Joan Collins – the unforgettable Alexis Colby on Dynasty – had toxic, intense, sick and controversial loves and marriages. But for 25 years He shares a life away from scandals with the show producer Percy Gibson32 years younger than her.
A People note recalls that they met in 2000. She worked on the piece Love letters and he was the producer.
“I was in a long-term relationship that was falling apart. I had declared that I never wanted to get married again. I held on to that promise until I met each other.” Percy. We connected immediately. He was funny, charming, attractive. After the show, I socialized with him and my co-star George Hamilton and with my daughter Katie” he said in 2018 in the Daily Mail, compiled by People.
In this section, after a two-month tour new Yorkthey attended the musical together Kiss me, Kate. The following year, he offered to help her write her fourth novel, and the romance was undeniable.
“We fell madly in love. It was dizzying and amazing. I finally found my true soul mate and my forever husband,” she said years later.
In other notes, he admitted that as the relationship progressed, his idea of not getting married again changed.
One of the most striking details of the link is this clear age difference. Although the actress made it clear that this was never a problem for her,
“When we started the relationship, I was in my 60s and he was in his early 30s. But the age difference was never a problem,” she told the Guardian in 2013, as compiled by People.
“We talked about it and he didn’t want children. He loves mine and my grandchildren. We’ve been married for 11 years, but when I look at him from across the room my heart still skips a beat,” she said at the time.
He also didn’t ignore the humor. At an appearance in Good morning Britainif the driver Piers Morgan He asked her if they were compatible at 25 or 30, she interrupted him: “He wasn’t born!”
Contrary to these forecasts and previous experiences Collinsthey have been together for 25 years.
“Percy “He’s the most honorable man I’ve ever met,” he told her. Collins to People in March 2002, a month after the wedding.
But beyond attraction and admiration, the Luxonomist section of the 20 Minutes website has highlighted a special secret that contributes to good coexistence.
In 2022, on the 20th anniversary of the wedding, she revealed that the core of their happiness is having separate bathrooms. Because in this way, individual freedoms are better respected in these intimate and personal moments.
Before this solid and happy love, Collins He went through various very public and controversial relationships.
One of them and the most violent was with Maxwell Reed. When they met, she was 17 and he was 31. According to People, this is one of the memories reed He gave her alcohol and raped her.
His media and his turbulent relationship with Warren Beatty. In his memoirs Collins She reported that she became pregnant at age 26 and had an abortion. BeattyPeople compiled that when he found out he had a terrible reaction.
The third name on this list was now Conrad “Nicky” Hilton Jr. According to a BBC documentary, he was unable to escape the violence and included an episode in which he shot a gun at the ceiling while they lay in bed.
His next scandalous marriage was with Peter Holm which ended in a very public and “bitter” divorce, with a dispute over assets and loud press coverage.
He was also in a relationship with Anthony Newley -with whom he had two children, Tara and Alexander– And Ron Cass -the father of her daughter Katyana.
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