Heather Locklear opens up about the one and only date she went on with Tom Cruise over 40 years ago

Heather Locklear opened up about a surprise date with Tom Cruise over 40 years ago.

The 62-year-old actress opened up about how she met the Top Gun star, also 62, and the date they had when they were both in the early stages of their acting careers.

During a panel at 90s Con Florida on Saturday, she explained that they met at an audition sometime in the ’80s, according to PEOPLE.

They went dancing at Club Lingerie and Locklear, who admitted in 2013 that she turned down his dance moves, recalled that he was “really nice” during their date.

However, the self-proclaimed ‘rock and roll girl’ felt that their styles did not fit well together.

“We both auditioned for the movie, the two of us, and I thought, ‘Oh my god, I’m terrible.’

The Melrose Place alum added jokingly, “He’s even worse!”

“He was just a little boy at the time, I think I was a little older, and he ended up coming to my house with Sean Penn,” she continued.

“And they were just being nice, but he was all ‘yes ma’am’ to me, and I was like, ‘Okay sir,’” she added.

The Dynasty star, who previously said they went on dates together because they were both new to Los Angeles at the time, said with a laugh: “He wasn’t quite the right fit.”

She then told us more about their first date.

‘We went dancing at Club Lingerie then, and I’ve said this before, he was really cute.’

She also said she witnessed Cruise’s dance moves and was one of the first to see his famous scene where he slides down on his knees in his 1983 film Risky Business.

The 62-year-old actress shared details about how she met the Top Gun star, also 62, and the date they went on when they were both in the early stages of their acting careers. During a panel at 90s Con Florida on Saturday, she explained that they ran into each other at an audition sometime in the ’80s; pictured in 1982 at Club Lingerie in Hollywood

They went dancing at Club Lingerie and Locklear recalled that he was “really nice” on their date. However, the self-proclaimed “rock and roll girl” felt that their styles were not a good fit; pictured in 1982

‘He’s actually done that before [the movie]and I was dancing along and I was like, “Are you going to stop dancing when they get down there?” I was like, “Yay!” But he was really nice to me,” she recalled.

Of the audition where they met, she said, “By the way, neither of us got the part.”

The ‘rock and roll girl’ went on to have whirlwind romances with two rock stars. She married Mötley Crüe founder and drummer Tommy Lee in 1986.

They divorced in 1993 and the following year she married Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora, until their divorce in 2007.

The ‘rock and roll girl’ went on to have whirlwind romances with two rock stars. She married Mötley Crüe founder and drummer Tommy Lee in 1986. They divorced in 1993 and the following year she married Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora until their divorce in 2007; pictured in January 1982 in Los Angeles

Cruise has since been married and divorced three times. The first was to Mimi Rogers from 1987 to 1990. He was married to Nicole Kidman from 1990 to 2001, and then to Katie Holmes from 2006 to 2012; pictured in New York City in July 2023

Together with Sambora, she has a 26-year-old daughter, Ava Sambora.

Cruise has since been married and divorced three times, the first time being to Mimi Rogers from 1987 to 1990.

He was married to Nicole Kidman from 1990 to 2001 and to Katie Holmes from 2006 to 2012.

He adopted two children – Isabella and Connor, who are now 31 and 29 respectively – with Kidman and also has a biological daughter named Suri, 18, from his marriage to Holmes.