Loni Anderson — still bitter over the nightmare beatings and abuse she suffered during their 12-year relationship — is not crying over ex-hubby Burt Reynolds’ death, The National ENQUIRER learned from a source. Behind her public expression of sympathy for Burt, who died of a heart attack on Sept. 6, the former “WKRP in Cincinnati” bombshell is telling friends the “Smokey and the Bandit” hunk was a mean-spirited drug abuser and wife beater — and she’s glad she took him to the cleaners during their ugly divorce! Read on for details of Loni and Burt’s enduring mutual contempt, and click here for more news of celebrity divorces….
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“Loni and Burt couldn’t stand each other after the divorce, and she didn’t seem devastated to learn that he died,” tattled a source. “She has never made a secret of the fact that she felt Burt treated her terribly for most of their marriage, and her acrimonious feelings toward him didn’t go away even after they split up.
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“In public, she wants to be civil and not seem disrespectful," the source continued. "But behind closed doors, it’s apparent that she didn’t stop hating Burt throughout the rest of his lifetime — and didn’t try to hide it either.”
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Loni, who was wed to the actor from 1988 to 1993, accused Burt of being a drug user and abuser who made her life hell for 12 years. She recalled that shortly after
he’d kicked his painkiller pill-popping, he flew into a jealous rage accusing her of lying about another man and began twisting her wrist.
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“‘He’s going to break it,’ I thought,” Loni recalled. “When we got to the house, I saw he had broken the skin … and it was bruised and bleeding.” During another explosive outburst, he threw her to the floor, got a gun and tried to hand it to her, “saying, ‘Here, why don’t you kill yourself and do us all a favor?’” she says.
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After the violence, a tearful Burt would beg for forgiveness. In another incident, Burt walked out on Loni, saying he was leaving her to try and
win back his old lover Sally Field. Weeks later, he returned — holding a gun to his head and threatening to kill himself if she didn’t take him back, she says.
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Loni says she endured the hellish abuse for the sake of their adopted son, Quinton (right), but finally became fed up. Even after they split, “the bitterness between them was still there," said the source, noting that she never voiced regrets about taking Burt to the cleaners when they divorced.
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“She’s taking the high road in public out of
respect for Burt's family and his fans, because Loni would never badmouth someone who just died,” said the source. “But it doesn’t mean her feelings about him are going to change just because he’s not here anymore.”
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“She’s in incredible shape,” says a friend, who recently spied her (pictured here in June) dining and dancing with her husband at L.A.’s Villa Blanca eatery. “It certainly looks like Loni has the last laugh.”
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“Loni and Burt couldn’t stand each other after the divorce, and she didn’t seem devastated to learn that he died,” tattled a source. “She has never made a secret of the fact that she felt Burt treated her terribly for most of their marriage, and her acrimonious feelings toward him didn’t go away even after they split up.
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“In public, she wants to be civil and not seem disrespectful," the source continued. "But behind closed doors, it’s apparent that she didn’t stop hating Burt throughout the rest of his lifetime — and didn’t try to hide it either.”
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Loni, who was wed to the actor from 1988 to 1993, accused Burt of being a drug user and abuser who made her life hell for 12 years. She recalled that shortly after
he’d kicked his painkiller pill-popping, he flew into a jealous rage accusing her of lying about another man and began twisting her wrist.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“‘He’s going to break it,’ I thought,” Loni recalled. “When we got to the house, I saw he had broken the skin … and it was bruised and bleeding.” During another explosive outburst, he threw her to the floor, got a gun and tried to hand it to her, “saying, ‘Here, why don’t you kill yourself and do us all a favor?’” she says.
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After the violence, a tearful Burt would beg for forgiveness. In another incident, Burt walked out on Loni, saying he was leaving her to try and
win back his old lover Sally Field. Weeks later, he returned — holding a gun to his head and threatening to kill himself if she didn’t take him back, she says.
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Loni says she endured the hellish abuse for the sake of their adopted son, Quinton (right), but finally became fed up. Even after they split, “the bitterness between them was still there," said the source, noting that she never voiced regrets about taking Burt to the cleaners when they divorced.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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“She’s taking the high road in public out of
respect for Burt's family and his fans, because Loni would never badmouth someone who just died,” said the source. “But it doesn’t mean her feelings about him are going to change just because he’s not here anymore.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
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“She’s in incredible shape,” says a friend, who recently spied her (pictured here in June) dining and dancing with her husband at L.A.’s Villa Blanca eatery. “It certainly looks like Loni has the last laugh.”
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