We did always wonder about Marilyn Monroe's choice in husbands particularly when it came to Joe DiMaggio. We will not go into the terrible details especially on what would have been Monroe's 87th birthday. But let's just say that he had a definite (and negative) opinion of his wife's work.
So what drew them together in the first place Monroe's close friend Amy Greene dropped by HuffPost Live to tell us the simple truth It was all about sex. Watch the video above for the full scoop.
Monroe's beauty will never cease to amaze us.
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Loading Slideshow Marilyn MonroeFull length studio portrait of American actor Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jean Mortenson 1926 1962) at the age of two standing on a box in a floral print dress and matching bonnet 1928. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroeA portrait of American actor Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jean Mortenson 1926 1962) as a young child playing on a beach in a striped bathing suit. (Archive Photos / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroePortrait of American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926 1962) at age 5 sitting in a wooden chair 1931. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroeAmerican film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 1962) born Norma Jean Mortensen in Los Angeles dressed as a Native American squaw 1948. (John Kobal Foundation / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroeActress Marilyn Monroe stand over an air vent which causes her dress to fly up as director Billy Wilder fixes her hair during filiming of the movie The Seven Year Itch which was released on June 3 1955. (Frank Worth / Courtesy of Emage International / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of New York subway grating while in character for the filming of The Seven Year Itch in Manhattan on Sept. 9 1954. The former Norma Jean Baker modeled and starred in 28 movies grossing $200 million. Sensual and seductive but with an air of innocence Monroe became one of the world's most adored sex symbols. She died alone by suicide at age 36 in her Hollywood bungalow. (Matty Zimmerman / AP)
Marilyn MonroeAmerican actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 1962) riding on a train from New York City to Warrensburg New York in June 1949. She was in New York to promote her new film 'Love Happy' and travelled to Warrensburg to present a Photoplay Magazine 'Dream House' contest winner with the keys to their new home. (Archive Photos / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroeActress Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait in a bathing suit and high heels in circa 1948. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroePhoto of Marilyn Monroe May 17 1950. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroeRising star Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait on the backlot of 20th Century Fox in 1951 in Los Angeles California. (Earl Theisen / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroeAmerican actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 1962) circa 1952. (Nickolas Muray / George Eastman House / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroeActress Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait in circa 1949. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroeA portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 1962) surrounded by reporters and fans outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood California 1953. (Murray Garrett / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroeActress Marilyn Monroe leans on a Singer Automobile as she watches entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. leap in to the air on the set of the movie How To Marry A Millionaire which was released in 1953. (Frank Worth Courtesy of Emage International / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroePhoto of Marilyn Monroe. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)
Marilyn Monroecirca 1955 American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926 1962) stands barefoot near a window in a sweater and checkered pants. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
Marilyn Monroe1961 American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 1962) in her last completed movie 'The Misfits' directed by John Huston. (John Kobal Foundation / Getty Images)
Marilyn MonroeDirector George Cukor plants a kiss on Marilyn Monroe's cheek as she reports on the set in Hollywood California USA on April 30 1962 to begin work in the film Something's Got To Give . Marilyn was prevented from reporting on time a week ago because of a virus infection that gave her a slight temperature and kept her confined to bed. The studio says she's in great shape having shed 15 pounds and won back her old waist measurement of 22 inches. (AP)
Marilyn MonroeStudio portrait of American actor Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jean Mortenson 1926 1962) at the age of six months sitting on a woolly rug in a white smock circa 1927. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
In this undated publicity photo courtesy Running Press Marilyn Monroe is shown wearing a knife pleated gold lam gown made from
FILE In this 1946 file image taken by photographer Joseph Jasgur and released by Julien's Auctions Norma Jean Dougherty who eventually changed her name to Marilyn Monroe is shown. Copyrights and images from Marilyn Monroe's first photo shoot sold for $352 000 at Julien's Auctions after a bankruptcy judge in Florida ruled that photos taken of Monroe were to be sold at auction in Dec. 2011 to settle the debts of the photographer. (AP Photo/Julien's Auctions Joseph Jasgur File)
Marilyn MonroeIn this image released by Beverly Hills Collection actress Marilyn Monroe is seen at The Beverly Hills Hotel. The Beverly Hills Hotel is celebrating its 100th Anniversary in May. (AP Photo/Beverly Hills Collection)
FILE In this 1953 publicity file photo provided by Running Press Marilyn Monroe is shown on set in the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Monroe is probably best remembered for her comic turns in this film. The picture is included in a new 2012 book Marilyn in Fashion published by Running Press. (AP Photo/Courtesy Running Press)
FILE In this 1959 file photo provided by United Artists Tony Curtis left and Marilyn Monroe are shown in the hilarious milestone comedy Some Like It Hot produced directed and co scripted by Billy Wilder. (AP Photo File)
In this undated publicity photo courtesy Running Press Marilyn Monroe is shown in the first photo taken of her in the famous white dress from the The Seven Year Itch. For a brief scene in The Seven Year Itch in September 1954 her character strolls on a Manhattan street on a stifling summer evening. When a subway rattles beneath her Marilyn stands astride a sidewalk vent to catch a cool breeze that swirls her skirt up around her waist. (AP Photo/Courtesy Running Press)
A South Korean man is reflected on a frame of a photo of late U.S. actress Marilyn Monroe during her photo exhibition at a department store in Seoul South Korea Friday. June 8 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young joon)
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FILE In this Sept. 9 1954 file photo Marilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of a New York subway grating while in character for the filming of The Seven Year Itch in New York. Monroe's flirty dress from The Seven Year Itch is going to a collector who bid $4.6 million at a weekend auction of Hollywood memorabilia. The dress was among the film costumes and props collected by Debbie Reynolds over four decades. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman File)
FILE In this September 15 1954 publicity photo courtesy Running Press Marilyn Monroe is shown during the
Marilyn MonroeFILE This April 1962 file photo shows actress Marilyn Monroe on the set of Something's Got To Give in Los Angeles. In the Hollywood landscape of new new new what really stands out on the red carpet is that today's starlets still emulate the looks of classic screen beauties including Elizabeth Taylor Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth who ruled the red carpet in the 1950s. (AP Photo/File)
FILE Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe play a scene in The Misfits in this undated file photo. It turned out to be the last movie for both in 1961. (AP Photo file)
Picture dated of the fifties showing American actrSAN FRANCISCO UNITED STATES Picture dated of the fifties showing American actress Marilyn Monroe (R) with her husband baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
American actress Marilyn Monroe poses in 1959 forNEW YORK CITY UNITED STATES American actress Marilyn Monroe poses in 1959 for the photographers at La Guardia Airport before to fly to Chicago for the presentation of her film 'Some like it hot'. (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Undated photo shows US actress Marilyn MUndated photo shows US actress Marilyn Monroe a few weeks before she died in 05 August 1962 at the age of 36. The circumstances of her death have never been cleared up. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
The crypt of Marilyn Monroe is seen at tThe crypt of Marilyn Monroe is seen at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles August 3 2012. August 5th will be the 50th anniversary of the mysterious death of the Hollywood legend. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
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