Marcus Parks

She never watched nor listened to any of his shows, and she never congratulated him for anything he did.

Yeah.

And from what I can tell, the Duchess still believed until the day she died that her son, like her husband, made all of his money on the Leeds black market.

And she was always waiting for the police to come arrest her son for theft because Jimmy Savile was making a lot of fucking money.

But even though the Duchess was domineering, denigrating, and rejecting, Savile was still embarrassingly devoted to her.

Jimmy would get up every Sunday morning and take his mother to mass, kissing her hand in deference and draping his arm around her like she was more girlfriend than mother.

As record executive Tony Calder put it, it was obvious that Savile could not have a serious relationship with any woman but his mother while she was still alive.

But in the end, Jimmy's plan worked.

He developed a reputation as a man who loved his mother.

A good man.

And his close relationship with the Duchess certainly helped stave off any rumors that cropped up regarding Jimmy's sexual crimes.

Sure, even though Barry Manilow got his start playing gay bathhouses in New York with Bette Midler.

Eddie, calm down.

Eddie, calm down.

Unfortunately.

Ed, go outside, listen to the Divine Miss M, then come back and we'll talk.

Yeah.

And people believe what they want to believe.

You know, your mother believed that Barry Manilow was straight because she had a crush on Barry Manilow.

And she wanted to think that maybe one day she could be with Barry Manilow.