papers in the trash desi and lucille were married for many years before starring in i love lucy the series was based upon a radio show called my favorite husband which lucille had gotten into after being let go from her contract with rko pictures the radio show became a success and cbs subsequently offered lucille the chance to turn the series into a television show the network infamously refused lucille's initial insistence that desi be cast as her husband given that desi was cuban and lucille was not cbs felt the television audience wasn't ready for a mixed relationship lucille stuck her neck out for her husband and the rest is history i love lucy became a major success though lucille was inarguably the centerpiece of the show it's hard to imagine it being the success it was without ricky ricardo sadly desi was never quite the faithful husband his character was though he certainly loved and respected his wife in his way lucille had hoped having desi by her side every day at work might inspire the man to be more faithful sadly the opposite seemed to happen as lucille exerted more leadership over the show's production than him causing desi to further escape into his trysts with prostitutes desi respected his wife but he also feared her and didn't always feel like the man he wanted to be when he was watching lucille boss people around on set when i love lucy became popular desi's infidelities stopped being just an issue for lucille and started being a matter of public interest tabloids pride into the couple's relationship and numerous pieces were printed during i love lucy's run suggesting does he was cheating after desi and lucille divorced in NUMBER_TOKEN they both remarried and stayed with their respective spouses until death desi died before lucille and lucille's phone call was said to be the last one the actor took before passing away they remained great friends both for personal reasons and for the sake of their two children although lucille was arguably the greatest love of desi's life she wasn't the first he was with the previously mentioned freckles and he had indulged in a similar pattern of infidelities during his relationship with her desi recalled before his death there was one moment during his relationship with freckles where the star found himself confronted by her husband during this confrontation the husband allegedly tried to kill him first he tried to start an even fight with desi desi evidently physically overpowered the man fast leading to him surrendering for the time being but desi became suspicious later when the man kept trying to lure him over to an open window feeling that something wasn't quite right as he called him out on the murder attempt and told him to close the window before the two of them froze following this desi claimed the man had made him a nice breakfast after the incident everything was apparently settled between desi and freckles husband it remains uncertain if freckles ever returned to her husband after desi abandoned her at the beach now it's time to hear from you did you know desi arnaz allegedly shipped ginger rogers out of the country to have a risky late stage abortion let us
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