Anjelica Huston has bared her soul about the heartache she endured in her tumultuous relationship with Jack Nicholson, sharing a poignant moment when she wept for three days after he callously laughed at the thought of marrying her.
The renowned Prizzi's Honor actress had a rocky romance with Nicholson, lasting from 1973 to 1989, during which she felt constantly overshadowed by his wandering affections towards other women.
Reflecting on a bitter memory from the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, Huston recounted how she was left standing alone on the sidewalk as Nicholson eagerly rode off with flirtatious French girls on motorbikes, leaving her in tears upon returning to their hotel room.
In her latest revealing memoir, ‘Watch Me,' a follow-up to her 2013 book ‘A Story Lately Told,' the 63-year-old star candidly expressed her deep love for the three-time Oscar winner despite enduring repeated heartbreak.
One instance that stung was when Nicholson belittled the idea of marriage while watching ‘The Newlywed Game,' dismissing it as a trivial affair.
Huston challenged him, only to be met with his dismissive attitude, further bruising her already fragile feelings.
The pain intensified during a Carole King concert in Central Park in 1973, where Huston found herself grappling with jealousy as Joni Mitchell sat intimately close to Nicholson, triggering a three-day emotional breakdown.
As the relationship unraveled, Huston stumbled upon unsettling truths about Nicholson's infidelity, drawing a sharp contrast between his public persona as a playful charmer and the complex, emotionally-driven man she came to know.
Despite grappling with Nicholson's womanizing reputation, Huston admitted feeling powerless to change the course of their doomed romance, ultimately facing the devastating news of his impending fatherhood with another woman in 1989.
Their final confrontation over dinner, where Nicholson revealed his impending fatherhood, marked the conclusive chapter of their turbulent love story, prompting Huston to declare her departure from a relationship fraught with betrayal and heartache.
Following the tempestuous end of her relationship with Nicholson, Huston unveiled a brief yet tumultuous liaison with actor Ryan O'Neal, marred by a violent altercation where she alleged he assaulted her during a Hollywood party, leading to their eventual breakup.
Through the highs and lows of her tumultuous relationships, including a drug-related incident at Nicholson's residence, Huston eventually found solace in marriage to sculptor Robert Graham in 1992, a union that endured until Graham's passing in 2008, devoid of children but rich in shared experiences and memories.
