article_snippet.sent: People sent me gifts that I had to return,' Liz Smith says. '
article_snippet.sent: Ultimately, the talk show host decided against making Liz Smith sexuality public at that time.
article_snippet.sent: Broadway legend Elaine Stritch (right)
article_snippet.sent: Liz Smith reveals that Stritch, who passed away in 2013, was just as chaste as Elizabeth Taylor has always claimed to be in Elizabeth Taylor younger years.
article_snippet.sent: In fact, when Elaine Stritch was with Marlon Brando, Liz Smith told Liz Smith: 'Liz, Elaine just keeps letting me kiss Liz but Liz won't go any further.'
article_snippet.sent: Liz Smith then relayed this message to Liz friend, adding of men: 'men aren't satisfied with just kissing.
article_snippet.sent: Which was an odd thing to hear from someone just starting a career in show business,' says Liz Smith.
article_snippet.sent: And while that is all well and good, Liz Smith is still a little steamed from what Liz Smith perceives as one very major slight. '
article_snippet.sent: I was never asked to be a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,' Liz Smith says. '
article_snippet.sent: The current crop of Hollywood stars are also of little interest to Liz Smith, save Taylor Swift.
article_snippet.sent: Yeah, but a million goes quicker than you think,' says Liz Smith.