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ย Elvira is coming out.
via People:
Peterson
released her first memoir on Tuesday, and in it, she discusses her
19-year relationship with another woman named Teresa โTโ Wierson, who
started off as her gym trainer.
Titled Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs
of the Mistress of the Dark, the book recounts how Peterson, now 70,
first noticed a โdark and broodingโ trainer years ago at Goldโs Gym in
Hollywood โ someone she thought was male.
โOften,
when I was doing my preworkout warm-up on the treadmill, I couldnโt
help noticing one particular trainer โ tan, tattooed, and muscular โ
stalking across the gym floor, knit cap pulled so low over his long
brown hair that it nearly covered his eyes,โ she wrote.
โA typical sexy bad boy, he was
unaware he was so charismatic that heโd garnered his own unofficial fan
club. Watching him from the safety of my treadmill made my heart beat
faster and the time pass much more quickly.โย
Soon, however, the Elviraโs Movie
Macabre hostess discovered that the charismatic trainer was indeed a
woman after running into her in the ladiesโ room. From there, she said a
friendship began.
โA
former body-builder, track runner, and cyclist, she was an incredibly
sweet person, despite her tough exterior,โ Peterson wrote of Wierson.
โShe had the ability to make something even as mundane as working out
fun, and we trained together three times a week for the next six years,
striking up a close friendship along the way.โ
Years later, however, things evolved when Wierson showed up on Petersonโs doorstep during a tough time and ended up moving in.
After Peterson divorced her husband
Mark Pierson and embarked on raising their daughter Sadie on her own,
she found that โinstead of being a burden, having [Teresa] around was a
huge relief.โ
โEvenings
were spent with all of us laughing, cooking, singing, and dancing
around the kitchen while she helped me prep dinner,โ Peterson added,
going on to detail how they took their relationship to the next level.
โโฆAfter coming home from a movie, I
told her goodnight and suddenly felt compelled to kiss her โ on the
mouth. As shocked as she was, I think I was even more surprised,โ
Peterson recalled.
โWhat the hell was I doing? Iโd never
been interested in women as anything other than friends. I felt so
confused. This just wasnโt me! I was stunned that Iโd been friends with
her for so many years and never noticed our chemistry. How could I have
missed it? Was it the male energy she exuded that attracted me? Her
intense green eyes? Or just my own loneliness?โ
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