sickness while pregnant
with daughter Emerson Tenney at the time, so we'll cut her some slack.
But the incident may have contributed to the widespread perception in Tinseltown that Hatcher
is difficult to work with.
Teri Hatcher put on her chef's hat
Shortly after Desperate Housewives went off the air, Teri Hatcher took a surprising break
from acting altogether and enrolled in Los Angeles' Cordon Bleu cooking school.
In 2013, she told The Mirror,
"It was the first chance that I could do something else so there was this question, what do I
want to do?...I felt so lucky to be in a position where I could try something new and challenge
my brain, get a different perspective and learn new skills.
I have always loved cooking…but it is still a far leap from being a recipe-follower to
being a chef."
Hatcher has since shown off her cooking skills on television competitions including Chopped
in 2013, and The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer in 2018, both of which
she won.
Teri Hatcher was heard but not seen
Teri Hatcher's career took a surprising turn toward voice-over work after Desperate Housewives
wrapped, which might explain her lack of an on-screen presence between 2012 and 2015.
After catching the voice-acting bug voicing characters including Other Mother in Henry
Selick's 2009 feature Coraline, she went on to voice Silver Skylark in Stan Lee's Mighty
7, Dottie in Disney's Planes franchise, and Beatrice Le Beak in the Disney Junior series
Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
In 2013, she told The Daily Mail,
"I love animation.
But the greatest thing about Disney is that they take these very relevant issues, like
'I'm going to push myself outside of my comfort zone and I'm going to take some risks in order
to reach that thing I really dream of.'...I can't think of a more human story than that."
From leading lady to guest star
Teri Hatcher's first major TV gig following Desperate Housewives was as a guest star,
rather than a leading lady.
In 2016, she appeared on the CBS remake The Odd Couple as single mom Charlotte, the love
interest of Oscar, who was played by Friends alum Matthew Perry.
Hatcher told Extra TV their on-screen kisses were all about professionalism.
"[It's] that respectful thing, with the newness of somebody, where you're like, 'I'll go get
some gum.
I just had coffee.
I'm so sorry.'
I said to him today, 'I'm over the coffee breath thing, you can have whatever kind of
breath you want.'"
The Odd Couple was canceled in 2017, but by then, Hatcher had moved onto another guest
role, as the villainous Queen of Daxam on Supergirl.
It was quite a turn of events for Superman's one-time love interest, and for her part,
Hatcher couldn't contain her excitement about the gig, writing on Instagram,
"I'VE ARRIVED…So happy to be joining the cast of @supergirlcw."
However, her run on Supergirl didn't last very long as her character, spoiler alert,
died at the end of her eighth episode.
That's what happens when you're just a guest star instead of the lead.
YouTube star
Like Will Smith, in 2017, Teri Hatcher began focusing on YouTube.
Her channel Hatching Change features shows like Don't Eat "It" Out of a Box.
She explained to Haute Living,
"I'm changing diets and lifting spirits of those I actually meet and for those who watch
the channel.
When I read the comments from people whom I've helped, I feel a great sense of peace
and accomplishment."
She also hosts a show called Van Therapy, where she drives around in an old VW bus camper
and talks to strangers about their lives.
But those lives can't be stranger than the weird rumors this YouTube show sparked.
In March, 2018, a Star magazine cover story alleged that she was broke, homeless, and
living out of that camper, rumors Hatcher not only said were, quote, "categorically
untrue," but which she had specifically told Star were false prior to the story's publication.
"And then they went and ran it anyway.
And that is even more egregious that it was so purposefully hurtful."
She told KTLA that it was just one way in which tabloids try to tear down women.
"Magazines like this, they're fostering a culture of disrespect, of trying to take down
and take away the power of women."
Can Teri Hatcher turn it around?
While Teri Hatcher has spent much of her post-Desperate Housewives career out of the limelight, fans
might find solace in the fact that Hatcher, for one, doesn't seem too concerned about
maintaining her A-lister fame.
In 2018, she told Haute Living,
"If I'm really going deep here, as a recent empty nester, and a long time single mom,
and now at 53, I find myself asking pretty important questions.
'What are you doing with your life?
What is your purpose?
What are you passionate about?'...What I've found is that I'm delving into projects that
I hope will help others and possibly leave the world a tiny bit better, and kinder, well,
that's what's important to me."
No matter what the future may hold for Hatcher, there's no doubt she has her priorities straight
and will continue to take on Hollywood on her own terms, which only makes us more excited
to see what she does next!
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