Jamie Lee Curtis posted a tribute to her ex-boyfriend Robert Carradine after learning about his death from her best friend Melanie Griffith.
Robert passed away on Monday (February 23) at the age of 71, and his family confirmed his cause of death in a statement.
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Jamie Lee dated Robert in the 1970s and mentioned getting to know his young daughter Ever at that time.
In a post on Instagram, Jamie Lee wrote, “I woke up to the news that Robert Carradine died. I met him live on television on the Dinah Shore show when they had a bunch of second-generation actors, what we would now call Nepo babies, Veronica Cartwright, and Bobby. 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. A very public meet cute. His three-year-old daughter, Ever, now a talented actress, had suffered a terrible burn from hot water and was in the burn unit. I met her for the first time there, this little girl wrapped in gauze with the biggest smile on her face and the most beautiful eyes.”
She added, “We became a little family in a dirt-floored house in Laurel Canyon, and it was my first experience with domesticity, motherhood, and partnership. 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 amidst the simplicity and beauty of Laurel Canyon in the late 70s.”
She continued, “Bobby had made a movie with Melanie Griffith and they were lovers. Later in my life, Melanie and I became colleagues and ride-or-die best friends, and we remain so to this day. She was the one who told me about his passing. Bobby was a racecar driver who drove fast and furious in a Corvette on Mulholland. It’s a miracle we weren’t killed. One day I remember the sun hitting his face, and I turned to look at him and said, ‘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, The Long Riders, where different sets of brothers portrayed real-life historical brothers. We remained friends after we broke up, as did Ever.
