Heather Locklear reveals Tom Cruise ‘didn’t quite cut it’ on their first and only date

Heather Locklear has revealed the blockbuster star “didn’t quite cut it” on their first and only date.

One and done.

Heather Locklear explained why Tom Cruise “didn’t quite cut it” during their first and only date in the 1980s.

The Melrose Place star, 62, recalled meeting the Top Gun actor, also 62, at an audition for a film as she spoke during a panel at 90s Con in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Saturday.

“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m terrible. He’s even worse!’” she joked, according to People, adding that neither of them got the parts.

Heather Locklear and Tom Cruise had one date in the ‘80s. Picture: Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Since Locklear was “a little bit older” than Cruise (by only a few months), she viewed him as a “little baby boy”.

The Dynasty actress remembered Cruise and Sean Penn once coming to her house, where they were “nice” and said, “Yes, ma’am.”

“We went out dancing to Club Lingerie at that time,” she continued of their date, noting that Cruise did his famous move from Risky Business on the dance floor.

“He was really cute,” Locklear gushed. “He was very nice to me.”

Locklear says Cruise was “really cute”. Picture: Ralph Dominguez/MediaPunch/Alamy

Cruise went on to marry Nicole Kidman, and later, Katie Holmes. Picture: Toni Anne Barson/FilmMagic/Getty Images

However, Locklear poked fun at the Jerry Maguire star’s style, which she felt “didn’t quite cut it” compared to her “rock ‘n’ roll girl” image.

Locklear went on to marry Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora in 1986 and 1994, respectively.

She and Sambora, now 65, welcomed daughter Ava, 26, in 1997 and obtained joint custody following their 2007 divorce.

Locklear has since been engaged twice to former co-star Jack Wagner and high school sweetheart-turned-motocross racer Chris Heisser.

She is still going strong with Heisser, who proposed in April 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The actress is now engaged to Chris Heisser. Picture: Amanda Edwards/Discovery via Getty Images

Locklear with her fiance.

“I’m like, ‘You’re my man for the rest of my life, whether we get married or not,’” the bride-to-be told People the following year.

“[A wedding] is so not important. We’re together, and we love each other and support each other. And really that’s all that matters.”

Cruise, for his part, is twice-divorced from Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes. He was most recently linked to Russian socialite Elsina Khayrova.

This story originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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