A few days later, in front of an audience, Lucy was a different person, all sweetness and light and 'My dear Viv.'' by Anonymous Holding up two dresses, she asked Lucy nicely, 'Which one do you think I should wear?' Lucy looked at her with complete disgust and yelled, 'What difference does it make? You look like a cow in anything you wear!' Vivian ran away in tears. It was after her stroke, you could see she was very ill and obviously on some type of medication. Then she would tell him to go away, yelling at him the whole while. She kept screaming at Gary Morton, 'Shut up!' whenever he tried to say something. She yelled at everyone - the wardrobe lady, the makeup man, everyone. There wasn't a full audience, just a few people. Her mother died shortly before the special and Lucille vented her grief at everyone in her orbit, says the book Desilu.Īccording to one observer: 'Lucy was so incredibly mean to everyone at dress rehearsal.
