WKRP in Cincinnati actress Loni Anderson was married to legendary actor Burt Reynolds for five years.

He was her third husband, and their marriage broke down in an ugly fashion, sparking rounds of tabloid headlines.

It was so bad for a time that the Los Angeles Times even called the saga the divorce "the ugly divorce that just wouldn't end." The couple married in 1988 but broke up by 1993.

Anderson would go on to marry folk singer Bob Flick in 2008, and she stayed married to him until her death. She was married twice before Reynolds. Anderson, who died on Aug. 3 at the age of 79, left behind daughter Deidra Hoffman (with her first husband) and son Quinton Reynolds, whom she adopted with Burt Reynolds.

Burt Reynolds lodged accusations against Loni Anderson

Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson during Sammy Davis Jr. in Concert - April 26, 1983 at Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, United States. Ron Galella/Getty Images

The Reynolds/Anderson marriage started well, but with a flurry of publicity.

According to the Times, Reynolds and Anderson married in a "quiet, 20-minute ceremony that belied the five media helicopters circling above his Florida ranch and the throng of reporters outside."

It didn't end well, though.

When the split occurred, Reynolds launched a series of accusations at Anderson. But she returned the accusations in kind.

"I should have known that you don't marry an actress," he told People. "It wasn't lollipops and roses."

Burt Reynolds accused Loni Anderson of buying 'everything in triplicate'

American actor Burt Reynolds (1936 - 2018) and his wife, American actress Loni Anderson pose for a portrait in New York, New York, circa 1988. TPLP/Getty Images

Reynolds pegged the marital problems in part to finances.

“She bought everything in triplicate, from every day dresses to jewelry to china and linens,” he wrote in his autobiography, revealing that Sally Field, not Anderson, was the love of his life, according to People. ”‘I never wear a dress after it has been photographed,’she said. 'I have to dress like a star.’ I gave her a platinum American Express card with a $45,000 credit limit. She maxed it out in half an hour.”

UPI reported at one point that lawyers for both Anderson and Reynolds agreed that the actor could not come up with the $5 million that Anderson wanted in child support and a property settlement.

According to UPI, Anderson said that Reynolds "stunned Anderson" when he served her with divorce papers "without any advance warning that anything was wrong."

Reynolds "accused his wife of having affairs -- even challenging her to a lie-detector test under truth serum -- and called her an unfit mother," UPI reported, but Anderson said those accusations were not true.

However, Anderson also had some ugly things to say about Reynolds.

Loni Anderson accused Burt Reynolds of drug abuse in her autobiography

American actor Burt Reynolds (1936-2018) and his wife, American actress Loni Anderson attend the Motion Picture & Television Fund's 8th Annual Golden Boot Awards, held at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California, 28th July 1990. Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images

Anderson lodged accusations about Reynolds in her autobiography.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, she accused Burt Reynolds of taking "almost 40 pills a day," and said he threatened to take his own life because he was "fearful she would leave him."

She accused him of being addicted to prescription drugs, including "Percodan for pain from movie stunt injuries, Valium for anxiety, and Compazine to ease bad reactions from the first two. She says he kicked Valium, but replaced it with other drugs such as Halcion," the Times reported.

Anderson also accused him of going back to Sally Field briefly while he was engaged to Anderson and handing Anderson a gun and saying, "Why don't you kill yourself and do us all a favor."

According to the Times, Reynolds' spokesperson said at the time that he had no comment on her claims and "wishes her the best."