Noirdame79
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This also happened with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. She hated his family and refused to have anything to do with them. Over time it put a strain on the families and they lost all contact with Paul because of her. My husband is related to Paul Newman and I ask him a lot about Paul. His family doesn't speak highly about Joanne and said Paul changed after getting involved with her.
Thank you so much for the information. I believe he wanted Natalie out of the way but didn't want to deal with a divorce and that night on the boat filled his agenda. He used Christopher Walken as his scapegoat and possibly the final motive to get rid of Natalie. In my mind, he planned to get rid of her prior to that boat trip but needed the right setting and circumstances to get away with it. Guess he underestimated Dennis...
Wow, I didn't know that about Paul and Joanne. Maybe someday their daughters will reach out to his side of the family. They did seem like a wonderful couple but who knows what might have gone on behind closed doors.
It's also very telling that Wagner did not want Natasha's biological father, Richard Gregson, to be a part of her life, but he had visitation rights and Natalie wanted Natasha to have a relationship with her father, which she does to this day. She was very fortunate to have Gregson and his wife Julia and her half-siblings in her life. Unfortunately, Courtney hasn't been so lucky. She only has Wagner for a parent.
The night before when Natalie and Dennis Davern went ashore to a hotel after Natalie had argued with Wagner, it is my strong feeling that she was contemplating divorce. Even at their Thanskgiving party at the house before they went out on the Splendour, Lana and Maria could tell that something was bothering Natalie. She was trying to put up a front, but they could sense that something was off. Natalie told her hairdresser and friend Ginger Blymer that she was concerned about Wagner's drinking.
You could very well be right. His jealous behavior was not new to Natalie, and I think she'd had it. And the thought of her divorcing him was just something he would not have permitted.