The Life & Loves of Elizabeth Taylor | “Hello, My Name is Elizabeth and I’m an Addict” | 73
Even the Rich
Wondery
4.3 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor can’t be apart. But they can’t stop drinking when they’re together. They’re going to have to choose: their love or their sobriety.
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| 0:00.0 | Wundery Plus subscribers can |
| 0:01.7 | the newest season of even the rich before anyone else. |
| 0:04.4 | Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery App or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:07.6 | Just a heads up, this episode contains descriptions of alcohol and drug abuse. |
| 0:12.1 | Please be advised. And F it, we're going to |
| 0:15.2 | fucking curse a shit it ton. F yeah. It's December 1983 and Elizabeth begins to stir in bed. As her eyes flutter open, she turns to her left and finds her 26-year-old daughter |
| 0:36.0 | Liza sitting in a chair beside her. Next to Liza are Elizabeth's two sons, Michael and |
| 0:42.3 | Christopher. |
| 0:43.6 | Liza puts a warm hand on her mother's forehead. |
| 0:46.4 | She's up, she tells everyone. |
| 0:49.2 | Elizabeth is confused. |
| 0:51.3 | Where is she and why are her children here? |
| 0:54.8 | Then Elizabeth's brother approaches the bed. |
| 0:58.0 | She spots Roddy McDowell her best friend behind him. |
| 1:01.7 | All the most important people in her life are here around her bed. |
| 1:06.0 | Okay, I'm getting big Wizard of Oz vibes here. |
| 1:10.0 | Yeah, there's no place like home. |
| 1:12.0 | But Elizabeth sits up. Yeah, there's no place like home. |
| 1:17.0 | But Elizabeth sits up and realizes she isn't home. |
| 1:20.0 | The floors are beige linoleum. The room smells like disinfectant. |
| 1:22.0 | She recognizes this place. |
| 1:24.0 | She's been here before. |
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