Steve Guttenberg Honors Late ‘It Takes Two’ Co-Star Kirstie Alley: ‘Every Day She Amazed Me’

Steve Guttenberg shared a heartrending tribute to his erstwhile co-star Kirstie Alley after her death pursuing a backstage conflict with cancer. The actor, 65, starred with the Cheers icon successful 1995’s It Takes Two alongside Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. “Kirstie met maine astatine her location with a tuna sandwich connected my favourite bread: ‘Steve, I cognize each astir you and your emotion of rye bread., devour immoderate tuna’,” helium began the tribute via Instagram, remembering 1 of their earliest interactions.

Kirstie was remembered by Steve successful an affectional Instagram post. (Instagram/Steve Guttenberg)

“We were rehearsing It Takes Two, and each time she amazed maine with her generosity of the tangible and with her soulfulness. The satellite is simply a spot bare without Kirstie,” helium added alongside an outtake of them from the household romcom. In the movie, Steve’s quality — a millionaire — is acceptable up with Kirstie’s character, a societal worker, by the Olsens who power places.

Kirstie Alley and Steve Guttenberg are seen successful a country from ‘It Takes Two’ — the aforesaid representation Steve posted to his Instagram. (Everett Collection)

The station came soon aft Kirstie’s children William Stevenson, 30, and Lillie Stevenson, 28, announced the Cheers stars’ death pursuing a backstage conflict with cancer. “We are bittersweet to pass you that our incredible, fierce and loving parent has passed distant aft a conflict with cancer, lone precocious discovered,” they began connected Dec. 5. “She was surrounded by her closest household and fought with large strength, leaving america with a certainty of her never-ending joyousness of surviving and immoderate adventures prevarication ahead. As iconic arsenic she was connected screen, she was an adjacent much astonishing parent and grandmother,” they continued, thanking the Moffitt Cancer Center for their care.

Kirstie and Steve starred with the Olsen twins successful the movie ‘It Takes Two.’ (Everett Collection)

“Our mother’s zest and passionateness for life, her children, grandchildren and her galore animals, not to notation her eternal joyousness of creating, were unparalleled and permission america inspired to unrecorded beingness to the fullest conscionable arsenic she did,” they besides wrote earlier signing off. “We convey you for your emotion and prayers and inquire that you respect our privateness astatine this hard time.”

Kirstie was besides remembered by her Look Who’s Talking co-star John Travolta, 68, via societal media. “Kirstie was 1 of the astir peculiar relationships I’ve ever had,” the Grease icon said connected Dec. 5. “I emotion you Kirstie. I cognize we volition spot each different again,” helium besides wrote.