I never knew she was a drunk.

The gentleman I'm staying with, he says he used to deliver flowers to her house frequently. The first time he went there, he mistakenly brought them to the front door. She flipped out and told him to "get the **** off my doorstep!".

He says toward the end of her life she drank from morning 'till night. And that she was an absolute **** to work for.

Anyway. I didn't believe him at first, because I've always thought of Lucille Ball as more of a machine than a human being with actual flaws. Kind of the way I think of Madonna. But, then I decided to YouTube her (which, surprisingly, I've never done) and aside from coming off as very demanding and sort of regal in interviews, she pretty much slurs her way through every single one starting in the mid-1970s.

I love hearing her talk, though. She was soooo Classic Hollywood.

Here are a few gems from the later years (you can tell she's totally bombed in the first clip):

Was she thought of as a sex symbol back in the day?

I never think of redheads that way, but this Dick Cavett character seems to enjoy flirting with her.

She was a good broad.

A lot of sass. And I love how un-PC she is.

Oh, geez.

yes she was a total overbearing alpha *****.

she used to make what's her balls.

um. vivienne vance. cry just by speaking to her in a certain tone.

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