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Danny DeVito’s Sweet Emmys Shoutout To His Ex Rhea Perlman Has Made People Realize That The Parents In “Matilda” Were Married In Real Life


Not only were Danny and Rhea married in real life during the making of <i>Matilda</i>, they also looked after their 8-year-old costar Mara Wilson amid her mom’s heartbreaking cancer battle. Here’s everything there is to know.

Fox / Via Twitter: @Priyant1987 As they honored some of the most iconic shows in television, Danny opted to remind everybody of how many Emmys Rhea had won over the years, telling the crowd: “Rhea won four, for Cheers.”The random but kind comment appeared to catch Rhea off guard, but she was visibly delighted by it as the camera showed her laughing with a huge smile on her face while she watched her ex on stage. Fox / Via Twitter: @saviaivas It has so far been viewed more than five million times, and has tens of thousands of likes and retweets as other users admitted that they had also only just learned this.“Ok the way I’m such a fan of that movie, how did I not know this??? Without anybody knowing, he created a makeshift movie theater for Suzie in her hospital bed so that she was able to watch her daughter’s standout performance before she died.

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