Article on desi arnaz affairs

Lucille Ball's scurrilous past: I Love Lucy star posed naked, sold her body, got her big break after submitting to the casting couch and put up with her husband Desi Arnaz sleeping with two prostitutes at a time, book claims

I Love Lucy's idyllic portrayal of 1950s America made it the most watched show of its time, and its stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were presumed to be the perfect couple both on-screen and off.

But a new book has laid bare their torrid two-decade relationship with revelations of alcoholism, extra-marital affairs, prostitution use and brutal arguments.

The book, Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz: They Weren't Lucy & Ricky Ricardo, charts their rise from ambitious actors to America's sweethearts.

While the couple's flings were an open secret during their marriage, the book goes into extraordinary detail about the turbulent nature of their personal life.

It also reveals how Ball posed naked in modeling shoots and 'turned tricks' to make ends meet during ye ‘I Love Lucy’: Lucille Ball Blamed Desi Arnaz’s Infidelity ...

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