Arlene Silver and Dick Van Dyke at the ‘Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic’ special on CBS.Photo:Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty
Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty
Silver, 53, gave an update about how her and Van Dyke, 99, have been faring in Malibu amid theLos Angeles wildfires, sharing that she’s been with the Emmy-winning actor nonstop.
Instead, Silver said they hooked up a DVD player to watch the Christmas classic,Elf. “He’d never seenElfand I’d always told him it was so cute, andWill Ferrellwas so perfect in that movie,” she continued. “And he really liked it.”
Silver said Van Dyke also wondered, “Why didn’t they ask me to be in that?" and “loved”Zooey Deschanel, who gave himhis Daytime Emmylast year, in the film.
Continuing her video, Silver noted that Van Dyke has grown concerned about his inability to get to the gym amid the wildfires. “Keeping up with his fitness is the other thing,” she explained. “He told me this morning, ‘I feel like a lizard just laying here.’”
Dick Van Dyke and wife Arlene Silver celebrate his 90th birthday at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images
Paul Hiffmeyer/Disney Parks via Getty Images
At one point during the Live, which Silver broadcast from her car, Van Dyke came out to look for her.
“If I’m away from him too long, he looks for me no matter what,” she said, as theMary Poppinsstar came out to tell his wife, “I had a movie playing and it went off.”
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When Silver continued the Live, she told viewers, “I haven’t left Dick alone for probably seven years, and I’m happy about it. So … I’m his security blanket.”
Dick Van Dyke and Arlene Silver at the 43rd annual Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.Paul Morigi/Getty
Paul Morigi/Getty
While Silver and Van Dyke have been without power in Malibu since Wednesday, Jan. 8, she said they never evacuated and have been using a gas generator. Their guest house did catch fire, but Silver said it sustained minimal damage.
Despite the setbacks, she and Van Dyke didn’t want to relocate because “Dick is more comfortable here than anywhere else. It’s easier to take care of him here,” she said. Silver also called him a “trooper” for the way he’s carried himself through the fires.
“I don’t know of any other person of, you know, senior citizen age that would put up with this,” she said.
Through it all, Silver believes she and Van Dyke have been a united front.
“We’re such a team, my God,” she said of her husband. “I can’t believe what we’ve been through. Two, three fires, COVID, just like, life stuff.”
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She also praised her husband’s acting — and made a plea for Van Dyke to win an Oscar to become anEGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner. “He needs an Oscar to complete everything,” Silver said. “He has every other award. Can you believe he didn’t get nominated forMary Poppins?”
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source: people.com
