Jack Nicholsondaughter Lorraine Nicholson She once became close friends with one of her father’s lovers.
“For many girls, a best friend is their first love. They spend all their time together. Learning from each other. Protecting each other,” Lorraine, 34, wrote on Friday, January 24 wrote in Vanity fair. “When the time comes for boys to come into the picture – it’s their first huge heartbreak when a best friend’s attention is split between them and another person. When I was 9, my best Friend is 30 years old Lara Flynn Boyle. “
twin peaks Alum Boyle, 54, started dating Nicholson, now 87, in 1999.
“Like the universe, Lala’s romance with her father began with a bang. On a quiet summer night in 1999, the newly minted couple dressed for dinner and the Mercedes engine was the only sound,” recalls Lorraine. road. “My dad had moved to Mulholland from Coldwater and was only a quarter of a mile from our house when their car collided with another car. When Dad finally came to the head, his head dripping with blood, he looked up at Lara Climbing out of the skylight, she reportedly screamed: “I can’t be here! “Then gave up the steaming chunk of metal like a dead horse.”
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Lorraine further claimed in the article that she did not learn about the car accident from a family member, but from “a friendly mother at school.”
“I met my dad a few days ago and he didn’t mention the car accident,” she wrote. “Not knowing how this news would be picked up by the tabloids, he wanted to introduce Lala on his own terms.”
Jack and Boyle, whose age gap is 33 years, lasted from 1999 to 2004. Eventually, he introduced the actress to his children. (Jack, a father of six, shares Lorraine and son Ray with his ex Rebecca Broussard. He also shares his daughter Jennifer Sandra Knightsons Caleb and Susan Anspachdaughter honey with Winnie Holman and daughter Tessa Jennine Gourin)
“I will never forget the first day Lara was introduced to our children. She walked down the outdoor stairs and joined us in the pool,” Lorraine said. “I remember the sun reflecting on the water, the sound of wind chimes in the trees. Most of all, I remember the clothes Lara wore – a thong with flames licking the pants. We don’t have to know that she received AIDS for her work that year. American Award Nomination practice My brother and I knew we were in the presence of a powerful man. “
She added: “I was too scared to talk to her that day. Instead, I watched her from the shallow end as she read a book about plastic rafts, the wind gently pushing her back and forth across the water . Finally she arrived, the answer to my prayers – Mary Poppins of Mulholland Drive.”
After Lorraine met Boyle, she said she was attracted to the actress’s charm, confidence and empathy.
“With ultrasound intuition, she sensed I was self-harming and told me the story about how she had to wear knee socks to cover her scraped shins,” Lorraine said. “Lara made me feel like my pain mattered. …I was a kid who, despite everything I had, was still missing something in my life. Lara didn’t downplay these feelings. She told all these stories with a cigarette and a smile because she was surviving. ”
As time went on, Lorraine said she “grabbed [Boyle] It’s like she’s made of glue. “
“For my dad, Lara served as a bridge between him and his children. Suddenly, we were doing things we had never done before,” Lorraine added. “In Aspen we went whitewater rafting along the Colorado River. We laughed like crazy while playing Parcheesi. During one particularly Renegade game of UNO, my brother and I self-kamakazaz so that even though we didn’t win, Neither would my father.”
Jack and Boyle eventually quit in 2004, and as Lorraine wrote in the article, she still “didn’t know why.”
“I don’t know if he cried or she cried, but of course I did. I woke up one snowy winter morning in my house in Aspen and she had just disappeared,” Lorraine recalled. “I knew my dad’s relationship with Lala couldn’t last forever, but when I was with her, I didn’t know what I would do without her.”
According to Lorraine, the last words Boyle told her were: “Baby, I will always have you in my heart.” Boyle had not seen Jack since her split.
