The show aired, and was more successful than anyone had understood television could be. Within six months of its debut, more than half of the country would tune in to I Love Lucy every week.
The Lucy craze led people to feel a personal share in the family. CBS worried this might be in bad taste. An ad agency advised them not to show a swollen belly on air, so even here Lucille blazed new ground. In , Confidential was to tabloid journalism what I Love Lucy was to sitcoms. It was so successful as to be a proof of concept—the kind of magazine that made career-ruining scandals out of outing actors and reporting on interracial romances.
Desi seemed unabashed. Everybody was frozen on the set. But it was hard for her; humiliating. So now the whole country knew. But no magazine had enough juice to sour tens of millions of fans.
But the effect on their relationship was real. She, in turn, auctioned off artwork, personal letters between Lucille and Gary, and even a car of Lucille's years later. Susie explained in the auction that she had kept the items out of respect for both Gary and Lucille, but was ready to part with them more than 10 years after Gary's death. Lucille was 50 years old when she and Gary got together. He was certainly younger, but they never had any children together.
They both followed in their parents' footsteps of working in the entertainment business in film producing and performing. And with grandchildren who did the same, it's safe to say that Lucille's legacy has been kept alive and well.
Distractify is a registered trademark. All Rights Reserved. In , Lucille Ball filed for divorce from Desi Arnaz once again. Daughter Lucie Arnaz spoke of her parents' marriage and their messy divorce to Closer Weekly in There was a lot of anger and screaming," she told the outlet.
And then there was the alcoholism. I had preferred those things had never been there. We didn't have any abuse, but we did go through some pretty hard stuff and that's why my parents didn't stay together. Despite their divorce, the pair remained friends until their deaths but also remarried. She just said the same thing over and over again It was 'I love you.
I love you.
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