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What Liza Minnelli was like in her relationships

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Friends described Liza Minnelli as going into her relationships with fervor and passion, even if they were only for a short period of time. “She throws herself into the relationship with the same passion that she throws herself into a song. But then just like in a song, you then go on to the next song.”

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(uptempo music) - She loses all of her bearings and all of her judgment.

This person, this is great.

This is gonna be great.

This is it.

(uptempo music continues) She gets very into people very quickly, so she's had some really unique relationships, lasting a short period of time.

She throws herself into the relationship with the same passion that she throws herself into a song.

But then just like in a song, you then go on to the next song.

- My engagement to Desi Arnaz has... Well, the relationship has been deteriorating for some time.

There is no more engagement, that's all called off.

I also met a man called Peter Sellers and fell in love with him, and I'm very pleased to say that he fell in love with me too.

(laughs) - If and when you do get married, you'll be the fourth Mrs. Peter Sellers.

Does this thought bother you at all?

- Oh, no.

Four is my lucky number, my dear.

- Liza has acknowledged that she didn't always make the greatest decisions in relationships and laughs about it because there was genuine love, deep love, in every one of those relationships in different ways.

(camera clicking) - And she said, "I wanna take a picture just for us."

I said, "Okay, sure," so I got off my shirt, she took out her blouse and we took the the shot.

What the photo is saying is exactly what was in my mind.

"I got you."

Then next thing I know, it was in Newsweek.

Next thing I know, it's all over the world.

(laughs) I'm sure a lot of society was shocked, but it never entered our bubble.

It was two people sharing a moment in time.

We didn't stop to say, "Well, what does that white guy think about it?"

Or, "What's that Black guy going to think about it?"

We didn't care.

It was in our world.

- [Interviewer] So we recently found a home movie clip of you and Liza from that time.

- No, you didn't.

(indistinct) (projector whirring) Wow.

Wow.

(projector whirring) Excuse me.

I guess you'd call it love.

I love Liza.