Behind the Candelabra Page #2

Lee, why don't we have the

boys over for brunch tomorrow?

No, that's

too much for you.

No, no.

That's a great idea!

Of course!

Let's do it.

But after 3:
00,

okay?

'Cause I need

my beauty sleep.

Welcome, gypsies!

Is this a palace?

Lee thinks

he's King Ludwig II.

- Who's he?

- The Liberace of Bavaria.

Oh, is he

a piano player, too?

No.

Wow.

Almost time

for a dip.

I'm sorry

I'm so informal.

So happy you all could come.

Don't these things

belong in an oven?

He's so mean

to my babies.

I mean,

this is my family.

And this is Baby Boy.

Baby Boy,

he's very old.

He's deaf, and he's blind.

I'm his

seeing eye person.

I could get something to

help clear up his eyes.

- Scott works with animals.

- Oh.

I worked for a vet

you know, for a while,

and we had a lot of poodles

with eye problems.

Oh, that would be

fabulous!

No one's been able to help

my little Baby Boy.

I hate

to see him suffer.

I think my favorite review

is from San Francisco,

when they said:

"Liberace was no Rubinstein...

but then Rubinstein

is no Liberace."

This is my houseboy, Carlucci.

He rules the roost

around here.

Thank you.

Pig.

- What?

- Pig in a blanket.

You want a pig

in a blanket?

No. Thanks.

After lunch, I'll give

you a guided tour.

Great.

I do all my own decorating.

I just love it.

I call this

"palatial kitsch".

- Right.

- Don't you just love that?

I never saw

so many pianos.

Oh, I never touch them.

Mama made me play

every day in my childhood.

Didn't have

any friends.

So now I never play...

when I play.

These are actual

Roman columns.

Ionic.

I personally

support

the entire Austrian

rhinestone business.

It's too bad

you're so big,

you could try

one of these on.

So, Scott, do you have

any family left?

Oh, no, not really.

My mom's been

in and out of places,

you know,

for my whole life.

Oh, really?

And I have two sisters...

and a brother,

and then four

half-brothers and sisters...

from two

different fathers.

Most of them live

with their fathers.

The rest of us,

like me and Wayne,

we were sent

to state-run homes...

and then Mom would come get us and

we'd live with her for a while,

then... she'd have her troubles again

and they'd have to put her away

so we'd get split up

and sent to foster homes.

But I was really lucky.

I ended up with Rose and Joe.

You know, a really nice

family, on a ranch..

You know,

with animals.

Sure, because

it was a ranch!

What a story!

You got everything but a

fire in the orphanage.

But the ranch is where you

got to like animals, and...

I guess.

And I am going to try and get

that medicine for Baby Boy.

You remembered

his name.

That would be

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