Teri Hatcher Took Her First ‘True’ Vacation in Years — AndDesperate HousewivesFans Recognized Her (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Teri Hatcher at the It’s A Wonderful Lifetime Holiday Movie Event in Los Angeles on Nov. 19.Photo:Teri Hatcher/Instagram

Teri Hatcher/Instagram

Teri Hatcheris reminiscing about her European getaway that was years in the making — and how she ran into someDesperate Housewivesfans along the way!

She then gets into theDesperate Housewivesconnection, and how the beloved series “has a lot of French fans because they continue to play that show there.”

Thatcher notes how the ABC series, which ended in 2012 after eight seasons, has “crested generations,” leading fans to recognize her on the island “believe it or not, even though I’m almost, you know, 80,” she jokes.

Teri Hatcher on ‘Desperate Housewives’.Andrew Eccles/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

Andrew Eccles/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

TheCoralinealum was even more surprised when fans “recognized my voice” while walking through the streets of Corsica.

Recalling the memory, she says, “Sometimes people look because of my voice and then they go, ‘Oh my God.’ It was really cute. Especially the young people because you would think, like, ‘Who cares?’ You know, but they cared.”

Hatcher previously detailed how her Europe tour was her “first true vacation in years” and how it “filled me with glow” in the caption of aJune Instagram postalongside a carousel of photos taken during her trip.

At the It’s a Wonderful Lifetime Holiday Movie Event, Hatcher told PEOPLE that the getaway really helped her slow down and appreciate life.

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Teri Hatcher on the French island Corsica.Teri Hatcher/Instagram

“It really just made me aware that, ‘oh, I’m stopping. I’m being quiet and slow, and really just enjoying nature.’ And that is an important way, for me at least, to refuel my creativity, my just sense of gratitude of getting to be on this planet.”

She continued, “Those are important times that we all, whatever it is you do, you should make those moments happen for yourself.”

source: people.com