Bob Hope was a "miserable human being", says the bomb of the 1950s, Mamie Van Doren

The 92 -year -old also said that he had proposed it at the age of 16 and that he was forty.


Today, Bob Hope He is better known for his films, hosting the Oscars on several occasions and his frequent USO tours. But, while these facts alone paint a healthy image of the artist, not everyone agrees with this evaluation. In a tweet published on March 30, Mamie Van Doren Called Hope a "miserable human being", while calling for his motivation to work with USO and female ways that are often reported. With her impressions of hope, Van Doren shared a photo they took together when she was only 17 years old.

Van Doren, now 92, is a former actor who came to glory in the 1950s. With Marilyn Monroe And Jayne Mansfield , it was called in the media as one of the "three ms" - bombed actors and sex symbols. Given his career, it is not surprising that Van Doren has shocking stories from Old Hollywood, and it was not even the first time that she has talked about the hope and the image he cultivated. Read the rest to see what she said about the legendary actor.

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Van Doren answered a follower who asked him questions about the hope.

Mamie Van Doren and Bob Hope in a photo posted to her Twitter account
© Mamie Van Doren / Twitter

March 30, Van Doren responded to a tweet From a fan who asked: "What Bob Hope looked like if you met him, I heard contradictory stories about him."

"It was an [explanative] who earned his life from the troops," replied the star. "In addition, he had a lot of [explaining] doing it. A miserable human being. Not of me. I was Miss Palm Springs here and I was just 17 years old."

In the tweet, Van Doren shared a photo of her standing next to the hope when she was Miss Palm Springs. The actor had also been a frequent beauty contest host during his career, which could explain how they met.

Hope died in 2003 at the age of 100.

She said he had proposed it when she was a teenager.

Mamie Van Doren at a taping in Los Angeles in 1955
Earl Leaf / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

As indicated by Gr8er Days, in an article on Facebook of 2017, Van Doren criticized hope And argued that she had come to her when she was very young. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"I was just the right age for Mr. Hope… .16," wrote Van Doren. "Because I refused him, he would never invite me to work with him." (She also published this Part of the story on Twitter .) When Van Doren was 16, Hope was in the middle of 40 years.

She said he had made millions from his USO tours.

Dolores and Bob Hope in London in 1939
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In his article on Facebook, Van Doren also questioned the hypothesis that Hope's work with the USO was done by the goodness of his heart. "Bob Hope won millions of dollars by entertaining the troops," continued the star. "These visits were sold in NBC. It has never done anything for the good of anyone else."

She also said he had several extramarital affairs, including one with the actor Barbara Payton . Hope was married to Dolores Hope From 1934 to his death in 2003 at the age of 100.

"He had side pieces hidden in bungalows everywhere at L.A.," wrote Van Doren about Hope. "He said once to Barbara Peyton [sic] that she needed a new mattress, and if she did not, he did not. Miraculously, he paid for that. That said. That said. , he was the tightest [explanive] in Hollywood. Delores [sic] was also an accomplice. She knew what he was doing and looked in the other direction. This allowed wear. "

"Worse, it was not funny," added Van Doren. "He was surrounded by writers all the time, and could not be funny without them."

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Others have spoken of his infedality.

Bob Hope at the Crosby National Celebrity Golf Tournament in 1991
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Van Doren is not the first person to challenge Hope's image, and it was largely reported that he had had many things during his marriage.

In 1993, Groucho Marx's son, Arthur Marx , published the book Bob Hope's secret life . As indicated by the Associated Press ( via Deseret News ), he wrote that Hope exchanged friends with a frequent collaborator Bing Crosby ; Put women in houses near his so that he can visit them; And chose women for his USO visits with whom he thought he could go to bed.

Arthur said at AP: "I do not throw rocks; I just tell the story of his life. If a few rocks come to him, this is how he lived."

At the time, the publicist of Pope replied in a press release: "We do not dig up the book with no comments. I always deplore those who live the degradation of others. I hope that (Marx) earns a lot of money on The book like this, he can buy his fucking life. "


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