The Explosive Marriage of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner

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Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

History, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.3 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We're giving you Rammies a little preview of the wild ride that was Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner's relationship. He was “The Voice,” and she was “The Goddess.” Their love was passionate and fiery—full of glamorous movie sets, booze-filled nights, and insane drama. In this episode, we explore their past loves, the wild night in Palm Springs that brought them together, and the paths their lives took after their explosive divorce. Plus, we dive into the one thing that allegedly kept Ava coming back—hint, hint: it’s allegedly 19 pounds! For the full episode, join our premium channel! Created and produced by Claire Donald and Tess Bellomo For more of RAM, go here! To join our premium subscription for THREE bonus episodes a month, go here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Rammies. Okay, we are still in the desert celebrating Tess's wedding, but we wanted to give
0:06.3	you another preview of one of our premium history episodes. And this week, we are bringing you
0:11.3	the explosive love story of Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra. If you want to get this full
0:17.4	episode, ad free, you can join our premium channel, which is in the show
0:21.3	notes. With premium, you get three bonus episodes a month. And you know how I said earlier that we
0:26.6	were in this desert celebrating Tess's wedding? Yeah, we are doing a full wedding recap that will be
0:31.8	one of your April episodes. So if you want this episode and more, add free, join our premium channel and the show notes.
0:39.0	Enjoy.
0:39.7	So I'm doing Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra's marriage.
0:44.4	Love.
0:45.0	Which I've been wanting to do for a while.
0:46.8	I think someone suggested it a while back.
0:48.8	We almost did this.
0:50.2	Yes.
0:50.6	Okay.
0:51.2	Did you almost do it?
0:52.4	Sorry.
0:52.6	Because you downloaded Vanity Fair.
0:57.1	Yes, I knew you remember to cancel that.
0:58.6	So I remember reading the Vanity Fair article about them.
1:03.8	And I was about to do it.
1:04.8	And then I decided not to because I was like, I don't know if this can be a full episode.
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