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          Why Three’s Company Stars Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers Stopped Talking

          In 1977, the sitcom Three’s Company turned social convention on its head with hilarious results and became an instant hit for ABC.

          But by 1981, amid behind-the-scenes drama during the fifth season, cast member Suzanne Somers, who played Chrissy Snow, was on the outs. In the aftermath, she and co-star Joyce DeWitt, who played Janet Wood, didn’t speak again for more than 30 years.

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          5. So what happened?

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          Contract negotiations gone awry, not a personal dispute within the cast, were at the root of the issue. In 1980, Somers asked to be paid on par with her co-star John Ritter, who played Jack Tripper, and other male TV stars of the time.

          That meant asking for $150,000 an episode, up from $30,000 an episode, according to People.

          Instead of coming to terms, producers fired Somers from the show. Her husband, Alan Hamel, a former television producer who represented his wife during the negotiations, to