Love & Misery

Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton has quite a run in the 60's & 70's.  Hear all about their highs and lows in this weeks episode of Love & Misery.

This couple’s relationship started out platonic. When they first met in 1963, she was 16, while he was 27 and married (he and his first wife were separated). At the time, he was more interested her friend, not in her. But from the beginning, they seemed to have a connection. "Everyone just disappeared," she said when first laying eyes on him, she told Elle Magazine in 2018. "He was the most unusual person I’d ever seen." Though they weren't romantically involved, she was soon living with him. He'd moved into a nearby apartment at the moment she was kicked out of her own apartment by her roommates, and he said she could stay with him if she'd clean the place. Reluctant to return to her old home, she agreed to do so though it has been said that she never actually tackled household chores. According to her, he said he wasn't attracted to her when she first moved in. Yet in time, their relationship shifted from platonic to romantic. If you read the title of this episode, then you know we are talking about Sonny & Cher (which was a couple given to us by a number of the listeners out there).

Our first couple is one of the most famous in history and is still being discuss over 2000 years after their

deaths. I’m speaking of Antony & Cleopatra. We are going to do a dive into these two lives and debunk

some myths about their lives and relationship together. I think that a lot of people are familiar with these

two because of the Shakespeare play (one of my favorite playwrights and wordsmiths) and more than 10

English speaking movies that have been made over the years, let alone any foreign films that have been

made. One movie, titled “Cleopatra” starred a couple that we plan to talk about later in an upcoming

podcast…Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton (we’re they married what 2 or 3 times)…anyway we’ll get into

that down the line.

These two met while filming “Too Many Girls” in 1940. At the time, She was engaged, and He was in a very serious relationship himself.  But, almost instantly, they were in love. They spent the night together after Knowing each other a few days, then called their respective significant others and broke it off.  A fitting impulsive start for them. Their relationship was tumultuous and passionate to say the least, but there was genuine love between the couple even after they were divorced (oops! spoiler alert).  If you heard our podcast last time, we let it up our listeners to pick this weeks couple.  These two were the clear favorites. If you read the title of this podcast, then you know the couple this week is Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz.