Things like that have been absolutely haunting me forever. Until the detectives came up with what they had found, until I was privileged to read the coroner's report, and read the old police report and find things like RJ was spoken with after the accident for exactly six minutes - the detectives had to put in the time they began talking to him and then they had to put in the time it ended, and when it was Christopher Walken's turn: six minutes. And it was my feeble hope that perhaps, it was true that it was an accident. If I was overly vehement and pointing a finger back then, I was doing nothing but hurting the kids. But RJ was the only parent they had left. If there isn't, that's the way it's been for quite some time now. It was hope, that was all.ĭoes that mean you don't think there's any hope left to perhaps rekindle those relationships with Natalie's daughters? So, I just felt it was selfish, I felt it was best to keep my mouth shut, and perhaps I could see them, perhaps I could talk to them. I chose not to say anything because there again, I was so worried about the kids and where they were and what they were thinking and how they were coping, and yet I had no contact whatsoever. Did his odd behavior toward you influence your eventual belief that he was responsible for your sister's death? Moving on to Robert Wagner, you detail the way RJ treated you in the aftermath of Natalie's death from allegedly "blacklisting" you from the entertainment industry, to refusing to provide you details about Natalie's final night. I just accepted things at face value because that's the way it was. Was my mother overly concerned with Natalie and stardom? Absolutely. I'm not oblivious to how anybody is, myself included. There again, it was the truth and it's something that I had to write about. During the writing process was it difficult at all to reconcile some of the more challenging memories of your mother with your obvious love for her? Your mother's response to the Kirk Douglas incident is not necessarily how one might expect a mother to react in such a situation, yet it's clear in the book that you have a deep love for her.
John Springer Collection / Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images If I have a chance to help Natalie at all, I have to do it now.Įditor's note: Representatives for Natasha Gregson Wagner and Courtney Wagner did not respond to Insider's request for comment.
She was not a witness to anything, and she didn't have long chats with her mom when she was a little kid, so that upset me. Think about it: She was very young when Natalie died, so all these memories.these are stories that were all told to her by someone. It's very sweet - well, actually, it wasn't very sweet - it was nice that Natasha (Natalie's eldest daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner) wanted to do a special about Natalie (the 2020 HBO documentary "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind"), but all Natasha knows is what RJ (Robert Wagner) has told her. I wanted to include what the detectives found, what they said on their report, what the new coroner found, what he says on his report what an eyewitness says, what an ear-witness says, and my knowledge of Natalie. They were saying "well, maybe this happened," or "maybe this happened." No, it didn't. Nobody was just writing down the facts of the night she died. There was just a lot out there that was driving me nuts, and suddenly it dawned on me that, instead of just saying "oh that's nonsense," I needed to have Natalie's back.
There had been so much said about Natalie, some things blatantly untrue and mean a lot of fabrications, a lot of supposition.
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