Jane Seymour exposes real-life romance with ‘Dr. Quinn’ co-star Joe Lando 35 years later: ‘We really fell in love’

See more of our coverage in your search results. Jane Seymour surprised 90s Cons fans with a rare comment on her “secret” romance with “Dr. Quinn” co-star Joe Lando. The actress confessed during a panel attended by People that she and Lando, who respectively played Dr. Michaela “Mike” Quinn and Byron Sully between 1993 and 1998, “really fell in love” on the set of the Western drama. “That’s a secret,” she shared with the audience before acknowledging it was “not a secret anymore.” Jane Seymour spoke about her and “Dr. Quinn” co-star Joe Landi’s real-life romance at 90s Con over the weekend. JaneSeymourOfficial/Facebook The actress confessed she and Lando (pictured above in their respective roles as Dr. Michaela “Mike” Quinn and Byron Sully) “fell in love” on set. ©CBS/Courtesy Everett Collection Seymour, 75, explained that their relationship began just days into filming when Lando drove her in his pickup truck to avoid a flash flood — and to enjoy Mexican food and margaritas. “It took us, like, $5, and then we realized that, you know, we had actually fallen in love,” the “Wedding Crashers” star, who is currently engaged to musician John Zambetti, recalled. “So everything you saw on ‘Dr. Quinn,’ certainly in the pilot, [was real].” However, she and Lando, 64, called it quits before long because Lando “had a plan” for his life involving four children and a white picket fence. “That’s a secret,” she told convention attendees. JaneSeymourOfficial/Facebook Seymour noted that she and Lando quickly called it quits because he “had a plan” at the time to welcome four children. ©CBS/Courtesy Everett Collection Want more celebrity and pop culture news? Start your day with Page Six Daily. Thanks for signing up! Seymour, at the time, was already a two-time mom to daughter Katherine, now 44, and son Sean, now 41, with ex-husband David Flynn. She went on to welcome twins John and Kristopher, now 30, with James Keach after she and Lando called it quits — and joked over the weekend that she sure “showed him.” Lando, for his part, welcomed four kids — Jack, Christian, Kate, and William — with wife Kirsten Barlow, whom he wed in 1997. His failed romance with Seymour helped bring the pair’s characters “sexual tension that [they] wouldn’t have had if [they’d] been playing happy households or something,” the latter told Us Weekly when first discussing the romance in 2019. “Dr. Quinn” ran from 1993 to 1998, with Seymour and Lando reprising their roles for TV movies in 1991 and 2001. ©CBS/Courtesy Everett Collection They last shared the screen in 2022. ©CBS/Courtesy Everett Collection “We didn’t actually talk to each other, other than in dialogue or making out for about six or seven years,” she revealed of the “difficult” and “tough” experience. Seymour continued, “We, obviously, clearly loved one another and realized we couldn’t be actually in real-life together. I think we just played it [off] as Michaela and Sully.” The series, notably, wrapped with two TV movies in 1999 and 2001 — and the ex-colleagues are now close friends. The pair remain close, with Lando attending his ex’s 75th birthday party earlier this year. (Pictured above: Seymour in August 2025.) Getty Images for AMC Networks/Acorn TV In 2025, Seymour took in Lando and his family during the Los Angeles wildfires. therealjoelando/instagram Not only did Lando make headlines in April for attending Seymour’s 75th birthday bash, but the former soap star took shelter at her Malibu, California, home during last year’s Los Angeles wildfires. “[She] allowed us to come over to her house and opened it up for us without any hesitation and, thank God, gave us someplace to come and sleep,” Lando told his Instagram followers in 2025, calling the ex-Bond girl an “angel.” The duo last worked together in 2022 when they co-starred in the Lifetime movie “A Christmas Spark.” Community Guidelines Welcome to the Page Six Community! Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas in a safe space. 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