From Tommy Lee to Lorenzo Lamas: Inside Heather Locklear's Star-Studded Love Life

Heather Locklear has lived a very public love life that zigzags from teen sweetheart to two rock-star marriages to a couple of on-and-off engagements, with a movie star cameo date in the mix. Here’s the clean, no-fuss timeline with all the relevant stuff you’ll actually want to know.

The timeline

• Tom Cruise - Way back before he was the Tom Cruise, Heather went on a single date with him. The standout memory isn’t dinner or a grand gesture. It ’s this:

  "You know in Risky Business where he does that dance in his underwear and does the splits? We were dancing at a club and he went into that. He started doing the splits. You just kind of stand there and don’t know what to do. Do you dance around him?"

  That story came from her 2013 appearance on Chelsea Lately. Yes, really.

• Tommy Lee - Heather’s first high-profile relationship kicked off at a REO Speedwagon concert, where she met the Motley Crue drummer. He proposed three months later. They married in Santa Barbara in 1986. Around that time she told People she had only ever pictured herself marrying once and hoped this would be it. It wasn’t. They split in 1993 after seven years but have stayed on decent terms since.

• Richie Sambora - After Tommy, she started seeing the Bon Jovi guitarist. They got married in Paris in 1994 and welcomed daughter Ava in 1997. Nine years later, in 2006, she filed for divorce; it was finalized in 2007. By all accounts, they’ve kept co-parenting amicable.

• Jack Wagner - You know him as Peter Burns from Melrose Place, where Heather played Amanda Woodward. The on-screen sparks didn’t turn into real-life dating until years later, after her divorce from Sambora. They were together about four years when he proposed in September 2011. Three months later, the engagement was off. As of March 2025, Wagner said they’ve remained friendly.

• Chris Heisser - This one goes all the way back to high school in the 70s, when Chris was a motocross racer and Heather was, well, Heather. They reconnected in 2017, had a brief breakup in 2019, got back together in 2020, and got engaged that June. By June 2025, though, they had quietly called it quits after several years together.

• Lorenzo Lamas - After the Heisser split made the rounds, Us reported in April 2026 that Heather was dating actor Lorenzo Lamas. That same month, she was spotted spending time with his family.

So if you’re keeping score: two marriages (Tommy Lee, Richie Sambora), two engagements that didn’t make it down the aisle (Jack Wagner, Chris Heisser), one famous one-and-done date (Tom Cruise), and a current chapter with Lorenzo Lamas. Not boring. Not even a little.