Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s children share rare insights into family life
Lucille Ball and Desi ArnazThe child, Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lucie Arnazpulling the curtains in their childhood and revealing the feeling of growing up I love Lucy.
Lucy, 73, recalls in the biographer Todd S. Purdumnew book, Desi Arnaz: The man who invented the TVHow is her famous parents different when dealing with her and her brother Desi Jr.
Lucy remembers that when a child would disappoint her, her mom “accepted it personally.” Meanwhile, according to a rare interview with Purdum by Lucie, her father is “not that.”
Lucy explains in the book: “He would be really angry, blow his stack and then shout, but he would do it, it’s like it never happened.” people. “It’s like a storm just passed. But it stopped, right?”
By contrast, Ball would offend the children’s mistakes for how it allegedly reflected her. “My mother would be offended by her childhood behavior or what you said because you should know, even if no one will teach you what to say,” Lucille said. ” “She will be emotionally separated from you, no matter how long she wants to.
Ball and Desi got married in 1940 after working in Hollywood for decades. Meanwhile, Desi made his debut the same year after becoming famous with the musician.
Their love story quickly inspired their popular sitcoms I love LucyFrom 1951 to 1957. In the series, Lucy Ricardo, the wife of band leader Ricky Ricardo, who went into the wildest dilemma when trying to be his own right.
Desi Jr. and Lucie were both present when their parents were filming the sitcom, but they had different experiences. Lucie remembers trying to “hide in the stands” when she was introduced to the audience. On the other hand, Desi said, he “very embraces the whole thing very much.”
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Follow Success I love Lucythe couple starred Lucy Daisy Comedy Hour From 1957 to 1960. As the show ends, so does Ball and Desi’s marriage. The two divorced in 1960 and their children were not surprised.
“It’s not good for anyone,” Desi Jr. recalls during the turbulent relationship before his parents split. “And we’ll always remember them sitting down and saying, ‘Look, you know, things don’t work.’ I mean, I remember a word.”
Ball continues to lead multiple of his own series, including Lucy Performance From 1962 to 1968, This is Lucy From 1968 to 1974, Lucy’s Life 1986. She has appeared in more than 120 films and TV shows and has served as executive producer for more than 70 projects.
Desi also continues to act in Split, starring mother in law From 1967 to 1968, and made guest appearances Virginian and Alice. He is the executive producer of several Ball’s projects Stark Trek and ABC Late Night. However, most of Desi’s performance and musical success were masked by alcoholism.
Like his father, Desi Jr. struggled with addiction and sought treatment after focus since 1981. Four years later, Desi asked his son for advice and signed up for a drinking rehabilitation program at the Scripps McDonald Center in California to protect his identity under the name “Bill Sanchez.”
“It’s really good,” Desi told the book author who contacted his father during such a difficult time. “Because no matter what I’m going through, it will pay off. I said, ‘I can’t do anything for you, but there’s one that can.’ He got it.”
Desi Jr. points out that despite his success, his father felt lonely in fame. “That was when he realized the emptiness – at the peak of his success,” said Desi Jr. “He didn’t stop drinking. He didn’t know what the real poison was. It was temporary life.”
Ball and Desi finally found love for the second time, and the ball married Gary Morton In 1961, Desi and Edith Hirsch 1963. Ball and Morton married until she died in 1989 at the age of 77.
Meanwhile, Desi and Hirsch were married until she died in 1985 at the age of 67. Desi died the following year at the age of 69.
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