Posted on 08/05/2022 8:37:17 PM PDT by Cecily
Paul Newman's drinking was so bad that his long-suffering wife Joanne Woodward once found him lying insensible on the floor, his head bleeding after falling out of bed.
She came close to leaving him that night. 'It was one of many, many scenes,' she said.
When she did finally snap, bundling their three young daughters into a car and driving to their Malibu beach home, Newman came in hot pursuit, banging on the door and shouting to be let in. She refused and Newman, the blue-eyed actor lusted after by women worldwide, spent several nights sleeping in his car on the drive until they reached a compromise.
He couldn't give up the booze completely, he said, but he would stick to beer rather than whisky and the half dozen martinis he was downing every night.
Given this was a man who would drink a six-pack of beer at breakfast, it wasn't much of a concession. But, as a new TV series reveals, the episode offers an intriguing insight into how the 50-year partnership of 'Hollywood's golden couple' — long regarded as blissfully happy and stable — was very different in reality.
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Goofy. But the key word you used as "yet". With the government we have, white males are no longer signing up like they used to.
Perhaps; but it’s a nice kind of crazy - unless you view it with a thoroughly jaundiced eye.
Literally LOL. Weren’t those wonderful years? Newman also launched his own brand of very good organic dog food. Sadly, none for cats.
Definitely an improvement!
I had buddies to help out but no sponsor. No girl at the drag strip for that matter either. Women who were into racing then were quite rare.
Agreed. The road courses were the best and Newman shined on all of them.
Yes they were. I’ll tell you, we had four years to glimpse what could be. I pray lightning strikes twice.
There were no girls racing. Like me an occasional girlfriend. It was fun.
Staying married for 50 years is “work?” Who knew? / sarc
Excellent post.
Relatively speaking, Cruz sounds more normal than many other ‘beloved’ Hollywood celebrities.
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