Robert Blake Breaks Silence In Bombshell (And Bizarre) Interview
July 12 2012, Published 2:00 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
At long last, actor-turned-acquitted murder suspect Robert Blake has broken his silence.
The 78-year-old Baretta star, who was found not guilty in the May 4, 2001 murder of wife Bonnie Lee Bakley in 2005, got testy -- heck, perhaps downright belligerent -- with Piers Morgan Wednesday, when Morgan said he wasn't sure if the actor was being truthful with him about the incident.
"You want to get to the truth if you can. Does that mean I'm lying to you? Tell me where I'm lying," Blake asked Morgan, who said, "I'm not saying you're lying."
Blake responded, "But you say you don't know if I'm telling the truth, what the hell's the difference?"
"I'm saying I've met you for, what, 20 minutes?" Morgan said, asking the actor, "Why are you being so defensive?"
"Because you just insulted me … nobody tells me I'm a liar," Blake said. "You said I might not be telling the truth. What the hell is the difference? … I've never allowed anybody to ask me the questions that you're asking. I allowed you to do that because I trust you. And I would have assumed that you and that guy in your ear would trust me. And if you don't, then we'd better start talking about The Little Rascals."
When things calmed down, Blake said that while his relationship with Bakley "was not bad," he characterized her as a "con artist."
“I think she came to Hollywood to con her way into show business,” Blake said. “I felt sorry for her sometimes because God never gave her that little piece of sunshine that he gave me."
Blake said he didn't know Bonnie "well enough to know her.
"I love her -- well,