Kaley Cuoco in tears honouring TV father John Ritter at Hollywood gala

Kaley Cuoco wept paying tribute to TV father John Ritter at the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health's Evening From the Heart Gala in Hollywood on Saturday night, reported by Variety on 13 September 2026. She called Ritter "the north star in my career" and said, "I always cry when I talk about him." Ritter died in 2003 aged 54.