My dad dumped my mum Debbie Reynolds for Liz Taylor. But as a man, I can understand it..
. when she locked those violet eyes on you, it was mesmerising By Interview By Lina Das Published: 02:11 BST, 9 August 2024 | Updated: 02:11 BST, 9 August 2024 e-mail View comments Children of divorce understandably often harbour bitter feelings towards the parent who leaves, especially if the break-up is the result of an affair. But when you're treated to elephant rides at home for your second birthday, smoked joints with Tony Curtis aged 15 and smooched Bianca Jagger at 16, maybe your view of life is somewhat different.
Because Todd Fisher is remarkably sympathetic towards his father, who abandoned his mother when he was a few months old and his sister was just two. Todd is the son of Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds, star of Singin' In The Rain, and popular 1950s singer Eddie Fisher. Todd Fisher talks to Lina Das about his father (pictured) and Elizabeth Taylor's affair His elder sister? Carrie Fisher , the late writer and actress who found fame as Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies.
Eddie infamously walked out on his young family for Elizabeth Taylor , after her third husband Mike Todd was killed in a plane crash in 1958. The two couples had been great friends, so Debbie looked after Elizabeth's children while Eddie went to comfort her. Or as Carrie later pithily put it: 'Consoled her with his penis.
' So it would be excusable if Todd never forgave his father – or Elizabeth. But he.