Sally Field Reveals Burt Reynolds' Infuriating Reaction To Her Oscar Nomination
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The "Norma Rae" actor said that her "Smokey and the Bandit" co-star and then-boyfriend was "not a nice guy" as she found more success.
When Sally Field was nominated for her first Academy Award, then-boyfriend Burt Reynolds was less than supportive.
Reynolds “was not happy” that his partner was up for 1980′s Best Actress award for her role in “Norma Rae” and “was not going to go” as her date to the ceremony, Field told author Dave Karger for the upcoming book “50 Oscar Nights,” per a Thursday report in People.
“He really was not a nice guy around me then,” Field said.
She also shared that when “Norma Rae” premiered at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, Reynolds didn’t want her to attend.
“He said, ‘You don’t think you’re going to win anything, do you?’” she recalled.