👀 “He Smelled Like Whiskey and Lies”: Shirley MacLaine, 91, Reveals the Actors She Hated Most—and Why She’ll Never Forgive Them 🍸🔥

 

Shirley MacLaine has always been something of an enigma.

An Oscar winner.A Broadway darling.

A spiritual seeker who spoke of past lives while walking red carpets.

But through it all, she kept one thing sacred: discretion.

Even when rumors swirled of on-set battles and toxic co-stars, Shirley never aired the dirty laundry.

Until now.

In a new sit-down interview filmed at her New Mexico ranch—where she now lives quietly with her dogs, her books, and the ghosts of a Hollywood long gone—MacLaine was asked a simple question: “Are there any actors you truly couldn’t stand?” Her answer came with a pause… and then a slow, knowing smile.

“Seven,” she said.“I remember them all.

Every lie, every slap, every time they tried to cut me out of the frame.

And just like that, Shirley MacLaine dropped the mask.

What followed was a verbal reckoning no one saw coming.

Actor #1 was a beloved matinee idol, long dead, still revered as a “gentleman of the screen.

” But behind the camera, Shirley claims, he was a manipulative drunk who once threatened to have her blacklisted after she refused to spend the night at his hotel suite.

“He whispered it, like a curse,” she said, her voice still tight with memory.

“And for a year, no one would return my calls.

Actor #2 may come as a shock—an Oscar-winning ‘60s icon known for his activism and “sensitive guy” persona.

But Shirley claims he once cornered her in a makeup trailer, furious over a line she had improvised.

“He didn’t like being outshone.

He called me a ‘stage hog’ and slammed the door so hard it shattered the glass.

” She never worked with him again.

Then came Actor #3, a “pretty boy” who had charm in spades and a contract with a major studio—but zero respect for women, according to MacLaine.

“He would mock actresses who cried in emotional scenes.

‘Fake tears,’ he’d say.

And then go sniff his cocaine off a director’s clipboard.

” Shirley later learned he was sabotaging her close-ups by subtly stepping into her light.

Actor #4 was different.

Older, colder.

A legend of the silver screen.

MacLaine described him as “dead behind the eyes.

” He never yelled, never touched her—but made it clear she wasn’t welcome.

“He’d speak about me in the third person, like I wasn’t in the room.

‘Is she going to remember her lines today?’ he’d ask the director.

It was soul-eroding.

” When she confronted him, he said, flatly, “You’re replaceable.

But it was Actor #5 that visibly shook her.Her voice dropped.

“He hit me,” she said.“Not during a scene.

Not on camera.Backstage, between takes.

Said I was making him look weak. The producers told her to keep quiet.

“They said, ‘You’ll ruin his career and yours.

’ I was 28.I believed them.Actor #6 was more subtle.

He didn’t yell, didn’t grope, didn’t physically intimidate.

But he undermined her at every turn.

A comedic legend with a dark underbelly, according to Shirley.

“He’d improvise on purpose to throw me off.

Then call me ‘confused’ in interviews.

He wanted to look sharp, and he wanted me to look like a ditz.

” When she finally confronted him, he laughed in her face and said, “Welcome to the boys’ club.

”

And then came Actor #7—the one who broke her heart.

They were co-stars.

Friends.

Confidants.

She thought.

But during a major awards season, she says he began spreading rumors that she was “emotionally unstable” and “difficult to work with.

” The reason? She had refused to sleep with him.

“He took rejection like a loaded gun to his ego,” she said.

“So he punished me.

”

Shirley’s confession has sent tremors through the Hollywood community, not just because of the names—though insiders claim her clues leave little to the imagination—but because of how long she waited to speak.

For decades, she protected these men.

Why?“I didn’t want to be seen as bitter,” she says.

“And back then, if you told the truth, you were the problem.

You weren’t ‘resilient’ enough.

You weren’t a ‘team player.’ You were difficult.

But time, she says, has stripped away her need to please anyone.

“I’m 91.What are they going to do now—cancel me?” she laughs, with just a hint of defiance.

“Let the truth breathe.”

Industry veterans are already buzzing about the fallout.

Some of the actors are long gone—untouchable in their graves, their reputations carved in gold.

Others are still living, still beloved, still working.

When asked if she fears retaliation, Shirley just shrugged.

“I’m not afraid of ghosts,” she said.

“I’ve danced with them my whole life.

”

As the interview closed, she offered one final thought.

Not angry.

Not vengeful.

Just heartbreakingly honest.

“All I ever wanted was respect,” she said.

“Not worship.Not flattery.

Just to be treated like I mattered.

For a long time, I wasn’t.

And now, finally, I’ve said it.”

Because sometimes, the most powerful revenge isn’t revenge at all.

It’s truth—spoken slowly, clearly, and far too late for anyone to stop it.