Jack Nicholsondaughter Lorraine Nicholson they used to be close friends with one of their father’s paramours.
“For many girls, their best friends are their first loves. They spend all their time together. Learn from each other. Protecting yourself, ” wrote 34-year-old Lorraine on Friday, January 24, essay for Vanity Fair. “And when it’s time for the boys to come into the picture — and the best friend’s attention is split between them and another — it’s their first big heart. When I was 9, my best friend was a 30 year old guy Lara Flynn Boyle. “
Twin Peaks Alum Boylenow 54, began dating Nicholson, now 87, in 1999.
“Like the universe, Lara’s romance with my father started with a bang. One quiet summer night in 1999, the fledgling couple was dressed for dinner, the engine of his Mercedes the only sound,” Lorraine recalled. “My dad moved to make a left on Mulholland from Coldwater, just a quarter of a mile from our house, when their car collided with another. When Dad finally came, head dripping blood, he looked up to see Lara crawling out of the hatch. She reportedly screamed, “I can’t be here!” and dropped the burning metal part like it was a dead horse. “
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Lorraine went on to claim in the essay that she did not learn about the car accident from a family member, but instead from a “nosey mom at school.”
“I would I saw my father only a few days before And he didn’t mention a car accident,” she wrote. “Not knowing the news would be picked up by the tabloids, he wanted to introduce Lara on his own terms.”
Jack and Boyle, who have 33 year age differencedated from 1999 to 2004. Eventually, he introduced the actress to his children. (Jack is a father of six, sharing Lorraine and son Ray with an ex Rebecca Brossard. He also shares a daughter Jennifer with Sandra Knightson Caleb s Susan Handondaughter dear s Bear Holman and daughter Tessa s Jenine Gurin.)
“I’ll never forget the first day Lara was introduced to us kids. She came down the outdoor staircase to join us by the pool,” Lorraine said. “I remember the sun reflecting on the water, the sound of the wind ringing in the trees. Most importantly, I remember what Lara was wearing—a strappy swimsuit with crotch-licking flames. Little did we know that she was nominated for an Emmy that year for her work The practice To understand my brother that we were in the presence of a mighty man. “
She added: “I was too scared to talk to her that day. Instead, I secretly watched her from the shallow end as she read a book on a plastic raft, the wind gently pushing her back and forth across the surface of the water. At last she had arrived, the answer to my prayers – Mary Poppins of Mulholland Drive. “
After Lorraine met Boyle, she said she was captivated by the actress’ charm, confidence and compassion.
“With psychic intuition, she sensed that I was self-harming and told me stories about the time she had to wear knee socks to hide her scraped shins,” Lorraine said. “Lara made me feel like my pain mattered. … I was a child who felt, despite all that I had substantially, something was missing in my life. Lara did not play down these feelings. She told all these stories with a cigarette and a smile because she was a survivor. “
In time, Lorraine said he “clung to (Boyle) like she was made of glue.”
“For my father, Lara acted as a bridge between him and his children. All of a sudden we were doing things we’d never done before,” Lorraine added. “In Aspen, we went rafting on the Colorado River. We curled wildly while playing Parcheesi. In one particularly treacherous game of UNO, my brother and I sabotaged each other, so while we won, neither did my father. “
Jack and Boyle eventually called it quits in 2004. and as Lorraine writes in her essay, she still has “no idea why.”
“I don’t know if he cried or she cried, but I sure did. I woke up one snowy winter morning at our house in Aspen and she was just gone, Lorraine recalled. “I knew my father’s relationship with Lara couldn’t last forever, and yet when I was with her, I had no idea what I would do without her.”
According to Lorraine, the last words Boyle ever said to her were, “I’ll always have you in my heart, honey.” Lorraine has not seen Boyle since her breakup with Jack.
