‘facts Of Life’ Star Lisa Whelchel's First Marriage Prepared Her To Find Love Again

"Facts of Life" prima Lisa Whelchel recovered emotion twice.

In 2019, nan prima said "I do" to scientist Pete Harris. She was antecedently joined to Pastor Steven Cauble from 1988 to 2012. They stock 3 children.

"I would opportunity nan concealed to my 2nd matrimony is learning from your first marriage," nan 62-year-old told Fox News Digital.

'THE WONDER YEARS' STAR DANICA MCKELLAR ON ESCAPING HOLLYWOOD 'SUPERFICIALITY'

Lisa Whelchel and her hubby Pete Harris be a tribute to Norman Lear. (Christopher Willard/ABC via Getty Images)

"For 1 thing, I was joined for 23 years to my first husband. And I’m truthful very, very grateful for truthful overmuch successful that relationship, including my 3 children. But I do deliberation that [when] you get joined young, there’s a batch that you’re moving out, I think, successful your first marriage. And so, I would opportunity my existent hubby and I worked retired a batch successful our first marriage."

"Now we cognize what to appreciate," Whelchel continued. "We cognize nan pitfalls to avoid. We cognize really to person nan conversations up of time. And I deliberation we besides knew really conscionable what we wanted and what we needed before we sewage married."

In 2021, Lisa Whelchel delighted fans connected nan ABC typical "Live successful Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes." (ABC/Christopher Willard/Getty Images)

When nan prima isn't location surrounded by family, she's hitting nan road. Whelchel is the big of "Collector's Call," wherever she encounters immoderate unsocial and moreover overseas popular civilization collections and treasures owned by fans from crossed nan country. The bid has been airing connected MeTV since 2019.

Many of nan collections Lisa Whelchel features successful "Collector's Call" are worthy large bucks. (METV)

"The logic I was excited astir hosting ‘Collector’s Call’ was not because I’m a collector – I’m astir apt nan other of a collector," Whelchel explained. "I for illustration ‘less is more’. But I americium fascinated by people, and I’m very funny astir what makes group tick. And location are nary much absorbing group successful nan world than collectors, and they each person a story. And each azygous point has a story. That’s what drew maine in."

This season, location was nary shortage of nan strange.

Lisa Whelchel is still recognized by fans arsenic Blair Warner from "The Facts of Life," which aired from 1979 to 1988. (Herb Ball/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

"Listen, location is nary much unsocial postulation than… vintage weight-loss fads," she said. 

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER

Lisa Whelchel has been hosting "Collector's Call" for six seasons. (MeTV)

"The collector was successful marketing, and he was fascinated pinch what you could get distant pinch [selling] backmost successful nan day. Just put it connected nan explanation and location was cipher checking it. He has a barroom of soap that claims to lather up your body, and it conscionable washes nan weight away. I’m judge that sold very well. And past he had different point wherever it was a vitamin elixir that was bully for nan full family to assistance spirits. Well, it was because it was 24% alcohol."

Lisa Whelchel said she was nary alien to trying unsocial fittingness fads. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

"There were truthful galore items he had… It’s crazy," she said. "But I astir apt would’ve bought immoderate of those arsenic well, conscionable hoping they worked."

One point moreover brought her backmost to her puerility – a still usable "jiggle" loop machine. She sewage to effort it for "Collector’s Call."

Lisa Whelchel has been enjoying walking crossed nan state and encountering different collections, on pinch nan stories down them. (MeTV)

"I was calved successful nan ‘60s and my mom had 1 of those," said Whelchel. "I retrieve my relative Tammy and I putting that point connected and jiggling around."

It wasn’t nan only fittingness fad Whelchel had tried complete nan years.

From near to right, Mindy Cohn, Lisa Whelchel and Kim Fields reunited for "Live successful Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes" successful 2021. (Christopher Willard/ABC via Getty Images)

"I will opportunity that I was asked to do an infomercial for immoderate benignant of merchandise that, apparently, you could conscionable sprinkle a small connected apical of immoderate you were eating," she explained. "I don’t deliberation they said it took distant nan calories, but thing to that claim. So, I thought, ‘Well, yeah, not only would I springiness this a try, but if they'd salary maine to hawk it, great!’ But I said, fto maine astatine slightest effort it for 3 weeks. I’m not going to waste thing that doesn’t work."

LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Lisa Whelchel pinch a collectible Blair doll. (aul Archuleta/Getty Images)

"I ended up gaining weight," said Whelchel. "So obviously, I did not do that infomercial, but I was consenting to springiness it a try."

While Whelchel has ne'er been a collector herself, she noted that there’s a bully logic why she, and galore others, person connected pinch nan series.

Charlotte Rae, right, who played housemother Edna Garrett connected "The Facts of Life," died successful 2018. She was 92. (NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images)

"I do deliberation nan logic that ‘Collector’s Call’ has really struck a nervus is nan aforesaid logic why nostalgia is truthful popular," she said. 

Lisa Whelchel loves looking backmost astatine nan past pinch mundane Americans. (Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

"It’s because these are times correct now wherever there’s hostility and our worry is up. And erstwhile we’re a child, we’re oblivious to what’s going connected successful nan world. We tin conscionable spell outside, jump successful immoderate puddles, and person a infinitesimal of joy. And so, thing that brings america backmost to our childhood, I think, is an elixir to our soul."

In a 2021 special, Jennifer Aniston portrayed Lisa Whelchel's character, Blair Warner. (Christopher Willard/ABC via Getty Images)

"It helps… mitigate against nan harsh realities of being an big sometimes, particularly successful these times… I dream [the show] brings them backmost to their ain childhoods and, moreover much importantly, brings them backmost to that clip of innocence and purity. I dream they acquisition little hostility and anxiety… truthful that they tin person a dose of oxygen successful their psyche that helps them make it done different day."

Whelchel loves to reminisce. She recalled moving alongside 1 co-star connected "The Facts of Life" who went connected to beryllium named "Sexiest Man Alive" twice.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Lisa Whelchel arsenic Blair Warner and George Clooney arsenic George Burnett successful "The Facts of Life." (Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

"George Clooney was successful 3 seasons [during] nan later seasons [of ‘The Facts of Life’]," said Whelchel.

"I deliberation what mightiness beryllium astonishing is that he was tiny backmost then, but location [wasn’t] immoderate benignant of romance that was… brewing connected nan set," she shared. "He was conscionable for illustration a large brother. I deliberation it mightiness astonishment fans that he’s really go who he is today."

George Clooney went connected to beryllium named "Sexiest Man Alive" twice. (Ron Tom/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

"Had I known he was going to go that, I astir apt would’ve worn constitution to nan rehearsal hallway much often!" she joked.

WATCH: ‘FACTS OF LIFE’ STAR LISA WHELCHEL SAYS GEORGE CLOONEY WAS LIKE ‘A BIG BROTHER’

The Oscar winner, 64, played handyman George Burnett successful nan deed sitcom from 1985 to 1987, and conscionable for illustration a large brother, he relished pulling pranks connected nan all-female cast.

George Clooney walked onto an all-female group erstwhile he joined "The Facts of Life." (Frank Carroll/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

"Oh, he was truthful overmuch nosy to activity with, ever nan prankster," she recalled. "And it was really nice. I mean, aft truthful galore years of conscionable estrogen-filled rooms, it was bully to person a small dose of testosterone."

Clockwise from near to right: Nancy McKeon arsenic Joanna "Jo" Marie Polniaczek Bonner, Lisa Whelchel arsenic Blair Warner, Kim Fields arsenic Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey, Mindy Cohn arsenic Natalie Letisha Sage Green and George Clooney arsenic George Burnett. (Gary Null/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images)

The erstwhile Mouseketeer antecedently admitted to Fox News Digital that, aft filming 200 episodes of "The Facts of Life" and later having 3 babies successful 3 years, she forgot that her characteristic erstwhile kissed Clooney's.

"They opportunity nan representation goes retired pinch nan placenta," she remarked astatine nan time.

Lisa Whelchel said her favourite domiciled these days is that of grandma. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

However, 1 domiciled Whelchel has been loving these days is that of grandma.

JESSICA BIEL SHARES RARE GLIMPSE INTO MONTANA FAMILY LIFE WITH JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AFTER LEAVING HOLLYWOOD

Lisa Whelchel visits Hallmark's "Home & Family" astatine Universal Studios Hollywood connected April 10, 2019 successful Universal City, California. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

"It’s been incredible," she gushed. "It helps that I person 2 of nan astir unthinkable grandchildren that ever walked nan look of nan Earth. So, it’s not difficult to beryllium a grandma to those astonishing small kiddos."

"I cognize I had 3 kids, and they each turned retired different," she said. "They’re from nan aforesaid group of parents. But it is astonishing really these 2 kids – they don’t look alike, they don’t enactment alike. They person different personalities. So, it conscionable makes each time truthful overmuch nosy pinch them."

"Collector's Call" airs Sundays astatine 6:30 p.m.