Behind The Candelabra: "Liberace called me his prince.. then he RUINED my life", says his ex-boyfriend
Behind The Candelabra: "Liberace called me his prince.. then he RUINED my life", says his ex-boyfriend
As film about his years with Liberace is set to be released, Scott Thorson is now in a jail cell and fearful that he is dying of cancer
Michael Douglas and Matt Damon as the lovers
It's the most talked about film of the year, thanks to stars Michael Douglas and Matt Damon sharing gay kisses as flamboyant showman Liberace and his toyboy lover.But the Sunday People can report that Liberace’s real-life ex-boyfriend Scott Thorson does not expect to be watching Behind The Candelabra – which is based on his kiss and tell book of the same title.Scott, who was seduced by the bling-loving piano player when aged just 17, is languishing in a jail cell and fears he is dying of cancer.He recalled: “Liberace adored me and called me his prince. He was a man I loved and cared deeply for. We had wonderful times. He wanted me as his son – and wanted me as his lover. The beginning was wonderful but he ruined my life.”US superstar Liberace, a favourite of the Queen and famed for having a candelabra on his white piano, was already 57 when he fell for Scott in 1976. He told the teenager he wanted to adopt him, showered him with extravagant gifts – and then bedded him. Scott became part of Liberace’s Las Vegas act – driving on-stage in a rhinestone-encrusted limo and dancing suggestively.When he admired a gold-plated Rolls-Royce, Liberace wrapped it up in a giant red bow and presented it to him for his 21st birthday.But the relationship unravelled after five years when Liberace ordered Scott to have plastic surgery to look more like him.Scott became addicted to painkillers prescribed after the botched operation and Liberace then flounced off with a series of other young male lovers.
As film about his years with Liberace is set to be released, Scott Thorson is now in a jail cell and fearful that he is dying of cancer
Michael Douglas and Matt Damon as the lovers
It's the most talked about film of the year, thanks to stars Michael Douglas and Matt Damon sharing gay kisses as flamboyant showman Liberace and his toyboy lover.But the Sunday People can report that Liberace’s real-life ex-boyfriend Scott Thorson does not expect to be watching Behind The Candelabra – which is based on his kiss and tell book of the same title.Scott, who was seduced by the bling-loving piano player when aged just 17, is languishing in a jail cell and fears he is dying of cancer.He recalled: “Liberace adored me and called me his prince. He was a man I loved and cared deeply for. We had wonderful times. He wanted me as his son – and wanted me as his lover. The beginning was wonderful but he ruined my life.”US superstar Liberace, a favourite of the Queen and famed for having a candelabra on his white piano, was already 57 when he fell for Scott in 1976. He told the teenager he wanted to adopt him, showered him with extravagant gifts – and then bedded him. Scott became part of Liberace’s Las Vegas act – driving on-stage in a rhinestone-encrusted limo and dancing suggestively.When he admired a gold-plated Rolls-Royce, Liberace wrapped it up in a giant red bow and presented it to him for his 21st birthday.But the relationship unravelled after five years when Liberace ordered Scott to have plastic surgery to look more like him.Scott became addicted to painkillers prescribed after the botched operation and Liberace then flounced off with a series of other young male lovers.