At the 1973 Academy Awards, before she announced the Best Actress winner, Welch said: "I hope the winner doesn't have a cause." This comment was a snide remark in reference to Marlon Brando's earlier decision to send Sacheen Littlefeather as an emissary to decline the Best Actor award that he won for his performance in The Godfather.In 2014, during an appearance on The O'Reilly Factor, Welch described herself as being on the conservative side, attributing it to her mother's midwestern values. During the Vietnam War, Welch showed her support for the troops at United Service Organizations (USO) shows.
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I love her more now, also! And I knew she was Hispanic (I am, too) but not that she was Bolivian.