Rita Moreno dated Elvis Presley after catching Marlon Brando cheating

Rita Moreno dated Elvis Presley after catching then-beau Marlon Brando cheating on her: ‘It was wonderful’

Rita Moreno, appearing on The View Wednesday, opened up about how she briefly dated Elvis Presley while in a tumultuous relationship with Marlon Brando.

The show’s Joy Behar, 79, asked the legendary actress and EGOT winner, 89, about her eight-year, on-and-off relationship with the late star of The Godfather, which was plagued by his acts of infidelity.

‘I hear that you used another famous person to make him jealous – let’s hear this story,’ Behar said.

The latest: Rita Moreno, 89, appearing on The View Wednesday, opened up about how she briefly dated Elvis Presley while in a tumultuous relationship with Marlon Brando

Moreno recalled, ‘I found lingerie in his house, and of course I was heartbroken and I went home in tears – really, I was naïve – and the very next day, and I was angry too, just furious.’

The Humacao, Puerto Rico-born actress recalled how she received a phone call from Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker.

‘The phone rings and I say hello and [Parker said,] “Miss Moreno, this is Colonel Parker, my client is Elvis Presley. And Elvis spotted you at the 20th Century Fox … commissary and he liked what he saw.”

‘I said, “Oh,” and [Parker said,] “He would like very much to meet you, would you like to meet him?” And I thought of [Brando’s cheating] and I said, “Yes, I would.”‘

Moreno was dating an unfaithful Brando when she received a call from Presley’s camp. Both of the late show biz icons were pictured in 1973

Brando and Moreno were seen in the 1969 movie The Night of the Following Day

The show’s Joy Behar asked the legendary actress and EGOT winner about her eight-year, on-and-off relationship with the late star of The Godfather, which was plagued by his acts of infidelity

The Humacao, Puerto Rico-born actress recalled on the show how she received a phone call from Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker

Moreno, who captured the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress playing Anita in 1961’s West Side Story, said she dated Presley ‘several times,’ and that ‘he was sweet, but boring,’ and did not compare to the iconic actor Brando.

‘He was sweet but he was a country boy, I mean, this is Marlon Brando,’ she said.

Moreno said that ‘even without social media,’ Brando found out that she had stepped out with Presley, and exploded in a tantrum in which ‘he threw chairs and yelled and carried on.’

She added: ‘When he found out … and it didn’t take long … he lost it, he started to throw chairs he was so angry yeah, it was wonderful.’

Moreno had past opened up about the romances in her 2011 bestseller Rita Moreno: A Memoir, noting that she met Brando making the 1954 film Desiree; and met Presley in 1957 on the set of his motion picture King Creole.

Moreno plays the role of Valentina in the upcoming West Side Story remake, which hits theaters December 10.

Moreno said she dated Presley ‘several times,’ and that ‘he was sweet, but boring,’ and did not compare to the iconic actor Brando

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