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Suzanne Somers says ThighMaster saved her after being fired: 'I'm still standing'

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Sitcom star Suzanne Somers is a firm believer in second acts. After four seasons on ABC’s Emmy-winning TV show "Three’s Company," the actress was fired in 1980 after she asked for a pay raise from $30,000 an episode to $150,000, which was on par with her co-star, John Ritter.

Despite being adored across America as bubbly blonde Chrissy Snow, Somers was kicked to the curb. "At that time, the men were making 10 to 15 times more than I was," the 75-year-old told Fox News Digital. "And I was on the No.

1 show. It just seemed wrong because I was clearly being underpaid. And it’s not like I stopped the show. My contract was up.

We had a meeting with the lawyers [at ABC] …  But, by then, they had already decided. Suzanne Somers, seen here in 1979, played Chrissy Snow in "Three's Company." (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) "I was waiting at home — and remember, this was a time before cell phones, so it felt like an eternity," Somers recalled. "It was a gray day.

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