Pam Grier says that shocking news from his doctor prompted him to end Richard Pryor
The actor fought with the consumption of drugs throughout their short -term relationship.
In his 2010 Memoirs, Foxy: My life in three acts ,, Garrier opens with his life and career, including his relationships with famous men. His ex include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ,, Freddie Prinze , And Richard Pryor , with whom she came out for a year in the mid -1970s. This relationship was complicated by the consumption of Pryor's drugs, and it was her penchant for cocaine that finally led to end things. As she said in her book, she did not realize how serious her dependence was until she received medical information from her own doctor on how it also affected her body.
Read the rest to find out more about the shocking news Foxy Brown Star heard and to see what she shared on her relationship with the late actor.
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There was proof of his cocaine consumption on her body.
In his book ( via Jezebel ), Grier wrote that her doctor had told her that she had an "accumulation of cocaine residues" around her private parts, which, according to the doctor, was an "epidemic" in Beverly Hills at the time. She says that the doctor asked if her partner used the drug topically to maintain her sexual performance. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Grier said no, and the doctor asked if his partner had taken the medication before having had sex. "This is a possibility," she replied. "You know, I go out with Richard Pryor."
According to Cockroach Star, the doctor replied: "Oh, my God ... We have a serious problem here. If he doesn't put it directly on his skin, then it's worse because the coke is in his seminal liquid." (The medical accuracy of the account was questioned by a doctor of the article in Jezebel.)
She broke with the actor.
In an interview of 2011 with Oprah Winfrey ,, Grier told the story To see his doctor and said that it had led to his break with Pryor. She said her doctor warned him against unprotected sex with him.
"[Cocaine] could harm the internal organs of women," she said. "So I had to say to Richard:" You will have to wear a raincoat - a condom. "And he had a problem with that, and I said:" Well, it's my life. You have to understand. "So I chose myself."
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She said Pryor was attracted by her "simplicity".
Grier and Pryor were different from each other, and she said that was what attracted her Greased lightning Co-star for her.
"With Richard, he really liked my simplicity. He didn't like Hollywood images and all this flamboyance," she said in her Oprah interview.
"He said" Baby, I know you are simple, and I love it about you and you are endearing. No drugs, no consumption - all these things cause me trouble. But I'm afraid of not being funny if I'm sober. And he fought that. He fought with that. ""
He tried to become sober when they were always together.
In 2022, Grier was at the center of a season of the Podcast TCM The intrigue is tough . According to Indiewire, in the show, she said that she and Pryor separated because he " fell from the wagon . ""
She explained that she had the impression that the star "wasted" her capacities and the opportunities given to her - opportunities that she did not have, because she is a woman.
"I just didn't want to lose this talent," she said. "I really wanted to hold a mirror and show him how wonderful and loved he was, and that he is really good. But as they say, you can drive a horse in the water, but you cannot make it drink. I had to keep yourself away. ""
After coming to glory as a star of the 70s Blaxpliation films, Grier continued to play in television shows, especially The word I And Blessed this disorder . Now 73 years old, she has also played roles in films, including Mars attacks ,, Jackie Brown ,, Larry Crowne , And Poms . As for Pryor, He died of a heart attack At 65 in 2005 after having lived with multiple sclerosis for years.
