Heather Locklear was seen looking like the picture of health as she went book shopping in Los Angeles, one year on from her erratic appearance on the ledge of an office building.
The 62-year-old TV icon, whose battles with mental health issues and addiction are well-documented, was pictured perusing the shelves of a Barnes & Noble store in Westlake Village.buch of books:
In exclusive DailyMail.com pictures, the Melrose Place actress looked relaxed and happy in a floral summer dress while clutching a Louis Vuitton handbag as she took her time around the store before settling on three books.
Locklear ended up picking out quite an eclectic bunch of books, among them: ‘What This Comedian Said Will Shock You’ by Bill Maher, by political commentator and TV host; ‘The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free’, by Fox News host Pete Hegseth, and ‘Flashpoint: An FBI Thriller’ by Catherine Coulter.
After leaving the store accompanied by her assistant, who fittingly wore a Mötley Crüe t-shirt, she enjoyed lunch at the sushi restaurant Seabutter.
Locklear’s book buying spree came exactly a year after she was seen walking along the ledge of a building and talking to herself.
The Melrose Place actress looked relaxed and happy in a floral summer dress as she shopped with her assistant last week
The TV star, whose battles with mental health issues and addiction are well-documented, was pictured perusing the shelves of a Barnes & Noble store in Westlake Village last Tuesday
Locklear ended up buying ‘What This Comedian Said Will Shock You’ by Bill Maher, ‘The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free’, by Pete Hegseth, and ‘Flashpoint: An FBI Thriller’ by Catherine Coulter
DailyMail.com spotted Locklear being dropped off by her fiancé, former motocross racer Chris Heisser, for an appointment last July.
When she emerged from the building, she kept Heisser waiting in his car and was seen making her way along the ledge of the building and sprinting across the street.
Locklear looked nervous as she steadied herself by holding on to pillars in order to avoid a steep drop into the parking lot and dumpster below.
Locklear, who wore army fatigue sweatpants and an off-the-shoulder T-shirt, then sat at the top of a staircase for a while where she read from a journal and began talking to herself while looking distressed.
At one point she was seen pointing angrily to something written in the diary and gesticulating in an animated fashion before pushing it firmly back into her purse.
Eventually, after well over an hour by herself, Locklear ran over to Heisser who had waited patiently in the car.
He appeared happy to give her the space she wanted and the pair drove off together in his SUV.DailyMail.com broke the news in 2020 that three years after rekindling her relationship with her high school sweetheart, Locklear accepted Heisser’s proposal.
She has been going steady with her on/off beau since cleaning up her act following a highly-publicized stint in rehab.
The pair dated in the late 1970s at Newbury Park High School in California, went through multiple marriages and have had their share of ups and downs since getting back together in the fall of 2017.
DailyMail.com spotted Heather Locklear outside of an office building in Malibu last year after an undisclosed appointment that lasted an hour
During her balancing act, Locklear looked nervous as she steadied herself by holding on to pillars in order to avoid a steep drop into the parking lot and dumpster below
DailyMail.com broke the news in 2020 that three years after rekindling her relationship with her high school sweetheart, Locklear accepted Heisser’s proposal
After leaving the store, accompanied by her assistant who fittingly wore a Mötley Crüe t-shirt, she enjoyed lunch at the sushi restaurant Seabutter
They were an item before Heather went on to marry Mötley Crüe rocker Tommy Lee from 1986-1993 and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora from 1994-2007, with whom she has a daughter, Ava, 25.
But now new fears are enveloping Heather, who starred in shows throughout the 1980s and 90s including Dynasty, TJ Hooker and Spin City.
It’s been Ava’s steadfast support of her mother that was said to have helped the star get sober in 2019.
Ava reportedly had a front-row seat to her mother’s fall from grace that kicked off with a DUI after she and Sambora split in 2006.
The next decade was filled with hospitalizations, several arrests and the stints in rehab.
In February 2018 she was arrested for domestic violence and for battery against a police officer who attended the incident at her mansion in Thousand Oaks, California.
In June, she was arrested again for allegedly verbally and physically abusing an ambulance EMT who responded to her home following a call for help.
Then in November 2018, she was placed on a 5150 hold – where patients can be hospitalized for 72 hours if it is determined they are a danger to themselves or others – after her therapist determined that she was experiencing a mental breakdown.
In August 2019, Locklear pleaded no contest to eight misdemeanor counts: five counts of battery on a peace officer, one count of battery on an emergency medical personnel, and two counts of resisting, obstructing or delaying a peace officer.
These involved two separate incidents when cops were called to her Thousand Oaks home after complaints of fights with Heisser.
Her fiancé Chris Heisser waited in the car for about an hour giving Locklear space before she hopped in his SUV and they drove off
Locklear has had her fair share of troubles that included hospitalizations, several arrests and 20 stints in rehab
The actress has had her own experiences with substance abuse and arrests, but has been thought to be on the straight and narrow since 2019
In 2019 she was ordered to complete a 30-day residential rehab stay in a mental health facility with a 120-day jail sentence suspended. She has been thought to be sober ever since
She was ordered to complete a 30-day residential rehab stay in a mental health facility with a 120-day jail sentence suspended.
Sharing a poignant snap of her beloved father, she said: ‘She wrote: ‘The most brilliant man I have ever known.
‘The bar is oh so high. The love of my life. The few the proud. I love you dad. RIP.’
A source told People Bill had been ‘ailing for a while’ and was hospitalized in February – adding ‘Obviously it was a very stressful time for the family.’
The star was sent condolences by her celebrity friends with ex-husband Tommy Lee writing: ‘Gonna miss that man and his beautiful spirit! I’m sorry for you and your familys loss Heather.’
Heather had a close bond with her father and in July 2019 shared a sweet video of her dad to mark his 90th birthday.
Locklear announced just a few weeks ago that her father Bill, both pictured here in 1987, had died at the age of 94 in a heartbreaking Instagram post
Nearly 25 years after its iconic series finale, a Melrose Place sequel series is currently in development at CBS Studios. Heather played the glamorous Amanda Lockwood – pictured with Antonio Sabato Jr in 1999
She wrote: ‘Happy 90th Birthday to my hero.’
In the clip Bill said: ‘Happy news that you have brought me today, to be part of your life, all the rest of your life. Happy 90th birthday to each of you.’
Locklear will soon reprise her role as glamorous ad executive Amanda Woodward in the Melrose Place reboot.
Earlier in April it was announced that a Melrose Place sequel series is currently in development at CBS Studios, nearly 25 years after the iconic show’s finale.
Along with Heather, original cast members Daphne Zuniga (Jo Reynolds) and Laura Leighton (Sydney Andrews) are all expected to return, according to Deadline.
This series will pick up with a number of the original Melrose Place residents reuniting, ‘when one of their dearest friends dies suddenly.’
Locklear was a TV staple during the 80s and 90s. She first hit it big as Sammy Jo, Blake Carrington’s daughter-in-law on Dynasty.
She then went on to play Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker before she landed her signature role as manipulative Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place.
She was later brought in to the sitcom Spin City as the campaign manager for Barry Bostwick’s New York Mayor character as he decided to run for Senator.
She was nominated for six Golden Globes – four for Melrose Place and two for Spin City – without winning any.
