Carrie Fisher lost her virginity to childhood pal Griffin Dunne and remained friends until her death at age 60: ‘We had a few practice sessions’
The late Carrie Fisher considered her virginity a “burden,” so she asked her childhood friend Griffin Dunne to deflower her when they were teenagers in London in the early 1970s.
“I was doing her a favor,” the 68-year-old This Is Us alum recalled Page six on Saturday.
“She had a boyfriend and she didn’t want him to know she was a virgin, and she trusted me and gave me credit.”
But it wasn’t clinical for Carrie and Griffin — who later shared an apartment at the Hotel Des Artistes in Manhattan — when he said, “No, we were looking forward to it.” We had a number of practice sessions. Look at her, she was beautiful! I couldn’t have been more lucky. (I wasn’t) a Casanova, but I had a bit more experience.’
Dunne remained friends with Fisher until her death, at age 60, in 2016 from sleep apnea (and cocaine in her system) thanks to their “core group of friends” who keep in touch via group chat.
The late Carrie Fisher (right, pictured in 1975) considered her virginity a “burden,” so she asked her childhood friend Griffin Dunne (left) to deflower her when they were teenagers in London in the early 1970s.
The 68-year-old This Is Us alumnus (pictured March 12) recalled on Page Six on Saturday: “I was doing her a favor. She had a boyfriend and she didn’t want him to know she was a virgin and she trusted me and gave me credit.”
“(We share) an irreverent dirty story (about her) or the funniest, most unpublishable things you can imagine,” the Emmy-nominated actor served up.
The Star Wars icon and NY Times bestseller was married to 12-time Grammy winner Paul Simon from 1977 to 1983, and she is survived by her daughter Billie Lourd with CAA co-chairman Bryan Lourd.
Griffin (née Thomas) wrote about Carrie and the time Sean Connery saved him from drowning at age 9 and other remarkable stories in his 400-page memoir The Friday Afternoon Club, hitting shelves June 11.
At the age of 13, Dunne’s mother brought him to his famous aunt Joan Didion’s house in Los Angeles for a party celebrating Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, which was attended by Janis Joplin.
“Janis arrived so late that Mom took me home before I could meet her. I’m just now getting over it,” said the Oscar-nominated producer regretted.
Griffin later produced and directed the late author’s critically acclaimed 2017 Netflix documentary, Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold.
The $39.99 “family story” also details the gruesome murder and subsequent trial of Dunne’s 22-year-old sister Dominique, which marked the beginning of their father Dominick Dunne’s career as a crime reporter for Vanity Fair.
The Independent Spirit Award winner begins his book tour on June 12 at the Rare Book Room at The Strand in his native New York City, followed by a reading on June 15 at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY.
But it wasn’t clinical for Carrie and Griffin — who later shared an apartment at the Hotel Des Artistes in Manhattan — when he said, “No, we were looking forward to it.” We had a number of practice sessions. Look at her, she was beautiful! I couldn’t have been more lucky. (I was) hardly Casanova, but I had a little more experience’ (pictured in 1977)
Dunne remained buddies with Fisher until her death, at age 60, in 2016 from sleep apnea (and cocaine in her system) thanks to their “core group of friends” who kept in touch via group chat (pictured in 1989)
The Star Wars icon and NY Times bestseller was married to 12-time Grammy winner Paul Simon from 1977 to 1983, and she is survived by her daughter Billie Lourd (R, photo in 2022) with CAA co-chair Bryan Lourd (L)
The Emmy-nominated actor wrote about Carrie and the time Sean Connery saved him from drowning at age 9 and other remarkable stories in his 400-page memoir The Friday Afternoon Club, hitting shelves June 11.
At age 13, Griffin’s mother (R) brought him to his famous aunt Joan Didion’s house in Los Angeles for a party celebrating Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, which was attended by Janis Joplin
Dunne later produced and directed the late author’s (R, pictured in 2014) critically acclaimed 2017 Netflix documentary, Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
The $39.99 ‘family story’ also details the gruesome murder and subsequent trial of the Independent Spirit Award winner’s 22-year-old sister Dominique (L, pictured in 1981 on the set of Poltergeist), who marked the beginning of the murder of their father Dominick Dunne. career as a crime reporter for Vanity Fair
Griffin – who directed Addicted to Love and Practical Magic – is best known for his roles in An American Werewolf in London (pictured), After Hours, Who’s That Girl and My Girl
Dunne currently guest stars as Bruce Turner, editor of The New York Sentinel, in Amy Chozick and Julie Plec’s 10-part political drama The Girls on the Bus, airing Thursdays on Max.
Griffin – who directed Addicted to Love and Practical Magic – is best known for his roles in An American Werewolf in London, After Hours, Who’s That Girl and My Girl.
The Billions guest star currently stars as Bruce Turner, editor of The New York Sentinel, in Amy Chozick and Julie Plec’s 10-episode political drama The Girls on the Bus, airing Thursdays on Max.
The judged bleakly feminist show – based on Chozick’s 2018 memoir Chasing Hillary – also starring Melissa Benoist, Carla Gugino, Scott Foley, Mark Consuelos and Joanna Gleason.
Griffin fathered 34-year-old daughter Hannah Dunne — with whom he co-starred in Junction — from his six-year marriage to ex-wife #2 Carey Lowell, which ended in 1995.
Dunne married his third wife, Australian stylist Anna Bingemann, in 2009, and his first marriage to Kate Forte was annulled in 1974.