“He loved women. I got it”: Robin Williams’ Widow Claims Late Comedian Was a Womanizer, Let Him Do His Frolicking Because She Was Deeply in Love
Soon after Robin Williams’s suicide in August 2014, his fans discovered a disease that he had struggled with and that they had never heard of before. The actor was identified as having Lewy Body Dementia in October 2014 after having his brain autopsied.
There is one more thing about the late actor and comedian who passed away from Lewy Body Dementia that we were unaware of. Robin Williams had two distinct personalities according to his family. Recently, his widow Susan Schneider opened up about his changed behavior in front of their family. She also revealed that her husband was nothing like the on-screen character everyone loved.
While, Valerie Velardi, his ex-wife described him to be a ‘womanizer’ and how much he “loved women.” We’ll also look more closely at how his marriages to Schneider and Velardi came to be, as well as what they both thought of him.
Robin Williams’ first wife claims her late actor ex-husband was a womanizer!
Valerie Velardi, who was Robin Williams’ first wife from 1978 to 1988, revealed some of her husband’s secrets and talked openly about her relationship with him. She confessed that she supported his infidelity nature while they were married. In the recent HBO documentary Come Inside My Mind, Velardi, opened up about the Good Will Hunting star.
She stated that “he loved women. Absolutely loved women. And I got it. I understood and I wanted him to have that, but I also wanted him to come home.” In 1976, Velardi claimed she first met him in a bar in San Francisco when Williams was unknown to her. He allegedly asked her to drive him home. Ten years later, the couple broke up their marriage, and Williams then dated the family nanny, Marsha Garces, from 1989 to 2010.
She also mentioned that her actor ex-husband had an exceptional set of energy that was hailed as the fastest thinker in entertainment circles.
Wife Susan Schneider revealed Robin Williams wasn’t funny at Home
Robin Williams was able to stand out, showcasing his contagious charisma and personality, whether he was in a movie or an interview. The actor had a way of making any space cheery. But things were different with his widow Susan Schneider.
According to her, Williams was a quiet, thoughtful man. He was nothing like the volatile character frequently portrayed on screen. “The man at home, my husband, he was quiet, contemplative, an intellectual. The standup and acting, that was his work,” Schneider told The Guardian. She contrasts this by calling her late husband an “observational genius” who saved his energy for his comedic performances during his free time.
At long last, Schneider reveals what Williams really was like behind the scenes, and according to his widow, the actor was nothing like the comic fans watched on TV for years at a time.
Williams died by suicide when he was 63 years old. His family didn’t learn he had Lewy Body Dementia until an autopsy was performed after his death. This terrible and perplexing disease causes disorientation and hallucinations, among many other heartbreaking symptoms.
Source: The Things
