Candice Bergen had an awkward interview with “60 Minutes” at the height of her “Murphy Brown” fame — when the cameras caught the recently-widowed star entertaining one of her husband’s former mistresses! Candice’s husband, noted film director Louis Malle, had passed away in Nov. 1996, and Mike Wallace found Candice being visited by Canadian actress Alexandra Stewart (right photo) at the couple’s home in France. “When I first married,” Candice told Wallace, “I was not so thrilled to have all these other past women in my life.” But she didn’t tell the CBS newsman that Alexandra was more than just a former girlfriend of her husband’s. Alexandra was also the mother of one of Malle’s two children that he’d had out of wedlock! And Malle’s other baby mama told The National ENQUIRER more about how all of the director’s old lovers were insisting on staying “one big happy family…”
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"Even now," said actress Gila von Weitershausen in 1988, "we are still trying to respect his wish. His philosophy was simple. We should all get along in peace and harmony. I see Candice whenever I go to America. She knew what Louis was like when they married, and she's one of us."
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Gila and Malle had a son, Manuel, in 1971. Alexandra had given birth to his daughter Justine in 1974. And even before Malle met Candice, the baby mamas had gotten close to another American actress who'd fallen for Malle. Gila recalled Alexandra and her joining Malle and
Susan Sarandon at his villa in France: "It was an amazing scene, like a '60s movie about peace and love!"
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Malle's only previous marriage had ended in 1967 after just three years, and a longtime friend said that the director was determined to avoid the altar. "Mistresses were more his line," said the insider. "Louis wasn't looking for permanency." But that changed when Malle met Candice at a Fourth of July party in 1979.
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The couple even had their own daughter, Chloe, in 1985. "Louis' love children were guests at his wedding to Candice," said the insider, "and she's still their friend and adviser. Louis had amazing magnetism. His mistresses remained his friends, and they respect Candice."
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Gila agreed, saying: "He was always faithful to Candice. She would not share him with anyone. But there have never been petty jealousies among Louis' women. We're a civilized bunch!"
"Even now," said actress Gila von Weitershausen in 1988, "we are still trying to respect his wish. His philosophy was simple. We should all get along in peace and harmony. I see Candice whenever I go to America. She knew what Louis was like when they married, and she's one of us."
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Gila and Malle had a son, Manuel, in 1971. Alexandra had given birth to his daughter Justine in 1974. And even before Malle met Candice, the baby mamas had gotten close to another American actress who'd fallen for Malle. Gila recalled Alexandra and her joining Malle and
Susan Sarandon at his villa in France: "It was an amazing scene, like a '60s movie about peace and love!"
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Malle's only previous marriage had ended in 1967 after just three years, and a longtime friend said that the director was determined to avoid the altar. "Mistresses were more his line," said the insider. "Louis wasn't looking for permanency." But that changed when Malle met Candice at a Fourth of July party in 1979.
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The couple even had their own daughter, Chloe, in 1985. "Louis' love children were guests at his wedding to Candice," said the insider, "and she's still their friend and adviser. Louis had amazing magnetism. His mistresses remained his friends, and they respect Candice."
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Gila agreed, saying: "He was always faithful to Candice. She would not share him with anyone. But there have never been petty jealousies among Louis' women. We're a civilized bunch!"
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