Talk:Kitty Kelley
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Help me use this info in the article if you will? I do want a balanced article. - Sparky 04:37, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Which Mike Wallace?
In the section Nancy's Revenge, a sentence reads:
- Kelley linked Nancy sexually with: Milton Berle, Yul Brynner, Clark Gable, Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Spencer Tracy, and Mike Wallace.
Is the Mike Wallace referenced here Mike Wallace (journalist), or Mike Wallace (historian)?
Kevyn 12:26, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
"She has had the tables turned on her by George Carpozi, Jr. with his 1997 book Poison Pen -- but it likely didn't have the effect expected." What was the expected effect? [[User:Gamaliel|Gamaliel Image:Watchmensmiley20.gif]] 02:54, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Nobody believes a gossip.
- Really?
I do miss this from the article as I penned it:
[edit] Nancy Reagan: the Unauthorized Biography — Insights into the Reagans
Christine Larson -- an onscreen femme fatale, Larson was one in real life as well when she dallied with the married Ronald Reagan-- was with Reagan in bed when Nancy was giving birth to Patti. Kitty Kelley's first insight into Reagan's character comes off bad: After the breakup of his marriage to Wyman and before he met Nancy, Reagan had an affair with starlet Jacqueline Park, later the mistress of Warner Bros. studio boss Jack Warner. According to Park, when she became pregnant; Reagan denied that the child was his and ended the affair. When questioned later Jacqueline Park admitted Kelley quoted her fairly accurately: “ … When I told him I was pregnant, he said he didn't want to have anything to do with me anymore. He just ran out on me. …”
Using their advanced review copies of the book on April 1, 1991, the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times investigated the rape claim on what was called The Battle of the Couch by Kelley, which described a date rape-like situation involving then 19 year old Selene Walters and 42 year old Reagan. Further, in the April 29, 1991, issue of People Magazine, Selene Walters said that Ronald Reagan raped her in 1952, confirming the basic version of the episode in Kelly's unauthorized biography of Nancy Reagan:
- " … Kelley's account of his late-night visit is essentially accurate, although he never forced his way into her apartment. I opened the door. Then it was the battle of the couch. I was fighting him. I didn't want him to make love to me. He's a very big man, and he just had his way. Date rape? No, God, no, that's Kelley's phrase. I didn't have a chance to have a date with him. … "
[edit] No one asks why the Media gave Reagan a pass on a charge of rape
In their editor at large Jack Shafer's March 5, 1999 Slate article, Gipper the Ripper: - “… Ronald Reagan successfully stonewalled the Walters' story when the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times picked it up briefly in April 1991. And remember, this was three and a half years before his Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. The weekend the book was released, a reporter asked Reagan for a comment about it as he entered church.
- "I don't think a church would be the proper place to use the word I would have to use in discussing that," he said.
Not exactly a denial.” - Sparky 22:09, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
- Interesting, she seem to have a lot of luck to get this kind of information
[edit] Nancy Reagan article
The Nancy Reagan article has most of this information expunged, is any editor interested in helping to work out a version of that article that would incorporate it? The current version of the page is written just like Nancy would have wanted it.
71.112.7.212 16:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Controversy
To me, this article sounds like it came out of one of Kelley's books! Her works have found her an international reputation—often controversial—as the first lady of the unauthorized biography genre. She is famous for her thorough research, attention to detail, and ability to get sources to reveal information, and her profiles are frequently spiced with unflattering personal anecdotes and details. - Kitty Kelley is one of the most controversial public figures in American history, and She is famous for her thorough research, attention to detail, and ability to get sources to reveal information is bogus! None of Kelly's claims in her "book" about Nancy Reagan were proven to be true, so the intro in this article needs some work. I'm tempted to tag this article for POV, unless you can give me a serious explanation as to why you say that she does extensive amounts of research and attention to thorough detail. Happyme22 04:56, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- When I read those same lines you cite I had a reaction similar to what yours appears to be. TIME's cover story on Kitty Kelley's Nancy Reagan biography details how her research lacks the "thoroughness, attention to detail" that is described here. The TIME article is probably difficult to find now but it makes a solid case against Kelley's credibility as a biographer.Light Bulb 09:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
