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Updated · Fox News · Jun 17

Jane Seymour, 75, Announces Engagement to John Zambetti, 78, After Valentine's Day Proposal

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Updated · Fox News · Jun 17

Jane Seymour, 75, Announces Engagement to John Zambetti, 78, After Valentine's Day Proposal

Q: After four divorces, how did Jane Seymour finally find her 'perfect person' at age 75?

Jane Seymour says she found her “perfect person” at 75 because she met John Zambetti at the right moment in life, when both were open to love and clear about what they wanted. Seymour, who had been divorced four times, has said she was not looking for another relationship when she met Zambetti around 2023 at a concert for their mutual friend Shwayze. But the connection grew quickly. On their first date, they discovered their sons were already friends, which helped blend their families and made the relationship feel natural from the start. She has described their bond as a matter of “perfect timing.” Earlier in life, she said, it likely would not have worked because they were on different paths, raising families and building careers. By their 70s, both had lived full lives—Seymour with six children, Zambetti as a widower with two children from a long marriage—and brought more emotional clarity and gratitude to the relationship. Their partnership is built on mutual support and shared interests, especially music. Zambetti, a musician and former ER physician, and Seymour have said they are equally invested in each other’s work and daily lives. They also make a point of celebrating often, with Zambetti sending roses every month because, as he put it, waiting a full year is “a waste of time” at their age. That mix of openness, timing, family connection and steady support is why Seymour calls their late-in-life romance a “miracle” and Zambetti her “perfect person.”

Q: Their sons were friends first. Was this the secret ingredient to their late-in-life romance?

Yes. The fact that Jane Seymour’s and John Zambetti’s sons were already friends appears to have been an important catalyst, even if not the only reason the relationship worked. By the couple’s own account and related reporting, Seymour and Zambetti met at a concert of a mutual friend, but later discovered that Zambetti’s son, Johnny, and Seymour’s son, Sean Flynn, already knew each other. Some reports say Zambetti even checked through his son whether Seymour was single before making a move. That existing family link likely lowered barriers, created trust, and made the relationship feel more natural from the start. It also seems to have helped with something many later-in-life couples face: blending families. Seymour has six children and Zambetti has two, and both have said their families share a strong interest in music. With their sons already connected, the transition into a larger shared family circle was reportedly easier. Still, the sons’ friendship was not the whole story. Seymour and Zambetti themselves have stressed “perfect timing,” emotional openness, humor, and mutual support. Seymour had said she was not looking for love again, and Zambetti is a widower after a long marriage, so their bond also reflects readiness and compatibility at this stage of life. So the sons’ friendship was likely a meaningful ingredient—perhaps the spark or shortcut to trust—but the relationship seems to have endured because of the couple’s own connection.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 17

Three years into their relationship, Jane Seymour said she is engaged to musician John Zambetti after he proposed at their Malibu home on Valentine's Day, the day before her 75th birthday.
Zambetti, 78, told People he decided "I'm just gonna do it," but the proposal turned comic when the ring popped onto the bed and he got stuck under it retrieving it.
Seymour called Zambetti her "perfect person" and a "miracle," saying the match came down to timing because neither had been available earlier in life.
The couple, smiling together at the 33rd annual Race to Erase MS benefit in Los Angeles, said they support each other's work as Seymour films movies and Zambetti releases music.
Seymour has been married four times and has six children; Zambetti was married for more than four decades and has two children with his late wife.