In a shocking revelation, Sir Roger Moore, the iconic James Bond actor, has opened up about experiencing domestic violence at the hands of his first two wives.
The 84-year-old actor shared details of the abuse in a candid television interview.
Moore, who married his first wife, Doorn Van Steyn, at the age of 19 in 1946, disclosed that she repeatedly punched and scratched him, even throwing a teapot at him.
He also revealed that the ice skater, whose real name was Lucy Woodard and passed away in 2010, left him with scars and once punched his doctor while he was treating him for a slashed hand.
The veteran actor further claimed that his second wife, Dorothy Squires, whom he married in 1953 after divorcing Van Steyn, was also violent towards him.
He stated that she attacked him after discovering his infidelity.
During their marriage, Squires allegedly hit him over the head with a guitar.
In an excerpt from the interview released prior to its airing, Moore shared an incident involving his first wife: “It made a change because normally she punched me.”
When asked if she physically abused him, he replied, “She would scratch me.
She threw a pot of tea at me.”
He recalled another episode when he decided to leave her: “I'd been sunbathing in the garden, I came up and I'd taken off my pants and I gave her some smart Alec answer and this teapot came hurtling at me.
I said, ‘right, that's it, I'm leaving'.
She storms off out of the room and I hear the bath running.
I thought, ‘What a cow, I'm leaving her and she's having a bath'.”
Regarding Squires, who died in 1998 at the age of 83, Moore described one specific confrontation.
He revealed that to avoid an argument, he would often strum the guitar.
One day, while sitting on the edge of a table strumming, Squires was ranting and he wasn't paying attention.
Suddenly, the guitar slipped out of his hands and she smashed it against a surface.
He said, “She ruined the guitar.
She had a great temper.”
The Welsh singer also attacked him after discovering his affair with Luisa Mattioli, a young Italian actress whom he would later marry in 1969.
Moore recalled that Squires threw a brick through his window, cutting her own arms in the process.
Despite these tumultuous relationships, Moore has found happiness in his current marriage to Christina Tholstrup, a 71-year-old Danish-Swedish socialite.
He divorced Mattioli, with whom he has three children, in 1996.
Reflecting on his current relationship, Moore stated, “It's a tranquil relationship, there are no arguments.”
He also praised Daniel Craig, the current James Bond actor, as “brilliant.”
In the past, Moore has humorously referred to his three former wives as “lovely ladies with bad taste in men.”
His disclosure about the domestic violence he endured sheds light on a serious issue that affects individuals regardless of their public image or status.
