Liz Taylor was not only one of Hollywood's true movie stars; She got around. She married Eddie Fischer just months before she ran off to do Cleopatra with Richard Burton. Eddie - like poor Nick Lacey with Jessica, had no idea what was what until Richie and Lizzie were exchanged expensive stones and other more personal forget me nots, By the time the show was over Liz decided that she wanted a Greek Hero, even if that mean a Welsh actor playing a Roman. So there was no room for a little Jewish singer in her life.Now that's fine and well. People expected Taylor to run around like a cat with liniment on her arse, except that in this case the was a twist. Lizzie had stolen Fischer away from Tanny. Now Tammy was the wholesome Mountain Dew Elli May Clampett time who innocence appealed to horny adolescent boys. Innocence was a big part of her appeal. So when Taylor - who was the vamp of the day - moved in for the kill. Spectators viewed it as something a wolf goring Bambie in one of those morbid Disney films,
To put it in modern perspective - it was the same as when Angelina Jolie stole Brad Pitt from Jennifer Aniston. People decided that she'd gone a little too far - but since she was an oversexed bitch that they couldn't blame her as long as she meant it. So Eddie and Lizzie lived it up for a few mothers and then Lizzie's hot sexy bitch instincts took over.
As mentioned she went off to do Cleopatra with Richard Burton. Burton played Marc Anthony - a proud, intelligent brave; and even more than that - the last of the Greek Heroes. Lizzie as Cleopatra had to seduce Marc -Ricard Anthony, because they're passionate doomed love affair formed the basis of the story. That meant that Richie and Lizzie had to do plenty of scripted sexy time pulls lots of emotionally charged scenes! soon it was bye-bye Tammy.
There's been a lot of talk about who was to blame int his. Tammy was the beloved image of innocent youth, and Liz was the voracious man eating vagina dentata. Since those were the parts that they were supposed to play then no one could really blame Lizzie too much. It didn't go down well and the vox populi (they phrase vox populi is handier than "they" since interlocutors will then get cute and asked you who "they" are. Now one will defy the vox populi.), who decided that she'd get a pass if Lizze was serious. That was the Brad Angelina Jennifer scenario of their day.
Well Lizzie buggered that up by dropping Fischer like a hot potato when she went after Burton. Liz had that Jolie" I do what ever the hell I want because I'm a wild crazy fuck!' attitude. So she may not have been well aware of the seriousness of the situation when she embarked on her affair wit Burton. When she dropped him after a few months to go after Burton - the public turned and never quite forgave her.
That's a paralleled to today's Bragelinsten arrangement to - where the public has decided they'll let jolie get way with this, but they can't expect anymore from them just because she's hers. So her picture shave flopped even though Anstion has a steady A List career. Jolie may be shying away from dropping Pitt because she's afraid of a little of the Hollywood voodoo that hit Lizzie, in the form of failed career, ruined looks, failing health, etc. She needn't worry in this case because the American public is now aiting for the opposite result and are earnestly hoping that Jolie will drop her Mattell Ken Doll, and go back to the half schizophrenic potential serial killer that they fell in lover with that (Shame that no one ever explained that to Jolie).
Anyway this brings us back to the living Legend Elizabeth Taylor. After ditching Eddie and irking the American Movie Public her life started to go down hill. I don't know whether that was coincidence or the will of the movie gods, but her life started to get screwed up. She started playing tramps in films. She started to gain weight and lose her special appeal. She also rebounded off of Richard Burton and to an American politician which proved to be the worst marriage of her life. In fact she never totally took off the weight she gained during that unhappy union.
That left Liz in her post motion picture carer. Since she had some charisma she got by. She appeared in Dynasty, she designed a few perfumes, she may ever have done a few cartoon voice overs (she was considered for a voice in the Flintstones with John Goodman). You might say that Taylor's career was heading in a direction that so many and event he most famous careers go - straight in to the crapper!
Taylor has one way of getting into the media again and aging. She just kept marrying and divorcing, This was once again either a case of Taylor's flagrant disreguard of the unwritten rules of Hollywood - or that her twat was too hot to stop. So she went on her well know post movie star career as a serial marrier. IN fact the roster of Lizzie's conquest is listed below and are as follows:
Marriages
Taylor has been married eight times to seven husbands:
- Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (6 May 1950 – 29 January 1951) (divorced)
- Michael Wilding (21 February 1952 – 26 January 1957) (divorced)
- Michael Todd (2 February 1957 – 22 March 1958) (widowed)
- Eddie Fisher (12 May 1959 – 6 March 1964) (divorced)
- Richard Burton (15 March 1964 – 26 June 1974) (divorced)
- Richard Burton (10 October 1975 – 29 July 1976) (divorced)
- Note: between 1975 and 1976, Taylor was the "companion" to the Iranian ambassador to Washington, Ardeshir Zahedi. They were dubbed "the hottest couple", and both divorced their significant others during their relationship. Taylor even traveled with him to Tehran for a time. Shah Reza Pahlavi convinced Zahedi to end his relationship with Taylor.
- John Warner (4 December 1976 – 7 November 1982) (divorced)
- Larry Fortensky (6 October 1991 – 31 October 1996) (divorced)
You should notice two things right away: 1.marrying Conrad Nickey Hilton gives her a Paris Hilton connection; 2, she's been married 8 times over the past 45 years! That's an enormous amount of emotional baggage to carry around with you! Now where you've got that much karma following in your track and waiting for an inconvenient moment to pounce, then it's only a matter of time before something very inconvenient lands on you.
In this case inconvenient comes in the form of Larry Fortensky. Now if you'll recall Liz meet Larry when they were both banged up in the Betty Ford Center - America being what it is the Betty Ford Clinic draws a real cross section of America society from washed up teen pop singers to laid of steel workers. Drugs are a great equalizer. Anyway Lizzie & Larry hit it off and next thing you know and as quick as a wink, the former Hollywood sex goddess is hitched up with a recovering alcoholic unemployed bricklayer. Just call him the original Kevin Federline.
They seemed to get along for a while. Larry doted on Liz constantly & following her around with shawls that he could suddenly toss them over her if a paparazzi was spotted lurking int he bushes. This was supposed to present the image of Larry as a caring husband, rather than what everyone thought that he was. What they thought he was is what you would think of the 40 year old man who goes after a 70+ woman with millions of dollars. Apart from dubious media stunts the pair actually seemed to get along and Larry seemed to know his place.
Now this kind of celebrity hook ups almost never ever last unless you're James Garner or something. So naturally the Larry & Lizzie arrangement started growing apart. They divorced and Larry got a very a generous settlement (ever get the impression that Liz doesn't kid herself?), They went their separate ways, Larry to what ever nice blue collar home that struck his fancy, and Liz to other male companions who could give her what she needed in her declining years.
Now the thing abut these amicable split ups is that they're like dormant volcanoes waiting to erupt with destructive fury at any moment and without warning. That's what happened to Liz later over that last man she ever married - Larry Fortensky. Seem that Lucky Larry ran into some fiduciary problems.
Now these fiduciary problems of the third degree.Mainly Larry is in default on some major loans and now is in danger of losing his home. So he's sent out the SOS to his sugar mommy to cut him a check and keep a roof over his head, Hitting up the ex to keep you in your new home might sound like a helluva nerve - especially when too was already taken care of - except that Liz has steeped in and done this kind of thing before.
In fact Liz has repeatedly bailed Larry out of one financial jam after another. One fo the most serious was after Larry seriously injured himself falling down the stairs drunk, and was never able to do an honest days work after! Liz paid up his mortgage and then chipped in which some living money.
Once again Larry is in arrears. Since that his house has been foreclosed on. Unless he gets some immediate help, he's gonna be out on the street. Once again he's turned to old reliable except hat this time there's a twist. Liz is in very frail health. By frail think Mr. Burns from the Simpsons before his regular morning defibrillation. So Lizzie isn't actually non compete memphis to go writing out checks to some dead beat she used to screw 20 years ago when she was emotional vulnerable. So this looks like Larry might have to make it on his own. Give him the benefit of the doubt though, if he can hook up with Taylor at Betty Ford, then he jut might have what it takes to jump start his career with a spot on Celebrity Rehab, & if not that then Dancing With The Stars!
