her memoirs
Has anyone read them?
shareI have not. Actually, I didn't know she'd written her memoirs.
shareYes, she has two on the market. I believe a few cookbooks as well. I would like to read Mackenzie"s as well.
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Have not. Recall that she did interviews about it when it came out. You could listen to those and get an idea what it's like. Probably on youtube.
shareRead about what life was like for her back when she was still married to her rocker hubby who liked "skinny women."
As a result of that, she kept using cocaine as a way to try and please him, until she got so thin that he buys her a chili dog and some fries as a way to try and put some weight back onto her again.
The info that explained this was also about HIS LIFE (a story that was written about him after he died), and it also said that after she divorced him his drug abuse and alcoholism continued to the point where the mansion he lived in was completely trashed (full of empty booze bottles and other garbage), and all of his teeth also fell out as a result of that lifestyle.
So one would also imagine that whatever it is that she has to say wouldn't be anything to indicate that she'd had a FAIRY TALE type of existence back while she was still married to Eddie.
They did really seem to love each though, regardless of all of the other issues that they were dealing with at that time.
I recall her detailing her drug use when she promoted her book on Orpah. I know she is far from a saint but was surprised. She stated one of her brothers introduced her to drugs in their teen years. I knew Eddie had health issues stemming from his substance abuse, but unaware he lost his teeth, but I heard stories about that. I recall she also suffered a few miscarriages, I wonder if her drug usage played a role in that.
I never knew about Eddie's preference for skinny women.
What's also interesting is how her "One Day at a Time" Co-star (the actress who played the part of her sister), was also fired from the show for her drug abuse.
So you would also think she would know better than to use drugs, but guess being "in love" and being around a ROCK STAR (who also used and abused drugs all of the time) also meant she was surrounded with them all of the time by others who were also doing them all of the time???
The description of the TRASHED MANSION and Eddie with NO TEETH when someone shows up to visit him sounded like something out of a HORROR FLICK where someone had transformed into a creature from some kind of experiment where they'd taken some kind of a potent (like the case is with the story of Dr. JEKYLL and MR. HYDE).
It's also a miracle that she'd agree to let her son visit his father when he was living like that. But guess that was also easier than dealing with publicity if she tried to do anything about it.
What's apparent is how she didn't live a CHARMED FAIRY TALE kind of a lifestyle the way some would assume to be the case with her success as an actress.
I am assuming Eddie got dentures down the road.
shareHer son is chubby as well. Maybe it is hereditary.
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