Breaking the commitment
His commitment to staying at home longer than he would disappear was, sadly, short-lived. While he wasn’t touring nearly as often, he formed an orchestra that forced him to stay until three or four in the morning on a daily basis. Meanwhile, Lucy was starting to blossom as the actress that we all know and love, and her schedule kept her from being at her husband’s side as often as she liked.
Lucy’s longtime publicist took notice of Lucy’s dismay regarding the situation. He used to say that Lucy was tired of meeting her husband in the “Sepulveda tunnel,” or that she was fed up with meeting him in passing.