True Facts about Marilyn Monroe 

Hi I\'m Paul and this blog is dedicated to the wonderful Miss Marilyn Monroe ! I post quotes said by or about Marilyn. Ask me anything you\'d like and I\'ll try my best to answer!

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Some of the information you’re about to read were taken from

. I added a few new sections to it and I will continue to expand this FAQ myself.

Birth name: Marilyn Monroe former Norma Jeane Mortenson

Did Marilyn have plastic surgery / Did she have fake boobs?

A breast augmentation for Monroe is highly unlikely. Not only was the technology for performing the procedure very primitive back then, but when you look at Monroe at several points during her career, there does not seem to be a consistent pattern of small breasts that suddenly became large.The (small) enlargement of her breasts at different times during her career was likely due to weight gain associated with two failed pregnancies. And if you look at her figure in

, you can see that she is overall heavier than in her calendar shoot taken by Bert Stern.So, despite claims that she may have had breast implants, it is very likely that her breasts (which Billy Wilder compared to “granite”), were indeed natural.

As far as her “nose job” goes I know that Johnny Hyde arranged for Marilyn to have her nose and chin touched up. The plastic surgeon Michael Gurdin excised a slight bump of cartilage from the tip of her nose and inserted a cresent-shaped silicone prosthesis into her lower jaw to soften the line of her chin. 

Well Marilyn began psychoanalysis, the branch of psychotherapy developed by Sigmund Freud, on the recommendation of Lee Strasberg. He believed it imperative for his pupils to delve into their past to access the experiences they needed to perform. Her first psychoanalyst was recommended by her friend and business partner Milton Greene in 1955. She began to have between 3 and 5 sessions weekly with Dr Margaret Hohenberg. In 1957 she began seeing Dr Marianne Kris and in 1960 she began seeing her last psychoanalyst Dr Ralph Greenson. So basically Marilyn had been seeing psychiatrists since the mid-1950s.

Some biographers are scathing about the effects of psychoanalysis on Marilyn. They accuse Marilyns psychoanalysts of bad faith and ill-conceived clinical judgment. ( I have the same opinion )

After years of psychoanalysis Marilyn complained that it was “as if I were going round in circles”

PLUS We don’t want to forget about her 3-day stay in a padded cell at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic in New York. It was a horrible and traumatic experience for Marilyn caused by her psychoanalyst Marianne Kris. When Marianne Kris, recommended that Marilyn needed rest and recuperation, Marilyn trusted her doctor and agreed. On February 7, 1961, Marilyn checked herself into the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Hospital (now the Weill Cornell Medical College) under the impression that she would rest and heal in privacy. She even used the name Faye Miller as a precaution to protect that privacy. To Marilyn’s surprise—and horror—she found herself in a lockdown psychiatric ward for seriously disturbed patients. Marilyn was a smart woman and knew she needed help but she was also well enough to know she didn’t need to be incarcerated and didn’t belong in Payne Whitney but she was stuck. She couldn’t check out without Dr. Kris’s permission. Marilyn managed to get a message to the one person she knew would—and could—help: Joe DiMaggio. Immediately, DiMaggio dropped everything to go to New York. Some unfortunate person at Payne Whitney had to endure the irate Joe DiMaggio as he thunderously demanded that the hospital release Marilyn into his custody or he would take apart the building “brick by brick” to retrieve her. Not surprisingly, they released her.

At 5 foot 5 and a half inches Marilyn’s weight was between 115 and 121 pounds which is approximately 8.2 - 8.7 stone for the majority of her adult life. During her pregnancies her weight changed with her top weight being up to 140 pounds or 10 stone.

Studio Measurements:37-23-36 (inches), 93.9 – 58.4 – 91.4 (centimeters)

Dressmaker Measurements:35-22-35 (inches), 88.9 – 55.8 – 88.9 (centimeters)

What awards did Marilyn win and what was she nominated for?

1951 - Henrietta Award: The Best Young Box Office Personality


1952 - Photoplay Award: Fastest Rising Star of 1952
1952 - Photoplay Award: Special Award


1952 - Look American Magazine Achievement Award: Most Promising Female Newcomer of 1952


1953 - Golden Globe Henrietta Award: World Film Favorite Female.



1953 - Photoplay Award: Most Popular Female Star


1954 - Photoplay Award for Best Actress: for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire

1956 - BAFTA Film Award nomination: Best Foreign Actress for The Seven Year Itch


1956 - Golden Globe nomination: Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical for Bus Stop


1958 - BAFTA Film Award nomination: Best Foreign Actress for The Prince and the Showgirl


1958 - David di Donatello Award (Italian): Best Foreign Actress for The Prince and the Showgirl


1959 - Crystal Star Award (French): Best Foreign Actress for The Prince and the Showgirl


1960 - Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 6104 Hollywood Blvd.


1960 - Golden Globe, Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical for Some Like It Hot


1962 - Golden Globe, World Film Favorite: Female

    •    What were Marilyn’s salaries?

First contract with Fox, 1945, $75 per week

Promoting “Love Happy,” 1949, $100 per week

For “The Asphalt Jungle, ” 1950, $350 per week. $1050 total

Second Fox contract, 1951, $500 per week with semiannual increase up to $1500

For “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” 1953, $1250 per week

For “River of No Return, There’s No Business Like Show Business, and The Seven Year Itch,” 1954 – 1955, $1500 per week

Nex Fox contract, 1956, $100,000 fee plus $500 per week expenses

For “Some Like It Hot,” 1959, $100,000 fee plus 10% of the profits

For “The Misfits,” 1961, $300,000 fee plus 10% of the profits

    •    Who were Marilyn’s husbands?

"The way I heard it, Joe let her have it. It was pretty bad. After he hit her, she told him she’d had enough and wanted out of the marriage. I spoke to Joe maybe three weeks later and asked him about that night. He Said, ‘Things got out of hand, I admit it. But she pissed me off so much. She didn’t care what I thought about anything, she just wanted to do what she wanted to do.’ That was Joe DiMaggio. He could be a sweetheart if everything was going his way. If not, he was pretty mean. To tell you the truth, I lost a lot if respect for Joe when I found out he hit Marilyn Monroe. I thought to myself, ‘How could any man hit such a beautiful creature?’" - Stacy Edwards, sportsreporter and friend of Joe DiMaggio

Years later, Marilyn admitted to her hairdresser, Sydney Guilaroff, “Joe beat me up twice. The first time, I warned him. ‘Don’t ever do that again.’ I’m not going to stand for it. Then, after he witnessed me filming a sexy scene for The Seven Year Itch, he slapped me around the hotel room. I finally screamed at him, ‘That’s it.’ I don’t know what makes a man beat a woman-vulnerable and weak-I just don’t understand it.” - Marilyn Monroe

"A man who kissed me once had said it was very possible I was a lesbian because I apparently had no responsd to males - meaning him. I didn’t contradict him because I didn’t know what I was. There were times even when I didn’t feel human and times when all I could think of was dying. There was also the sinister fact that a well-made woman had always thrilled me to look at. 

Now having fallen in love, I knew what I was. It wasn’t a lesbian. The world and its excitement over sex didn’t seem crazy.

Did Marilyn have a one night stand with Joan Crawford?

"I met Joan Crawford at Joe Schenck’s house. She was an impressive woman. I admired her during dinner. I hoped that when I was her age I would keep my looks as well as she had.

Some movie stars don’t seem like stars when you meet them, and some seem more like stars off the screen than on. I don’t know which type is better, but Miss Crawford was definitely the latter type. She was as much the movie star at Mr. Schenck’s table as she could have been electrifying a courtroom drama—- even a little more.

I was pleased to see I had made an impression on Miss Crawford. She said to me after dinner. “I think I could help you a great deal if you would let me. For instance that white knitted dress you’re wearing is utterly incorrect for a dinner of this kind.” It was the only good dress I owned. I wore it evenings as well as daytimes when I was going any place important, and I cleaned it myself everyday. I looked at Miss Crawford’s beautiful evening gown and understood what she meant.

"Taste" Miss Crawford went on, "is every bit as important as looks and figure." She smiled very kindly at me and asked, "Will you let me help you, my dear?"

I said I was flattered to have her offer to. We made a date to meet Sunday morning in church. It turned out Miss Crawford and I went to the same church.

After the church service Miss Crawford said as we met coming out, “I’m so glad to see you. But you musn’t come to church in flat heels and a gray suit with black trimming. If you wear gray you must wear different gray tones, but never black.”

It was my only suit, but there was no sense defending it on that ground.

"Would you like to come to my house with me?" Miss Crawford asked. I said I’d like to very much, and it was arranged that I should follow her car in mine.

I was excited at what I thought was going to happen. Miss Crawford, I felt pretty sure. was going to offer me some of her old ball gowns and ensembles that she’d grown tired of.

The house was very beautiful and elegant. We had lunch in the kitchen with Miss Crawford’s four children and a beautiful white poodle. After lunch Miss Crawford asked me to come upstairs to her room.

"Brown would look very good on you," she said. "I must show you the things I’ve been knitting."

She showed me a number of knitted dickies in different shades of brown and explained that they were to be worn under different shades of brown suits.

"The main thing about dressing well," Miss Crawford explained, "is to see that everything you wear is just right—that your shoes, stockings, gloves and bag all fit the suit you’re wearing. Now what I would like you to do is to make a list of all the clothes in your wardrobe. amd I’ll make a list of all the things you need to buy and see that you buy the right things."

I didn’t say anyting. I usually didn’t mind telling people I was broke and even trying to borrow a few dollars from them to tide me over. But for some reason I couldn’t tell Miss Crawford that she had seen my wardrobe in full —the incorrect white knitted dress and the wrong gray suit.

"It’s so easy not to look vulgar," Miss Crawford assured me, when I was ready to leave. "Do make out a list of all your things and let me guide you a bit. You’ll be surprised at the results and so will everyone else."

I don’t know why I called Miss Crawford up again, except that I had promised I would. Maybe I was still hoping she would present me with some of her discarded ball gowns. I think, also, I had some intention of telling her the truth about not being able to to buy any fancy clothes. But when I heard Miss Crawford’s voice on the phone, I had to start palavering as I’d done before. Had I made out that list of my wardrobe? No I hadn’t. That was very lazy of me. Yes, I knew. And I would make the list out in a few days and call her up again.

"Good," said Miss Crawford. I’ll be expecting to hear from you."

I didn’t call Miss Crawford again. In fact, the next time I heard from Miss Crawford was in the newspapers. This was a year later. I’d gone to work at 20th Century Fox again, and the Marilyn Monroe boom had started. I was all over the magazines and movie columns, and the fan mail at the studio was arriving in trucks.

Among the honors that were now showering on me was the privilege of presenting one of the Oscars to one of the Award winners at the Academy’s annual affair. I was frozen with fear the night of the Academy Award Ceremonies. I waited tremblingly for my turn to walk up to the platform and hand over the Oscar in my keeping. I prayed I wouldn’t trip and fall and that my voice wouldn’t disappear when I had to say my two lines. When my turn came I managed to reach the platform, say my piece, and return to my table without any mishap.

Or so I thought until I read Joan Crawford’s remarks in the morning papers. I haven’t saved the clippings, but I have sort of remembered what she said. She said that Marilyn Monroe’s vulgar performance at the Academy affair was a disgrace to all of Hollywood. The vulgarity, she said consisted of my wearing a dress too tight for me and wriggling my rear when I walked up holding one of the holy Oscars in my hand. I was so surprised I could hadly believe what I was reading. I called up some friends who had seen me at ceremony and asked them if it were true. They laughed. It wasn’t true, they said. They advised me to forgive a lady who had once been young and seductive herself.

I have written out this accurate account of one of my “feuds” because it is typical. The feuds are all started by someone whom I have mysteriously offended—always a woman. The truth is my tight dress and my wiggling were all in Miss Crawford’s mind. She obviously had been reading too much about me. Or maybe she was just annoyed because I had never brought her a list of my wardrobe.”

    •    Did Marilyn sleep her way to fame?

"I was determined, no one was going to use me or my body—even if he could help my career. I’ve never gone out with a man I didn’t want to. No one, not even the studio, could force me to date someone. The one thing I hate more than anything else is being used. I’ve always worked hard for the sake of someday becoming a talented actress. I knew I would make it someday if I only kept at it and worked hard without lowering my principles and pride in myself."

"These wolves just could not understand me. They would tell me, ‘But Marilyn, you’re not playing the game the way you should. Be smart. You’ll never get anywhere in this business acting the way you do.’ My answer to them would be, ‘The only acting I’ll do is for the camera.’ I was determined, no one was going to use me or my body—even if he could help my career. I’ve never gone out with a man I didn’t want to. No one, not even the studio, could force me to date someone. The one thing I hate more than anything else is being used. I’ve always worked hard for the sake of someday becoming a talented actress. I knew I would make it someday if I only kept at it and worked hard without lowering my principles and pride in myself.”

No. She stated in 1953, regarding being broke and receiving a call from a man who wanted to ‘help’ her:

"He gave details of what I would be expected to do. He was brutally frank and all I could think of to say was that he shouldn’t talk that way over a public telephone. I didn’t realize how silly that sounded until I hung up and then started to laugh."

Bill Pursel, who knew Marilyn when she was starting out said, “Wow! I don’t believe this for one moment! As far as I know this is a bunch of poppycock. I do know there were several women jealous of her after she became Marilyn Monroe and beside call girls earn bug money - I saw no evidence of this with her. I would put no credence at all in these rumours. It’s nothing but bilge…blather….hogwash…. someone’s cheap imagination. It sorta makes me angry, or can’t you tell? She wasn’t pregnant when I knew her; she she probably had several boyfriends over the years, but when these stories exaggerate the involvement into pregnancy or even intimacy they are way out of bounds. She had too much class to be so careless about who she dated. At least this is where I come from.”

This is backed up by agent Harry Lipton in an article from Motion Picture, May 1956. Marilyn had been offered gifts in exchange for sexual favours. Marilyn refused, turned to her agent and asked to leave the party. She cried on the way home asking “what can I say to men like that, Harry?”. He replied with, “You’ll learn.”

Did Marilyn sleep with Johnny Hyde (her agent)?

"He not only knew me, he knew Norma Jeane too. He knew all the pain and all the desperate things in me. When he put his arms around me and said he loved me, I knew it was true. Nobody had ever loved me like that.

I wished with all my heart that I could love him back… it was like being with a whole family and belonging to a full set of relatives.” 

"He did all of this for love. Yet no matter how many times he proposed to her, Marilyn said no. She didn’t love him and she would not marry without love, even though saying yes would have made her a very wealthy woman… She also told Rupert Allan, “It would be ridiculous to pass myself off as Mrs. Johnny Hyde.

I’d be taken less seriously than I am now.”

Wednesday 4th October 1961 at a party at Peter Lawford’s home (brother-in-law to the Kennedy brothers) for a dinner party where Marilyn quizzed him about what he stood for. Marilyn made a spectacle of herself getting so drunk she had asked Bobby to drive her home.  According to his press secretary, Edwin O’ Guthman, Bobby insisted that Guthman join him in taking Marilyn back to her apartment where he left her to recover.

Thursday 1st February 1962 at a party celebrating the Bobby’s goodwill tour of Japan at the Lawfords’ home Marilyn decided not to drink so much.

Guthman commented on the way Marilyn and Bobby were behaving that evening. Stating that there was not “the faintest overtone of romantic interest on his side or hers.” He later stated that “I travelled with Bobby, day and night for five years and I never saw him pay attention to anyone but his wife.” Milton Ebbins, who had escorted her there, also took her home.

Rumours began spreading after this second meeting which prompted Jean, Bobby’s sister, to write to Marilyn sarcastically stating “I undertsnad you and Bobby are the hot item!”. Which later was mistakenly passed off as being a serious observation. Jean later stated that it was “ridiculous” to take it other than a joke.

Wednesday 27th June 1962 Marilyn supposedly wanted Peter and Pat Lawford as well as Bobby to view her new home. After dinner at the Lawfords’ home the attorney general’s driver took her back to Fifth Helena Drive.

Eunice Murray, Marilyn’s housekeeper, stated that “they all came to look at the house. She certainly didn’t go sneaking around with Mr Kennedy or have a love affair with him!”

Saturday 19th May 1962 Marilyn was present to perform Happy Birthday for Bobby’s brother, John. After her world famous performance, Marilyn, the Kennedy’s and other stars went to the home of Arthur B. Krim, where the only photograph of Marilyn Monroe and the two Kennedy brothers

All other dates can be dispelled and proven to be incorrect. Should there be a date which you may believe Marilyn and Robert were together, please let me know and I will look into this for you.

“No serious biographer can maintain the existence of an affair between Marilyn and the Kennedys. All we can say for sure is that the actress and the President have met 4 times, between October 1961 and August 1962, and it was during one of those meetings, that they called to a friendly relation of Marilyn from a bedroom. Shortly after, Marilyn confided this sexual relation to her close relatives, insisting about the fact that their affair ended there”.

Although they may have only met face to face 4 times (according to Spoto) Marilyn Monroe and JFK did both attend

 (11th April). They were both with their spouses throughout this event.

Keith Badman believes that they met on various occasions.He states Marilyn and Kennedy first met when Marilyn attended party held at Joe Kennedy’s home at Hyannis Port to thank Frank Sinatra for his support during the election, on 23rd and 24th September 1961 where Jaqueline Kennedy, Pat Newcomb and other guests were also present. According to the Gazette-Mail there was an unidentified guest which MAY have been Marilyn but this is by no means a confirmation. 

In addition, he states that Marilyn met the President on Sunday 19th November 1961 where a 3 hour dinner party took place with the Lawfords and close friends and family of theirs. This is possible as Marilyn did spend a lot of time with the Lawford family. 

JFK was in New York to make an address at the National Football Banquet and Hall of Fame

held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Marilyn supposedly met the President at a black tie party at the apartment of Fifi Fell. Marilyn had apparently arrived 2 hours late due to having her hair styled by Kenneth Battelle.

It is this night that is often connected to the “sex parties” which were thrown up in 1965. However, it was impossible for Marilyn and the other participants to leave the ‘invite only’ party to sneak away for an orgy. This file was created by J. Edgar Hoover whom was known to smear the reputation of those he disagrees with.

Saturday 24th March 1962  is the only possible date that Marilyn and JFK could’ve had a one night stand as it was a private gathering and it is the only one that can be documented by a reliable source. On this date, Marilyn and others including JFK had been invited to Bing Crosby’s home in Palm Springs. It as this occasion that she phoned Ralph Roberts and briefly discussed it however she only went into detail when the rumours began. She confided to him that it was the only time, and it wasn’t a big deal to either of them.

The final meeting was at the birthday gala on the 19th May 1962. As with Bobby, she was not taken home by John and spent almost the entire night with her former father-in-law Isadore Miller.

Yes, she had an affair with Yves Montand during the making of

when she was married to Arthur Miller and he was married to Simone Signoret. Although it was wrong for either of them to conduct this affair, it was short lived. Marilyn was feeling very alone and was starting to be very unhappy in her marriage.

There is supposedly a tape of Marilyn performing oral sex. Now, why would a woman who was nervous about her nude photographs allow something like this to happen. Either way, the man who paid $1.5 for it supposedly purchased it to ensure Marilyn’s privacy was kept. This video came from the son of an FBI agent. When Marilyn’s name and FBI come together, we know it’s a whole load of bull (from the angle of J. Edgar Hoover). Recently someone tried to sell the alleged Marilyn sex tape and no one bought it ;) I think that’s proof enough

It is also rumoured that Marilyn Monroe and JFK made a sex tape. This is very unlikely because of the answer above regarding the affair. Not only that but I doubt they would be so stupid. 

Nembutal and chloral hydrate were in Marilyn’s blood when she passed away and other drugs to assist with her anxiety, insomnia and lack of energy (such as Seconal).

"The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another." – Marilyn Monroe

. It is said she miscarried during the making of The Prince and the Showgirl in 1956, however there is no official record that states this other than Berniece Miracle (her half sister) stating that Marilyn had contacted her saying that her “heart is broken” and that she “will try again”. She had an

in August 1957. Marilyn then miscarried in 1958 after 3 months pregnancy.

Marilyn was told in 1959, after having an operation to correct her issues with conceiving, that she would never be able to have children.

"And the rumors of her multiple abortions are ridiculous. She never had even one. Later there were two miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy requiring emergency termination [of a pregnancy] but no abortion."

There are so many people out there who call themselves Marilyn Monroe fans but in reality they know nothing about her. They only like her beautiful face and her “Sex Symbol” status. Oh, if they would only take some time and try to learn more about her, about the REAL Marilyn. I’m sure they would be very pleasantly suprised.

Here’s a list of some famous FAKE quotes:

“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” 

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” 

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”

“A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left.”

“I’m pretty, but I’m not beautiful. I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.”

“This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you’re going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they’ll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, somg go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they’re your true best friends. Don’t let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they’ll come and go too. And babve, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can’t give up becuase if you give up, you’ll never find your soul mate. You’ll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once,

doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” 

“Give a girl the right shoes and she will conquer the world.”

“Well behaved women rarely make history.”

“If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”

“When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I’m already better than them.” 

“Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.” 

“All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.”

“Friendship is the bestiest thing that comes to life. Friends will always be there for you don’t worry about the fakes worry about the people who had your back from the start and never treated you wrong always remember they are your real friends don’t never take them as granted because one day your going to lose a good friend by the way your action’s are when you see a good friend stick to that person.”

She did not say these things, there is no source for any of these quotes and most sound nothing like her !

I’m sure Marilyn would have been very upset about these kind of false information that are spread about her because during her lifetime she always tried to be true to her fans and therefore she refused at all times to use prepared material in an interview.

How do I know that you might ask? Well, once she,

"I refuse to let articles appear in movie magazines signed ‘By Marilyn Monroe.’ I might never see that article and it might be OK’d by somebody in the studio. This is wrong, because when I was a little girl I read signed stories in fan magazines and I believed every word of them. Then I tried to model my life after the lives of the stars I read about.  If I’m going to have that kind of influence, I want to be sure it’s because of something I’ve actually said or written."

It’s seems like they “have meet” one time at a party but never spoke to each other

“Jimmy came roaring down the mountain [on his motorcycle]. He started the deadly game of circling us. I was so angry, I was ready to run him over. I kept honking at him, and he kept putting his brakes on right in front of me. He was laughing and enjoying the game…. When I got to the Chateau Marmont, I quickly drove to the underground garage. Jimmy followed. Marilyn was rigid with fear, and I was ready to punch his lights out.”

“The evening continued, but failed to improve, at an intimate post-screening get-together in Nick Ray’s bungalow at the Chateau Marmont. According to Shelley Winters, although Dean and Monroe remained in their separate corners, they “treated each other like resentful siblings… they ignored each other, and this attitude continued throughout a long night of conversation.”

Who are the people to avoid when looking at reliable sources?

Norman Mailer stated on CBS that he believed Marilyn died from accidental causes which went against his own book saying that Marilyn was murdered and also stated “I needed the money very badly.”