Dame Joan Collins was once kissed so hard she ended up bleeding

Speaking live on stage during her 'Behind The Shoulder Pads' tour, she told the audience: "He took his kissing very seriously. And he kissed me so hard one day he bit my lip. I said, 'It's blood!' and he said, 'It's just lipstick,' but I had blood running down my chin!"

The 'All My Children' star died in 2021 aged 76 after being diagnosed with cancer and at the time, Joan recalled that whilst their romance on-screen may have "sizzled", in real life they were just really good friends.

She told DailyMail.com: "I really liked Michael. He was amusing and we had an easy off-set relationship. He was married and I was married but that didn't stop some of the cast and crew teasing us that our relationship was more than friendship.

"But while it was purely platonic, on set it sizzled! I loved our scenes in the bath together where I would be covered in soapsuds to hide the bare necessities."

Meanwhile, Joan recently explained that late Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe had told her to be aware of predatory studio bosses in the film industry.

Speaking on UK TV show 'Loose Women', she said: "I did meet Marilyn Monroe and there was a party at Gene Kelly's house. Everybody was very intellectual. I went over to Marilyn, she was looking a bit lost, looking very un-Marilynish, no make-up, her hair not really done. But she still looked pretty.

"And she said, 'Oh you're doing 'The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing'. They wanted me to do that but I was too old'. She was 29 or 30.

"She said 'You're new in town, one of the things that you have to watch is the wolves in Hollywood. If they don't get what they want, they will cancel your contract.' "