KISS ME LIKE A STRANGER by Gene Wilder

(Gene) Wilder says, "She (Gilda Radner) was a pest, a brat, narcissistic, insecure; she wanted everyone on earth to love her.

"After concluding that I loved her and couldn't live with her, when we said goodbye I breathed a sigh of relief. I got to my home I said, 'Isn't this nice, that little pest isn't dragging me down any more.'

"I stood like a zombie for a minute and I dropped to my knees and I started pounding the carpet on the floor... because I had to have her back. I needed a fix and the fix was her."

Wilder reveals the toughest thing about living with his ex was accepting her drinking problems and bulimia, which cost her her teeth.

He recalls, "Shortly after eating she would go in and get rid of it. She said, 'All I ask is that you don't monitor me.'

"When you throw up continuously, the acid starts to wear your teeth down.

"She also had a little flask. I said, 'What's in this? What are you drinking?' She said it's Tab and vodka. I said, 'But it's a quarter to eight in the morning.' (She said) 'It's to calm my nerves my little bit.'"

Wilder Reveals The Truth About Gilda In New Tell-All / contactmusic.com

KISS ME LIKE A STRANGER by Gene Wilder