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Newman More Hustler Than Mr. Nice Guy: Bio

Book claims 'faithful' star was boozing philanderer

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 18, 2009 2:44 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Paul Newman’s own secret recipe was a steady diet of booze and womanizing, according to a biography of the late star obtained by the New York Post. In Paul Newman: A Life, slated to come out next month, author Shawn Levy describes the Oscar winner as a functioning alcoholic who toted a beer bottle opener around his neck and downed “a case or more a day.”

The blue-eyed legend was known as Tinseltown's most loyal husband, but Levy says he romanced a journalist writing about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. “I finally said to myself, ‘I can do better than this,’ she remembered. ‘I told him, ‘You're always drunk, and you can't even make love.’ I ended it.” Newman also hated being asked to show off his baby blues, comparing it to telling a woman, "I want to see your t - - s."

Paul Newman wasn't as wholesome as we thought, a new biography claims.
Paul Newman wasn't as wholesome as we thought, a new biography claims.   (AP Photo/Jim McKnight, file)
Paul Newman wasn't as wholesome as we thought, a new biography claims.
Paul Newman wasn't as wholesome as we thought, a new biography claims.   (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek, File)
Newlyweds actress Joanne Woodward and actor Paul Newman pose after their wedding ceremony at Hotel El Rancho in Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 29, 1958.
Newlyweds actress Joanne Woodward and actor Paul Newman pose after their wedding ceremony at Hotel El Rancho in Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 29, 1958.   (AP Photo, File)
In in this 1969 file photo, actors Robert Redford, left, as the Sundance Kid and Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy appear in this scene from the film ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.''
In in this 1969 file photo, actors Robert Redford, left, as the Sundance Kid and Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy appear in this scene from the film ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.''   (AP Photo/20th Century Fox)
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There's nothing that makes you feel more like a piece of meat. It's like saying to a woman, 'Open your blouse, I want to see your t - - s.'
- Paul Newman, on his reaction to people asking to see his famous blue eyes

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Derni
Apr 19, 2009 8:57 AM CDT
Well I didn't see htis one coin-so if it is true-I give the family credit for keeping it from the press all thgese years-and I did hear Paul say on TV-when speaking about possibly having an affair with another woman-" why would I do that when I can have steak at home?" So whatever the truth-and I don't care since its a family issue-was he a good actor? Did he help others with his line of food labels and other items? enough said
jaguarj
Apr 19, 2009 1:18 AM CDT
He's still a "Cool Hand Luke"!!
kokuaguy
Apr 18, 2009 11:40 AM CDT
He lost his son to suicide. He donated huge amounts to charity. It makes one consider the possiblity he was very unhappy with some aspect of his life.

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