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Lucille Ball and Desi ArnazChildren, Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lucie Arnazpulls the curtain back on their childhood – and reveals what it was like to grow up I love lucy.
Lucie, 73, remembers in a biographer Todd S. PurdumA new book, Desi Arnaz: The man who invented TVhow different her famous parents was in dealing with her and her brother Desi Jr., now 72.
Lucie remembered that her mother was “taken personally” when one of the children was disappointed. Meanwhile, her father was not “like that,” according to Lucie’s rare interviews with Purdum.
“He would get very angry and blow his pile, and loudly, but then he would have done, and it would be as if he never happened,” explained Lucie in the book, per People. “As a new storm passed. The storm never said, ‘I’m sorry,’ the storm never left a say, ‘I’m sorry, it wasn’t your fault.’ But he stopped, right? ”
In contrast, Ball would take offense to the children’s misconceptions because of how it is alleged to reflect on it. “My mother would be personally offended by childhood behavior or what you said, because you should have known not to say that, although no one has taught you what to say,” Lucille reported. “And she would separate emotionally with you for how long she wanted. And it would be days sometimes, sometimes weeks.”
Ball and desired in 1940 after a ball was working in Hollywood for decades. Meanwhile, Desi made his first acting appearance the same year after gaining fame as a musician.
Very soon their love story was inspired Their sitting comedy I love lucywhich ran between 1951 and 1957. On the series, Ball Lucy Ricardo, wife of the band leader Ricky Ricardo (Desi), who goes into the wildest predictions in trying to become a star in its own right.
Desi Jr and Lucie were present when their Parents shot the sitting comedyBut they had different experiences on a set. Lucie remembered trying to “hide under the bleach” when she was presented to the audience. Desi Jr said he on the other hand “embraced the whole thing to a great extent.”
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Following success I love lucyThe duo of husband and wife starred Lucy-Tesi comedy hour between 1957 and 1960. As the show ends, as was Ball and Desi’s wedding. The pair divorced in 1960, and their children were not surprised.
“It wasn’t good for anyone,” Desi Jr. remembered in his parents’ turbulent relationship book before their division. “And we’ll always remember when they sat down and said, ‘Look, you know, things don’t work.’ I mean, I remember a word. ”
Ball went on to lead multiple series itself, including Lucy’s show between 1962 and 1968, This is Lucy between 1968 and 1974 and Life with Lucy in 1986. It starred in more than 120 films and TV shows together and was an active producer on over 70 projects.
Desi also continued to act a post-hollt, staring on The mothers-in-law Between 1967 and 1968 and make a cameos on The virginian and Alice. He was an active producer on several Ball and Hits projects as Stark Tour and ABC late at night. However, much of Desi’s acting and musical success was shaded by his turmoil with alcoholism.
Like his father, Desi jr had trouble with addiction and sought treatment in 1981 after living a life in the spotlight since his birth. Four years later Desi asked his son for advice and checked in Alcohol rehabilitation program At the McDonald Scripts Center in California under the name “Bill Sanchez” to defend its identity.
“It was really nice,” Desi Jr. told the book author of contacting his dad during such a hard time. “Because whatever I was going through, it paid off. I said, ‘I can’t do anything for you, but there is a place that can.’ He understood that. ”
Desi Jr. noted, though so successful, that his father felt lonely in fame. “That’s when he realized the emptiness – on the ridge of his success,” said Desi Jr. “He didn’t stop drinking. He didn’t know what the real poison was. This is a temporary life.”
Eventually, a ball and Desi found love for the second time, with a ball married Gary Morton in 1961 and Desi tied the knot with Edith Hirsch In 1963. She married Ball and Morton until her death in 1989 at the age of 77.
Meanwhile, Desi and Hirsch remained married until her death in 1985 at the age of 67. Desi died the following year at the age of 69.
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