Carrie Fisher reveals she is ‘surprised’ at the fan reaction over her affair with Star Wars co-star Harrison Ford
The Princess Leia actress revealed her 'three month one night stand' with her then-married co-star
CARRIE FISHER has had her first TV interview since the shock revelation she had an affair with her Star Wars co-star, Harrison Ford.
The 60-year-old actress revealed in her new memoir, The Princess Diarist, that she had a three month drink and drug fuelled affair with her then married co-star, who played her on-screen lover Han Solo.
At the time of their trysts, Carrie was 19 and Harrison was 14 years her senior at 33-years-old.
Appearing on the Today show following the admission, she told hostess Savannah Guthrie: "I'm surprised at the reaction. I don't think it is that surprising."
She then spoke about the fandom surrounding the much-loved sci-fi franchise and added: "A lot of the fans did think about it for a while. They made up 'Carrison' as a word!"
The Princess Diarist is a collection of excerpts from her diary while she shot the original Star Wars film at Pinewood Studios back in the 70s.
However, in terms of her own memory, she revealed that she didn't remember much, telling Savannah: "I've seen to it that I don't remember much."
Speaking of her fondness for the handsome star and when pressed about whether or not she loved him, she admitted: "I was 19. Yeah, so... I was not a cavalier type person."
She added: "I wasn't raised that way. But when you're on location everything is permitted."
Carrie's new memoir is her second autobiography - after documenting her drink and drugs battle in previous release, Wishful Drinking.
The Princess Diarist documents her time on the set of the 1976 smash-hit movie, including bedding Harrison after a birthday party for director George Lucas.
In the book, she alleges the affair with Harrison, who was married at the time, began when he offered to drive her home while she was in a "wine sodden" state.
In a leaked excerpt from the book, which is available on November 22, she said: "How could you ask such a shining specimen of a man to be satisfied with the likes of me? ... I was so inexperienced, but I trusted something about him. He was kind."
She later added: "I was relieved when it ended. I didn't approve of myself."
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