John Ritter's Final Words To His 8 Simple Rules Co-Star Kaley Cuoco Were Simple And Beautiful
By Ava Barnes
When he isn't scaring off boys or setting curfews, John Ritter's Paul Hennesey is mentoring his young daughters with a strong, but loving hand. John Ritter continued this off-screen by creating a family atmosphere behind-the-scenes, as well as in front of the camera. This gave Ritter's untimely death even more weight as he made his rounds to say goodbye to his fellow cast members, particularly his TV daughter Kaley Cuoco.
She iterated just how much she loved John Ritter by recalling their final moment in a tearful and extraordinary retelling with ET. In her words, after hearing that he was sick, Cuoco made a point to check on how he was doing. Ritter, in response, took her aside for a moment. "And he sat down on the couch and he goes, 'I love you,'" Cuoco said with tears in her eyes. "And I was like, 'I love you, too, silly man.' He goes, 'No, I want you to know, I love you.' And I said, 'I love you too.' And he goes 'That's it!' And he gave me a hug ... and that was the last I saw of him."
His final interaction with Cuoco is extremely telling of his exceptionally caring nature by protecting the ones he truly loved. This lasting image is fitting of the endearing actor who inhabited the best traits of fatherhood on "8 Simple Rules."
