Although he planned to continue living this way, John found love again and the public was upset as Joan was in fact Hattie’s close friend.
Therefore, labelling her a homewrecker, when in fact it was Hattie who cheated on the actor, however, this wasn’t public knowledge as John took all the blame.
Joan continued: “I took the blame for Hattie’s marriage, I had taken John away from his family.
“But it was not true I was very good friends with her but I didn’t take him away from her it was the other way around,” the 90-year-old concluded.
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source: express.co.uk