Joan Collins attends ‘Glow & Darkness’ photocall at The Westin Palace hotel on October 26, 2020 in Madrid, Spain.Photo:Pablo Cuadra/WireImage
Pablo Cuadra/WireImage
Joan Collinsis opening up about her personal life in her new autobiographyBehind the Shoulder Pads,including getting an abortion at age 26.
In the book,Collins, 90, writes about telling her fiancé at the time, actorWarren Beatty, she was pregnant. Beatty and Collins began dating in 1959. A year later the two got engaged — however, they never ended up getting married.
In a recent interview withThe Guardianfor her book launch, Collins recalls Beatty responding with how “terrible” her pregnancy news was. She says Beatty, now 86, told her she needed to get an abortion to protect both of their careers.
Joan Collins attends the dinner for A Rabbit’s Foot presents “Power of Film” in association with Giorgio Armani at Isabel’s on February 28, 2023 in London, England.Ki Price/WireImage
Ki Price/WireImage
Collins toldThe Guardianthat looking back on it now, she agrees with Beatty that a pregnancy would have derailed her Hollywood success.
Plus, she adds, she wouldn’t have gone on to have twochildren, Tara and Alexander, with her second husband, actor and singer-songwriter Anthony Newley, and another child, Katyana, with her third husband, businessman Ron Kass.
Dame Joan Collins poses for photographers at Kite Festival 2023 at Kirtlington Park on June 10, 2023 in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.Lorne Thomson/Redferns
Lorne Thomson/Redferns
In the 2022 documentary,This Is Joan Collins, Collins said, “Motherhood was really exciting and I love every minute of it.”
Collins had previously toldHello!magazinethat seeing her children happy is “what makes me happiest.” Her eldest child Tara described Collins as “an incredibly supportive, loving mother and friend” in a 2020 interview withThe Sunday Times.
“When you get down to it, she’s not very different to most mums,” she told the outlet. “She just happens to be Joan Collins, a total legend.”
source: people.com
