How Desi Arnaz Ruined His Marriage (To Lucille Ball)

I Love Lucy was one of the most groundbreaking TV sitcoms to ever hit the airwaves. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz played the series leads, Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Even though I Love Lucy never failed to make the TV audience laugh, it was a matter of public knowledge that the show's stars didn't have a very happy marriage or life off-camera.

▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Desi And Lucille Were Already Separated When The Show Started
01:16 - Lucy Fought For Desi To Be On The Show
02:42 - Having Kids Curbed Some Of Desi's Philandering Behavior For A Time
03:15 - They Slept In Separate Bedrooms
03:43 - They Tried Their Best To Not Fight Out In Public
04:05 - Desi And Lucille Tried To Divorce Multiple Times
04:38 - Ball Was The One To Suggest That They Separate
05:51 - Lucille And Desi Stayed In Touch After Divorcing
06:14 - Desi Married Lucille's Doppelganger But His Alcoholism Worsened Over Time
07:00 - Desi and Lucille Were Still In Love Right Up To The End
07:15 - Outro

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Desi and Lucille's union produced two beautiful children, as well as countless hours of iconic television. They helped usher in a new era of syndicated broadcasting and the production company that they founded, Desilu Pictures, would help launch such iconic series as Mission: Impossible, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and Star Trek.

Even though their two-decade-long marriage was full of hardship and turmoil, Ball and Arnaz had a love and mutual respect for each other that remained between them until death. But not beat around the bush, watch this video to learn some of the reasons why their marriage inevitably failed.

How Desi Arnaz Ruined His Marriage (To Lucille Ball)