The Truth About Elvira's Secret Relationship

After Cassandra Peterson and Mark Pierson divorced in 2003, per The Sun, she suggested that the financial strain caused by their decision to produce another Elvira movie, "Elvira's Haunted Hills," played a role in their split. "Pretty much, it cost me all my money and my marriage," she told OC Weekly. Luckily, she had someone special in her life to lean on as she tried to move on.

In her 2021 memoir "Yours Cruelly, Elvira," Peterson revealed that she's been in a relationship with a woman for 19 years. She explained that she waited so long to come out because she was afraid of what her fans would think. "Would my fans hate me for not being what they expected me to be?" she wrote, via The Advocate.

Peterson also recounted the circumstances that led to an unexpected romance with personal trainer Teresa "T" Wierson. Wierson first caught Peterson's eye at Gold's Gym in Hollywood. The entertainer admitted to thinking that the "dark and brooding" fitness fanatic was a man until she encountered her in the ladies' room. The two women struck up a platonic friendship that became romantic when they were both recovering from breakups.

They moved in together, but Peterson didn't realize she was falling for Wierson until she suddenly felt the urge to kiss her during a movie outing. "I was stunned that I'd been friends with her for so many years and never noticed our chemistry," she recalled.

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