Paul Newman's daughter could not print her "naughty" letters to Joanne Woodward in a new book

Melissa Newman wrote Head Over Heels: Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman about her parents.


They had one of Hollywood's most lasting love stories, but Paul Newman And Joanne Woodward 's The girl has just revealed that all aspects of their connection are not able to be printed so that the world can see it. Melissa Newman is the author of the new book Head: Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman - A love story in words and images , which presents more than 100 photos of his famous parents who tell their story. In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, she shared that she met love letters that Paul wrote to Joanne who were too "nasty" to print in the book. Continue reading to learn more.

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Paul and Joanne met in the early 1950s.

Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman at their wedding in Las Vegas in 1958
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Paul and Joanne met when they were both in Broadway game Picnic in 1953. At the time, Paul was married to his first wife, Jackie Witte , since 1949. He began to have an affair with his co-star, even if he and Witte remained married for several years. The couple had three children together: Scott ,, Susan , And Stéphanie Newman .

In 1958, they divorced and Paul married Joanne. They got married for 50 years until his death in 2008 at the age of 83. They also welcomed three children together: Melissa and her sisters, Nestlery And Claire Newman . Today, Joanne is 93 years old.

In addition to sharing their lives, Paul and Joanne worked together. They co-venee in films of which Long hot summer ,, Paris Blues ,, A new kind of love , And Winner . He also directed it in some of his films, including his beginnings as a director Rachel, Rachel .

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Melissa found love letters that Paul wrote at the start of their relationship.

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward at the 1958 Oscars
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Melissa told Fox News Digital Shared that she found letters that her father had written to her mother while she was looking at the attic at her parents' home in Westport, Connecticut. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"We had crossed torn bags. I remember just before one was about to be thrown away, I reached - there were butterflies and dead mice everywhere ... and I found The first 10 letters that my father ever wrote to my mother, "Melissa recalled. "It was also close to being thrown."

She added Paul's love letters: "I always say:" People read the things my father wrote to my mother ... [and] take notes, guy. "This is how you run someone. And it is so obvious that it was simply [struck] upside down. He fell in love with her so strong."

Some were too risky to be included in the book.

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward at their New York City home circa 1961
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Melissa explained that if extracts from the letters are presented in Crazy in Love , she decided that all their content was not appropriate.

"I read the letters and put it right:" Oh, it's so nice. This should go to the book "" she said. "And then I would read on, then I would go," ooh, dad, I can't put it in the book! ""

The 62 -year -old man described letters as "bad guys" and "debauchery", but said they are "not foggy". She continued: "I would arrive at a point of the letter where I would say:" I cannot print that. "But ... it was charming."

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Paul spoke about their sex life in his own memories.

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward at the 1969 Oscars
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Paul's memory, Paul Newman: The extraordinary life of an ordinary man , was posthumously published in 2022 and is based on an oral history of his life on which he began to work in the 1980s. In these conversations, he talked about his sex life with Woodward and explained how she 'changed.

"Joanne gave birth to a sexual creature," said Paul ( via People ). "We have left a trace of lust everywhere. Hotels and public parks and Hertz Rent-A-Cars." He added: "I went from not being a sexual threat to something else entirely."

The book also tells the story of a room that Joanne installed out of the master bedroom in their house in Beverly Hills.

"" I call her the [Expletive] hut, "she said proudly," recalls Paul in his memories. "It had been done with such affection and such a delight. Even if my children came, we were going to the [Expletive] Cabin several nights per week and just be intimate and noisy and ribandons."

Melissa called her mother a "sex bomb".

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in New York City in 2004
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Melissa told Fox News Digital that she was not surprised to learn the "Hut [Expletive]".

"It was perfectly logical," she said. "And I said to myself:" You are going, mom! "My mother was only a free spirit. She was her own powerful strength ... She did everything. And obviously, she was a sex bomb at the same time." She also writes in her book as the door of the room of His parents had "comic bolts" who "worked like a airlock".

Melissa also shared that, despite their obvious chemistry, her parents' marriage could be "disorderly" like that of others. But, they stayed together through difficult times.

"They were artistic compatriots, they were in love and they were fighters," she said. "It was this ribbon, this cord that just tied them together despite everything. There was no way to leave even when they wanted it ... it was like an elastic cord. They always met together."

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