In the clip, Wallace asked the “Designing Women” alum about the“The worst, the worst,” Smart replied.Jean Smart, left, and Richard Gilliland are pictured in 2006.Though Gilliland died of a heart condition, Smart said she initially thought that he “had COVID or something.”
The couple married in 1987 at the home of fellow “Designing Women” actors Dixie Carter and Hal Holbrook. They later welcomed two sons.Smart accepts the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series following her husband's death.Although Smart still has her children, she told Wallace that the grief she’s felt from the loss of Gilliland has been difficult, and that she’s only begun to move on from his death in the past year.
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