“She came and watched two nights of the show,” the former politician, who played purser Burl "Gopher" Smith on The Love Boat, said. “It was lovely.” Lange, a self-proclaimed “Shakespeare ...

Whelan, now 58, appeared on the CBS reality show The Real Love Boat in 2022. Following his stint as the purser, Grandy went from sailing the Pacific Ocean to navigating stormy political seas as a ...