Raquel Welch once threatened father with fire poker during explosive argument: doc

Raquel Welch once came face-to-face with who her ex-husband called “a very violent man” – her father.The Hollywood sex symbol, who passed away in 2023 at age 82, is the subject of a new CW documentary, “I Am Raquel Welch,” which explores her life and legacy.It features candid sit-downs with friends, co-stars and film experts, among others.The documentary describes the actress and coveted pinup as a single mother of two who was living in between checks when she arrived in Hollywood.But she was also escaping a complicated relationship with her father, Carlos Armando Tejada.Luis I.

Reyes, author of “Viva Hollywood,” detailed how an altercation between father and daughter forever impacted their relationship.“When she was 16 years old, something happened at the dinner table,” Reyes explained.“Her father wasn’t happy.

And he took a glass of milk and threw it in the face of Raquel’s mom.And Raquel could not believe it – that he would humiliate her mother like that in front of everyone.”“Raquel stood up to him,” Reyes shared.

“There was a fireplace, and she took a poker, and she threatened her father with the poker.Because she stood up to him, he never did that again.

That was a defining moment for her.”In an audio clip, Welch is heard saying, “I threatened his life, and he backed down.He backed away.”Welch’s ex-husband, Richie Palmer, said he had heard stories “about the poker” as he teared up.“He used a poker on her, too,” said Palmer.

“Plain and simple – domestic violence.Nobody should have to go through that.

It scarred her.”“I’m going to walk softly on this,” Palmer said slowly.“She loved him, admired, respected, feared [this] terribly violent man.”The “One Million Years B.C.” icon previously reflected on the incident in her 2010 memoir, “Beyond the Cleavage.”“Every time Dad lashed out at my mother, I flinched — it might as well have been me!” Welch wrote, as quoted in an ex...