Colin Farrell details his "romantic relationship" with Elizabeth Taylor
He wanted to be his eighth husband, although he said that their romance was "never consumed".
At the start of his acting career - and before He became sober - Colin Farrell has acquired a reputation as a Hollywood boy, known for partying and meetings A chain of famous women , including Britney Spears ,, Lindsay Lohan ,, Angelina Jolie , And Half moore . But one of his relationships that did not reach tabloids at the time was apparently one of the most famous women ever lived - and who was more than four decades of his elder. After his death in 2011, Farrell revealed that he had a "romantic relationship" with Elizabeth Taylor . Continue reading to learn more.
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Farrell and Taylor met at the hospital.
According to USA today , THE An improbable couple met In October 2009, when Taylor was in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles receiving a stent. Farrell was also in the hospital - for the birth of her son, Henry Tadeusz Farrell , with Ondine co-star Alicja Bachleda-Curús . His manager presented the actor to the Hollywood icon.
Farrell said he had struck with the Cleopatra Star, despite their age difference of 44. "It was a bit like the last, I seem in my head, not her, I project, but the last kind of romantic relationship that I had," he said Ellen degeneres in 2014, as mentioned by USA today . "What has never been consumed."
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They shared many telephone calls at the end of the evening.
Although Farrell previously tried to seduce a much older woman - according to Eileen Atkins , who said he tried to put it in bed When he was 28 years old and she was 69 years old - his relationship with Taylor was never physical. On the contrary, he took the form of certain phone calls at the end of the evening, he revealed, admitting that the connection with the star required the assistance of the nursing staff.
"It was really cool, and she was not really a sleeper at night as I am not, so at 2 am. I would call her," said Farrell Ellen . "I wouldn't mind talking about that because I would be very careful, you know ... I will call it at 2 am and the nurse would answer the phone. I would say, is it awake? And the Nurse it was like, hold, I'm just going to check, and then I would be on the phone and I heard: "Hello?" And I would go: "How are you?" And we were talking for half an hour, an hour In the short hours. Really cool. "
He reminded him of Richard Burton.
According to Kate Andersen Brower , author of the biography Elizabeth Taylor: the grain and glamor of an icon , Farrell reminded Taylor Richard Burton , the Welsh star with whom she shared a passionate relationship and married twice. The author detailed Some risky encounters The pair had to Fox News in 2022.
"Colin liked joking with her," said Brower. "He would go to her home in Bel Air, and he lowered her pants and showed her tattoo, which was close to her crotch space. And she loved it, because he reminded him of Richard."
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They fought when he was caught up in work.
Farrell supported causes close to the heart of Taylor even after his death. At 2022 Elizabeth Taylor Ball to end the aid, the Banshees d'Inisherin The star remembers Their time together , as told by People . "She loved CSI, and everything that had a crime scene or a long -standing NCIS star] Mark Harmon In this document, "recalls Farrell.
He also recalled a moment when they fought. After not having been in contact over several weeks, Farrell stretched out. "She said," When did you come back? "And I said," About five or six weeks ago ". And she went:" Why didn't you call? "And I said:" Because, things happens. My my head was destroyed. I was in a bad mood. I didn't do it. ” But this answer was not suitable for Taylor. "She said:" Well, this is not the kind of friendship that interests me, if you only bring me your sunny days "", remembers he.
He had aspirations to be his eighth husband.
Unfortunately, Taylor died congestive heart failure in 2011 at 79 years old.
"I loved it," Farrell told Degeneres. "She was a spectacular and spectacular woman." The 47 -year -old added that he could have been the final number of Taylor's long list, if only they had had time. "I wanted to be the number eight, but we lacked off, he said.
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