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In the second half of the show, Ruta Lee sits down with America’s Favorite Daytime Couple \u2013 Bill and Susan Seaforth Hayes \u2013 to talk about how they have handled their marriage and working together for so many years, what it was like for Susan to become stepmother to Bill’s children, and their active involvement in their church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12738,"menu_order":360,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7],"aware":[1756,1755],"show":[1782],"class_list":["post-7929","episode","type-episode","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-celebrity","aware-existence","aware-relationships","show-lifestyle","season-230"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRuta Lee interviews Della Reese + Bill Hayes & Susan Seaforth Hayes - Lifestyle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/episode\/ruta-lee-interviews-della-reese-bill-hayes-susan-seaforth-hayes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ruta Lee interviews Della Reese + Bill Hayes & Susan Seaforth Hayes - Lifestyle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this episode of Lifestyle Magazine, Ruta Lee interviews Reverend Dr. Della Reese on her humble beginnings as a gospel and then R&B singer, her longterm marriage to Franklin Lett, her acting career on such shows as "Touched by An Angel", and the church where she is a minister. 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