Alan Hamel, Husband Of The Late Suzanne Somers, Takes Creepy To A New Level

Alan Hamel, the widower of TV legend Suzanne Somers, has sparked backlash after unveiling an AI replica of his late wife — more than two years after her death.

Hamel, 88, told People in a Tuesday interview that he had an artificial intelligence version of Somers built, proudly declaring that the digital clone is nearly indistinguishable from the real woman. “When you look at the finished one next to the real Suzanne, you can’t tell the difference. It’s amazing,” Hamel said. (RELATED: Suzanne Somers’ Cause Of Death Revealed)

“And I mean, I’ve been with Suzanne for 55 years, so I know what her face looks like,” he continued. “When I just look at the two of them side by side, I really can’t tell which one is the real and which one is the AI.”

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 06: Alan Hamel and Suzanne Somers attend the Clive Davis 90th Birthday Celebration at Casa Cipriani on April 06, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Hamel said he developed what he calls the “Suzanne AI Twin” to let fans keep engaging with the “Three’s Company” star long after her death — a project he claims Somers herself had once endorsed. He told People he worked with a team of developers to build and train the system, feeding it decades of her work and media appearances.

The model has read “all of Suzanne’s 27 books and a lot of interviews that she has done, hundreds of interviews,” Hamel said. “She’s really ready to be able to be asked any question at all and be able to answer it, because the answer will be within her.”

When he finally tested the program, Hamel said the effect was startling.

“It was Suzanne,” he recalled. “I asked her a few questions and she answered them, and it blew me and everybody else away.”

Hamel said he plans to upload the AI version of Somers to her official website, allowing fans to chat directly with the digital replica.

“There’ll be people who will ask her about their health issues, and Suzanne will be able to answer them,” he told People. “Not Suzanne’s version of the answer, but it’ll go directly to the doctor she interviewed for that very issue, so it’ll be coming from an MD.”

He admitted the concept of talking to his late wife through a chatbot felt unsettling at first, though he insists it now brings him comfort.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – APRIL 14: Suzanne Somers attends the Seventh Biennial UNICEF Ball: Los Angeles on April 14, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for UNICEF USA)

“The first time I spoke to Suzanne AI, for the first two or three minutes, it was a little strange. But after that, I forgot about the fact that I was talking to a robot and asking her questions and getting answers, and it happens that fast for me, getting used to the whole idea,” he said.

He asserted that Somers was on-board with the clone.

“It was Suzanne’s idea. And she said, ‘I think we should do that.’ She said, ‘I think it’ll be very interesting and we’ll provide a service to my fans and to people who have been reading my books who really want and need information about their health,” Hamel said.

PALM SPRINGS, CA – JANUARY 02: Actress Suzanne Somers attends the 28th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center on January 2, 2017 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Festival)

“So that’s the reason we did it. And so I love being able to fulfill her wish.”

Somers died from breast cancer in October 2023. She was 76.