Henry Winkler Says ‘The Ear’ Is the Secret to His Marriage With Wife Stacey Weitzman: ‘Being Able to Listen’ Is ‘Important’

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Listen up! Henry Winkler revealed the secret to maintaining his marriage with his wife, Stacey Weitzman, after more than four decades.The Happy Days alum, 77, said during an exclusive interview with Us Weekly that the key to a successful relationship isn’t the head or the heart. “It is the ear,” he shared while discussing his partnership with Apellis. “It is being able to listen.”The Scream star and Weitzman tied the knot in 1978, two years after meeting at a clothing store in Los Angeles.

The pair went on to welcome daughter Zoe, now 43, and son Max, now 39. Winkler is also stepfather to his wife’s son Jed, now 52, from her previous marriage to the late Howard Weitzman.In recent years, the Parks and Recreation alum’s family has expanded with a total of six grandchildren. “It is such a wonderful experience to be with them,” he gushed. “[We] watch the sports, watch our granddaughters dance, watch my little granddaughter walk the dog around the house.

She’s gonna open a dog-walking business pretty soon.”One of Winkler’s favorite things about being a grandfather is getting to spoil the little ones by taking them out to restaurants and to see shows. “We just saw The Lion King all together,” he told Us.Whenever he travels for work, however, the Barry actor gets some special souvenir requests. “My oldest grandson, Ace, he’s 11 — and whenever I travel — in the last few months since January, I’ve been in seven or eight cities — I always bring back a shot glass,” the Emmy winner noted. “He has on his shelf all of the shot glasses from wherever Stacey and I go.”As for his middle grandson, Jules, Winkler teased, “He just gets snow globes.”The Arrested Development alum’s partnership with Apellis hits close to home, as his