Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefIt’s hard to believe that in all the decades that I’ve been an entertainment journalist and Sally Field has been an actor, the two of us have never had a proper conversation about her illustrious career.
Until now, that is.In preparation for our cover interview, I read her searing 2018 memoir “In Pieces” and was saddened to learn about her tortured childhood, being sexually abused by her stepfather, and her struggles with depression, loneliness and self-doubt.Despite someone’s public persona, of course we never really know what’s going on inside.
Along with all the triumphs Field achieved, it’s shocking to know that she endured so much pain in her personal and professional lives.
It was bold of her to finally speak her truths in her autobiography, which took seven years to write. Among other things, she revealed what a troubled relationship she had with Burt Reynolds, who had many inner demons.
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