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The new HBO documentary, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, takes an in-depth have a look at the life, career, and interior turmoil of the mythical comic who tragically took his own life in 2014. The documentary features interviews with many of the individuals who knew Williams perfect, including his first wife, Valerie Velardi. Velardi, like Williams, used to be a comedian and actor, however she hasn't gave the impression in a film since co-starring together with her former husband in 1980's Popeye. So where is Valerie Velardi in 2018?

Velardi and Williams first met at a San Francisco tavern in 1976 where she labored as a waitress and he labored as a bartender, in line with People's Brad Darrach's 1988 profile of Williams. Sharing an pastime in comedy, Velardi helped Williams with his act and convinced him to take a look at and turn into a skilled comedian in Los Angeles. It wasn't long prior to he got his giant smash, showing because the alien Mork in a 1978 episode of Happy Days. This resulted in Williams getting his own show, Mork & Mindy, later that very same 12 months, and superstardom followed soon after. The pair also married in 1978, and when Williams landed his first starring position in a function film two years later with 1980's Popeye, Velardi was there with him, appearing in the film as Cindy, the Drudge, according to IMDb.

Their marriage got off to a rocky get started, on the other hand. Mork & Mindy made Williams a famous superstar, and he had a choice of affairs with other ladies that put a strain on his marriage with Velardi. After the 2 had their only kid in 1983, their son Zachary, Velardi admitted that it turned into more difficult to take care of her husband's infidelity. "Very attractive women throw themselves at men in his position. You’d have to be a saint to resist. Besides, neither of us was prepared for the sudden life shift," she informed People. "But I admit the other women were harder to take after I’d had a child."

Ultimately, it was once infidelity that resulted in the dissolution of their marriage. In 1984, Williams began a relationship with a cocktail waitress named Michelle Tish Carter. That same year, Velardi employed a girl named Marsha Garces to be a live-in nanny for Zachary. In 1986, Carter sued Williams, alleging that he gave her herpes right through their relationship, according toThe New York Times. Also that very same 12 months, Garces and Williams began having an affair, in line with People. The combination of those events resulted in Velardi and Williams first setting apart, and then divorcing, in 1988. Williams then married Garces in 1989; on the time she was once already pregnant along with his 2nd child, daughter Zelda.

Velardi in the end moved on from Williams, beginning a relationship with journalist David Sheff all over her separation however prior to her divorce. But at the time, she wasn't concerned with jumping again into a critical relationship. "We separated to reexamine our lives. It’s a time for personal growth for both of us. I see another man but I live alone, and I like it that way," she informed People on the time.

As for where Velardi is lately, that remains quite of a thriller. She does appear in Come Inside My Mind, but she has in large part been absent from public lifestyles since her break up from Williams 3 decades in the past. There are some online reports that claim she married South African drummer Ricky Fataar and had a daughter with him named Francesca, however it is unclear if that's the case. Regardless of her present whereabouts, it is clear that for several years way back, Velardi and Williams had a deep, significant relationship.

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