’30s sex image Mae West had a ‘passionate affair’ with a man 40 years younger: protected

1930s Hollywood sex image Mae West was in her 60s when she began a “romantic affair” with 21-year-old Richard DuBois – but it was her heavily muscled lover who ultimately left. Scene.

Producer Michael Gregg Michaud told Fox Information Virtual, “According to everyone who was there, it was, to say the least, an emotional affair.” “This was 1954… There was almost a 40-year age difference here… She liked younger men. But it was also part of the myth she worked very hard to create about herself.”

Michaud shared, “She wanted to be known as an international sex symbol and she was going to do everything to retain that title.” “She presented herself in a very sexy way. She surrounded herself with very sexy men. Richard was one of them. But he left a lasting impression on her.”

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Michaud has written an ancient safe about vintage Hollywood superstars, “Mae West and Her Adonises”. It focuses on her years later as she hits the nightclub circuit and runs afoul of a sea of ​​Herculean boy toys who briefly turn fanatical when the curtain goes haywire.

“This is my third book about Mae West,” Michaud defined. “His life was very long and fruitful. There have been many biographies already written about him, but I wanted to focus on this one aspect of his life that had never been fully explored before.”

“I wanted to delve deeper into her nightclub acts and how people viewed them. Yes, she was making movies, but she wanted to be confrontational on the street. And she never let that stop her. The month put him off how she introduced herself, he didn’t think there was anything more pristine about a pretty girl.”

It was 1954 when West heated up Las Vegas with a nightclub act. At the time, Hollywood was heavily censoring his flamboyant scripts, Life magazine reported, causing his once explosive film career to cool.

So West did what she knew best – she surrounded herself with Chippendales in loincloths and did nothing else on stage.

It was here that he met DuBois.

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“One has only to see an image of her on the Net,” Michaud said, laughing. “He was a very good-looking young boy with an even weirder body. Later when he put the scene on it for the first time, he immediately had it on his screen, right from the start. It didn’t take long for him to get into it. To reflect a hobby.”

DuBois, who was crowned Mister USA in 1957, was praised for his “perfect biceps” and “well-shaped body”, the Los Angeles Times reported. Before joining West, he was a popular physique model who won the Amateur Athletic Union Mr. America bodybuilding contest, the outlet shared.

According to Michaud, Dubois was shy when West ordered him to flex his muscles at their first meeting. Still he agreed.

West later wrote that DuBois’ body was reminiscent of a Greek god, making him “unforgettable”.

According to Michaud, Dubois’ childish infatuation soon turned into a “physical courtship” with West.

“He loved her very much,” Michaud said. “But for Mae, it was all physical. She wasn’t looking for a boyfriend. They maintained a physical relationship, but she had no emotional connection with him. As with most men, when they start expressing any “He had an emotional attachment, it wasn’t what he was looking for.”

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“Of course she liked him, but it was an arrangement to get (more) attention for her,” Michaud said.

According to the book, West was not interested in DuBois’s “choice of intercourse”. And to keep herself busy, she reached out to a former boyfriend, champion wrestler Vincent Lopez.

“He traveled from his home in Mexico and joined him in Hollywood a few days before his retirement to Nevada,” Michaud wrote. “He arranged to accompany him as an escort and personal observer. López went so far as to say that his main job was to keep the musclemen away from the West – much to Dubois’s dismay.”

Meanwhile, West was determined to keep earning big bucks. According to the book, West’s salary was $12,500 per week. Dubois was paid $500 a week, while some other musclemen were paid $200.

The book states, “The troupe gave two performances one evening – 8 pm and 2 am – seven days a week, 3 performances on Friday and Saturday.”

DuBois’ movie star look caught the attention of audiences. But he had his eyes only on the West.

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The competition was tough.

“Mickey Hargitay came into the show as a powerful person,” Michaud told Fox News Digital about actress Mariska Hargitay’s father. “That started a little competition there as Mickie was trying to move up in the performance industry. But it was Mae West’s ex-boyfriend, Vincent Lopez… (who) tried his best to keep her clean. It didn’t work.” “It did, yet it influenced DuBois.”

In the book, Michaud wrote: “Behind the scenes, the private dramas matched the comedy show on a level. West cleverly planned his sexual affair with DuBois in the hotel, avoiding the watchful eye of Vincent Lopez, where they Everyone stayed. She demanded intimate presence every night with the love-struck Mister, the superstar was in the mood for sex, but Dick DuBois thought he had fallen in love with her.”

Michaud continued, “Dubois continued to see West every night after the peak performance.” “Even if he was tired and in desperate need of rest, he would be called to his room. Due to his depression and his disinterest in anything other than sex he would often roam the hotel hallways. She was still very jealous of any present she spent with Lopez, but he reassured her that there was nothing romantic going on.”

DuBois eventually “fell into depression.” While West was eager to continue playing “his sexual game” away from Lopez’s watchful eye, DuBois had had enough.

“He warned her,” Michaud told Fox News Digital. “He said, ‘Either Vincent Lopez goes, or I go.’ He held on to Vincent Lopez, with only a few weeks left in the tour, but Dubois was gone… When they weren’t on level, Vincent tried to keep All Might, or anyone for that matter, away from him .

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“Richard was very alarmed by this. He felt that it was Vincent Lopez who was interfering most. Mae told Richard that she had known Vincent for so many years, that he was a loyal friend, and that she would not do this. She wanted Richard to leave at the end of the tour… Mae didn’t want Richard to go, but it was disappointing to her.”

“Mickey Hargitay was promoted,” Michaud said. “And Mae West became interested in another powerful man, Chuck Crosher. It was not just physically, but also emotionally. They began a relationship.”

“When it came to Richard DuBois, Mae West considered him one of the physical wonders of the world,” Michaud said. “When you look at him, you can see why he would be so attractive. But he wanted more.”

DuBois sets out in search of love. In 1960 he married and had a son. After this he took up a completely different position – that of a preacher.

“He retired from bodybuilding and became a minister,” Michaud said. “And he remained a minister… until he died… (but) he always respected Mae West. He gave an interview later in life and said that he felt it was important to be a powerful person and There is nothing contradictory about being on stage, he said, adding: ‘I think it helped me prepare to be a minister.’ He was a very interesting person, but a charming one.”

Michaud wrote that for the last 19 years of his life, DuBois was pastor of the Gospel Lighthouse Church in Santa Monica, California. He died in 2007 at the age of 74.

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As for West, he changed Krauser’s name to the more attractive Paul Novak. It occupied the rest of his time. He died in 1980 at 87 months.

“Paul was with her until her death,” Michaud said. “…he was their protector, their constant escort and companion when they went out… Paul took very good care of them. He was a very good cook, and he watched their diet very closely And help them stay in shape with barbells, dumbbells and a stationary bicycle.

“It was a mind-blowing match… I think he was proud of that connection.”