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Liza Minnelli and “Godfather” director Martin Scorsese had a tumultuous secret affair with “more layers than a lasagne”— as they sank into a deep pit of drug addiction together.Minnelli, 79, details how she fell for Scorsese on the set of their 1977 movie musical, “New York, New York,” while they were married to other people.
Both had “volcanic tempers” and things were so intense that Minnelli and her then-husband, Jack Haley, once ran into Scorsese in Greenwich Village — and the director berated her because he’d heard she was also having an affair with Mikhail Baryshnikov.“How can you do this to me. How can you do this to me!” Scorsese, now 83, yelled at her.Dak Prescott and Sarah Jane Ramos' wedding called off over alleged 'infidelity issues'. The French term for a passionate relationship that becomes a self destructive obsession … The relationship becomes a powerful hypnotic drug in every way.”“As we filmed, Marty became a heavier and heavier user of cocaine. It seemed that it was no longer recreational for either of us. It was day and night. On the set, in between takes, and when we went out in the evening,” Minnelli writes.Minnelli met Scorsese on the set of the 1977 movie musical, “New York, New York,” which also starred Robert De Niro — who later told a drug-addled Scorsese to get his act together.Elizabeth Taylor told Minnelli she would die if she didn’t go to rehab. She first went to the Betty Ford center in 1984.“We were constant companions and I was right there beside him. Line by line, Marty claimed the drug helped his creative juices. Sure it did. Or is that just one more fabulous lie you tell yourself when you’re in the grip of substance use?”During the affair, the “Cabaret” icon was wed to second husband Jack Haley Jr. — whose father played the Tin Man in “The Wizard of Oz” alongside Minnelli’s mother,In her memoir, Minnelli recounts turning up late one night at the home of designer Halston alongside her lover Martin Scorsese, asking for drugs.She recalls how one incident popped up in Andy Warhol’s published diaries, when she and Scorsese turned up late one night at the Manhtan home of fashion designer Halston. “‘Give me all the drugs you’ve got,'” I said, and he handed over some cocaine, marijuana, Valium and quaaludes,” she writes. “Then Marty, who had been waiting around the corner, came up to Halston and kissed him on the cheek. We thanked him and said goodbye.” Meanwhile, their movie rocketed past its $7 million budget, to $12 million, and took 22 weeks to complete instead of the planned 14.The star calls herself the original “nepo baby” after being born to director Vincente Minnelli and actress Judy Garland — who also struggled with drug addiction before dying of a barbiturate overdose at age 47.Minnelli writes of being “terrified” of her mother. She duetted with Garland on “The Judy Garland Show” in 1963.Her illicit affair with Scorsese continued after the film premiered, when she demanded that he direct her new Broadway musical, “The Act,” even though he had never before helmed a big stage show. But Scorsese sent up a “red flag” when he walked into the theater and insisted on a dressing room, something a director never has.Scorsese, meanwhile, was “exhausted … and a steady diet of hostility and substances certainly wasn’t helping matters. As it turns out, his life was in jeopardy, and he is now able to admit that he ended up in the hospital cheating death.”Minnelli, seen here in 2022, turned to prescription drugs after dealing with debilitating pain from arthritis and hip replacement surgeries.Pal Robert De Niro gave Scorsese a dose of “very tough love” in the hospital, Minnelli writes, telling him he had to get himself together for his young daughter. The actor also convinced him to direct “Raging Bull,” a movie that would change both their lives, earning Scorsese Best Director and Best Picture nominations at the Oscars in 1981. And yet, the affair continued, even though Minnelli was still married and missing performances due to the “steady impact of drugs and alcohol.” And “not all of the bad feelings have healed,” Minnelli admits. “Years later, I saw Marty at the Oscars ceremony in 2014 and walked up to say hello. Unfortunately he turned away from me. Very sad.”Minnelli delves into her addiction struggles and lovers in her new memoir, “Kids, Wait Til You Hear This!” Co-authored with pal Michael Feinstein, the book is out now. The four-times-married Minnelli — who calls herself the original “nepo baby,” as she was born to Garland and “An American in Paris” director Vincente Minnelli — also details how addiction was in her blood. Garland struggled for years before her death from an accidental barbiturate overdose at age 47, in 1969. Lifelong friend Elizabeth Taylor told Minnelli that Minnelli would die if she did not go to rehab, leading to her checking into the Betty Ford Clinic in 1984.After undergoing a hip replacement, she abused Oxycontin and, in 2000, staffers found her collapsed at home. “It looked like I had suffered a major stroke,” she said. “Fire department officials said I was paralyzed on one side of my body. My speech was slurred, my facial muscles sagging. Dr Maurice Hanson, a respected neurologist, later told the press that I had a severe case of encephalitis — a sudden inflammation of the brain that can be fatal.”In reality, friends found 60 Oxy pills stashed under her mattress and around the house. “I can’t remember how many prescription bottles were in my bathroom and bedroom,” Minnelli notes.Minnelli writes of being so messed up on drugs and alcohol in 2003 that she passed out on a Lexington Avenue sidewalk — with New Yorkers “who didn’t give a damn who I was” stepping over her. But now, Minnelli says, she has been sober for 11 years — her last stint in rehab was at a Malibu recovery center in 2015. “It’s the great personal victory of my life. But let me warn you — I’m not talking about a slam dunk triumph over addiction. An addict is always in recovery or dying.”How Hudson Williams achieved ‘fresh, hydrated, glowing’ skin at the Balenciaga show — on basically zero sleepDak Prescott’s ex-fiancée speaks out on prenup dispute claims after bombshell splitCher sparks Alexander Edwards marriage theories with massive ring at son Chaz Bono's weddingHilary Duff gets wet and wild for ‘Tonight Show’ performanceMinnelli met Scorsese on the set of the 1977 movie musical,"New York, New York," which also starred Robert De Niro — who later told a drug-addled Scorsese to get his act together.Elizabeth Taylor told Minnelli she would die if she didn't go to rehab. She first went to the Betty Ford center in 1984.In her memoir, Minnelli recounts turning up late one night at the home of designer Halston alongside her lover Martin Scorsese, asking for drugs.The star calls herself the original"nepo baby" after being born to director Vincente Minnelli and actress Judy Garland — who also struggled with drug addiction before dying of a barbiturate overdose at age 47.Minnelli, seen here in 2022, turned to prescription drugs after dealing with debilitating pain from arthritis and hip replacement surgeries.Minnelli delves into her addiction struggles and lovers in her new memoir,"Kids, Wait Til You Hear This!" Co-authored with pal Michael Feinstein, the book is out now.
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