Hamlett denies mistress allegations and says Jane Parker, who he married in 2012 and who died this year, simply worked for him

She quotes him as saying, "I'm in it for the money. I'm not leaving. You'll never get rid of me. I control everything. It's all in my name. You're just a figurehead. You're nothing. And I don't love you." By the time Reynolds met Hamlett while taping a TV show in Reno, Nevada in 1983, she had been divorced for ten years. Hautman, Nicholas (December 28, 2016). "Debbie Reynolds' Most Unforgettable Movie Roles: Singin' in the Rain, Halloweentown and More". Us Weekly . Retrieved December 29, 2016. During this scary conversation, Reynolds said that Hamlett insisted they talk on the balcony of their room, which was on the 12th floor. They spent the next year retrofitting the hotel in an Old Hollywood theme. While Reynolds writes about busting her bum to make get the hotel done in time, she talks about how Hamlett would sometimes vanish for hours, even days, at a time.a b c "Auction Set for Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Memorabilia". Los Angeles Daily News. September 10, 2010. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. In one of her first pictures, The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady, Reynolds faced a burning humiliation. The studio thought her ears were too big and had the makeup department glue her ears to the side of her head. But that wasn't the worst part. a b c d e "Debbie Reynolds to be Honored with 2014 SAG Life Achievement Award". SAG-AFTRA (Press release). August 18, 2014 . Retrieved December 29, 2016.

As if things couldn't get any worse for Debbie Reynolds, her husband's head swiveled at the sight of one violet-eyed beauty—actress Elizabeth Taylor. But this infamous affair came on the heels of tragedy.Other priests of the same family included William Penketh, then of Crossbrook, Orrell, convicted of recusancy in a b c "Unsinkable Debbie Reynolds: at 42, She Salvages Her Career". People. November 25, 1974 . Retrieved December 29, 2016. I was sure he was going to toss me off the balcony,” Reynolds continued. “One shove and all his troubles would be over. I pictured myself plummeting twelve floors to the pavement.” Her first marriage to singer Eddie Fisher (Carrie Fisher’s father) ended in scandal when he left Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor. Her second husband was a “gamble-holic” who spent millions of her money, and the third, well, was a man she called “the devil” whom she once thought was going to kill her. Debbie Reynolds and husband Richard Hamlett circa 1991 | Ron Galella, Ltd./Contributor/Getty Images Debbie Reynolds and Richard Hamlett were married from 1984 to 1996 One of the advantages of having been poor is that you learn to appreciate good fortune and the value of a dollar, and poverty holds no fear for you because you know you've gone through it and you can do it again... But we were always a happy family and a religious one. And I'm trying to inculcate in my children the same sense of values, the same tone that my mother gave to me. [13]