Susan Lucci is opening up about how her coronary heart is recovering after an emergency process and the demise of her husband, Helmet Huber.Sitting down with ET’s Rachel Smith for “The grEaTs,” the 77-year-old actress supplied followers with an replace on how she is doing as she embraces this subsequent chapter of her life — and whether or not or not she is open to discovering love once more after dropping her 84-year-old husband in 2022.For the All My Kids star — who was married to Huber from 1969 till his demise — it could be extraordinarily tough to place herself again on the market after already discovering the love of her life at simply 23 years outdated.”I do know everyone’s completely different, I can not think about it, you recognize?” Lucci — who beforehand shared that the casting producers of The Golden Bachelorette reached out to her about starring within the actuality present — stated of relationship once more. “By no means say by no means, however I simply can’t think about [it].” Helmut Huber and Susan Lucci wed in 1969 and stayed collectively till his March 2022 demise on the age of 84 – Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/WireImageIn the 2 years since her Austrian-born chef husband handed away, Lucci has devoted a very good chunk of time to studying about dealing with the lack of a partner and the assorted methods to maneuver on after. Whereas she is aware of that discovering love after loss is completely attainable, it is not the trail ahead for her — not less than not presently. “It’s completely different for everybody and, you recognize, a part of it’s a option to stand up off the ground and put one foot in entrance of the opposite. I imply, it’s higher to go forward along with your life,” she shared with ET. “The opposite factor is that I do know that this life is a present, it is meant to be a present from God and I am by no means gonna thumb my nostril at that — I am grateful. And I am very grateful to have the love and have [had] Helmut in my life.” All through the course of their half-century-long love story, the pair established an incredible life collectively and welcomed two kids, Liza Huber and Andreas Huber. Lucci advised ET that the key to their enduring relationship and marital success is just not a secret in any respect. Lucci stated that for her, all of it got here all the way down to being with the one that complemented her. “He all the time made me chortle and he was all the time there for me — he was a rock and really safe,” Lucci stated of her “fantastic” husband. “[He was] very humorous, very certain of himself in a great way and really take cost, which you wished him to be.”Helmut Huber and Susan Lucci attend The American Coronary heart Affiliation’s Go Purple for Ladies Purple Costume Assortment 2020 – Cindy Ord/Getty Pictures for American Coronary heart AssociationShe continued, “He was a type of individuals you wished him to be in cost as a result of he knew what to do and knew how one can make issues occur. And on the identical time, [he was] coming from such a very good place.”For now, Lucci is pleased to carry onto her beloved reminiscences of Huber. That features saying no to The Golden Bachelorette — though she does admit that simply because she will not be on it anytime quickly doesn’t imply that she will not be seated for the season premiere on Sept. 1. “I attempted it, I grew to become immediately hooked,” Lucci stated of the ABC actuality sequence. As a substitute, the present will probably be led by former Golden Bachelor contestant Joan Vassos for its debut season. “I believe I am only a fan… it wasn’t for me but it surely’s one thing that I do love to observe.”Quite than Susan Lucci, ABC’s premiere season of ‘The Golden Bachelorette’ will probably be helmed by former ‘Golden Bachelor’ contestant Joan Vassos – Disney/Ramona RosalesAside from The Golden Bachelorette, Lucci is utilizing this new period of life to find what’s essential to her — a class that features specializing in her happiness and her well being, particularly after present process two main coronary heart surgical procedures within the span of 4 years. In 2022, simply weeks earlier than Huber’s demise, the actress and philanthropist revealed that she underwent a second process for coronary heart illness after a primary coronary heart scare in 2018. On the time, she reported experiencing signs like shortness of breath and discomfort in her ribcage and again. For the second process, she rushed to the hospital solely to find she had a 75 p.c blockage in one among her arteries on account of a buildup of plaque. Medical doctors in the end used a stent on her coronary heart to open the blockage and attempt to stop future points. That got here after she already had one other main open-heart surgical procedure in 2018. In 2019, the All My Kids star revealed to ET that the blockage the primary time round was much more extreme and life-threatening. Susan Lucci says she is ‘feeling nice’ greater than two years after present process her second main coronary heart surgical procedure – Getty”It seems, I had a 90 p.c blockage in my important artery and a 75 p.c blockage in an adjoining artery, and they also advised me the following day, ‘You simply averted a widow-maker,'” she advised ET on the time, crediting her physician for telling her to go to the hospital. “I did not know! I had no concept.”Based on the CDC, coronary heart illness is the primary reason for demise for girls in the USA. In 2021, roughly one-in-five feminine deaths within the U.S. had been attributed to the so-called “silent killer.”Right now, Lucci is feeling nice and more healthy than ever. She is specializing in spreading consciousness on the lethal concern and advocating for girls in every single place (together with herself) relating to their well being. “I am in superb form and I really feel superb,” Lucci stated. “I had a blockage, a 90 p.c blockage in my important artery and a 75 p.c blockage within the adjoining artery. And fortuitously, I listened to my physique and there was somebody there [her doctor] who might prod me to go to the hospital.” “Had I not gone there, I used to be advised the following day after I was checked out that I 99.9 p.c would’ve had the widow-maker. If I had laid down, I by no means would have gotten up,” she shared of the well being scare. “I used to be doing what many ladies do, I stored pondering, ‘Oh it’s going to go away, it is nothing, it’s going to go away.'”Susan Lucci underwent two coronary heart surgical procedures between 2018 and 2022 – Stewart Prepare dinner/CBS through Getty ImagesMoral of the story? It is all the time higher to be protected than sorry, particularly relating to your well being. “My takeaway was — is to inform ladies to place your self in your to-do record, to hearken to your physique and if it would not behave the way in which that is regular for you, take motion,” she stated. “The physician won’t be mad at you for coming if there’s nothing there.”Due to the physician who she says “saved her life,” Lucci now has the chance to proceed along with her busy and thrilling life. That features a function in Apple TV+’s new darkish comedy, End result, which is directed and co-produced by Jonah Hill. The script additionally comes from the thoughts of the 21 Bounce Road star, who penned it alongside Ezra Woods.”It was a spectacular expertise, I am so glad that I did this and set to work with Jonah,” she stated of the undertaking. “Jonah Hill has written a really highly effective [script] – it’s a darkish comedy, a really darkish comedy – however he is actually a gem and I am very fortunate to have labored with him.”A launch date for the movie — which additionally stars Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer, David Spade, Laverne Cox, Kaia Gerber and Roy Wooden Jr. and extra — has but to be decided. RELATED CONTENT: