Rita Moreno i) in her Memoirs ii) interview with Dr. Jon LaPook CBS this morning July 20, 2021 Note: Not a single photo of Elvis and Rita has ever been found, which points to her having told Brando about her affair with Elvis, which had indeed taken 2 years before, as if it was happening then and to make matters worse, on the day Brando told her he had just met Presley at the Paramount Commissary, and had found him very congenial....

i) My delight in dating Elvis hinged entirely on one fact. I knew that no one could possibly make Marlon Brando more jealous. I wanted to get even, Brando had done me wrong, so I went from one kind of king to another. I dated Elvis, who was absolutely gorgeous and had a perfect kind of face, but he was not interesting to me. When Brando saw a photo of us two, in the papers, he was furious, he threw chairs, It was wonderful. ii) When he took the polio vaccine, he was wonderful, a fabulous and important advocacy which should continue to work with today's celebrities vis a vis the COVID 19 pandemia.

— Rita Moreno

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "i) My delight in dating Elvis hinged entirely on one fact. I knew that no one could possibly make Marlon Brando more jealous. I wanted to get even, Brando had done me wrong, so I went from one kind of king to another. I dated Elvis, who was absolutely gorgeous and had a perfect kind of face, but he was not interesting to me. When Brando saw a photo of us two, in the papers, he was furious, he threw chairs, It was wonderful. ii) When he took the polio vaccine, he was wonderful, a fabulous and important advocacy which should continue to work with today's celebrities vis a vis the COVID 19 pandemia." in the context of "Rita Moreno i) in her Memoirs ii) interview with Dr. Jon LaPook CBS this morning July 20, 2021 Note: Not a single photo of Elvis and Rita has ever been found, which points to her having told Brando about her affair with Elvis, which had indeed taken 2 years before, as if it was happening then and to make matters worse, on the day Brando told her he had just met Presley at the Paramount Commissary, and had found him very congenial...." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (8 January 1935 – 16 August 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. Popularly known by his first name as "Elvis," as "The King of Rock and Roll" or simply as "The King," he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.