topic Re: Burt Reynolds in Community Chat

Burt Reynolds

Charming1 — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:06:29 GMT

He apparently is having financial difficulties and will be auctioning off some of his items.

Story is at Yahoo News.

I hope he gets back on his feet soon.

Re: Burt Reynolds

shesallthat — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:12:58 GMT

the story i read a few days ago made a point to say it was not because of financial troubles but that he had amassed so much and was finding that at his age it was becoming more difficult to keep up/deal with all the items.

Re: Burt Reynolds

Puzzle Piece — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:27:54 GMT

Wonder if he will auction off some of his toupees and wigs.

Re: Burt Reynolds

BellaPaprika — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:29:43 GMT

In the past he filed bankruptcy and in 2011 had a foreclosure on some property he owned. They said he's even auctioning off his Golden Globe statue. Sad.

Re: Burt Reynolds

June Lands — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 21:01:16 GMT

Wonder what happened? They always blame it on their accountants.....usually they live beyond their means in reality.....or they have a gambling addiction.

Re: Burt Reynolds

spindlegirl — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 21:03:29 GMT

On 11/28/2014 shesallthat said:
the story i read a few days ago made a point to say it was not because of financial troubles but that he had amassed so much and was finding that at his age it was becoming more difficult to keep up/deal with all the items.

I've read conflicting reports on the reason for the auction too.

Re: Burt Reynolds

viva923 — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 21:10:06 GMT

I thought quite a few years ago, he was in same problem. he must sell items to get cash into his house when his coffers get low.

acting jobs are probably far and few between , he is up there in years.

when smokey and bandit movies left the movie circuit, he pretty much left the circuit too.

Re: Burt Reynolds

RainCityGirl — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 21:50:49 GMT

You know, most of us who don't live an opulent life style with money flowing from the faucets, plan ahead if possible with TSA's, mutual funds, and whatever investments we can possibly afford. You mean, he thought the lifestyle would go on forever with no attention to the future? It always amazes me how many celebs, pro athletes, etc. end up bankrupt as they live the high life while the rest of us just plod on trying to assure our retirement futures. It's not that I don't like Burt Reynolds, but come on, I just can't muster up a lot of sympathy when I survived on a teacher's salary, own my home, and STILL managed to plan for my financial future.

Re: Burt Reynolds

Burnsite — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 23:32:24 GMT

The last time he had financial woes he had had a long and serious mysterious illness. It was rumored to be AIDS but as I recall that rumour was false--he was just really sick for several years. (I was moonlighting as an entertainment journalist back then--there were lots of rumors, but it turned out to be something like chronic fatique syndrome or Lyme disease, I think--a debilitating but hard to diagnose illness.

He did a lot of good for Martin county in FL, where he is from--very generous in supporting charities there. So some of his money went to his community.

Re: Burt Reynolds

granddi — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 00:29:35 GMT

Many many years ago, we were stuck in traffic in Las Vegas. In chatting with the cab driver, we said " I guess you see a lot of celebrities?" He said the rudest ever was Burt Reynolds.

Re: Burt Reynolds

SharkE — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 00:57:30 GMT

Really, wow !

Re: Burt Reynolds

Abby1967 — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 01:50:17 GMT

I read today he is 78 yrs old. He'll always be "Bandit" from Smokey Bear and the Bandit to me, he was soooo handsome in that movie.

Re: Burt Reynolds

FaLana — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 02:03:23 GMT

On 11/28/2014 RainCityGirl said:
You know, most of us who don't live an opulent life style with money flowing from the faucets, plan ahead if possible with TSA's, mutual funds, and whatever investments we can possibly afford. You mean, he thought the lifestyle would go on forever with no attention to the future? It always amazes me how many celebs, pro athletes, etc. end up bankrupt as they live the high life while the rest of us just plod on trying to assure our retirement futures. It's not that I don't like Burt Reynolds, but come on, I just can't muster up a lot of sympathy when I survived on a teacher's salary, own my home, and STILL managed to plan for my financial future.

Absolutely! ITA

Re: Burt Reynolds

YorkieonmyPillow — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 02:36:40 GMT

I don't care for Burt Reynolds.

He has been physically abusive to his wives and girlfriends, among them Judy Carne and Loni Anderson.

However, I know he is sick so I do wish him well.

Re: Burt Reynolds

Shelbelle — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 21:18:29 GMT

Remember his long time relationship with Sally Field.

Re: Burt Reynolds

millieshops — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:41:27 GMT

No idea about lots of Burt, but I do know the museum of his memorabilia was razed a few years back. It was part of a huge plot that now is stacked with a huge, sort of ugly mess of restaurants, condos, stores, offices, etc.

So, without the museum, maybe there's just no place in his home, which is still for sale, for so many items. Hopefully for him, they'll see faster than his house.

By the way, he got caught in the whole Florida mess - thousands of Floridians from celebs like Reynolds to cops and teachers and carpenters and whoever lost big time once real estate tanked in 2008. Penty pof very careful savers found their houses that they'd paid what looked like a bargain $100,00 for were suddenly worth maybe $30,009 or even just $3,000.

Plenty of my neighbors here couldn't sell at any price, and even now that prices have rebounded somewhat, I think maybe a fourth of the owners here are behind on either mortgage payments or HOA fees or both. Burt would seem to be better off!

Re: Burt Reynolds

sunala — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:53:28 GMT

On 11/28/2014 YorkieonmyPillow said:
I don't care for Burt Reynolds.

He has been physically abusive to his wives and girlfriends, among them Judy Carne and Loni Anderson.

However, I know he is sick so I do wish him well.

I wonder how you know all this information about him. It very well may be true but how can we really know unless we know him personally?

Re: Burt Reynolds

YorkieonmyPillow — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 00:08:28 GMT

It's been published and spoken about in interviews. One example:

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Life-After-Burt-Reynolds-Loni-Anderson-says-he-3020185.php

Re: Burt Reynolds

YorkieonmyPillow — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 00:18:44 GMT

"An early first marriage to actress Judy Carne ended bitterly in 1966 after three years; in a 1985 autobiography she alleged that he beat her."

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20110708,00.html

Re: Burt Reynolds

sunala — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 04:08:01 GMT

On 11/29/2014 YorkieonmyPillow said:
"An early first marriage to actress Judy Carne ended bitterly in 1966 after three years; in a 1985 autobiography she alleged that he beat her."

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20110708,00.html

I just read every word of this article. What a waste of time. It didn't say anything I didn't already know, and nowhere did it say that he beat his wives. Judy Carne alleged that he beat her. That's her word, in her book. I'm not saying he didn't but this article is pure drivel.