Loretta claimed that every time Doo ‘smacked me, he got smacked twice’
Loretta’s husband, whom she called “Doo,” sent her back to her parents shortly after they’d tied the knot, despite her being pregnant at the time. According to Loretta, this happened as a result of Doo’s interest in philandering. Yet even after they’d reconciled, and Loretta had warned the other woman to keep her distance, their marriage had plenty of problems.
One issue was violence. Doo hit Loretta. On one occasion, after he’d been drinking, he smashed jars of green beans because his dinner was late. But Loretta has also declared, “Every time Doo smacked me, he got smacked twice.” During one fight, she emptied a skillet of creamed corn over her husband’s head. Another time she struck him: “I heard teeth hittin’ the floor and thought, ‘Ooh, I’m dead. He not gonna put up with this.’ But he laughed.”