Los Angeles, February 25 – Hollywood actress Jamie Lee Curtis is discussing her relationship with Robert Carradine and his daughter, Ever, whom she refers to as her "little family."
The 67-year-old actress briefly dated the late star, who died by suicide at the age of 71, and has paid tribute to her "first crush," recalling the close bond she shared with him and Ever, stemming from her relationship with Susan Snyder, according to 'Female First UK'.
She wrote on Instagram, "I woke up to the news that Robert Carradine had died. I met him live on television on the Dinah Shore show when they had a group of second-generation actors, whom we would now call 'Nepo babies,' including Veronica Cartwright and Bobby, and I came on last, and Bobby rearranged where we were all sitting so that he could sit next to me, and he kissed me, live on television. It was a very public and memorable meeting."
She further mentioned, "His three-year-old daughter, Ever, who is now a talented actress, had suffered a severe burn from hot water and was in the burn unit, and I met her there for the first time. She was a little girl wrapped in gauze with the biggest smile on her face and the most beautiful eyes. We became a little family in a house in Laurel Canyon, and it was my first experience with domestic life and motherhood and partnership."
According to 'Female First UK', Jamie revealed memories of spending time with Ever during her childhood, and noted that she was close friends with Carradine's then-girlfriend, Melanie Griffith.
She continued, "I remember walking with Ever to the little Canyon market and bringing our laundry down to the laundromat below and folding her little clothes for the first time, and the simplicity and beauty of Laurel Canyon in the late 70s. Bobby had made a movie with Melanie Griffith, and they were lovers, and later in my life, Melanie and I became colleagues and best friends, and we remain so to this day, and she was the one who told me about his passing."
The big-screen star also recalled the moment she realized that Carradine was actually her "first crush in the movies."
She said, "Bobby was a racecar driver, and he drove fast and furious in a Corvette on Mulholland. It was a miracle we weren't killed. One day, I remember the sun hitting his face and me turning and looking at him and saying, 'Wait, were you in the movie The Cowboys? Were you Slim?' He was my first crush in the movies, and I didn't realize it. He also starred in a movie with my husband, Christopher Guest, called The Long Riders, where a group of different sets of brothers portrayed these real-life historical brothers."
