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New York Post
2 days ago
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- New York Post
Mia Farrow reveals she was ‘betrayed' by Bette Davis' daughter: ‘I lost all respect for her'
It was death of a friendship on the Iberian Peninsula. Mia Farrow, 80, is getting candid on Bette Davis' daughter, B.D. Hyman's 1985 memoir, 'My Mother's Keeper.' While speaking to Interview Magazine on Tuesday, the actress said she thought the memoir was 'a trashy book.' 6 Mia Farrow attends the 78th Annual Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Event at Sofitel New York on May 08, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions 6 The 1978 film 'Death on the Nile.' ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection The 'Rosemary's Baby' star was close friends Davis, who died in 1989 at age 81. '[Bette] had worked with my father when I was 12, and we were all in Spain, and she had a very disagreeable daughter named B.D. who was my age,' Farrow recounted. 'And Bette wanted to take her to every village and museum, but she didn't want to go anywhere. We were all staying in the same hotel. I, on the other hand, could barely not raise my hand to say, 'Can I come?'' Reflecting on the book years later, the actress, who starred in the 1978 film 'Death on the Nile' with Davis, stated that 'B.D. betrayed her mother in a horrible way, wrote a trashy book and stuff. So we've known each other since childhood but I lost all respect for her. I really loved her mother, by the way.' 6 Mia Farrow in December 1976. Getty Images Hyman, who is now 78, explained to People in 1985, 'I wrote the book because I love her and I want to reach her.' 'I could have written the manuscript and sent it to Mother and not published it. She wouldn't have read it,' she continued. 'She won't listen to anything she doesn't want to hear. She hangs up the phone or walks out the door. So I went the only route I felt would reach her: the public forum. What is seen by the world is the most important thing to Mother. This is essentially a public letter to my mother.' However, things didn't go according to plan, as after the book went public, David disinherited her daughter. 6 Bette Davis and her daughter Barbara Merrill. Bettmann Archive In response, the Hollywood star wrote an open letter in her own memoir, 'This 'N That.' 'The sum total of your having written this book is a glaring lack of loyalty and thanks for the very privileged life I feel you have been given,' Davis penned. 'I hope someday I will understand the title 'My Mother's Keeper.' If it refers to money, if my memory serves me right, I've been your keeper all these many years. I am continuing to do so, as my name has made your book about me a success.' Along with publicly feuding with her daughter, the 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' alum also had a Hollywood archnemesis, Joan Crawford. 6 Bette Davis with her daughter Barbara. Getty Images 'I wouldn't piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire,' Davis once stated. The two stars had a decades-long feud brought on by both professional and personal issues with one another. Crawford died in 1977. One moment in particular was in 1935 when Davis fell in love with her 'Dangerous' co-star Franchot Tone. Unfortunately, Crawford got to him first. During a 1987 interview with journalist Michael Thorton, Davis said, 'I have never forgiven her for that, and never will.' 6 Mia Farrow arrives for the Time Magazine 100 gala. REUTERS 'He was madly in love with her,' Davis said. 'They met each day for lunch… he would return to the set, his face covered in lipstick. He was honored this great star was in love with him. I was jealous, of course.' Crawford, meanwhile, said in her memoir 'Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford: A Personal Biography,' that Tone 'thought Bette was a good actress, but he never thought of her as a woman.'
New York Post
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh, 19, debuts new name
Shiloh Jolie had debuted her new name during a rare public appearance in Los Angeles, Calif., earlier this week. The daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attended the launch of designer Isabel Marant's capsule collection with Net-A-Porter Thursday, where she unveiled her new moniker after famously dropping the 'Pitt' last name in 2024. Shiloh, who served as the choreographer of one of the dance numbers during the glitzy invite-only event, was listed as 'Shi Joli' on the credits. Advertisement 5 Shiloh Jolie had debuted her new name during a rare public appearance in Los Angeles, Calif., earlier this week. Snorlax / MEGA Her new name shortens her legal name and serves as a clear nod to her famous mom. The 19-year-old staged a recital that featured dancers Tako Suzuki and Keoni Rose and was accompanied by singer Luella's performance of 'Naïve.' Advertisement The intimate dinner was held at Schindler's Oliver House in Silver Lake, near LA, and was attended by celebrities including Alison Brie, January Jones and Rachel Bilson. The Post has reached out to Pitt's reps for comment. The teen made headlines last year after legally requesting to drop her father's last name on her 18th birthday in May 2024. 5 The daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie unveiled her new moniker after famously dropping the 'Pitt' last name last year. WireImage Advertisement The request was granted by a judge in August 2024, prompting Shiloh to be legally known as Shiloh Nouvel Jolie. It's believed that she did not seek any help from the 'Maleficent' actress throughout the process. 'Shiloh hired her own lawyer and paid for it herself, so Angie doesn't know and can't speak for it,' a source told Entertainment Tonight at the time. In July, Shiloh's attorney Peter Levine told Page Six in part that she made 'an independent and significant decision following painful events' in dropping 'Pitt' from her last name. Advertisement 5 Shiloh was listed as 'Shi Joli' on the credits as the choreographer at last week's event. Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions Shiloh isn't the only child in her family that has decided to sever ties with the 'Fight Club' actor through a legal name change. In the lead-up to Pitt and Jolie finalizing their divorce in December 2024 following a messy 8-year battle, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, 20, also decided to switch-up her moniker. At Spelman College's Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority induction ceremony in 2023, she proudly announced her name — 'Zahara Marley Jolie' — as captured in a video that later spread across social media. Eagle-eyed fans also noticed Shiloh's sister Vivienne dropped her dad's surname in 'The Outsiders' Playbill in May 2024. 5 Brad Pitt with Pax, Shiloh and Maddox at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Unbroken' in 2014. WireImage The dancer — who helped mom Jolie produce the Broadway play — was reportedly listed as 'Vivienne Jolie' in the magazine for theatergoers. What's more, a source claimed to Us Weekly in 2021 that Pitt and Jolie's eldest child, Maddox, 'doesn't use Pitt as his last name on documents that aren't legal and instead uses Jolie.' Advertisement The 'Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood' actor, 61, and Jolie, 49, welcomed Shiloh in May 2006, and her twin siblings Knox and Vivienne in July 2008. Pitt officially adopted Jolie's adopted children Maddox, 23, and Zahara in 2005, and Pax, 21, in 2006. 5 Pitt and Jolie finalized their divorce in December 2024 following a messy 8-year battle. Getty Images for AFI The 'World War Z' actor was said to have been 'aware and upset' that Shiloh had legally dropped his last name. Advertisement 'He's never felt more joy than when she was born,' a source told People in 2024. 'He always wanted a daughter.' 'The reminders that he's lost his children is, of course, not easy for Brad. He loves his children and misses them. It's very sad.' Last month, Pitt broke his silence on finalizing his divorce from Jolie. Advertisement 'No, I don't think it was that major of a thing,' the 'F1' star told GQ. 'Just something coming to fruition. Legally.' Pitt also acknowledged that his 'personal life is always in the news.' 'It's been in the news for 30 years, bro. Or some version of my personal life, let's put it that way,' he said. Advertisement 'It's been an annoyance I've had to always deal with in different degrees, large and small, as I do the things I really want to do,' Pitt continued of his celebrity status. 'So, it's always been this kind of nagging time suck or waste of time, if you let it be that, I don't know. I don't know. 'Mostly I feel pretty … My life is fairly contained,' he shared. 'It feels pretty warm and secure with my friends, with my loves, with my fam, with my knowledge of who I am, that, you know, it's like this fly buzzing around a little bit.'
