Some of Crawford's friends disputed the version of events presented in Mommie Dearest. The book's publication in 1978 created an enormous amount of attention. The book culminates with Christina learning that she and her brother, Christopher, were disinherited upon the death of their mother. She also implies that Joan had various affairs with men, whom Christina was required to call "Uncle." Christina claimed that Joan's controlling behavior continued throughout Christina's adulthood, asserting that Joan was jealous of Christina's acting career in the 1960s, to the point of taking over Christina's role in the soap opera The Secret Storm while Christina was in the hospital recovering from an operation to remove an ovarian cyst. In the book, Christina contends that Joan placed more importance on her career than her family life, and that Joan later had issues with alcoholism in the 1960s. It was turned into a 1981 film of the same name starring Faye Dunaway. Published in 1978, it attracted much controversy for its portrayal of Joan Crawford as a cruel, unbalanced, and alcoholic mother, with Crawford's other daughters, household staff, and family friends denouncing it as fiction. Mommie Dearest is a memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of actress Joan Crawford.
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