Clint Eastwood Dated Sondra Locke during Her 13-Year Marriage to Gay Man & Later Became Enemies
Although Sondra Locke and Clint Eastwood were together for over ten years, he never wanted a family with her and urged her to make radical decisions about her unplanned pregnancies.
WOMANIZER REPUTATION
Eastwood started earning the reputation of a seducer in the ’50s when he was still married to swimsuit model Maggie Johnson. Before making it big in the entertainment industry, he used to rely on Johnson’s money to get by.
Still, he would frequently cheat on his wife with different women on and off movie sets. She knew about the affairs but stayed silent. According to Eastwood’s high school friend and business associate, he would also physically harm Johnson.
Portrait of Clint Eastwood in March 1959 in Hollywood, California | Photo: Getty Images
Karen Sharpe, who worked with Eastwood in “Rawhide,” revealed that one of his “girlfriends” would visit him at lunch every day they filmed.
Apart from that, the actor also had an affair with Jane Brolin. She supposedly got pregnant, and Eastwood talked her into going to Mexico to get an abortion as their affair would damage his career and marriage if it was ever discovered.
The former couple finally divorced in 1984. By the time, Eastwood had already been in a relationship with Locke, an actress and filmmaker 20 years hir junior, for nine years.
Sondra Locke on June 22, 2005 in West Hollywood, California | Photo: Getty Images
MEETING LOCKE
Eastwood and Locke met while working together on the 1976 movie “The Outlaw Josey Wales.” She later confessed that they fell in love at first sight even though they were both married.
Her marriage was more of a façade as her husband was Gordon Anderson, a gay man. It has also been reported that Eastwood himself chose Locke to be his love interest in the movie.
Eastwood changed the locks of the Bel Air house he had previously gifted Locke.
The following year, Eastwood and Locke worked together again in “The Gauntlet.” He had no intent in hiding their relationship from his wife or the media as they were frequently spotted together at parties and with his children.
Manes said that Eastwood was completely in love with Locke for the first four years of their relationship. However, he never showed any interest in starting a family with her and even cheated on her.
Things complicated in 1978 when Locke got pregnant. Given that he was still married to Johnson, Eastwood told his mistress that the time was not right for them to have children and persuaded her to terminate the pregnancy.
Just like what Brolin did, Locke agreed and got an abortion. The...
