He would tell her, 'Your teeth aren't right. "She said, 'That's what I've been told, if I want to be considered as a leading lady, I needed to lose a lot of weight.'"Īccording to Hammel, Monjack also "encouraged her to become addicted to plastic surgery. Kathy Najimy, who became close with the actress after co-starring on King of the Hill, recalled asking Murphy if she was okay, concerned over her "diminishing" appearance.
Afterward, he continued, she then "lost an inordinate amount of weight and she was dressing totally differently." They rarely left the house."Įarly in her career, Murphy was devastated when she lost a part after being told "she was cute, but she wasn't f-kable," Murphy's first talent agent Chris Snyder claimed. Simon and Brittany would stay up late nights and take downers and then chug coffee and take uppers to come back up. Simon had the landlines disconnected, so the only way you could reach Sharon or Brittany was through Simon. "She became increasingly insecure about her appearance, increasingly paranoid about people being out to get her. They did these really weird photoshoots in the middle of the night where he would dress her like a doll," Hammel said. "Simon and Brittany were basically locked up in that house. Sara Hammel, a journalist who worked for People magazine at the time, provided details of what she learned about the final months of Murphy's life. And every time there was a break, she would leave and go be in the car with him.
He made sure no one could get to her."Īccording to Najimy, Monjack "was making all of her decisions, he was clearly getting her money. "One day her numbers were changed, no one knew where to find her," Murphy's longtime friend Lisa Rieffel said. "I think Sharon was for the marriage…we were all scared and freaked out, like, who was this guy and what was happening?"Īfter the pair wed in a quiet 2007 ceremony, they became reclusive, according to those close to her, rarely leaving their home, here Murphy's mother Sharon was also living. "She wanted to marry him and I said, 'Honey, it's not been long enough,'" pal Kathy Najimy recalled, revealing only her mother was supportive of the whirlwind romance. Speculated Heckerling, "She must have been searching for something."Īnd as soon as Murphy met Monjack, their relationship became very serious and they were inseparable. HBO Brittany and Simon's Reclusive Relationshipīefore meeting Simon Monjack, then, a writer and director, in 2006, Brittany Murphy endured multiple "situations that left her heartbroken," Clueless director Amy Heckerling said, including a public breakup with her Just Married co-star Ashton Kutcher and two broken engagements.
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