Richard Simmons’ Housekeeper Teresa Says They Had been ‘Lovers,’ Jokes He Kidnapped Her

Richard Simmons‘ longtime housekeeper — who’s hardly ever been seen and by no means spoken publicly — is addressing rumors about her kidnapping him, and likewise reveals … they had been sort of a pair.

Teresa Reveles simply did her first-ever TV interview, telling TODAY she by no means held Richard in opposition to his will, as had been alleged when he vanished from public life. She laughed off that concept, and as a substitute joke, “No, I believe he kidnapped me.”

Richard employed Teresa approach again in 1988 and she or he moved in to his L.A. residence … and she or he says he fell in love along with her instantly and advised her, “No, you are by no means going to depart me.”

Teresa says Richard, who died a yr in the past, was like a brother, father, buddy, boyfriend … her “the whole lot.”

She says there was by no means any romantic or sexual facet to their relationship, however she says Richard would kiss her on a regular basis … and she or he stored a bunch of affection letters he began writing her in 2023 after she was recognized with abdomen most cancers.

Though Richard’s a homosexual icon, he by no means spoke publicly about his sexual orientation … and Teresa says it isn’t her place to talk about it both.

As for anybody pondering she and Richard had a wierd relationship … Teresa stated, “It is their downside, you recognize? We had been very blissful. And the final 10 years was essentially the most blissful years.”

Richard was a shut-in for the final 10 years of his life and Teresa says he disappeared from public life as a result of he wasn’t blissful about getting outdated, and wished individuals to recollect him for being vigorous.