The Golden Age of Hollywood was rife with feuds between stars.
Among these notorious feuds was a years-long period of strife betweenElizabeth TaylorandDebbie Reynolds.
How Did Elizabeth Taylor & Debbie Reynolds' Friendship Begin?
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And if anyone said they werent, then they were lying.
How Did Elizabeth Taylor & Eddie Fisher’s Affair Begin?
The two stars began seeing each other, and after divorcing Reynolds in 1959, Fisher married Taylor.
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How Did the Scandal Impact Eddie Fisher’s Career?
Five years after they wed, Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher divorced.
Eddie Fisher, however, wouldn’t be quite so fortunate.
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From the time the news of his affair with Taylor broke, Fisher found himself on the chopping block.
Todd Fisher expounded on this when he wrote, “There was outrage.
My dad had like contracts canceled for morality clauses…it literally ruined his career.”
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Why Did Elizabeth Taylor & Debbie Reynolds Eventually Reconcile?
In 1966, they unexpectedly found themselves in close quarters on the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship.
The sudden realization saw Reynolds nearly abandon the cruise altogether, though she continued with her husband’s urging.
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And we had a wonderful evening with a lot of laughs."
And their newfound friendship would flourish for decades until Taylor’s passing in 2011.
“Im sorry for what I did to you with Eddie,” Taylor told Reynolds.
And, isheworth it?
The friendship was perhaps worth more."
