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Rita Moreno Says 'Lust of My Life' Marlon Brando Persuaded Her to Get Therapy: 'I Was Madly in Love'
Rita Moreno is crediting the late Marlon Brando with persuading her to go to therapy.
During a fireside chat between Moreno and People en Español at the DotdashMeredith offices in New York City on Wednesday, the EGOT legend, 92, recalled being "sent into psychotherapy" years after she endured bullying over her Latina heritage as a child.
"It took me a long time, and therapy, to get to like myself," Moreno said. "When you get traumatized that early in your life, it takes a long time to get rid of the notion that you're bad."
She also revealed that her boyfriend at the time — Brando, whom she first met at age 22 on the set of the Napoleon biopic Désirée and had a torrid 8-year affair with — was the person who "recommended" she seek help.
"Here's this crazy man telling this crazy woman that she needs therapy," Moreno joked. "I adored him — I was madly in love with him."
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Rita Moreno subject Marlon Brando’s Tumultuous Eight-Year Relationship
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Rita Moreno Still Keeps a Photo of Marlon Brando in her Bedroom: 'He was the Lust of My Life'
Rita Moreno‘s iconic and eclectic career is the stuff of Hollywood legends — and so is her 5,square-foot, multilevel contemporary home.
Nestled in the Berkeley Hills and overlooking the San Francisco Bay, Moreno — who moved into the three-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath home with her late husband Leonard Gordon 16 years ago — has decorated the space in colorful ways to reflect her Puerto Rican heritage, world travels and family, which includes respectful nods to the “lust” and “love” of her life: ex-Marlon Brando and Gordon, her husband of 45 years.
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Moreno’s romantic tokens (both of which are featured in the video above) are in her favorite room in the house, the bedroom. The year-old’s tribute to her torrid 8-year affair with Brando, whom she met at age 22 on the set of the Napoleon biopic Désirée, is a framed black and white photo of the Godfather actor in his prime.
“Why that picture of Marlon Brando? Because he was a big love of mine in my life,” says Moreno matter-of-factly. “This one, it’s almost seems like a vignette out of a movie, so that’s why it’s there. He was the lust o