At 81, Danny DeVito sat down for a rare interview — and what he said about Rhea Perlman stopped everyone in their tracks. The two have been together on and off for over 40 years, separated since 2017, never officially divorced… and still, he couldn’t hide it. “We are not living together anymore. She lives close by,” he told Fox News Digital. But then he added something that said everything — they still talk every day, still read plays together, still love the same movies. Some people never really leave.

What he said next is what got people. As he enters his 80s, DeVito’s life philosophy is simply this: “Always be in love. You gotta love yourself, and you love people around you. That’s good enough love. That’s good love.” He didn’t need to say her name. Everyone already knew who he meant. Danny met Rhea on January 17, 1971, when she attended the only performance of his play — and they moved in together just two weeks later. Over 50 years ago. Some things don’t need a label to be real.
And then there are the grandchildren. DeVito says he is now “more conscious” of taking care of himself as he gets older — because he wants to be around for his two young grandchildren, Sinclair and Carmine. That’s a man who still has reasons to show up every morning. A love story that never had a clean ending… because it was never meant to end at all.