Beloved actress Bette Davis, who passed away thirty years ago, is once again in the spotlight due to a new TV show called “Feud.”
The show explores the real-life tensions between Davis and her co-star Joan Crawford during the filming of “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”
in 1962.
However, Davis' eldest daughter, B.D.
Hyman, has recently made shocking claims that her mother was a practicing witch who used demonic curses against her enemies and even her own family.
In YouTube videos promoting her Christian ministry, Hyman shares her “testimony” and reveals that her mother engaged in witchcraft.
According to Hyman, Davis would sit on her bed with a metal wastebasket and have her secretary bring her a piece of clothing from someone who had angered her.
She would then mumble incoherently, set the clothing on fire, and drop it into the wastebasket while laughing.
Hyman believes that these curses led to her grandson's bipolar diagnosis and her daughter's terminal cancer.
Hyman claims that she witnessed her mother's demonic behavior firsthand.
During a visit to Davis' home in Davis, California in 1982, Hyman saw her mother transform into a Satanic figure with long claws, scraping at the glass of a terrace door.
These revelations are just another chapter in the strained relationship between Hyman and Davis, which Hyman exposed in her 1985 tell-all book, “My Mother's Keeper: A Daughter's Candid Portrait of Her Famous Mother.”
The second episode of “Feud” provides a glimpse into the volatile relationship between Davis and Hyman.
In one scene, Davis gets into an argument with a teenage Hyman on set.
The tension between them continues at home when Hyman accuses Davis of seeking the spotlight because she is single and lonely.
In real life, Davis could not forgive Hyman for her toxic memoir, which was similar to “Mommie Dearest,” a tell-all book written by Christina Crawford, Joan Crawford's eldest daughter.
In her memoir, Hyman describes witnessing her mother being beaten by her stepfather and seeing him drag Davis by the neck along a staircase.
Davis and her fourth husband, Gary Merrill, divorced in 1960, but Hyman claims that her mother became even more possessive afterward.
Davis focused all of her emotional fulfillment on Hyman, considering her the most talented and beautiful person in the world.
Davis, a two-time Oscar winner, is widely recognized as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history.
She received eleven Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and won two.
Despite her success, Davis had a tumultuous personal life and struggled to maintain a close relationship with her daughter.
Their differences were never resolved, and they never saw each other again before Davis' death in 1989.
The shocking revelations made by B.D.
Hyman about her famous mother's alleged witchcraft practices have added another layer of complexity to the already intriguing story of Bette Davis' life and career.
While some may find it difficult to believe these claims, they shed new light on the strained relationship between Davis and her daughter.
Whether true or not, they serve as a reminder that even iconic figures like Davis have their own personal struggles and complexities.
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