Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is coming out of her coffin, revealing she's been in a relationship with her assistant Teresa Wierson for the past 19 years.
The performer, born Cassandra Peterson, opened up about her personal life in the pages of her memoir Yours Cruelly, Elvira, which was published on Tuesday.
Though the 70-year-old horror hostess had never dated women before, something clicked when she and Wierson met decades ago at a Gold's Gym in Hollywood.
Love is love! Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark, has been dating a woman for the past 19 years, revealing the news in her new memoir Yours Cruelly, Elvira. She's seen in 1988 above
Juicy: The 70-year-old horror hostess' memoirs came out on Tuesday
In an excerpt from The Advocate, Peterson recalled that 'when I was doing my preworkout warm-up on the treadmill, I couldn't help noticing one particular trainer...stalking across the gym floor, knit cap pulled so low over his long brown hair that it nearly covered his eyes.'
The television personality spared no details when describing the first impression that her now-partner made on everyone in the fitness center.
'Dark and brooding, he gave off such intense energy that when he crossed the enormous gym floor, the waters parted and people stopped in their tracks to stare,' she wrote.
However, the two later encountered each other in one of the workout center's restrooms, where the actress realized that her 'bad boy' was in actuality a 'bad girl.'
At the time, Peterson was married to signer-turned-manager Mark Pierson, who she wed in 1981 and shares a daughter named Sadie with.
