Rock legend Peter Wolf has ripped the lid off his chaotic romance with Hollywood icon Faye Dunaway.
RadarOnline.com can reveal the turning level of their relationship, as Wolf alleged Dunaway, 84, had a stunning affair with Chinatown co-star Jack Nicholson – whereas he was beneath the identical roof.
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Peter Wolf claimed he was downstairs whereas Dunaway was shacking it up with co-star Jack Nicholson upstairs.
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Wolf, the 79-year-old lead singer of The J. Geils Band, opened up about relationship the Bonnie and Clyde star his new memoir, Ready on the Moon.
The 2 had been roughly three years into their relationship when she landed a job starring alongside Nicholson, 87, in Roman Polanski’s darkish thriller.
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Dunaway and Nicholson notoriously had chemistry within the 1974 thriller ‘Chinatown.’
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Dunaway has lengthy denied whispers of her fiery on-screen chemistry with Nicholson extending past the set.
However in his new memoir, Wolf tells a really completely different story – one the place Dunaway not solely spent the night time with Nicholson at his dwelling, however did so in probably the most humiliating approach doable, leaving Wolf obliviously ready downstairs.
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The singer, who was deeply concerned within the music scene and mingled with legends like Bob Dylan and Andy Warhol, recalled how his ex repeatedly known as Nicholson for assist after claiming she was fighting an upcoming scene.
Lastly, he invited her to his home.
Wold mentioned when he and Dunaway arrived, Nicholson’s place was buzzing with individuals, and an enormous pile of cocaine sat on the espresso desk.
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Because the night time went on, the gang step by step thinned till solely the three of them remained.
This was when, Wolf mentioned: “Jack invited Faye upstairs to work on the script, and Faye requested if I’d thoughts ready. I answered, ‘After all not.'”
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After greater than two hours of uneasy ready, Wolf lastly known as upstairs for Dunaway – however there was no reply.
Stranded with out a automotive, he had no alternative however to linger in the lounge till morning.
Wolf recalled: “Lastly, as I noticed the solar arising, it occurred to me that what I believed may be taking place was undoubtedly taking place.”
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Dunaway and Wolf moved previous the betrayal and tied the knot in 1974.
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Satisfied he was being cuckolded, fury overtook him, and he misplaced management.
The singer wrote: “I opened the sliding glass doorways. Then I picked up the espresso desk, laden with books and the big mountain of cocaine, walked over to the pool, and launched all of it into the water, watching it sink and choose the underside.
“For symmetry, I lowered a chair from the lounge into the water, the place it landed completely at one finish of the desk. Then I picked up one other chair and lowered it on the reverse finish.
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“The white powder was dissolving, and some books floated as much as the floor.”
Even by Hollywood’s wild requirements, Wolf and Dunaway’s rollercoaster romance was nothing wanting dramatic.
And regardless of Dunaway’s alleged affair, she and Wolf astonishingly moved previous the betrayal and tied the knot in August 1974.
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Nonetheless, their five-year marriage was removed from clean, with yet one more act of infidelity shattering Wolf’s belief – this time, with British superstar photographer Terry O’Neill.
By 1979, Wolf and Dunaway’s marriage was in ruins.
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Residing aside, they clashed over her determined want for a kid, with Wolf citing her consuming and volatility as main points – years earlier than her bipolar analysis in Faye (2024).
Hoping to salvage their relationship, they deliberate remedy in Boston, however Dunaway stayed in New York.
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Wolf and Dunaway’s marriage ended quickly after he discovered her dishonest with a photographer.
When Wolf visited unannounced, he discovered himself locked out of their house. Breaking in, he caught Dunaway with photographer O’Neill.
Enraged after overhearing her whisper assurances to O’Neill, Wolf smashed 1000’s of {dollars}’ price of the photographer’s tools earlier than fleeing as police arrived.
Their marriage quickly ended, and Dunaway married O’Neill in 1983.
Although they later rekindled a friendship, Wolf refused her suggestion of a second likelihood.