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S6E5: The Man | Billie Jean King & Victoria Woodhull May 03, 2020

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This week, we’re taking a look at a couple of American originals. Tennis legend Billie Jean King married her best friend Larry when they were a couple of lovestruck kids bonding over a tennis net. Alicia has the decidedly not trashy story of how Billie Jean came to terms with her sexuality, and how Larry supported her every step of the way. Though divorced, the pair remain permanent friends.

Then Stacie hops on the Trashy Divorces time machine to take us back to the 19th century with the bonzo story of Victoria Woodhull, America’s first female presidential candidate. Was she the most successful con artist of her day, or a medium and social reformer driven by her strong ideals? Honestly, we don’t have any idea.

Related: Here’s the Henry Ward Beecher story on Patreon (paywall-free) that first got Stacie onto Victoria Woodhull.

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S6E4: Cabaret | Countess Luann de Lesseps & Cary Grant Apr 26, 2020

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As the musical Cabaret says, “What good is sitting alone in your room? Come to the Cabaret!” This week, we have the stories of two people inhabiting a role: Luann de Lesseps, the Countess of Real Housewives of New York, and legendary actor and all around dapper fella Cary Grant. Stacie has the trashy Housewives tale of a young American who married into, and then divorced out of, European nobility, while Alicia spills some tea about Archibald Leach, who left England to reinvent himself in New York, and then conquered Hollywood as Cary Grant.

Music, sources, and more at trashydivorces.com.

Stacie’s Receipts

‘Real Housewife’ De Lesseps Will Soon Be a Wife No Longer (NYT profile)

Royal breakup for ‘Real’ Housewife

LuAnn de Lesseps in Royal Divorce ‘Shocker’ – Slideshow – Daily Intel

Count ‘Housewife’ Couple Out

‘Real Housewives’ LuAnn de Lesseps: ‘SVU’ role is part of her ‘second chance’ at life

All the Photos From RHONY’s Luann de Lesseps and Tom D’Agostino Jr.’s Wedding

Luann Details The Full Story Behind Her Arrest On RHONY

‘Real Housewives of New York’ star Luann de Lesseps strikes plea deal

Alicia’s Receipts

Cary Grant’s Best Moments in Arsenic and Old Lace

Cary Grant Was Gay/Bi, says friend Orry-Kelly

Uncovering Orry Kelly – Gillian Armstrong

Dyan Cannon Talks About Cary Grant

A different side of Cary Grant

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S6E3: Tusk | Patrizia Reggiani and Maurizio Gucci & Paulina Porizkova and Ric Ocasek Apr 19, 2020

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This week, Alicia has the story of Maurizio and Patrizia Gucci, whose high profile divorce led to the murder that shocked the fashion world. Then, Stacie has the long, low-key love and never-completed divorce of rocker Ric Ocasek and supermodel Paulina Porizkova.

Music, sources, and more at trashydivorces.com.

Alicia’s Receipts

The Murder of Maurizio Gucci | Crime Documentaries

The Gucci’s: The Last Fashion Victim (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories

Curse of the Gucci family continues to haunt the heirs

A GUCCI KNOCKOFF | Vanity Fair | July 1995

The Gucci wife and the hitman: fashion’s darkest tale

Where’s Patrizia Reggiani In 2018? Maurizio Gucci’s Shocking Murder Is Revisited In ‘People Magazine Investigates: Crimes Of Fashion’

Stacie’s Receipts

The Mystery of Ric Ocasek (This is the Rolling Stone piece by David Browne that Stacie references most often)

The Reason The Cars’ Frontman Ric Ocasek Left His Wife Paulina Porizkova Out of His Will

Paulina Porizkova on Ric Ocasek split: ‘It seemed like only one of us wanted to be married, and that was me’

Rocker Ric Ocasek’s Estate Headed for a Court Battle

Ric Ocasek gets married

Ric Ocasek’s Family Thank Fans For Support Following His Unexpected Death

Ric Ocasek and Paulina Porizkova Relationship Timeline

How Paulina Porizkova Felt After Learning She Was Cut From Ric Ocasek’s Will

Cars singer Ric Ocasek cuts wife Paulina Porizkova out of will

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S6E2: My Heart Will Go On | James Cameron and Linda Hamilton & John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon Apr 12, 2020

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It’s listener request time! This week, Stacie covers filmmaker James Cameron, who spent much of his adult life engaging in something like serial monogamy and abusing the heck out of his subordinates. When he wasn’t making actors pee in wetsuits, he was marrying and divorcing in quick succession, most notably to Terminator actress Linda Hamilton. Then, Alicia puts some realism into the man, the myth, the legend, John Lennon. Turns out that the voice of a generation was pretty awful in his first marital go-round.

Music, sources, and more at trashydivorces.com.

Stacie’s Receipts

James Cameron: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series), edited by Brent Dunham.

Linda Hamilton: ‘Everyone’s terrified of James Cameron. I’m not’

Linda Hamilton gives RARE interview about ex-husband, director James Cameron

The Unmade Films of James Cameron

One Of James Cameron’s Ex-Wives Tells Tales Of His Huge Ego

Alicia’s Receipts

John, by Cynthia Lennon.

A Twist of Lennon, by Cynthia Lennon.

Inside John Lennon’s ‘Lost Weekend’ Period, by Colin Bertram.

John Lennon Wife – Cynthia Lennon EXCLUSIVE 30 Minute BBC Interview & Life Story

Why did John Lennon largely ignore his first son Julian?

….Cynthia clips from ”The Real John Lennon.”

John’s Aunt Mimi 1981 UK Interview

John Lennon’s Sister Talks About Growing Up With Her Beatle Brother | Good Morning Britain

Julian Lennon Gets Candid About His Late Father, The Beatles’ John Lennon

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S6E1: Eye of the Tiger | Frank Lloyd Wright & Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren Apr 05, 2020

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This week, we take a look at two pretty singular individuals who might have been better off staying single. First up, Alicia has the shockingly trashy story of American architectural master Frank Lloyd Wright. This one really has everything: tons of dirtbag behavior, horrific true crime, and another one of those “great men” whose personal lives are garbage.

In a similar vein, Stacie remembers the 2009 cheating scandal that temporarily swamped golf legend-in-his-own-time Tiger Woods. No, he wasn’t cheating at golf. He was cheating on his wife, with basically every woman he’d ever met. Once the news broke, wife Elin Nordegren may or may not have taken out her rage with a golf club to their Cadillac Escalade.

Music, sources, and more at trashydivorces.com.

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I Love Trash (Bonus) Mar 29, 2020

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We’re off this week, but wanted to check in with thanks, trashcandy, and some ideas that might help you disconnect from all the anxiety.

Check out our catalog of Patreon stories pulled from the paywall, for your listening enjoyment: bit.ly/trashcandyquarantine

Stacie recommends Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, by Geraldine Brooks. It’s based on the true story of an English village that, back in 1666, way before anyone understood viruses, self-quarantined after plague broke out in the community. Fair warning, this is not light reading, so use your judgment.

Alicia, much more wisely, recommends Unlocking Us, the new podcast by OG shero Brene Brown. This is probably a more soothing option than Stacie’s weird book recommendation.

Then, we drop a few hints about Season 6, which begins next Sunday, April 5. Thanks so much for being part of the Trashy Divorces community. Stay safe, keep it trashy, and we’ll talk next week!

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S5E12: They Can’t Take That Away From Me | Anna Nicole Smith & Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner Mar 22, 2020

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Welcome to the end of Season 5 and another host’s choice edition of Trashy Divorces! Stacie has the surprising and sad tale of model Anna Nicole Smith, whose Playboy notoriety, marriage to a billionaire octogenarian, and sometimes inexplicable life choices made her catnip to the tabloids and someone who was relatable to millions when she died.

Then Alicia has the story of Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner. They divorced, but found a way to put it all back together again – at least until Natalie’s untimely death at the age of 43.

Stacie’s Receipts

Anna Nicole Smith’s tragic real-life story, by Mike Redmond. NickiSwift.com, January 9, 2018.

Ex-Baby Sitter to Get Default Judgment from Anna Nicole Smith, AP, August 18, 1995.

Anna Nicole Smith Weds J. Howard Marshall II. People Magazine. August 1, 1994.

Anna’s Unprinted Interviews Revealed, by Amy Bonawitz. CBS News, April 30, 2007.

Anna Nicole Book Details Childhood Abuse, Sex Life, by Matt Mitovich. TV Guide, April 30, 2007.

Judge In Decades Old Anna Nicole Smith Case Announces He’s Had Enough, by Kelly Phillips Erb. Forbes, January 30, 2017.

Alicia’s Receipts

Second Time’s the Charm, by Barbara Wilkins. People. December 13, 1976.

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Bein’ Green (St. Patrick’s Day Bonus) | Juliette Gordon Low & Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy Mar 17, 2020

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you! In honor of the Wearing of the Green, we’ve got two bonus stories for you. Alicia has the sordid story of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low, whose husband moved his mistress into their shared home. Stacie has the shocking violence in the long relationship between current exes, Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog.

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S5E11: Over the Rainbow | Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney & Judy Garland’s Tragic Loves Mar 15, 2020

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It’s all Judy Garland, all the time! This week, Stacie kicks us off with the mysterious and incredibly brief marriage between actress Renee Zellweger (who just won Best Actress for Judy) and country star Kenny Chesney. They tied the knot after knowing each other just five months, and when Renee filed to annul the marriage for “fraud” four months later, the media turned an ugly eye to Kenny.

Then, Alicia has the heartbreaking story of Trashy Divorces All-Star Judy Garland, whose five marriages and four divorces were probably a predictable outcome of the horrifying ways she was mistreated as a child.

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Stacie’s Receipts

NickiSwift.com on Renee and Kenny

Kenny talks to Oprah about not being ready for the marriage with Renee

Good Housekeeping explores the marriage

Alicia’s Receipts

Books:

Judy: The Films and Career of Judy Garland, by Joe Morella and Edward Epstein

Judy Garland on Judy Garland: Interviews and Encounters, by Randy L. Schmidt

Pictures Will Talk: The Life and Films of Joseph L. Mankiewicz, by Kenneth L. Geist

The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney, by Richard A. Lerzman and William J. Birnes

The Men Who Made the Movies, by Richard Schickel

Vincent Minnelli: Hollywood’s Dark Dreamer, by Emanuel Levy

Debbie: My Life, by Debbie Reynolds

Life is Too Short, by Mickey Rooney

Articles:

Judy Garland Dies in London at 47; Tragedy Haunts Star, LA Times, June 23, 1969

Judy and Mickey: The long, fruitful, and tortured relationships between Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and MGM, Slate, October 30, 2015

Over the Rainbow, and Then Some! Vanity Fair, May 2011

Judy Garland’s Funeral Draws Her Colleagues, The New York Times, June 28, 1969

Obituaries: Mark Herron, Judy Garland’s Fourth Husband, LA Times, January 19, 1996

Judy Garland’s Five Husbands: How the Men in Her Life Tried to Save Her from Tragedy, People, January 28, 2017

The Real Vincente Minelli, The Advocate, May 2009

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S5E10: You Make Me Feel So Young | Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra & Larry King’s Many, Many Divorces Mar 08, 2020

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The Mia Farrow-Frank Sinatra marriage and divorce is a story with surprising right-now resonance. Alicia shares the tale of how a very young Mia Farrow met and fell in love with Frank, who was expecting a very different kind of wife than he got. There’s also a cat.

Then, Stacie brings us the story of another Trashy Divorces All-Star, Larry King, whose seven wives, eight marriages, and, now, eight divorces make him a real contender for some kind of themed prize we’re planning on inventing at some point.

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