“We were pen pals! She was a fan who wrote a letter,” reveals Willie, who rose to fame on the hit sitcom alongside
Adam Rich and
Patricia Richardson. “I thought, ‘You know, these girls are never going to get a call from whoever they’re writing to in TV. I’m going to do it.’ “So I picked up the phone, and said, ‘Hi, this is Willie Aames. I’m calling from Universal Studios.’”