Roy Rogers' 'weird' Hollywood makeover left Western fans stunned, granddaughter says
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Julie Rogers Pomilia opens up about life with her famous grandparents. Roy Rogers, a Western icon known as "King of the Cowboys," died in 1998 at age 86.
"When grandpa came to Hollywood, he had these really squinty eyes," the late star’s granddaughter Julie Rogers Pomilia, author of "Your Heroes, My Grandparents: A Granddaughter’s Love," told Fox News Digital. Stephanie Nolasco covers entertainment at Foxnews.com.
"I know he was part Choctaw Native American. … [His eyes] were very expressive," she shared. "But they were squinty, and they didn’t like his eyes. And, so, they made him get prescription eyedrops to relax the muscles and open up his eyes. So his eyes were bigger. And all of a sudden, he started getting fan mail from people saying, ‘Hey, what are you doing to Roy’s eyes? It looks weird! We like his squinty eyes.’ So they stopped that."