VARIA
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Was reading a fascinating article on Jack Nicholson on uproxx.com when I came upon this little tidbit that I was completely unaware of:
In 1974, Time was researching a cover story on the actor when they discovered startling news that would change Jacks life forever. His sister, June, was actually his mother, and his mother, Ethel May, was actually his grandmother. Jacks father when he learned of Junes pregnancy deserted the family, leaving June as a single mother. Because the situation was so disparagingly viewed in the 30s, Ethel May Junes mother opted to call the baby her own, and Jacks entire family agreed to the pact. When Times researcher contacted Nicholson to explain to him the validity of his family tree, he hung up the phone, devastated. June and Ethel May had already been dead for some time. Jack felt deceived, and it was a feeling that perhaps influenced his view of women and his choice of coping mechanisms of the chemical variety.
I got back to a terrible realization I had as an infant that my mother didnt want me remember, my parents had separated just before I was born and along with that came desperate feelings of need, he told People in 1975. Basically, I still relate to women by trying to please them as if my survival depended on them. In my long-term relationships, Im always the one that gets left.
http://uproxx.com/movies/2015/03/the-womanizing-decadent-los-angeles-decades-of-jack-nicholson/
What other interesting, yet not well known, facts about celebrities are there?