welcome to this week's bacon of mystery Bacon murder episode don't even know that happened okay do you do this right here I have seven copies of the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo because wow this book might be the best thing that's gonna happen to me this year and I'm getting married this year so that's really saying a lot I don't even I don't even know what to say about this book I never imagined that I would even like a book like this okay just to give you some context oh my gosh this is on I almost died this book is categorized as a historical fiction that I can get behind but it's also categorized as a contemporary romance fiction it's not normally something that I pick up or gravitate towards I had this book sitting I have the hardcover upstairs I had this book sitting since our last house and I never read it I got it because it was hyped and then every time just something else came up I was like let me read this other book first let me read this other book first I don't think I I'm so annoyed with myself for not reading it sooner I don't think that I've had a moment where I was reading a book and I audibly gassed at the plot twist the plot twist sent me on this emotional journey I and and then immediately I started bawling my eyes out he took a video of this because it was one of the most insane book moments I've had in a while [Music] freaking seven in the morning she'd be crying what the heck it's fascinating because the plot twist it hits you but it doesn't hit you like a truck it's almost slow it's like if you were to put red ink into a water bowl it just slowly starts penetrating and you're like wait holy sh there's so many implications of this plot twist and I don't even think I'm fully grasping it right now and it got super emotional so please go pick up like 10 copies of this book I have the freaking ebook I have the audible I have the hardcover upstairs I got seven copies of it because people always Jack my books they come over and they're like What's a good book recommendation so now I have a stack that you can choose from okay I'm creating a library for my friends and family also Taylor Jenkins read the author is my new hero the way that she writes please go read this book I know it's like a tick tock hyped book it is worth it a thousand percent she could write about the water dripping from a faucet and I would sit there at the edge of my seat feeling some type of way about it also I'm very excited because it's being adapted into a Netflix movie so with that being said we should comment who we think should be casted for it because that's my favorite part if they haven't cast it yet no they haven't casted yet maybe you you should reply oh yeah yeah okay I think uh Taylor Jenkins read has um she's Daisy Jones and the six that's coming out on Amazon the miniseries I heard that book is good and then she just had a new book come out this year called a Carrie Soto is back and I heard that one is amazing too so I'm gonna link all of those below but um we should all just read it together but I should start cooking okay first step we're gonna melt some butter with some sea salt I don't think I've done that before not on a pan at least on low heat everything's gonna be a slow burn today including this book actually no this book is kind of crazy if you want to move the book so it like oh yeah it's not like a fire hazard oh the books yeah I'm willing to risk my life for this one okay best way to describe Evelyn Hugo because she has seven husbands and this is the whole book is about Evelyn Hugo is that she's a complete mystery that's the best way to describe it she's the type of person that you think you know you know everything about her life you know where she was born you know what she likes what she doesn't like what makes her laugh and cry but she also feels like an enigma like you don't actually ever really get to know the real Evelyn Hugo maybe it has to do with the fact that she was one of the greatest celebrities of the 60s but truly something is there so I actually heard that this book is um inspired by Elizabeth Taylor and Her Seven husbands wow so she does have seven husbands yeah and it's a chronological play-by-play of each husband and all the nasty secrets in their marriages it's so good okay so if you're gullible you might think that Evelyn Hugo is like an open book she but she's really not and that's why even at the age of 79 years old living alone husbandless in the middle of Manhattan Evelyn Hugo is still a household name I mean think of it like Marilyn Monroe Elizabeth Taylor Audrey Hepburn these names never die no matter how long it's been and she's happy to feel forgotten Evelyn Hugo is not about the spotlight people still care about her genuinely she's an icon which is why Monique Grant that's like the main character of today's thing other than Evelyn Hugo Monique Grant a rookie writer at the magazine Powerhouse called Vivant so think of it like Vogue maybe like a rolling stone she's freaking confused when her boss calls her into the office and tells her that Evelyn Hugo wants to meet with her she's like wait what do you mean she wants to meet with me that doesn't even make sense Monique's boss is sitting in front of her and she's like honestly honestly yeah it doesn't make sense that's exactly what we thought okay we don't understand it's a puzzling turn of events Evelyn Hugo's people they want to do a feature an exclusive interview and they specifically asked for you Monique is sitting there she's like running through all the possibilities in her mind Evelyn Hugo is doing this big Down Auction at Christie's for the American Breast Cancer Foundation so maybe it has to do with that to raise awareness to get an article written an exclusive article but still why yeah why Monique Grant Monique Grant isn't even the best of the journalists at vivand in fact she's like a rookie she's the bottom of the bottom so it doesn't even make sense wait but Evelyn Hugo that's been married like eight times and her boss is like well seven no side note Evelyn Hugo's seven husbands were not just some randos that were writing down Sunset Boulevard she married some of the wealthiest producers actors directors she even had an affair with a congressman at one point which is very reminiscent of Elizabeth Taylor so um yeah it's kind of crazy these are like imagine imagine getting the tea on these marriages the inside scoop on what her life was truly like behind the scenes I mean it would be insane I digress so Monique's boss continues you know this is really big potential but the question is we still don't understand why Evelyn chose you why she specifically requested you I mean don't get me wrong Monique I'm not here to diss you I'm not trying to insult you I think that one day you'll do big things here but as of right now I mean we were hoping to get someone a little more experienced a little more seasoned on this one but they came back wanting you in fact the email reads it's Monique Grant or Evelyn's out that's from her publicist Monique is shocked okay she has never met Evelyn Hugo she has never met this woman of course she's heard of her and her boss is looking at her skeptically do you know Evelyn is that what's going on here do you guys know each other it's not no I before my time you know isn't she like 80 now so no personal connection definitely not no I mean my dad was a photographer on movie sets but that was like back in the day and I mean I I would imagine that if he worked with Evelyn Hugo he would have mentioned I mean I suppose I could ask my mom and her boss is sitting around like yeah ask your freaking mom so Monique pulls out her phone awkwardly starts texting her Mom hey Mom did by any chance did Dad know Evelyn Hugo did they ever work together the text comes back a resounding no the boss is confused fascinating well then the other theory is that her people chose you because they want a rookie they want someone to control they want someone easy right they want to be able to control the narrative and it'll be easier with someone like you okay amazing Boss by the way that sees a lot of Hope and potential okay you gotta love it so Monique is confused you think they're preying on the week you think that they're preying on me thinking that they can just bully me around is that the idea that's what we fear but Monique I don't think you can be bullied around right I think that Evelyn is underestimating you and I want this cover Monique I want to make headlines this is gonna make headlines can you make it happen yeah I'll take on the challenge no big deal Monique walks out of there giving her boss all the confidence that she needs but she genuinely has no clue how she's gonna conquer it how she's gonna conquer the Evelyn Hugo is it gonna be a Fluff piece about her dresses is there going to be something in there worthwhile is it really going to make headlines so a little bit about Monique Grant Monique's dad was black and her mom is white and being biracial it's shaped so many experiences in her life it's made her life harder it's made journalism harder it's it's but it's also what makes her unique it's what makes her her she's always kind of felt in between things like she was either too white or too black or not white enough or not black enough and being in this little ebb and flow medium was super confusing as a kid I mean don't get me wrong her parents were incredibly loving so supportive this is like one of the first books where I'm like wow really good parental figures that's good maybe the second one after um a good Girl's Guide to murder yes that one had good parental figures this one good parental figures her dad always taught her that as long as she breathed in breathe out enough times you can get through anything so Monique would probably need a lot of that meditative breathing for what was about to come next she is a talented writer don't get me wrong she tells herself that every single day even when nobody wants to listen she knows she can do good work but instead she's eating tunicado sandwiches for lunch and doing puff pieces for Vivant she's writing about celebrities and writing about the rise of micro Greens in restaurant scenes in New York City oh you love Sprouts yeah but a lot of restaurants be using sprouts and she's writing a whole article on it okay when all she wants to do is write about something worthwhile write about something worthy write a think piece that's going to get people talking if you asked Monique what her proudest work was without hesitation her peace would be of the physician-assisted side she wrote that with passion that's what she wanted to do is start conversations like this on what it means to die with dignity not about the new era one smoothie that everyone is apparently losing their freaking Minds over Monique went to endless meetings for physician assisted support groups she got to know these people She interviewed them she talks with them about the Nuance the complexity of mercy and death and it was a piece that confirmed to herself that she was she has what it takes to be a damn good journalist but she hasn't had a piece like that since because what pays the bills are not passion projects but the newest kitten heel Trend spotted everywhere on celebrities that's what pays the bills her work felt meaningless until Evelyn Hugo summoned her but for what oh we don't even know what we're making they don't know marshmallow oh Stephanie's making Marshmallow with um Ming dry mango cake or some some weird this video become the glow glow brand that's disrupting the beard Market you're like the what Market Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I was sitting right here scratching my chin pondering stressing debating what to get my fiance and I'm like okay this guy is practical he's gonna want something that he's gonna use all the time something high quality I got him the manscaped 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perfect time Monique and her husband David were in the middle of a nasty divorce well it's not a divorce quite yet they're separated they've been married for less than a year and he just moved to San Francisco for a new work promotion he didn't even ask her he just left her alone in New York City that's what she got after a year of marriage An Empty Apartment a husband that doesn't even have the decency to ask if you want to move to the other side of the country with him a husband that doesn't care about your job as much as he cares about his own a husband that could just up and leave the woman that he supposedly loved more than anything in the world yeah you could say that Monique was a little bit butt hurt okay so she needed this destruction a failed marriage a stalled career not even a proper plate in the cupboards lukewarm Pad Thai Takeout it was not a Glamorous Life by any means but at least this is a distraction so Monique threw herself into getting ready for her first meeting with Evelyn and she starts just psyching herself out maybe Evelyn really wants to talk to her about dresses maybe that's it maybe she just wants to use her for dresses but then why would she be so picky about who she wants to work with at vivand and even then why Monique I mean so many unanswered questions Monique already knew a bit about Evelyn Hugo I mean who doesn't she's a household name but a Curious Thing indeed is that all of Evelyn's husbands all seven of them are dead are dead so whatever nasty Secrets these marriages had they're all with Evelyn until the day she dies then they'll be buried with her this was a story that people would kill to read and Monique knew that even going in she knew it the more clips of Evelyn that Monique watched the more mesmerized she became her eyebrows her blonde hair her tan glowing skin her high cheekbones her swollen lips her figure I mean skinny everywhere no hips no but the biggest boobies you've ever seen yeah just bombshell she's nearly perfect that your brain can't even understand how someone like this could possibly exist but when she comes onto the movie screen when she comes on that TV screen you can't look at anything else you literally can't sometimes you have to replay the scene because you forgot what she just said you just become mesmerized with this woman she is that beautiful she's a symbol an icon a star she knew just the right amount to give to the world she always held back a little bit and it just left you wanting more it is terrifying to think that she had millions of Americans in the palm of her hand they would flock to theaters to watch any movie she put out to just get a glimpse of her they dreamed about her at night they talked about her as if they knew her she knew exactly where she wanted people and she knew how to keep them there is that what she was planning on doing with Monique what if all of this really was about the damn dresses meeting Evelyn Hugo for the first time was I mean I imagine Monique can hear her heartbeat in her freaking eardrums and she's putting her finger towards the doorbell and an Asian-American woman maybe in her 50s opens the door hi you must be Monique I'm Grace nice to meet you Grace nice to meet you come in likewise Evelyn's upstairs getting ready can I get you anything to drink maybe a water coffee tea something like that the apartment is Bright Beautiful Airy I mean floor-to-ceiling just white bookcases beautifully full looking chairs that you just want to sink into it is perfection um coffee would be great coffee with cream uh well if you don't have cream then maybe milk is fine or if you don't have milk either I I guess I could do like a sugar cube or if you have sugar Grace is staring at her like are you crazy coffee with cream please sorry can you tell that I'm nervous a little you don't have to be Evelyn's a very kind person I've worked with a lot of people in New York City and she just takes some getting used to she's kind of particular she's kind of private but she's one of the nicest she's better than the rest and with that she walks off to get the coffee Monique sits down nervously waiting and she turns to see 79 year old Evelyn Hugo walking towards her can you even call it walking it's like she's gliding she's like a ballerina so poised breathtaking at 80 years old I mean you can tell that she's kept great care of herself she's wearing like a striped sweater black trousers she's glowing there's almost like a red tint to her face as if she's blushing as if she's still full of life at 80. her hair is white gray blonde and it's framing her face she looks like the definition of Aging like fine wine Monique cannot help but stare she's just staring at Evelyn Monique hello hello I'm Evelyn God I loved Taylor Jenkins read because there are so many quotes I wrote down so many quotes from the book and I never write down quotes from books I don't know why it just never speaks to me it's it's like context you read it in the book and you're like oh that's good but it never applies outside not saying that other books aren't well written but you know you know what I mean very rare to get those quotes at lingar which she describes everything so well like when Evelyn introduces herself Taylor writes it strikes me as a unique form of power to say your own name when you know that everyone in the room everyone in the world already knows it and she's like I'm Evelyn so while Monique is entranced by Evelyn Grace comes in with the coffee and she's like here you go coffee with a little bit of cream and even the fact that Evelyn sits there and goes that's just the way I like it as well Mooney feels special it's so weird anybody else would say that and you'd say yeah okay who doesn't like coffee with creamer would she just it feels like she's almost been approved by Evelyn there's a common shared connection that they have yeah so the two migrate to the beautiful living room and again Taylor Jenkins read hits it again Evelyn carries uh Monique's coffee and there's just something about this powerful woman doing the smallest most humble act that is intoxicating she said or entrancing so she's carrying Monique's coffee to the living room for her she's like sit anywhere you want Monique finds a little spot pulls out her Notepad um okay uh so shall we get started you're putting your dresses up for auction actually I've called you here under false pretenses excuse me there's not much to talk about it's some dresses that I've donated to Christie's and hopefully they'll auction well I've actually called you here to talk about something else would it what is that my life story your life story a tell-all you want to do a tella with vivant no I want to do a tell-all with you I want to tell you my life story in a way that will be beneficial for both of us although to be honest mainly you just how in depth are we talking here everything Monique The Good the Bad the Ugly I'll tell you the truth about absolutely everything that I have done in my entire life Monique was done she didn't even know what to say like why her attella all her marriages all her Secrets like that doesn't exposing the industry what the fork is going on Evelyn what's the next step here what precisely are we going to do together what do you mean to tell all we're not doing the vivant's cover story we're writing a book you and I Monique I've read your work I like the way you communicate clearly your writing has this no-nonsense quality to it that I admire and I think my story could use that okay you want me to go straight your biography that's fine uh people do that all the time no I'm giving you my life story Monique you're going to write a book about it my name won't be on it because I'll be dead by then what Monique spits her coffee out onto the cream-colored couches and whether as an attempt to make Monique feel at ease or get out to get some fresh air or to protect her linen couches Evelyn suggests that they go out to eat at a little hole in the wall down the street this is the upper east side and on the walk there Monique finally asks Evelyn would you mean that you'll be dead she loves I mean that I want you to publish the book as an authorized biography with your name on it and I want it published when I'm dead okay not to be in delicate though were you trying to tell me that you're dying everyone's dying sweetheart you're dying I'm dying that man over there is dying she points at a random dude walking a dog on the street and he looks to face her because how are you gonna tell me I'm dying okay he's about to give her some New York sass but the minute that he makes eye contact with her the realization hits his face the Evelyn Hugo just looked at him it didn't even matter that she just proclaimed his Destiny to death okay he's enamored he's grateful to even have say breathed the same air as Evelyn Hugo they keep walking Evelyn does not acknowledge the man as they pull into the restaurant and in the empty restaurant over there untouched Cobb salads Monique and Evelyn discussed the details of the biography Monique is obviously curious on how the financial aspects are going to work on this because it doesn't make sense right Evelyn brushes it off and she's saying how can I profit if I'm dead it doesn't make sense so all of it's going to be for you Monique the only condition is that I don't want this published until I'm dead side note remember how I said Monique is half black half white Evelyn tells her that whatever you do with this book profits I want you to be as ruthless as possible when you go to Publishers I want you to be paid like a white man and Monique is like okay Sam and then she says and every penny will be yours Monique realizes that a book about all of our high profile marriages that's like 12 million dollars if not more on the line really for one book wow like she did the math already so Evelyn told her Evelyn was like I was told I could get at least 12 million for an autobiography Evelyn doesn't respond why she would do something like this for Monique they don't even know each other she just keeps telling her consider it a gift and Monique finally says you know can I have some time to think about this think about what all of this what on Earth is there to think about I'm sorry if it offends you and this is when Monique gets her first taste of Evelyn Evelyn cuts her off and says you haven't offended me Monique realizes that even the implication that Monet could offend Evelyn offends Evelyn the fact that she even said I'm sorry if this offends you offends Evelyn because it's implying that Monique has the power to get under her skin but she is under herself [Music] Monique's main concern is about all of this isn't even about the money it's just how she has no idea when the book is going to be published she has no idea when Evelyn's gonna die and if Devon finds out about this she's gonna get fired yeah so what how could she write a book without money to pay the bills what if she didn't hasn't finished the book yet and she died yeah that too I mean not to be morbid but yeah and so Monique is like I can't just go back to the office and tell my boss that you don't want to honestly work with me we're gonna write a biography I'm gonna make millions of dollars it's gonna look like I went behind their backs I'm gonna be blackballed from the industry this book is gonna start off on the wrong foot people are not gonna want to buy this book anyway they're gonna think that I stole your story that's not really my problem Monique but it's mine which is why I have to think about it Monique this is a once in a lifetime opportunity do yourself a favor and learn how to grab Life by the balls you should know that if you won't write it I'm not going to have anyone else to write it everything is going to die with me that's a very weird threat yeah all these things that you're desperate to know why you I promise I'll answer them one would call the shots that's how this is gonna work Monique gulped down her onions from her Cobb salad and said Okay okay then glad to hear it and Evelyn smiled and said Monique I think I like you thank you Evelyn that means a lot so through the chapters we see Monique and Evelyn meet up so Evelyn can narrate her life Monique takes notes she asks questions and audio records the whole thing but we also see how it affects Monique's real life in real time we see chapters of her coming home to an empty home her trying to find lies for her boss about what she's actually doing all of that and it's fascinating because you already know the worlds are going to collide the most pressing question that was nagging at Monique was well who was it that's what she asks Evelyn the first day what do you mean who was it who wasn't you don't know the question it's the question that Monique believes all of America the whole world is going to want to know and they want the answer at the end of the book who does she love the most who was the love of Evelyn Hugo's life seven husbands which one did she love the most which one was the best which one was the real love I guess none of them like you must believe a love story that much so Monique asked during the first section session and she says was it Harry Cameron you were married to him the longest you had a daughter with him right no not in the way that you mean no in what way then Harry was my greatest friend he invented me he was the person who loved me most unconditionally other than my daughter um he was one of the most important people in my life but no he was not the love of my life why not because someone else was so Mooney keeps pressing her to answer but Evelyn says she will only answer the questions when she's ready but since Evelyn goes chronologically okay I think we should too let's talk about Evelyn Hugo's childhood Evelyn Hugo's dad was the bane of her existence he was a scummy guy there was no comfort in having this guy around the house he was abusive violent a drunk when Evelyn turned 14 she was sure that soon enough her dad is going to sell her off to a friend of his to get married or a boss whatever helped him out in his situation it doesn't matter what Evelyn wants if she was being honest the more she developed as she got older the less confident she became that he might not try something for himself oh my gosh that's the type of guy that he was so the three of them Evelyn her dad and her mom they lived in Hell's Kitchen in New York City they were broke and you're like what Hell's Kitchen it's a great part of Manhattan now back then it was not it was not a good area they could barely afford the rent in the city part of town they couldn't even afford electricity they were stealing it from their neighbors power cords yeah the only happiness in Evelyn's life was her mother I mean she was stunning she was this gorgeous Cuban woman Evelyn got her looks from her mom I mean she had the voice of an Angel she would sing as she cooked and cleaned around the house now as an adult Evelyn suspects that her mother was a sex worker but yeah her mom would always Crouch down and lay with Evelyn and say life sucks right now but soon we're gonna be out of Hell's Kitchen and we're gonna go straight to Hollywood you and me we're gonna do it we're gonna get a fancy house just the two of us in the Hills we're gonna throw parties and when you're old enough we're gonna drink champagne that was the only thing getting Evelyn through and then out of nowhere her mom died of pneumonia Evelyn was 11 and her whole life was shattered and it came at a rough time okay Evelyn was coming from girl to girl I don't like it when people say girl to young lady because they're still a minor but Evelyn started developing body parts okay more quickly than other girls and with every new bra size there was just more troubles she would see full-grown men full-grown adult men staring at her while she walked down the street and she said at 14 years old she was absolutely gorgeous that's what Evelyn said and you know what here's what she has to say about that oh I know the whole world prefers a woman who doesn't know her power but I'm sick of all that I turned heads I mean I take no pride in all of that I didn't make my own face I didn't give myself this body but I'm also not going to sit here and say oh shocks people thought I was pretty Evelyn could see all these nasty dudes just eyeing her up and down and some of them would even tell her Evelyn I can't help myself you just have this power over me and she started to believe it at one point she thought wow look at what I do to all these poor boys this is my fault but also this is my power Evelyn knew that she couldn't stay in Hell's Kitchen any longer because you know her dad was going to do something crazy so she starts looking for her ticket to Hollywood it is not cheap to get from New York City to California it is on the other side of the country and then you get there and then what right you need money the ticket's name came in the form of Ernie Diaz now every chapter is the husband's name so this one is poor Ernie Diaz Ernie was an electrician who had a friend over at MGM and he was headed to California to find work so it's perfect he was 22 she was 14. he didn't need to know he probably could have guessed that she was 14 but whenever his eyes went up and down her body it didn't matter how old she was because he's a perv and as long as he could act like he didn't know the truth until later everything was fine and that's what Evelyn traded her virginity for a ride to Hollywood the two got married it was Evelyn's first marriage oh wow she wow her dad signed off wow they got the papers jumped in the car started driving West and once they got there Evelyn was already on the Move Ernie looked for a job Evelyn went to hang out at the Formosa Cafe every single day okay it sounds like she's doing nothing it sounds like a 15 year old skipping school right she's not the Formosa Cafe was right next to the movie studios so producers directors agents they would be swarming this place during lunch Evelyn made sure to be there every single day even the bartender knew exactly what game she was playing and they're like look I know you're hoping to sit around until Humphrey guard shows up fine you can do that but I'm not giving up a paying seat for you to sip a soda here and he throws a rag at her he made her a waitress that day oh yeah four months later Harry Cameron remember that name no one of her husbands a young producer at Sunset Studios comes in with an executive Harry looks up at her and says one word Jesus and two weeks later Evelyn Hugo was signed with sunset Studios well she was Evelyn Diaz back then but uh yeah she was signed and Ernie her husband was freaking shocked and he's like you want to be an actress and swim yeah I'm just doing it for some extra cash until I actually find something better like being a mom she lied Bernie thought it was funny his little wife would be in these funny little movies with a funny little line or two he thought it was all cute and quirky and then the rolls started flowing and Evelyn was nervous she knew that she needed to invest in herself she needed to get some acting classes if she really wanted to make a name for herself and even though she could afford it because she was getting paid for all of these roles she made money she lived in a time where the husbands made the financial decisions so what does she do she cooks him the best roast beef that she could make and keeps her apron on when she sits down to ask if she could take some silly little acting classes to pass the time wow it pissed her off that she had to dumb herself down to seem less threatening to her husband but she knew she had to do it and he said sure sweetie that's smart who knows you might even star in a picture one day Evelyn wanted to punch him Square in the face because it's not she might she would star in a film one day look this woman has a chip on her shoulder and I freaking love it she starts banging on Harry Cameron's door which is wild because she just got started she is in no position to start asking a producer for things but here she is I want the Caroline pardon lovers and all okay okay weird Harry Cameron side note he's hot he's young he's a producer he watched his figure he wore these suits that brought out the blue in his eyes but there was something about him that pissed off Evelyn it was the fact that he had never not once checked out her cleavage not once and it pissed her off it's almost like what's wrong with my cleavage it's not good good enough for you anyway he told her that she can't have the role because she's Mexican Evelyn's like I'm Cuban for all purposes same difference fine what about that new movie with Gary Dupont I want that one you can play Gary's love interest Evelyn we need a nice blonde girl for that I can be a nice blonde girl it was a lost cost Evelyn knew if she wanted a bigger role she would have to take it which is why the next time she saw the head guy in charge the head executive of sunset Studios Ari Sullivan she dropped her purse in front of him and gave him two rifles Mrs Diaz Mr Sullivan please call me Ari she maintained eye contact grazed her hand on his arm he was 48 she was 17 and she was on his desk staring at his Oscars while you know she did what she had to do wow she didn't get either movie role and they both tanked the movies they tanked without her with these nice blonde girls they tanked and that was enough Evelyn dyed her hair blonde lost six pounds hired an accent coach who got rid of any trace of a New York accent and they forbid her from speaking Spanish at all because this is before all of the amazing actresses before her time they just wanted a lot of white people I'm gonna be honest with you the roles Evelyn Hugo wanted were for white women those were the big roles so now Evelyn has to be white any trace of her being Cuban gone out the window Sunset Studios helped her create a fake background they said your dad is a builder in Manhattan you love tennis and swimming you have a Saint Bernard named Roger it's like the most not Cuban thing ever but they made her a background Harry Cameron the producer and Ari Sullivan knew what fantasy Evelyn Hugo had to sell and soon she would see it too she would say I was being designed to be two opposing things a complicated image that was hard to dissect but easy to grab onto I was supposed to be both naive and erotic it was as if I was too wholesome to understand the unwholesome thoughts these men were having about me it was of course it was an easy act to put on okay sometimes Evelyn thinks that the difference between an actress and a star is that a star feels comfortable being the very thing that the world wants her to be and Taylor Jenkins reads words like talyo okay she also changed her name from Evelyn Herrera Diaz to Evelyn Hugo and they all agreed it sounded more mysterious it sounded French and it would really push her to stardom the executive suggested that she start going on a few public dates with a guy named brick Thomas the dude's name is Brick Thomas that's like a red brick flag and Don Adler the problem she's still married though yeah the problem is remember Ernie she's still married she's married so that night she goes home and on the advice of sunset Studios attorney she informed Ernie that she was leaving him he cried all night and she wrote him a long letter about how it had to be like this but she loved him she didn't mean a single word of it but she owed it to him to end the marriage the way it started pretending yeah and he got to pay out from the studio they never spoke again he got married bought a house with the money from Sunset Studios had like eight kids and then died yeah so no Evelyn did not feel bad for what she did to Ernie how could she be mad at herself for her 14 year old self for doing everything it took to get out of Hell's Kitchen the next chapter is called God damn Don Adler her second husband look the chapter names are getting to me Don Adler is the 47 no that's all right this is a hot actor that she's gonna go on a fake date with for PR but they're gonna get married oh yeah okay it's got me so curious so Evelyn Hugo became the blonde bombshell that Sunset Studios needed and like blonde Bombshells today she starts booking comedy rolls romantic comedies Evelyn knew that this is not the destination she won some serious roles she wants to win Oscar you can't do that when you're hee hawing on screen the whole time fine her stardom was Rising she's slowly becoming a household name which meant these dates that she had to go on very important for PR Rick Thomas was the first one she wanted to slap him across the face they sat down at the dinner table and his first words to her were I bet you had my picture up on your wall huh she wanted to throw her drink in his face is that big or what's going on he's big yeah but she smiled back and said how'd you know he laughed and smiled they went outside got Paparazzi pictures the restaurants they would go to would like the no boo you know so there's Paparazzi everywhere and he said there's going to be a lot of rumors about you and me tomorrow let me know if you want to make them true smiled and walked away it's never gonna happen she hated nepo babies this guy was Hollywood nepo baby and this self adoration the self-love that he had for himself it was too much it was gonna drown her so it was a pleasant surprise that her next date with Don Adler also a Hollywood nepo baby coined the prince of Hollywood he was actually really sweet so his parents were big Hollywood film stars in the 30s and the adlers were like a household name Don Adler was the biggest star at Sunset Studios I mean he could confidently joke they all call me the prince of Hollywood they're all underestimating me I'll be king one of these days and she's into it yeah oh yeah the date initially was for PR but it didn't feel like it he picked her up from her apartment with a bouquet of flowers I mean on the way to the restaurant he told her he had seen her newest movie before it was even released the early cut Ari thinks you're gonna be a big hit and what do you think I think you're the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen in my life Evelyn Hugo actually blushed truly and you got real talent too when the movie ended I looked right at Ari and said that's the girl for me there was just something about Don Adler okay Don treated her like a person Taylor Jenkins read just kill me she said there are some people who see a beautiful flower and they rush over to pick it they want to hold the flower in their hands they want to own the flower they want the flowers Beauty to be theirs Dawn wasn't like that at least not at first he was just happy to be near the flower to look at the flower to appreciate the flower but that's the thing about marrying a guy like Don Adler you're saying to him that this beautiful thing that you've just been appreciating well now it's yours it's not gonna end well so their first date was PR their second date and everyone after that was very very real it progressed to the point where in Harry Cameron's office he was getting sick of it which side note Harry and Evelyn were becoming a lot closer now that she's becoming more popular I mean don't get me wrong okay Evelyn had these actress friends but they would all um shoot each other in the face if that meant they were going to get the next big role that would win an Oscar there there was no loyalty there it's not true friendship Harry though on the other hand he was different their interests were aligned Evelyn Hugo was going to be a household name and both people would benefit and Harry's like Evelyn honey I'm serious I've had enough with this done at their talk okay all I hear from you is Don list on that yeah she's just so obsessed with Don Adler you gotta think about something else okay well I'll stop if you give me little woman little woman is gonna be like the biggest movie okay the biggest Sunset Studios had bought the rights to it it's going to be huge Evelyn you don't want to do little women right now you need to give it some time I definitely want to do little women right now why wouldn't I you know you could be really big just don't screw it up you could be a big big deal you could be a household name Evelyn you had a huge hit with the movie father and daughter people know you can be funny they know you're adorable they loved you in it yeah and they'll love me a little woman no you're gonna do it again you're gonna show them that you can recreate the magic it's not a one-trick pony it's not beginner's luck okay then maybe you do a romance with Dawn and then when everyone's thinking that they know Evelyn Hugo they understand Evelyn Hugo that's when you do little woman you knock people's socks off now the audience is gonna think I knew there was something special about her so little woman is more like a drama it's more like a oscar-winning type of film it you know what this reminds me of Margot Robbie the way she broke out of that like blonde bombshell Vibe with Wolf of Wall Street and then she had all these like very sexy roles where she was just like the side character the love interest and then she I mean knocks people's socks off with I Tonya and she just proved to the world that she could do it right that's what Harry wants for her so fascinating that there is a path yeah Superstar and Evelyn's confused she's like why can't I do it now why can't they be impressed with me now with Little Women because you have to give them time to invest in you you have to be predictable and then you do something unpredictable that's when people will love you forever what is so deep yes it's so deep it's so true though it's so true it only matters when you you do the unexpected just yeah that's when the shock comes right the contradictions people love it so if you do a yeah only thing no I was thinking that so he's like yeah you gotta do that that's the way to do Little Women and that was the easy part if she could marry Dawn if she could genuinely get into a relationship with Dawn that with little woman Evelyn would be solidified in Hollywood and so with Dawn Dawn needed her she was the new generation of Hollywood and he had something to prove he had to prove that it wasn't just old Hollywood he was stuck in it wasn't just his parents way that was stuck with him he needed to be the new generation so the two of them they could be the power couple that Hollywood wanted but better than that is that both of them knew all of this and they didn't care they genuinely loved each other they still would date each other without all of this and it was at Don's new movie premiere on that velvet red carpet he got down on one knee and proposed with the Tiffany ring oh wow this is kind of wild to me 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and drama download love and pies for free today that's love and pies free to download in the app store or Google play and for the first time Evelyn Hugo actually enjoyed adult time she always saw it as a way to get things in exchange for something a trip to Hollywood a movie role but now now she wanted to do it more than Don wanted to do it she craved him she genuinely loved him and it was at Evelyn's wedding that um she made a best friend Harry Cameron the same Harry she would marry later the producer he pulled her aside to make sure that this is what she wanted that she's not just doing this for the studios which like a little too late okay what if she says she's miserable you're gonna personally kick out 300 of Hollywood deletes and yell at the tabloids like get out of here come on he pulls her aside and you know Evelyn's first question was why didn't you try anything with me like at all for years you never tried one time it didn't make sense so she's also kind of into him that to be asking that question yes he's very attractive and he said it's hard to explain but try you're young yet most men don't have any problem with that Harry then you slash my own husband is seven years older than me it's very long and complicated story but so you think like she kind of into him more at that point maybe that he's not into her because you're you're saying this is a at the wedding oh my gosh and uh he says you've just never been my type the way he said it Evelyn knew exactly what he meant Harry Cameron wasn't interested in girls like her because Harry Cameron wasn't interested in girls at all um Evelyn thought for a second and she knew that she needed to make him feel seen and accepted because being gay in Hollywood being gay in the 60s you could literally get arrested you could get thrown into a mental institution for being gay especially in Hollywood it's just not accepted you'll be blacklisted you'll go broke you'll lose everything your friends your co-workers your job everything and he basically told her that yeah wow and she looked him in the eye and said you're my best friend in the whole world Harry you know that and he said am I really then you'll be mine are you married her best friend yeah and with that Dawn interrupted them and whisked Evelyn away his new wife onto the dance floor look Evelyn felt like her life was falling into place she had her dream life her dream career she had her dream husband Don whispered in her ear at their final dance me and you were gonna rule this town I mean come on everything is perfect until he started hitting her oh yeah I know that's how this book made me feel okay just like around this it was around the time that one of Dawn's movies started tanking it was his first action film it was all pew pew pew he had been doing like romance and comedies right the headlines were Alder looks like a fool holding a gun he's no John Wayne basically saying he's not man enough to play the masculine roles he should just stick to being he he ha comedy boy he got mad at that yeah America didn't see it he wanted to be Captain America okay but they said that no you're who's a not hot comedian don't get me cancel you know that's what they said so uh America didn't see it and he was back to Comedy rolls and he just had something to prove and it did not help that Evelyn just won audience appreciation award for Rising Star so she's Rising Star he's falling star and the two of them they were on their last set day for their new Romance movie when Don demanded that Evelyn make him breakfast she did not know how to make breakfast she didn't even because they have a maid that makes them breakfast she didn't even know how he takes his eggs so she's looking around like I don't know what to do and Dawn exploded he grabbed a pillow and started screaming into it if you're not gonna be the kind of wife to make me breakfast at least know how I like it into a pillow into a pillow and then the carbide to the set was awkward Don was in quite the mood he turned to Evelyn at a red light you know people in town are still asking why you're still going by Evelyn Hugo what do you mean on the signs they say it should say Don and Evelyn Adler not Don Adler and Evelyn Hugo that's what the people are saying who's saying that the people what people Don they're saying you wear the pants in the relationship Evelyn Dan you're being so silly please just drive I can't believe we're 45 minutes left late to set Harry's gonna be so pissed and Don looked at her and he smirked yeah well we're the adlers we can be late Evelyn was so grossed out by his attitude this is like Peak nepo baby attitude they rushed to the trailer and she's rushing to get ready for hair and makeup to come in and Don got up in her face and was like I think you've gotten the wrong impression maybe I've been too nice maybe you've forgotten but we're not equals what's wrong with this guy he just lost it and he's like I think this is the last movie you do I think it's time for you to be a mom yeah because that's what happens in Hollywood you become a mom and your time is over or just in marriages in general you become a mom and your time is over right the patriarchy I'm so mad and she's like absolutely not and he slapped her across the face look Evelyn said the worst part about being slapped in the face is that it is so humiliating because any other being punched in the face doing any of this being punched in the arm you don't have to cry if you don't want to but when you're slapped in the face The Sting is just the shock of it all makes you cry automatically it's like a physiological response it's not even emotional so her jaw was bright red and there was a knock on the door and even then small Dawn couldn't control after his little violent tantrum and she says okay let me take control go out there and tell Bobby I'm having lady problems tell the Wardrobe person to meet you in my dressing room and have Bobby tell mine to meet me here in 45 minutes so she's like right back on it back to business Don's like okay I don't know what to do I just stopped doing a little bit so the minute he leaves Evelyn slumps over and she sobs she later told the hair and makeup girl that she fell and hit her job but they both knew that she was lying the next time that Evelyn saw Dawn he was overly apologetic it almost made her feel crazy because Evelyn grew up being slapped around by her dad she had never been apologized to and he whispered to her I'm so sorry I never should have done that like I'm so grossed out by myself I can't believe I did that you deserve so much better than me I will do anything for your forgiveness like I will work for the rest of my life for you to forgive me did you buy it so of course she did the first time they finished the rest of the movie they were both nominated for Oscars they both lost but the world was in love with Don Adler and Evelyn Hugo and behind closed doors the violence raged on it was the same toxic cycle he would hit her apologize profusely swear up and down that it would never happen again she would accept the apology because not because she's dumb not because any of these victims are dumb and thinks that it's never going to happen again but how do you even get out of that situation it is so messy and there's other things to worry about like the fact that little woman has been green lit to start production and your arch nemesis Celia St James yeah her biggest rival in Hollywood is gonna play her little sister Beth which side note she's gonna go on to marry Celia St James's brother who Evelyn Hugo is later going to marry her Arch nemesis's brother okay yeah it's a Hollywood Feud and Harry's asking her wait what's wrong with Celia St James playing Beth you don't like Celia that teenage is gonna overact me she's gonna win an Oscar Harry laughed okay he had to admit Celia had Talent she was 19. she's making headlines for her incredible acting she didn't do comedies she played a widowed mother in a war period piece I mean this girl was good with no mother yeah she could fact Harry tried to calm Evelyn down Evelyn you're 21. you're married to the biggest movie star you've just been nominated for an Oscar you're on top of the world Celia St James has nothing on you yeah I know it's fine I'm gonna give the best goddamn performance of my life and I'm gonna win an Oscar nobody will even remember Celia St James Harry reassured her that she was the best that there was and he believed in her she gave him a hug but he fell back and he placed his thumb on her face Harry don't I'll kill him you know he saw the proofs through her makeup why did he play a thumb he's touching the bruise no you won't we're best friends Evelyn you said best friends who tell each other everything and you knew it was booked when I said it let me help you what can I do you can make sure that I look better than Celia you can make sure that I look better than all of them that's not what I mean Evelyn yeah but that's what you can do there's no move here Harry end of discussion I mean Dawn was what her career needed there was no move to make and there was a part of her that still loved him so anyway little woman starts shooting and the first day on set Evelyn is in her room getting ready the maid housekeeper walks in sees her naked sees all the bruises and Evelyn freaks out because there's bruises all over her body right she's been like thrown down the stairs punched kicked everything and she screams Paula please For Heaven's Sake I asked you to knock Evelyn was pissed because she just you know and Paula walked out and Evelyn was extra pissed because if Paula was going to sell a story why didn't she sell this one why didn't she tell the world that Don Adler was beating his wife why instead did she come after Evelyn Celia St James wanted to grab milkshakes with Evelyn during filming okay milkshakes their diets can't afford milkshakes but Evelyn was intrigued to get to know this girl they both hop into Celia's car she's a horrible driver by the way Evelyn thought that she was gonna die in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Sunset Boulevard yeah that's how bad of a driver she was and she says I'm thinking Schwabs Evelyn's ears perk up Schwabs is like The Hot Spot it's like the no boo where all the celebrities are there's Paparazzi non-stop there just waiting for celebrities to come in what kind of game are you playing Celia I'm not playing any games oh Celia I've been at this few more years than you nobody goes to Schwabs for milkshakes listen I could use a story or two if I'm gonna star in my own movie soon I just need some recognition and I thought since we're getting milkshakes why not chops and this milkshake business is all a ruse to be seen with me in public Evelyn was insulted she felt used not at all I I wanted a milkshake with you for real I wanted to get to know you Evelyn was pissed she demanded Celia drive to CC Browns for ice cream instead or she threatened to jump out at the next red light so is that so they sit down and Evelyn watches as the waiter fixates on Celia there was a clear difference between Celia and Evelyn Evelyn was the type of woman that men feel almost threatened by you feel like you can't even look at her she's that beautiful it's it's intimidating it's it takes the breath out of you but Celia is beautiful in a Wholesome Way The Girl Next Door the she doesn't even know she's pretty she feels attainable she feels like if you try hard enough you guys could have a chance sitting at the booth eating their milkshakes Evelyn gave Celia St James some real pointers on how to make it in Hollywood one of them are um yeah news people okay it's fine to use people but don't act like you're not using people that's more insulting wow you're proud of that Evelyn of using people I'm proud of where it's gotten me Celia and are you using me right now no I'm not using you you have nothing to offer me I don't think that's true Evelyn sure you're more famous than me you are married to a movie star but other than that we're kind of in the same place we had a few good movies we had a few good performances but now we want an Oscar for Little Women me for best supporting actress and you for best actress but I have a leg up on you in that regard with the Oscar they can't both win they can't oh they can okay and why do you have an advantage I'm a better actress you're really good Evelyn don't get me wrong but I'm better and you know I'm better that's why you and Don almost had me fired from this okay fine you're better than me in acting we discussed getting you fired maybe so what big deal yeah well that's my point I'm more talented you're more powerful and we can help each other after hours I can help you with your scenes and I'll teach you what I know and what you want me to go get milkshakes with you at Schwabs yeah I want you to help me do what you did I want to be a star and then what you and I both end up famous competing for every job in town where we could just be friends Evelyn I really like you I liked how the moment you show up on the screen I can't look at anything else I like the way that your skin is way too dark for your blonde hair and normally those two would never go together but for some reason it just seems so natural on you and to be honest I like how calculating and how awful you are I like how honest you are some women are just so full of crap in this industry and I like that you're only full of crap when it gets you something so yeah I want to be friends like not the backstabbing kind but um just real friendship have you ever had any friends Evelyn Evelyn was not convinced but the two Shook on it nonetheless and they walked out with milkshakes on the house Evelyn thought it was the stupidest thing in the world because if anyone should be getting free food it wasn't rich people where they were but that's how Celia's friendship with Evelyn started it started around the time that Evelyn's relationship was really tested the tabloids were sharks Out For Blood news hit the tabloids were all over Evelyn the housekeeper had sold the story that Evelyn Hugo yeah was behaving like a man what the tabloids ripped a woman to shreds for acting like a man the headlines red cold cold Evelyn what's the Scandal you ask Dawn wants a baby Evelyn keeps saying no all she wants to talk about his her is her career she never cleans the house can't be bothered to be kind to the help spends her free time abandoning her husband at home while she goes out with single gals like Celia St James poor Dawn stays home yearning for a family Evelyn is out having the time of her what life only worried about herself Evelyn threw the paper onto Harry's desk both Harry and Celia which are becoming like her closest friends they're shook they didn't even know what to say they're both standing there nervous stressed confused on what to do what what does Don say about it Harry looked nervous Don wasn't gonna be happy looking like some sort of weak husband and if Don's not happy he gets handsy Evelyn's sitting there that little rat what are you talking about my damn maid she talked to the papers okay fired she'll be gone by the time you get home yeah but that still doesn't solve the real problem America's not gonna come see my movies if they find out that I'm putting my career ahead of my marriage ahead of an unborn child that doesn't even exist and it's not going to look good for Dawn either then it hit Evelyn Dawn walked into Harry's office and she explained to the group we're gonna fake a miscarriage what on Earth for they'll hate me and probably lose respect for you if I won't give you a baby and Celia chimed in but they'll pity you both if you can't have a baby Don's like pity I don't want to be pitied there's no power in pity we can't sell movies with pity Dum Dawn Harry spoke up like how you can't and that's how news broke of Evelyn's miscarriage the night after news broke Dawn went out to busy himself Celia came over to check in on Evelyn make sure she's doing okay now that the whole world knows about her fake miscarriage it's miscarriage gate and she's like you've got no maid now the two of them hunt down wine glasses they start pouring wine in they're looking for a corkscrew and Evelyn has no idea what's the difference between a champagne glass and a wine glass because she's been either too broke to be able to afford these things or too rich that she never had to look for them herself never anywhere in between and so this two sit down on the living room floor and they just keep talking all night long giggling they were having so much fun in fact that Evelyn ends up spilling some wine on Celia she's like oh God I'm so sorry come upstairs I'll give you a shirt tomorrow they rush into the married bedroom and she's looking around Celia and she tries to ask casually can I ask you something Evelyn sure and you promise to tell the truth uh not particularly but go ahead do you love him Don who else I don't know is it for a publicity are you just in it to be an Adler no I don't think so what then oh my God this girl better not bad stab her it's hard to say I love him and a lot of the time I hate him and when I'm with him and I don't know I mean we have fun or we used to have fun and we still do sometimes it's just it's hard to explain does he do it for you yeah very much sometimes I find myself aching to be with him that it's almost embarrassing well forget I asked oddly Evan could tell that Celia was bothered by her answer she passes her the shirt Celia takes off her Weinstein blouse and it's hard for Evelyn to not look you know because this is her competition and just everything about Celia seemed perfect it was the opposite of Evelyn she had she was pale she was a little bit more thin she had a big butt and small boobs everything about her was just girl next door and right at that moment Don walks in well hello what on Earth is going on here Evelyn laughs and walks over absolutely nothing honey so Celia and Evelyn's friendship only go closer from they only grow closer from there and they start attending these premieres together and since Celia is a young new girl on the scene the studios are setting her up with all sorts of dates and Celia is hating it Emma please don't make me do this you have to you're not the boss to me you know Evelyn I really hate him he's such a please please are you even listening to me I hate him of course you hate him her date her date for the premiere oh of course you ate him he's a weasel well why can't I just go alone to your own movie premiere of Little Women alone well why can't we go together because I'm going with Dawn and you're going with Robert cut it out Celia this is how you get your name in the paper if that's not what you want what the hell are you doing here Celia begrudgingly makes it downstairs where Don and Robert are waiting for the both of them Evelyn watches with just pure Amusement as Celia slips her arm around Roberts and gives the best performance of her life I mean you would have thought that she was actively falling in love with this guy I mean she was that good at acting If Only They gave out Oscars for this okay Perfection the premiere was packed the casts were primarily women for Little Women and Don whispered in Evelyn's ear on the red carpet you're the most beautiful woman here normally you would think that's like a cute moment between couples right it was sad because Evelyn knew it before he even said it not because she felt like she was the most beautiful woman there but she knew that if Don didn't believe it he would not have been at the premiere with Evelyn like he would just go there a different woman this beautiful woman there um and that's just really sad to think about your marriage they all take their seats and the whole theater feels false silent and the movie starts Evelyn watches the whole thing and by the time it was done she knew that every single person walking out of that theater it wouldn't be her that they remembered even though she was the lead it would be Celia Saint James and it should have made her jealous it should have made her so scared so insecure the smartest thing for Evelyn to do at this point was to plot Celia St James's demise but instead Evelyn could hardly hold back her smile that was her best friend and she was so happy for her Evelyn knew Celia was going to win an Oscar for her role and it didn't make her jealous it made her happy later at the after party thrown out one of the executive's Mansions Evelyn runs into Ruby Ruby co-star and former backstabbing friend of Evelyn okay yeah there's an introduction there Ruby walks in and she was on Little Women too she actually nominated herself for the best supporting actress Oscar for Little Women the same category as Celia St James she nominated herself yeah you nominate yourself yeah and she's pissed she slams up in the bathroom door what the hell are we gonna do about this Evelyn what are we gonna do about what ruby about Celia's Saint James that's what what about her Evelyn I swear to God she gave a great performance what can we do this is exactly what I told Harry what happened and he said it wouldn't but look at where we are really what do you want me to do about it you're losing out too you know how do you not see that I get it you're not in our category you're trying to get the Best Actress Oscar but she's the Talk of the Town for this movie you don't see that of course I see it Ruby of course I do but I don't know what to tell you we were right about her she's talented gorgeous charming and you've been bested for best supporting actress sometimes it's good to recognize it and move on Ruby you know people have been saying all sorts of things about you too and I didn't believe it but now I can't really be so sure like what what did they say Ruby you don't know she's a lesbian Evelyn Evelyn's ears felt hot and her chest started heaving up and down and she says oh and you should probably get a better handle on your husband by the way he's an Ari sylvan's room getting a bug from some girl from MGM and with that Ruby walks off Evelyn felt strange in that moment she didn't think oh my God my husband is cheating on me she thought I have to find Celia in real time Monique steps in the story she stops the story wait did you know Celia was gay I'm telling you the story as it's unfolding Monique Evan who's the love of your life it's okay who was the love of your life the great love you can tell me Evelyn looks terrified and finally she looks out the window before saying Celia Saint James I feel like I've spent my entire life loving her and Monique is like so this book this biography you're ready to come out as a gay woman Evelyn closes her eyes haven't you been listening to a single thing that I've told you I've Loved Celia but I also love Dawn in fact if Don hadn't been such a spectacular I would probably would have never been capable of falling in love with somebody else I'm bisexual Monique don't ignore half of me so you can fit me in some sort of box Monique felt gutted because she's half black half white and she knew exactly what that felt like and she had just done the same thing to Evelyn I'm sorry you're absolutely right I should have asked I just I don't know why I assumed but when did you figure it out that you loved her will it helped that my husband was cheating on me upstairs I was jealous on both accounts I was jealous when I found out Celia was gay because it meant that she had been with other women that I wasn't the only love of her life and I was jealous that my husband was with was with a woman upstairs but more so because it was embarrassing and it threatened the way of life the fact that I wanted to be around Celie all the time the fact that I cared about her enough that I valued her own happiness over my own the fact that I thought about her shirtless over and over again I mean now when you put the pieces to get together one plus one equals I'm in love with a woman but back then it wasn't like that I didn't really have an equation I thought I finally had a true friendship so what did you do who did you go to First Evelyn's head was spinning in that little bathroom and the door swung open Celia Evelyn what are you doing here they closed the door Celia do you sleep with women what are you talking about Ruby says you're a lesbian who cares what ruby says are you why are you gonna start being are you gonna stop being friends with me now is that what this is about no of course not I would never do that Celie I would never do that then what Evelyn didn't know what she was doing in that moment but she grabbed Celia's wrists and she started kissing her and they both threw themselves at each other before Celia broke away and she's like we can't stay in here now again just to remind you this sounds like a cute little love story now but back then this would have ruined their whole lives literally everything that they have worked so hard for their dreams everything would have been ripped from their hands Celia left the husband just casually getting them yeah exactly and so Evelyn goes through every single door on the second floor until she finds Dawn and a naked girl in there she runs out he tries chasing after her she tries looking for Celia but she's long gone and instead she finds Harry Cameron Harry can you take me home and in the car Evelyn questioned Harry you don't look surprised about Don cheating on me Don has always had a penchant for women that he's just met I wasn't sure if you knew or if you even cared I didn't know and I did care Harry well I'm sorry I should have told you that then what if we just told each other everything Harry like the truth feel like I need someone I'd say Evelyn that is a burden I don't want to put on you yeah well I have skeletons too in my closet Harry maybe I'm ready though for a real friend true blue yeah well you're not like me Evelyn I might be and Celia might be too Harry was quiet for a second before he said yes Celia might be too you know I suspected and I suspected that she might have feelings for you well I'm leaving Dawn I'm happy to hear it I just hope you understand what the full extent of that means he's not going to take it sitting down so what I just let him sleep around do anything he wants with any MGM girl and then he can smack me around when he feels like it that's not what I meant I just want you to be prepared for what's about to happen Harry parked the car and helped Evelyn into his house and he tucked Evelyn into the guest room of his house and with his hand on the light switch he turned her and said Evelyn you know that our interests are no longer aligned right yours and mine my job is to make the studio money if you're doing what the studio wants then my job is aligned with yours but more than anything the studio wants to make Dawn happy and once you divorce him our interests are no longer aligned but she's a better actress no Don brings in more seats really he sells more tickets right now and she says I know Harry I see it too and he smiles and he turns off the light the next morning he drove her home and Don was nowhere to be found probably getting another from another girl at MGM meanwhile celios frantic disheveled waiting for her out the door Harry leaves them alone to talk and Celia tries to she's defensive and she says you know I'm not there was one girl in high school my best friend she and I and it was one time netherland's like I don't want to hear it there's nothing wrong with me Evelyn I know there's nothing wrong with you here's what I know I know that I used to love Dawn and Celia's like I know that I know that you love Dawn and I've always known that and that's fine I said I used to love Dawn but I don't think I've loved him for some time now and the only person I think about is you Celia the divorce to Evelyn's second marriage was on the way now Evelyn opted to stay with Celia while she figured things out which normally would have been a very big scandal in Hollywood two female roommates they're like oh my God we gotta kill them that's literally their training of thought it's crazy I hate people what were we on back then literally what were we on what are we on now anyway but it's nothing suspicious when your best friend just went through a very public divorce a very public separation you need friendship right that's what heterosexual people do when they get a divorce from their heterosexual marriage and initially Evelyn and Celia remained purely platonic until Taylor Jenkins read another great one okay I highlighted this one sometimes reality comes crashing down on you other times reality simply Waits patiently for you to run out of the energy it takes to deny it and that's what happened their energy ran out and the two of them had for the very first time but reality is a because Harry comes over with divorce papers you get the house Evelyn your money and half of his money what why would he do that because in the contract you are forbidden to talk to anyone at any time about anything that happened during your marriage well is he forbidden not in writing no so he can talk all over the town about our relationship and what makes him think that I'm I'm even gonna agree to this Harry gets quiet and Evelyn smile Falls sunset's dropping me aren't they Don wants to blackball you from getting an Oscar nod and Arya is agreeing to it he's going to loan you out to other Studios and purposely put you in flops he wants to ruin your career he can't do that my the father-daughter did really well little woman was a hit he can do that and he will he's the Golden Boy of Sunset if Don doesn't want you he doesn't want anyone else to have you so what he ruins my life and buys my silence with a house and less than a million dollars I've learned it's a lot of money yeah I don't care about the money at least not mainly I did it once I'll do it again I can build the whole thing back up from scratch Harry smiled I know and I will never doubt you I hope we can still be friends Evelyn oh shut up Harry we're best friends you still love me right even though I'm gonna be black bald of course and I still love you Harry that's the end of it okay me and you Evelyn me and you Harry true blue and that is how Evelyn lost everything the first time Buckland a part one hey I'm so stressed okay so this time I decided to break it up because I feel like I want this to feel like a book club so this is your time to go pick up seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo read it and next Monday we could talk about it like book club we can finish the finish the book and it'll be it'll be insane I've already cried so much wait we're gonna make the thing oh what do you mean it's already done no hey it looks kind of nasty and not good this looks like it's gonna um cake your teeth so I don't know like why didn't she just like do an expose on the husband oh is that not a thing about them no not back then because nowadays wouldn't they just like expose the husband yeah to be abusive and they were getting all the support right yeah but even then you don't really gain much support you still get a lot of hate but back then it's like primarily hate um you're like a vindictive woman who wants to ruin a nice young man's life yeah how do we know those bruises are all from him what if you're clumsy are we really gonna ruin a guy's life with a mountain of evidence it's not even that much evidence so so make sure to stay tuned for next Monday pick up a copy of seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo and don't forget to check out manscaped Linked In the description and I'll see you guys on Monday or I'll see you guys tomorrow bye foreign