Wagner reveals heart to heart with Stanwyck
Robert Wagner had an affair with legendary actress Barbara Stanwyck which they both kept secret for decades.
Wagner, aged 74, reveals that when he was just 22 years old, he embarked on a five-year romance with Stanwyck when she was 45. But because of the stigma attached to such a relationship at the time, they both decided it was best kept a secret.
He said: "At that time, it could never have been (revealed). It was not public, it was hidden. It just couldn't come out.
"Today, it wouldn't have made any difference. Then it made a difference and it made a big difference for her.
"I never really ever mentioned it before, particularly, but… there's a book being written about her and they came to me and it was gonna come out.
"She was an absolutely wonderful, wonderful woman and it was so great for me. It was a wonderful time. It was really great and I loved her very much. She was a wonderful lady and for me it was terrific because I was just starting in the picture business."
Stanwyck died in 1990 at the age of 82.
