he goes to console debbie -- console liz taylor, and then ends up leaving debbie for liz taylor. and they get married. >> for like a year. >> yes. and deb had i been matron of honor at liz taylor's wedding. >> can you imagine, such scandal, forget the back story. >> later in life they did make up. and they were friend until the ends. and -- >> but again dealing with the heart break. even through the years, so supportive of her daughter carie. carrie very public about the issues she went through, the substance abuse. and if you ever dealt with a family member, anyone going through substance abuse, it takes its toll on you, even mental health issues, saw it later in life, debbie, took on that role, crusader for mental health. >> also like everyone knows with moms and daughters it was complicated. she wrote the scree play. >> you can have that volatile relationship toward the end, they lived right next-door to each other. >> good friend, also like you're the reason why you give me all problems. that movie was brilliant. postcard from the edge, about her struggles as a mom living in

her dad eddie fisher left her mom for liz taylor. that is just incomprehensible, the amount of celebrity. would you think she would be shroud in a bubble. but she worked her entire life to break free from that and told a very honest story what it means to grow up like that. >> the great thing about carrie fisher is how she helped decisiotodestigmatize mental ild bipolar. she helped fix hook. she helped fix athletele weapons 3. the wedding singer as well piment's an impressive body of work. kennedy: she had an incredibly an political mind. back to princess beia. -- -- princess leia. here is someone who is incredibly independent, very beautiful, very strong, sit up for herself in an emotionally complicated role, and she did it flawlessly. there are very few action heroines. her father left her mother for elizabeth taylor. the angela jolie character. her role aspirin says leia, i don't think you had seen it much then. for women it was profound because you didn't have action heroes who were independent and didn't need han solo to rescue

i mean, you know, liz taylor stole her best friend's husband. so this, you know, they really lived lives, these women. and, you know, it's just interesting, looking back and talking about them and you start saying, wow, i forgot about that and, wow, yeah, they did go through that. it's really, really interesting. they really wrote a lot of chapters in hollywood. >> yeah. this is -- i want to play, this is carrie talking about her upbringing and watching her parents in the entertainment industry, which you were talking about, nischelle. watch. >> did you ever think of not going into show business, being a doctor, engineer? >> god, yes. the bigger trick in my family was not to go into it but stay out of it. i would have had to have been a magician to stay out of show business. >> really? >> i was put in nightclubs, put in them. when i was 13. i did not want to go into show business. it did not appeal. but i have a very good reason, i -- when i became a teenager, which i did so at my peril, my parents, both their careers were, you know, bright whit

liz taylor was the one eddie fisher dumped her for.n't like eddie. >> and you think about the final days here, after carrie's death, now after debbie reynolds' death what todd fisher must be feeling. >> i can't imagine. because he basically lost his sister and mother within a two-day period. and todd sometimes is a forgotten member of that family. he's actually very talented and funny himself. there's a great documentary from hbo about the three people in this family, which is going to be more resonant than ever. >> all right. >> and a cute story about postcards from the edge that carrie wrote about debbie. debbie wanted to play herself in the movie. she wanted to play the mother and mike nicolas says you're not right for the part and they got shirley maclaine. >> she was great. michael musto, thank you so much. >>> we'll continue, of course, to pay tribute to debbie reynolds. she was 84 years old. we'll be right back. ♪ family road trip! fun! check engine. not fun! but, you've got hum. that's like driving with this guy. all you do is

at one point liz taylor was her mother-in-law because of his remarriage. she got a heavy dose of that hollywood royalty, and she talked a lot about that, openly, in her book including some of her passages from "postcards from the edge," where she reckoned with the royalty, the pressures of the fame, it was quite a tale to tell. >> we read a quote from harrison ford with whom she became a star at the same time. this year fisher discovered the journal that she kept during the making of "star wars." this year it was published. it was called the princess dirist. >> it might have been the most revealing part of all the diaries. she talked about basically being leia and han during the week and on the weekend it was carrie and harrison. she told this to npr's terry gross. >> how did the affair effect the chemistry on-screen? >> i think it made us more comfortable with one another. it made me more able to wise-crack to him. even if i was insecure. we were having an affair, so there was something to base some security on. i don't know. we were -- there was chemistr

i'd love to say, i was watching the show and i saw liz taylor talk about her problem and i really realized, when john died, he took heroin. of course he died. you just tell yourself that you are different. >> and what made you finally quit taking drugs? >> i was in an emergency room. that's a strong indicator that your life isn't working. >> help me. you're my one and only hope. >> i'm on a diplomatic mission to alderon. >> one that got my is your marriage to a hollywood agent brian lourde, who left you for another man. >> he did? you're kidding. >> he did. >> oh, my god, that must have been really upsetting. >> where is this? >> little chechnya. >> try not to write when you're living here. >> is that guy carrying a gun? >> don't worry, he's not a cop. >> you don't have to stay there. it's an extra country. they can't extradite you for failing to pay child support. it's not a war cream. it's just a foreign baby. >> it's not a foreign baby. it's my baby. your grandson. >> i love you. >> i know. >> we'll be right basketball. >>> okay. it is time for the best new thing in the world today. and

you forget that eddy fisher dumped debbie reynolds fon for liz taylor in the '50s.t was the original angelina. this is the world carrie was born into. she becomes a gigantic movie star in "star wars" and becomes a whole other person by being a commentator and someone with a sardonic view of the world. the consent reinvention. also, she became so close with her mother, debbie reynolds. they could almost complete each other's siyllables. anyone who watches "postcards from the edge," that's wrong. they became so close over the years. i feel so sorry for debbie. everyone is rallying around them. >> and the rest of her family. >> absolutely. >> before i let you know, she was also so important, i think, to a lot of women looking not just in the hollywood industry, the movie industry, but women looking to her as almost a role model, if you will. >> absolutely. and even though she was created by these two incredible parents, carrie was a self-made creation and she was very proud. like madonna, she owned her womanhood. she had some horrible men in her life and also good men.

>> people don't realize but eddie fisher dumped her mother for liz taylor. it was the original brangelina, the biggest gossip story of the decade. that's what carrie fisher had to deal with. she did novels where she talked about this show biz quadrangle and it made her stronger and funnier. she was almost like a dorothy parker for the modern age and "star wars" was such a small part of the mow psysaic of carr fisher. it was absurd, she would look at the merchandise and say "what does this have to do with me?" but she was nice to the fans who recognized her but that launched her into another existence as a commentator, not just actress but somebody who had a keen eye to everything happening in her life good and bad. >> she was also an excellent author, not only writing books but i understand that she often could be called upon if a script looked like it was in trouble. >> she was a script doctor but she would write her own novels. "postcards from the edge" became a brilliant movie directed by mike nichols. meryl streep plays the carrie fisher character, shirl

she had three husbands, the first one left her for her best friend, where liz taylor steels the husband in later years, basically took all of her money so lost the beautiful collection we were looking at, those dresses. >> that casino in last vegas? that didn't quite make it either. >> husband three to blame for that one. >> exactly. >> time now 6:53. we will look back more at life of debbie reynolds coming up. but also, would you try this? there is a new flavor that m and m is testing out, and it has to do with cheese? just in time for valentine's day. >> oh, sounds cheese toy me. good a? it is good a. >> imagine there is cheese cake m and m's. >> would you ever eat them or try them? they come in different colors, they are cheese cake flavored, no chocolate. >> cheese cake red velvet? >> oh, kind of yummy. impulse buy. wait cheese cake flavors. can't get them everywhere, coming out in time for valentine day. right now wal-mart is the only store that will be selling them. >> so smart. they only sell the patti labelle peace, and then the twinkie frozen twinkies that you bake in the oven.

so there were no boundaries with them, and liz -- i'm sorry -- joan's daughter described them as liz taylor and dick burton. they were just very volatile. it was difficult. it was difficult. and yet it had this veneer of glamor because they were running around in chicago in the '70s as the toast of the town, and then ultimately in san diego when they moved there because of the team. >> host: i'm thinking they probably ran with famous people. who were the company that it kept? >> guest: they were able to have tony bennett come to a party -- any party they had they liked to invite tony to play piano because, why not? they're famous themselves -- >> host: the plane got them. >> guest: the plane did ferry both -- she was a huge animal lover so the plane would often ferry dogs places they needed to go, for vet appointments. they -- baseball players were a big part of their life. once ray bought in to the team. joan really became friendly with some extremely formidable man after ray died. like mr. rogers was a very close friend of hers, fred rogers. father ted heckberg of notre dame, mercedes mcc

her father dumped debbie reynolds for liz taylor, they were the original brangelina.ecame not only a huge star but a brilliant commentator on show biz and her own personal foibles. people were soascinated with her troubles because, quot people are interested in the screwups of the rich and famous. >> you mentioned those troubles. one of the things that's always struck me about her is that she was very honest about her demons and perhaps becoming an advocate before so many people started becoming advocates and entertainment she was talking about, her depression, her bouts with substance abuse. she wrote in her book wishful drinking, at times, being bipolar can be an all consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stama and even more courage, so if you're living with this illness and functioning at all, it's something to be proud of, not ashamed of. they should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication. what did she mean for the fight against stigma of mental illness in this country? >> nobody else was doing that. it was considered career not enhansing, let's

and lives in joan's daughter describes them as liz taylor and burton. they were just very contentious and volatile. it was difficult and yet it had this veneer of glamour. they were running around in chicago in the 70s is the toast of the town and ultimately in san diego. >> i think they rent with some pretty famous people at that time. >> they were able to have tony bennett come to a party, any party they had food like to invite tony to play piano because why not. and the plane really did very -- she was a huge animal lover. the ferry docks, places they need to go for a vet appointments. baseball players were big part of their life. once ray got into the team. john became friendly with some extremely formidable man after ray died. that mr. rogers was a close friend of hers, fred rogers. father ted hepworth of notre dame. mercedes cambridge the dress. then lift his larger than life, their apartments on lake shore drive in chicago was apparently extremely popular and the first thing they did was to make sure that there is an organ built into the wall and

if i'm wrong, i find it kind of ironic and maybe poetic justice in a way, she had the dress that liz taylorleopatra" or the costume, that was part of her collection that debbie reynolds had, right? >> i believe that is correct. i believe it was one of the costumes. but she had a lot of things. she, you know, she spent years and years, at a time when a lot of the old hollywood studio memorabilia was being thrown out and discarded, she saw value in this stuff and started collecting it, in part as homage to the past and the time she grew up in, but also as, i think, a smart business that she knew there would be value to this stuff and she amassed a pretty good collection. >> yeah. another clip of debbie reynolds. watch. >> when you call her up, do you really say, hi, this is debbie reynolds, your mother? >> i'm just so used to saying it, you know, i say, instead of saying hi, i don't know why i say hi. of course, she knows -- >> hello, dear, this is your mother. >> hello, dear, this is debbie. instead i forget -- >> no, your mother, debbie. >> this is your mommy. >> you can see where carrie fi

so, there was no boundaries with them -- joan's daughter described them as liz taylor and dick burton, very tempestuous and volatile. it had this veneer of glamor because they were running around in chicago and in then 70s as the toast of the town and then in san diego when they moved there because of the team. >> host: i'm thinking they ran with famous people at that time who were the company they kept? >> guest: they want to have tony bennet come to a party. the liked to invite tony to play piano. why not? b >> host: the plane ferried -- she was a human animal love so the plane would often ferry dog they needed to go for vet appointments. they -- baseball players were a big part of their life. once ray bought in to the team. joan really became friendly with some extremely formidable man after ray died, like mr. rogersf was a very close friend of hers, fred rogers, father ted of notre dame, mercedes mccambridge, the actress, but they had a -- lived this larger than life, very guildded life. they're apartment on lake shore drive in chicago was apparently extremely opulent and the firs

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