Prompt: Odd Couples

Were they ever seen in person together or was the idea of their association some sort of publicity stunt? For some reason she has a more poetic reputation, however cheesy, that has endured the ages. Yes, even when she was festooned for her public in furs and spectacular gems and hid her crows feet behind over-sized Foster Grants, she was always adored, always referred to as a "classy lady". So, it strikes one as a bit odd to be informed, through the tabloids and what not, that she, and he, at least two decades her junior, would ever have rendezvoused. And allegedly, can you imagine, he would bring his pet monkey that she was so fond of, and the three of them would spend an afternoon. Is that not outrageous? Even though recording their gallivanting here summons such wacky imagery, it all seems suspicious and really only as strange as, dare we mention it, fiction.