Liz Flynt tells how she met Larry Flynt while working as a nurse, their first date where she cooked prime rib and Yorkshire pudding, and how she eventually left her job at UCLA to be with him after he asked her to choose.
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March 1978.
Alhambra (she and her sister owned the home).
Prime rib, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, and Yorkshire pudding (succeeded on the third attempt).
She moved from full-time to part-time/per-diem and was asked in 1993 to choose between her job at UCLA and Larry; she ultimately left UCLA.
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How did you meet your husband?
So I had a friend, male nurse, that worked for Larry, and he asked me, hey, can you help me on a case one day a week? And I said, sure. But I didn't know who Larry Flint was. That was the naive part of. I didn't know Husser magazine either. And when I told my mother, she goes, I know that magazine only because my older stepbrother had a few in his car when he would come home from college. She saw her first Hustler in the early 80s.
And then. Yeah. So I met him, and. Very nice man. I never saw a Hustler magazine in his home, though. Yeah. Very world.
What were you. So were you just helping with his health or what were you doing for him?
Yeah, he would have nurses. Yeah. And he lived by himself with a cook and assistants. Yeah.
And so then how does it evolve? How. How does.
Well, I worked for him for a year, and then he asked me out, and I said no.
Why'd you say no?
I said, no because I wasn't interested. Yeah. And then he kept saying, well, why don't we go out to dinner? And I said, no. And then I finally said, well, if you want to go out to dinner, then come to my home, have dinner at my home, and meet my family. So my mother, my stepfather, my sister, my niece and a friend. And I cooked.
That was your first date. Do you remember what you cooked?
Yes, I do.
What was it?
I cooked a prime rib, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, and three attempts to Yorkshire pudding. And the third time it worked, they came out.
That's quite a spread.
That's hard to make. I tell everyone, don't think you can, you know. So the third time, it worked.
So he. He comes over and. What did your family think of him?
He came. So I lived in Alhambra because I. My sister and I owned the home that I was living in. And he comes over in a Rolls Royce. And it was funny because I lived on a quiet street and there was people looking.
So he brought roses for my mother, my sister and myself, and a bottle of wine. And he was the perfect gentleman. He is a very nice guest, and he told jokes, had a good sense of humor, and everyone liked him. And he didn't overstay his welcome. Oh, he left after dessert.
That's great. And so is there a second date?
Yes. Then we went to the Palm. Remember the Palm restaurant on Santa Monica? Oh, yeah. And it moved to Beverly Hills. And clothes. Yeah. And he took me because he wanted to show me that he was on the wall.
Did that impress you?
I thought that was interesting. I met the mater d at the time. His name was Gigi. And he said, he told me, he said, liz, he said, I knew Larry.
When Larry was walking. So. So my husband was coming to Los Angeles quite frequently because headquarters was in Columbus, Ohio. And then in the late 70s, Larry wanted to move the company to Los Angeles. And. But he was shot in March of 1978. So yeah, it was interesting. So the picture that was on the wall at the time was when he was 34, 35.
So how does he get you to.
Fall for just dinners perfect gentleman flowers? But he was a very interesting man. He had an impeccable vocabulary and just very worldly and just a gentleman.
Very smart, right? Yeah, Very, very intellectual.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Was there a moment that you, like, decided you were going to let this.
It went on for another year and then in 93, because I went from full time at UCLA to part time to per diem to one day a week, one day a month. I'm sorry. And then my boss called me in her office one morning and said, liz, sit down. And then I was trying to think, what does she want to tell me? And she said, liz, we're always having to adjust the schedule around you. So you're going to have to decide where your loyalty is. Is it going to be Larry Flint or ucla? And I teared up. Wow. I've never been forced to make a decision, my career or somebody else. That was very. That was overwhelming for me. So then I told her I needed to think about it.
I didn't want to make a decision right there.
So who did you talk to about it?
So I talked to Larry. I called him up when I got home and then I told him, I said my boss had a discussion with me and I said she wanted me to decide who are my loyalty. Was it going to be you or ucla? And he says, you don't need to work, Liz. I'll take care of you. So then I. I called in sick that day and then I went over to his house. Let's talk.
And I just told him because by that time I was traveling with him. He said, you don't need to work, Liz, I'll take care of you. And I said, but I have a home, I have a car, I have this. He says, don't worry. He was just a really neat guy. And I could see in the twinkle in his green eyes that there was love there. And he was man of his word. And he kept it.
