Elizabeth Taylor attempted suicide during her marriage to a famous singer, new HBO documentary reveal

Elizabeth Taylor‘s marriages were often tumultuous, and the newly unearthed interviews featured in the HBO documentary “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes” shed light on the complexities of her personal life. The late Oscar winner, who was famously married eight times to seven husbands, doesn’t hold back when discussing her relationships.

One of the most notable revelations is Taylor’s admission that she “never loved” her fourth husband, Eddie Fisher. “I liked him. I felt sorry for him,” she says in the documentary. Taylor and Fisher’s marriage was a source of scandal, as they wed just three hours after his divorce from Debbie Reynolds was finalized in 1959. “It’s five years later that Taylor calls her marriage to Fisher ‘one big friggin’ awful mistake’ in her interviews with journalist Richard Meryman,” the text states.

Taylor’s third husband, Mike Todd, seems to have been the love of her life. She describes how Todd “wooed Taylor, fathered a child with her, produced the Oscar-winning Around the World in 80 Days and died in a plane crash all in just over a year.” The loss of Todd was clearly devastating for Taylor, and she explains that she “got caught up in their shared grief and agreed to marry” Fisher, who was a friend of Todd’s.

Elizabeth Taylor’s marriages in focus

The documentary also delves into Taylor’s tumultuous relationship with her fifth and sixth husbands, Richard Burton. The two were married and divorced twice between 1964 and 1976, and their on-screen chemistry in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” was mirrored by their off-screen drama.

The text notes that the documentary “samples 40 hours of conversations between Taylor (who died at age 79 in 2011 from congestive heart failure) and the late journalist Richard Meryman” during this period.

Overall, the interviews featured in “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes” provide a candid and intimate look into the personal life of one of Hollywood’s most iconic stars. Taylor’s willingness to be open and honest about her relationships, even the most tumultuous ones, offers a unique and compelling glimpse into the life of a true legend.