GENE KELLY WIDOW RAINS ON DEBBIE!
JAUNTY Gene Kelly’s widow has thrown a wet blanket over actress Debbie Reynolds’ longtime claims about what it was like to work with the renowned hoofer on Singin’ in the Rain!
Patricia Ward Kelly, 63 — who married Gene in 1990, six years before he died at 83 — says Debbie told tall tales about the beloved
1952 musical.
“Most of what she said about it was fabricated and would change over the years,” dishes Patricia.
Former GLOBE advice columnist Debbie, who died in 2016 at 84, often said Gene rehearsed her until her feet were bloody and made her smile so much she thought her face would crack.
But Patricia says that’s hogwash: “A lot of the myths get printed in books and get taken down as fact and they’re just not!”