He was the only decent man she married. He continued to love her and look out for her. He never did a tell all book either. He was a true gentleman.
There are stories that he was insanely jealous of her and beat her.
It’s interesting to note how devastated she was after her divorce was granted and they auctioned off her wedding band from their marriage a few yrs. back so she held onto it and there was talk of remarriage for them at the end, but we’ll never know as Joe never talked, but I think that was her strongest tie to a man for a girl who struggled in her life.
.
I’m sure Dimaggio was a decent enough man and that he loved Marilyn- or at least was wildly infatuated with her, but he was insanely jealous of her.
The real trouble started before the famous skirt blowing scenes, when during the honeymoon overseas, Marilyn accepted a request to entertain U.S troops in Korea.
Joe was reportedly insanely jealous over this and beat her, breaking her thumb.
He should have known what her life was like, that she was not going to give it up, and not gotten himself involved with her.
.
“He was the only decent man she married.”
You do realize that it is documented that Joe DiMaggio was physically and mentally abusive to Marylin and that is why she left him.
Marylin is even quoted at the time stating, “Joe never beat me without a good reason.”
Sportswriter Stacy Edwards says: ‘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.
Gentlemen do not hit their wives.
I was surprised to read that he beat her and Googled it to find proof it didn’t happen, but it appears it did.
in her own words, “Joe never beat me without a good reason.”