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Thursday, April 2, 2020
Doris Day’s Pen Pal Reveals She Wanted To Reconnect With Her Estranged Grandson
Doris Day’s Pen Pal Reveals She Wanted To Reconnect With Her Estranged Grandson
byJane Kenney
A pen pal of Doris Day reveals that the late actress wanted to reconnect with her estranged grandson, Ryan Melcher.
Doris’s manager, Bob Bashara, was forcing Ryan not to see his
grandmother. Speculation was already occurring when Ryan accused Bob of
keeping Doris’s loved ones away from her. Now, prolific pen pal
Mike DeVita has confirmed that Bob indeed kept Doris away from her loved
ones purposely. Ryan originally said that Bob kept him from having
dinner with his late grandmother that she had requested herself. Doris’s
publicist at the time came out saying that Doris made the decision to
not see her grandson, which turns out, was false information.
Her pen pal didn’t understand the story about estranged grandson
Doris Day with grandson Ryan Melcher / Paul Harris/Getty ImagesMike DeVita, who had traded more than 500 letters with Doris while she was alive, was just as confused about the dinner cancelation as Ryan was.
“The
story with the grandson is so weird,” he says. “Doris really wanted to
reconnect.” He also adds that Doris was exploited by her ex-husbands.
She would often look to them as father figures and would look to Bob as
one as well.
Mike DeVita, Doris Day’s pen pal / FacebookRyan
originally claims that Bob used his position to influence Doris to cut
out other family members and to complete replace her long-time staff
with his own family. As a result of everything, Ryan had tolearn of his grandmother’s death through social media. “I received the news of my grandmother’s passing like many of you — I awoke and read the news in a social media
feed Monday morning,” Ryan reveals to his following. “Sadly, due to a
divorce that I was thrown into the middle of while still an underaged
child, I have not been allowed to see my grandmother for quite some
time. When I was invited by Doris to dinner a few years ago after my
father’s untimely death in November 2004 (melanoma), her new business
manager, a former fan, intervened and asked me to meet him at the
family-owned Cypress Inn here in Carmel, California.”
Ryan Melcher / Facebook
He doesn’t understand why he can’t see his grandmother
Ryan
continues, “I was asked by this man: “Why do you want to see Doris?” I
was shocked not only at the question but also that it was coming from
someone who was a stranger and outsider. I just responded, “um….she is
my grandmother!” He replied, “I’m afraid you aren’t going to be able to
see your grandmother,” citing the divorce between my parents as his excuse.” Ryan
shares that he experiences a lot of confusion by Bob forcing him to
stay away from his grandmother. He also says that looking back on
everything he “should have said more.”
Bob Bashara, Doris Day’s manager / TwitterDeVita
says he can’t speak much about what role Bob played exactly in the
estranged grandson case. But he does say that he shares similarities
with all of Doris’s exes. “Doris was very trusting. She was manipulated
all her life, usually by her husbands. She was looking for the father
she never had with her husbands — and even Bob.” At this time, it remains unclear what will become of the nearly $5 million in assets belonging to Doris’s animal welfare foundation. Doris Day and her grandson / Facebook / Courtesy Photo
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