Clint Eastwood ‘wasn’t lower out for marriage,’ claims creator of latest biography

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As a Hollywood main man who made ladies swoon, it appeared that Clint Eastwood "wasn't lower out for marriage."

The declare was made by creator Shawn Levy, who has written a brand new guide concerning the movie icon, "Clint: The Man and The Motion pictures." That includes reflections and quotes from the star through the years, it goals to make clear his decades-long profession, marriages, and partnerships from the previous.

Fox Information Digital reached out to a spokesperson for Eastwood, 95, for remark.

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Clint Eastwood on the set of "The Good, The Unhealthy and The Ugly," circa 1966. The actor is the topic of a brand new biography by creator Shawn Levy. (United Artists/Sundown Boulevard/Corbis by way of Getty Photos)

"In some ways, I feel Clint had a contemporary concept of marriage, even progressive for his day," Levy instructed Fox Information Digital. "There are non-traditional marriages throughout us the place monogamy will not be essentially the legislation, but it surely’s open. It’s consensual. There are discussions, a variety of talks and struggles with it, however they exist. . . . However within the ‘60s and ‘70s, it was uncommon."

"There’s part of him that respects the establishment of marriage," Levy shared. "However his private liberty, I feel, finally has equal weight, if no more weight for him. He all the time tried to deal with his companions with respect, however he additionally all the time adopted his passions and instincts."

His affairs, Clint Eastwood instructed Richard Schickel, "simply turned… I don’t know … addictive … like you need to have one other cigarette." (Steve Starr/Corbis/Corbis by way of Getty Photos)

"I feel, on reflection, it’s an urge for food," Levy continued. "It’s one thing that he discovered pleasure in, one thing he might do. He did it earlier than he was well-known. He did it after he turned well-known. There have been intervals, lengthy intervals, of his life, when he was devoted to a associate. And there have been intervals when he was in between companions or when he was untrue to his principal associate."

Maggie Johnson and Clint Eastwood gaze into one another's eyes within the backyard of their dwelling in Los Angeles, California, circa 1956. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Photos)

On the floor, Eastwood and his first spouse, Maggie Johnson, "regarded like an all-American couple," the guide shared. They met in 1953 when she was a pupil on the College of California, Berkeley, and he had lately been discharged from the navy. She labored as an workplace clerk and infrequently as a swimsuit mannequin.

Eastwood, Levy identified, "had no profession or actual prospects" earlier than Hollywood got here calling. They went on to marry that yr.

"Maggie and I've an understanding," Clint Eastwood was quoted as saying, the guide identified. "I’m unbiased, a vagabond, and she or he accepts me as I'm and doesn’t strangle me with feminine possessiveness." (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Photos)

The guide claimed that Eastwood’s pals had been "conscious that he thought of marriage to be a type of confinement, and he gave himself free rein when it got here to different ladies."

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"Clint: The Man and the Motion pictures ― A Complete Biography of Hollywood's Most Iconic Actor-Director" by Shawn Levy is out now. (Mariner Books)

"He was not devoted within the conventional sense," stated Levy. "He and his spouse, Maggie, appeared to have some type of understanding about his liberties. There was a variety of complexity there. And Clint has all the time lower his path as an actor, as a director, as a political entity, and as a person amongst ladies. He discovered monogamy to be confining, simply the way in which he discovered being a studio contract actor confining."

"He’s a person of complexity and contradiction," Levy added.

Clint Eastwood met aspiring actress and Roxanne Tunis (left) on the set of "Rawhide" in 1959. In 1964, she welcomed their daughter, Kimber Lynn Eastwood (middle). (Paul Harris/Getty Photos)

In a 1963 interview with Photoplay, the "Rawhide" star stated, "One factor Magazine needed to find out about me was that I used to be going to do as I happy. She needed to settle for that, as a result of if she didn’t, we wouldn’t be married."

American actor Clint Eastwood, circa 1955. "If I needed to undergo it once more, I feel I’d be a bachelor for the remainder of my life," he instructed Photoplay, as quoted by the guide. (Silver Display screen Assortment/Getty Photos)

He later instructed his approved biographer Richard Schickel, for the 1997 guide "Clint Eastwood: A Biography," that his affairs "simply turned … I don’t know … addictive … like you need to have one other cigarette."

Eastwood’s classmate at Common Expertise College (UTS), actress Mamie Van Doren, later instructed Individuals journal in an interview cited by Levy's guide that Eastwood "all the time knew probably the most straight and direct path to my dressing room."

Clint Eastwood and Christina Sandera pose on the pink carpet for the 87th Oscars on February 22, 2015, in Hollywood, California. His companion died in 2024 at age 61. (MARK RALSTON/AFP by way of Getty Photos)

"When Clint talks concerning the occasions, he was chasing ladies or having a number of affairs … he talks concerning the problem of seducing a lady and attaining a sexual relationship with a lady," Levy defined.

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Mamie Van Doren, circa 1957. Based on the guide, she instructed Individuals journal that Clint Eastwood "all the time knew probably the most straight and direct path to my dressing room." (John Kisch Archive/Getty Photos)

"Years later, he talks about eager to counsel younger actors about this and the way this isn't an excellent behavior. This isn't a technique to be on this planet. However he additionally stated, ‘Nobody might inform me that once I was a younger actor. And though I attempt, I can’t persuade these younger males that this isn’t actually a noble pursuit.’"

Eastwood and Johnson married just some months earlier than his daughter, Laurie Murray, was born to a different girl and positioned for adoption, unbeknownst to Eastwood, Individuals journal reported. Based on the U.Okay.’s Day by day Mail, Eastwood and his eldest youngster reconnected years later.

Clint Eastwood and Maggie Johnson, circa 1960. The couple referred to as it quits in 1984 however stay good pals. ( Joe Shere/Archive Photographs/Getty Photos)

It’s unclear whether or not Johnson was conscious of her husband’s alleged trysts. Nonetheless, the wedding endured till they referred to as it quits in 1984.

Clint Eastwood and Maggie Johnson share two kids. (CBS Picture Archive/Getty Photos)

"His relationship with Maggie was significant to him," Levy defined. "They had been nobodies after they met. He wasn’t Clint Eastwood. He was only a man, a lifeguard from the Bay Space. They labored a number of jobs after they lived in a bit house. . . . She was all the time by his facet. And when he rose, she was his greatest counsel.

"That they had a household collectively, two kids. They constructed collectively a house from scratch. Clint all the time stated that Maggie beloved him earlier than he was profitable. He had a way of honor, obligation, responsibility and love for her that, I feel, persists. . . . Even when Clint started directing and producing his movies, he trusted her judgment."

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"They knew one another as children," Levy mirrored. "Regardless that they divorced and break up up their belongings and time with the youngsters, they stayed shut. They owned companies and properties collectively. Maggie was all the time round. And I feel that speaks to the true depth of their bond."

Clint Eastwood and Jacelyn Reeves at a golf event in Pebble Seashore, California, circa 1987. Based on Individuals journal, whereas Eastwood was relationship actress Sondra Locke, he met the flight attendant. They welcomed two kids. (Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Photos)

However there was one girl who practically made Eastwood monogamous, the guide claimed.

In 1972, Eastwood met actress Sondra Locke when she was auditioning for his movie "Breezy," Individuals journal reported. On the time, Locke was married to her childhood greatest pal, Gordon Anderson. Eastwood and Locke reportedly started an affair.

Sondra Locke with Clint Eastwood attending a proper occasion, circa 1970 in New York. (Artwork Zelin/Getty Photos)

Individuals journal identified that in her autobiography, "The Good, the Unhealthy, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey," Locke alleged that Eastwood had instructed her "there was no actual relationship left" between him and Johnson. Based on the outlet, Locke stated she had even moved into considered one of his houses. However in public, the pair insisted they had been simply pals.

Sondra Locke kissing Clint Eastwood in a scene from the movie "The Gauntlet," circa 1977. (Warner Brothers/Getty Photos)

"He used to … sing this little ditty round the home, ‘She made me monogamous,’" Levy claimed. "I used to be impressed that Clint and Sondra had been so open about their romantic relationship whereas Clint was married to Maggie. . . . There was nonetheless a variety of studio management over the publicity that was put over what the celebs did and didn’t do in public. Clint defied that as he would as a result of he’s Clint Eastwood, he cuts his path."

The connection fell aside in 1989. Locke claimed that Eastwood had broke up along with her and that the locks had been modified outdoors a house she had thought had been a present, the Related Press reported. Based on the outlet, she sued Eastwood for palimony, then later sued him for fraud. They settled for an undisclosed quantity in 1996.

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Based on the guide, Clint Eastwood jokingly referred to himself as a "married bachelor." (Picture by Laurent MAOUS/Gamma-Rapho by way of Getty Photos)

Locke died in 2018 at 74. Based on her dying certificates, she was nonetheless legally married to Anderson, the Related Press shared.

Actress Sondra Locke attends the screening of Alan Rudolph's "Ray Meets Helen" at Laemmle's Music Corridor 3 on Might 6, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. Locke died in November of that yr. She was 74. (Robin L Marshall/Getty Photos)

"It was painful for each events," stated Levy. "I feel she felt deeply betrayed, used and horribly handled. [Eastwood] stated that he was with somebody who didn’t respect his boundaries and went public with issues about him that he all the time denied. What began as a fairytale ended as a horror story."

Eastwood married Dina Eastwood in 1996. The wedding resulted in 2014.

Based on Shawn Levy, Clint Eastwood was a insurgent each personally and professionally. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.)

Right this moment the actor has remained a loyal father, grandfather and great-grandfather – all whereas excited about his subsequent massive mission, stated Levy.

Clint Eastwood and Dina Eastwood had been married from 1996 to 2014. (Digital First Media Group/Bay Space Information by way of Getty Photos)

"He directed and produced a movie that got here out final yr," stated Levy. "He’s nonetheless very match. He’s a lifelong gymnasium rat. . . . I discovered articles from the Nineteen Fifties the place they had been saying he eats yogurt and wheat bread and has to drive lengthy distances to a well being meals retailer in some type of hippie neighborhood in Venice, California, to get these ‘unusual meals.’

"I feel he nonetheless golfs a bit bit. . . . He’s nonetheless having fun with nature, which he’s all the time achieved. He has a 1,000-plus-acre ranch in Northern California that he’s saved very rustic as a result of he loves the wilderness."

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Clint Eastwood together with his kids and family members, together with ex-wife Maggie Johnson (proper). The actor has been described as a loyal and loving father of eight kids. (John Salangsang/Selection/Penske Media by way of Getty Photos)

"That’s his life," stated Levy. "However I feel he’s most likely additionally studying scripts and pondering, ‘I’ve obtained one other image in me.’ And you wouldn't wager in opposition to him."