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EVERYBODY (I(cid:2)CLUDI(cid:2)G ELIZABETH TAYLOR) HADAPOI(cid:2)T OFVIEWABOUT ELIZABETH TAYLOR “Sheisoneofthemostmisunderstoodandunderestimatedpeopleofour time.” —TrumanCapote “(cid:2)obody on earth is better company than Elizabeth Taylor, more lively, morefun,andmoreofathree-ringcircus.WhenIbeganseeingher,shewas fifty-fiveandbetterthanever.Theyearwas1986.ShehaddivorcedSena- torJohnWarnerandshedallthatweightthatJohnBelushilampoonedon Saturday(cid:2)ightLive.ForElizabeth,lookinggreatwasthebestrevenge.” —GeorgeHamiltoninDon’tMindIfIDo “Shewasafemmefatale.Iwasanhommefatale.Wemadeafatalcombi- nation.Shetoldmeshewantedtomarryme,butshewasstillastruggling actressatthetime.Itoldhershecouldn’taffordme.” —PorfirioRubirosatoElsaMaxwell “Let’sfaceit:Mylifeseemstolackdignity.” —ElizabethTaylor “Elizabethwasacommittedwife—atleastforthefirstweek.” —LanaTurner “Elizabeth’s favorite pastime was celebrity gossip. Her definition of celebrity included royalty, world leaders, writers, artists, and musicians, andtheoccasionalGreekbillionaire.Sheneededgossipasfueltoshockat dinner parties. She had to know who was sleeping with whom, who was greatinbed,andwhowasnot,andwhowaswellhung.Thegaysecretaries were especially good at collecting that necessary information, especially RichardHanley,whoseyearsatMGMhadmadehimasexpertontheen- tirefilmindustry.” —VickyTiel,It’sAllAbouttheDress “Iliedaboutbeingavirginonmyweddingnight.Actually,myfirstsexual experiencewasgivingJohnDerekablow-jobwhenI’djustlearnedtowalk, whichisonlyaslightexaggeration.Iwasvery,veryyoungatthetime,and hewasachildmolester.” —ElizabethTayloratadinnerpartyinGstaadin1968 “Elizabeth should have acquired more jewelry and fewer husbands. But whoamItocast‘stones,’dah-link?” —ZsaZsaGabor “ThatKruppdiamondisfartoovulgartowearinpublic.” —PrincessMargaret “AfterElizabethandIsmelledeachotherout,webecametwofastfriends. Bitchesinheatrecognizeeachother.” —LaurenceHarvey “MytroublesallstartedbecauseIhaveawoman’sbodyandachild’semo- tions. —ElizabethTaylor “I was torn in my loyalties between two goddesses—Bessie May and Pussy.” —MontyClift,usinghisnicknamesfor ElizabethTaylorandMarilynMonroe “IcalledElizabethTaylorandtoldherthatMontyCliftwasbeinghelda prisonerinhisapartmentin(cid:2)ewYork.Hegotinvolvedwiththisdanger- ous hustler. He’s bringing in guys who want to fuck Monty and charging themahundreddollarsalay.You’vegottocomeandrescuehim.” —TrumanCapoteinKeyWest “Whatisthis,amemorytest?” —ElizabethTaylor,respondingtothejusticeofthepeace atherweddingtoLarryFortenskywhenheaskedher thenamesofherformerhusbands. “Youknow,anactresscanlearntohateElizabethTaylor.” —Patricia(cid:2)eal “Ioftenfuckedactorswholikedtofuckeachother—PeterLawford,Monty Clift(well,Itriedatleast),RockHudson,JamesDean,Paul(cid:2)ewman.Or, actorswhootheractorswantedtofuck—namelyGeorgeHamilton,Robert Wagner...dowehaveallnight?” —ElizabethTaylor “(cid:2)oraise.(cid:2)owgetout.You’resuchawhore.” —MGM’scastingdirectorBennyThautoElizabethTaylor afterdenyingherrequestforapayraise “BurtLancasterrapedmethatnightbackinAprilof1961afterwe’dwon ourjointOscarsforButterfield8andElmerGantry.Well,itwasn’trapeex- actly,butagalcanpretend,can’tshe?” —ElizabethTaylorin1975 “ElizabethTaylorgottosamplemynobletoolwhenwemadeReflections in a Golden Eye together. Burton found out and was seriously pissed off, probablybecauseIdidn’tfuckthesodhimself.” —MarlonBrandotoCarloFiore “Drugshavebecomeacrutch.Iwouldn’ttakethemjustwhenIwasinpain. I needed oblivion, escape...I was hooked on Percodan and of course, I coulddrinkeverybodyunderthetable.Ihadahollowleg.Mycapacityto consumewasterrifying.Ididn’tevenrealizeIwasanalcoholic.” —ElizabethTaylor “Iguessintimeallofusfuckedher.IknowSammydid.SodidFrank.So didPeter,alongtimeago.JoeyBishopwastheonlyonewhodidn’tjointhe ratrace.” —DeanMartinaboutElizabethTaylor “Whatdidyouexpectmetodo—sleepalone?” —ElizabethTaylortoHeddaHopper “The trouble with Elizabeth Taylor is that she always envied my sex ap- peal.Shejustdidn’thaveit,andIdid.” —MarilynMonroetoClarkGable “IhavewrittenasequeltoTheWizardofOzabouta60-year-oldDorothy returning to Oz and I’m talking to Elizabeth Taylor about starring in it. Shetoldmeshewantstoplaytherole,andshewouldbeperfectforit.” —RodSteiger,1998 “Yes,it’strue.OnthatinfamousnightIrecitedtheGettyburgAddressatthe LincolnMemorialwearingnothingbutaminkcoat.AskHalston.Hewas thedesignerwhodressedme.” —ElizabethTaylor “In this Age of Vulgarity, marked by such minor matters as war and poverty,itgetshardereverydaytoscaletheheightsoftruevulgarity.But givensomeloosemillions,itcanbedone—and,worse,admired.” —The(cid:2)ewYorkTimesontheTaylor/Burtonroadshow “IknowI’mvulgar,butwouldyouhavemeanyotherway?” —ElizabethTaylor “DoesitmatterwhatMaureenStapletonweighs?Whythehelldoesitmat- ter what I weigh? It’s nobody’s damn business what I weigh, but talking aboutitseemstobeanationalpastime.Andthatpissesmeoff!” —ElizabethTaylor “IvisitedherinLondoninthehospitalwhenshehadthattrachotomy.She hadwhatlookedlikeasilverdollarinherthroat.Icouldn’tfigureoutwhat held it in place, and it surprised me she wasn’t bleeding or oozing.Afew nights later, I went out with Eddie Fisher. The next afternoon, Elizabeth toldmethatEddiethoughtIwastryingtomakeapassathim.Atthatmo- ment,sheplayedatrickonmeandyankedatthepluginherthroat,spurt- ingoutchampagne—I’dbroughtheramagnumofDonPerignon—allover thehospitalroom.IthoughtIwasgoingtopassout.” —TrumanCapote “AfterImarriedMikeTodd,heinvitedEddieFisherintoourbedroomand pulledthesheetoffme,exposingmynudebodytoEddie.Ithinkhereally wantedaménageàtrois.Therearethosewhosaywehadone.” —ElizabethTaylor “Shehadthefaceofanangelandthemoralsofatruckdriver.We’dmake lovethree,four,fivetimesaday.We’dmakeloveintheswimmingpool,on Mexicanbeaches,underwaterfalls,inthebackseatofalimousineonthe way home from a party. There was nothing more erotic than a moonlit beachandElizabethTaylor.” —EddieFisher “DidIseduceMikeTodd’ssonandPeterLawford’sson?Iwouldn’tputit pastme.” —ElizabethTaylor “I think Elizabeth is having an affair with Sammy Davis, Jr., but she dis- missesthenotion,jokingthat‘justoverfivefoottall’Sammycouldn’treach thathigh.” —RichardBurton “DoyouwanttoknowsomepeopleIscrewedthatmostpeopledon’tknow about? Ardeshir Zahedi, the Iranian ambassador to the United States. Would you believe that Swedish boxer, Ingemar Johansson? Ronald Rea- gan,ErrolFlynn,JohnandBobby(guesswho?),PrinceAlyKhan.” —ElizabethTaylor,overheardbytheauthorin1961,inabarinPortofino “IfyouleavemeIshallhavetokillmyself.Iloveyou.Thereisnolifewith- outyou.” —RichardBurtonduringhisseconddivorceproceedings fromElizabethTaylor. “I hung up the phone after Mike Todd told me he was in love with Eliza- bethTaylor.Ihadbeen...taken.WhenIwasn’tlooking,Iwasdeliveredthe knockout punch. I felt jilted. I should have seen it coming. He fell in love toofast.LikethatphonecallfromMoscowtoMarleneDietrichwhenshe wasstillbignews.LikethatcircusactwhenhegotMarilynMonroetoride the pink elephant at Madison Square Garden. And now Elizabeth Taylor beckoningwithherlittlepinkie.” —EvelynKeyesinhermemoir,ScarlettO’Hara’sLittleSister “InMayof2000,Iwascriticallyillwithpneumoniaandhadaneardeath experience. I was on the other side, like in a tunnel, and I was with Mike Todd. I held onto him and he said, ‘You have to go back now. You have thingstodoandIwillbehere.’ IwantedtostaywithMike.Hewasmyone truelove.” —ElizabethTaylor “Elizabeth Taylor was the last of the great glamour stars. She was the longest running soap opera in history, and represented all the allure and tragedythatattractspeopletoHollywood.” —BritishdirectorMichaelWinner “I’moldandI’mtiredandI’verepresentedeveryonefromthatcuntBette Davis to Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Everyone wants to know mysecrets.Okay,I’mdyingandoutofharm’swaynow,soI’lltellyouafew —BurtonsaidhelikedtofuckFisher’sassbetterthanhedidElizabeth’s. She screwed Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy. Tallulah Bankhead masturbated Elizabeth at the dinner table one night. Marilyn Monroe went down on her one night in Las Vegas. Elvis Presley fucked Elizabeth and wanted to do a movie with her. She had a three-way with MontyCliftandMarlonBrando.AndI’monlyjustgettingwoundup.” —TalentAgentRobertLantz “I get pissed off with all the talk of the great love story of my husband Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Yes, they were in love, but they di- vorcedtwice.Thatmeanstheirmarriagesdidn’twork.I’mstillverybitter aboutthetorchRichardcarriedforthatwoman.” —RichardBurton’swidow,SallyHay,in2011 “RichardBurtonfuckedmelongbeforehedidthehonorswithyou.” —(cid:2)oëlCowardtoElizabethTayloronthesetofBoom! “I knew she would be devastated, shattered by the death of Burton, but I didn’t expect her to become completely hysterical. I could not get her to stopcrying.Shewascompletelyoutofcontrol.Irealizedhowdeeplytied shewastothisman,howvitalaroleheplayedinherlife.AndIrealizedI couldneverhavethatspecialplaceinherheartshekeepsforBurton.For me,theromancewasover,andItoldElizabeththat.” —VictorLuna,MexicanAttorney “We have been fighting and have been fighting for over a year now over anythingandeverything.Idreaditatnightwhenshehashadhershotsof drugsandisonlysemi-articulate.Whenshemoansandgroansinagony,I simply become bored. What is more frightening is she has become bored with everything in life. I have always been a heavy drinker, but now I’m drinking twice as much. The upshoot will be that I’ll die of drink while she’llgoonblithelyinherhalf-world.” —RichardBurtoninhisdiary,1969 “BeingwithElizabethTaylorislikestickinganeggbeaterinyourbrain.I lovedher,andIthinkshelovedme.Butonthepracticallevel,shewasnot thewomanIneededinmylife.Withher,therewasagreatdealofmainte- nance.Thisisnotawomanwhogetsupinthemorningandfixesbreakfast. By the time she comes downstairs for breakfast, it’s time for dinner. Her lifeisbuiltcompletelyaroundElizabeth,andsheneedsamantoserviceher life24/7.” —RobertWagner “In our last chat, I told Elizabeth that getting old is really shit. She said, ‘It certainlyis.Itcertainlyis,Debbie.Thisisreallytough.I’mreallytry- ingtohanginthere.’” —DebbieReynoldsin2011 “Shetoldmethattherehadneverbeenatimeinherlifewhenshewasn’t famous.” —BarbaraWalters “Wejuststoppedcommunicating.Whywaseveryguyshebefriendedgay?” —LarryFortensky “‘Staywithme,’Elizabethsaid.Curlingupclose,spoonfashion,Iwrapped myarmsaroundherandlookedattheroomIfoundmyselfin.Awoman’s bedroom.Soinviting.Sofrightening.” —FrankLangella,inhismemoirs “Shewasagreatbroad.” —WhoopiGoldberg,commentingonthedeathofElizabethTaylor ELIZABETH TAYLOR T I N L D HERE S OTHING IKE A AME “Thereareguiltypleasures.Thenthereisthemasterofguiltypleasures, DarwinPorter.Thereisnothinglikereadinghimforpassingthehours. Heisthe(cid:2)ietzscheof(cid:2)aughtiness,theGoetheofGossip,theProustof Pop Culture. Porter knows all the nasty buzz anyone has ever heard whispered in dark bars, dim alleys, and confessional booths. And lov- ingly, precisely, and in as straightforward a manner as an oncoming train, his prose whacks you between the eyes with the greatest gossip sinceKennethAnger.SomewouldsaybetterthanAnger.” —AlanW.Petrucelli TheEntertainmentReport StageandScreenExaminer Examiner.com
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