She did anything he wanted and it wasn't good for her, wasn't good for the kids, wasn't good for the people around her,'' she says.
And her autobiography makes that abundantly clear, although she says it took the passing of years for to bring such candor.
The Partridge Family, about a widow and her musical family and co-starring David Cassidy, allowed her to work in Los Angeles and be home at night with her young children.
All in good fun: Shirley appeared to be in a jovial mood as Katie asked her whether she had been involved in a threesome relationship before The star was promoting her new book which recounts her early life and dazzling career that included working with two musical theater masters, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, as well as many of Hollywood's top actors, including Marlon Brando, Jimmy Stewart and Richard Widmark.
But famed Oklahoma actress Shirley Jones has completely shed that image in a new tell-all book, recounting her kinky sex life with husband Marty Ingels and famous ex-Jack Cassidy.
She describes herself as a rebellious tomboy, 'wild, willful and independent,' who became obsessed with movies and their stars but intended to turn her love of animals into a career as a veterinarian.