Heather Locklear explained why Tom Cruise “didn’t quite cut it” during their first and only date in the 1980s. The “Melrose Place” alum, 62, recalled meeting the “Top Gun” star ...

it definitely seems like it was for the best that there wasn’t a second date for the unlikely pals. Heather Locklear and actor Tom Cruise Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images.

Heather Locklear (left) met Tom Cruise at an audition in the 1980s (Getty Images) “He didn’t quite cut it,” she explained. “We went out dancing to Club Lingerie at that time and ...

Heather Locklear and Tom Cruise had one date in the ‘80s. Picture: Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Since Locklear was “a little bit older” than Cruise (by only a few ...