Jamie Lee Curtis mourns the loss of her “first love,” Robert Carradine.
On February 23, Robert’s family announced the death of the Revenge of the Nerds star at the age of 71. Jamie took to her Instagram account to reflect on the memories she made with Robert while they were dating.
Jamie, who once called Robert her “first love,” wrote on her social media: “Woke up to the news that Robert Carradine died. I met him live on television on the Dinah Shore Show when they had a bunch of second generation actors. We would now call them Nepo babies.”
Recalling their first meeting on the live show, she revealed how their love blossomed from that moment: “Bobby and I came last and Bobby rearranged where we were all sitting so he could sit next to me and he kissed me, live on television.”
The Halloween The actress further recalled meeting Robert’s three-year-old daughter, whom he shared with ex Susan Snyder, at a medical center.
“Once, now a talented actress, she had suffered a terrible burn from hot water and was in the burn ward. That’s where I met her for the first time, this little girl wrapped in gauze with the biggest smile on her face and the most beautiful eyes.”
Jamie then looked back when she and Robert moved in together and started living as a family with his daughter Ever.
“It was my first experience with domesticity, motherhood and partnership,” she said. “I remember walking with Ever to the little Canyon market and taking our laundry to the laundromat downstairs and folding her little clothes for the first time and the simplicity and beauty of Laurel Canyon in the late 1970s.”
She further added about Robert’s passion for fast driving, noting, “Bobby was a race car driver and he was driving a Corvette fast and furious at Mulholland. It’s a miracle we didn’t get killed. One day I remember the sun was on his face and I turned around and looked at him and said, ‘Wait, were you in the movie The Cowboys? Were you slim?’ He was my first crush in the movies and I didn’t realize it.
“We remained friends after we broke up, and so did Ever and I,” Jamie concluded her tribute. “The long and winding road. Rest in speed, humor and love, Bobby.”
