In the BBC documentary Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar, Elizabeth’s son, Christopher Wilding, said, “My mother was still married to Eddie Fisher. I think she was unhappy. It wasn’t a normal situation, and at that time, her attitude was, ‘Fuck it. I’m going to do it my way, and if you don’t like it, too bad.'”

Their affair was reportedly “so obvious.” Richard and Sybil divorced in 1963, and Elizabeth and Eddie divorced the following year. The new couple were famously married twice — their first marriage lasted from 1964 to 1974, and their second lasted from 1975 to 1976.

Debbie Reynolds warned Eddie that how you get them is how you lose them! In her 2013 memoir Unsinkable, she wrote, “Elizabeth fell in love with … Richard Burton, and I warned Eddie that she’d kick him out in a year and a half — and that’s exactly what happened, which gave me at least a little comfort… He’s not a strong enough personality for Elizabeth, who preferred her men to be, well, Richard Burton.”