An alleged love story between Gable and Marilyn didn't work due to her poor hygiene: she ate in bed and slept in leftovers
A new book attempts to tear apart the myth of Marilyn Monroe, revealing that the diva hardly washed, she was subject to frequent flatulence and she loved to eat in bed, then sleeping among the scraps of food that ended up between the sheets. The shocking portrait is included in one of the chapters of "Clark Gable: Tormented Star", the biography of the famous actor written by the Frenchman David Bret, famous for his sensationalistic style and for his passion for scandals and intrigues, to be released in September in United States.
LOVE STORY - Gable and Monroe would have met on the set of "The Misfits" in 1961, directed by John Houston and written by Arthur Miller, then married to Marilyn, and, according to radio-Hollywood, they would have started a torrid relationship right during the shooting. But according to Bret this is just rubbish: Gable would never let himself be seduced by the beautiful actress because he was so obsessed with cleanliness that he could never tolerate the lack of interest Monroe showed for her personal hygiene. “Like Jean Harlow – revealed the writer – Marilyn too dyed her pubic hair and never wore panties, despite the fact that she suffered from what is now called irritable bowel syndrome”.
POOR HYGIENE - Although these are third-hand memories and never confirmed by others, Bret has nevertheless slipped them into the actor's biography, then adding other intimate details of Monroe, to demonstrate how the diva's bad habits have acted as a deterrent to any attention gallants of Gable. "Marilyn rarely washed, she slept naked and ate a lot while she was in bed, then spreading what was left on the plate under the sheets before going to sleep". According to the murmurs of the time, the blonde actress, a male erotic dream for at least three generations, would have been so impressed by Clark Gable that she would go around the set telling everyone that they were together and that she also had them. took a signed picture of him while they were in bed.
LUCK - Of course, the film that brought them together didn't bring good luck to any of them: in Miller's intentions, it was supposed to be a special Valentine's Day gift for Marilyn, but the story of the desperate divorcee (Monroe) who falls madly in love of an ex-cowboy (Gable) also became the capstone of their marriage. A few months later, in fact, the diva and Miller separated and the screenwriter got together with the photographer of the film, Inge Morath. As for the two protagonists, that was also their last work alive: Gable died, in fact, two weeks after the end of filming of a heart attack, while Marilyn committed suicide a year later.
