I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.


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So Witch Baby played. Tossing her head, sucking in her cheeks and popping up with the impact of each...
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Under the twinkling trees was a table covered with Guatemalan fabric, roses in juice jars, wax rose ...
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He might be faithless but I believe in him.
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What sexual preference do you hope she has?” “Happiness.” Isnt that cool?
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You always fed strays and bent down to talk to the dogs you met on the street, looking straight into...
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