In her first TV interview in three years, Elizabeth Taylor has denied recent reports that she has Alzheimer's and is at death's door.


Speaking to Larry King on CNN Tuesday night she said:

"Oh come on, do I look like I'm dying? Do I look like or sound like I have Alzheimer's?"

Attempting to explain the stories, Taylor said they're written:

"because they have nothing else dirty to write about anybody else. Some audience out there ... they like scandal. They like filth. And if they want to hear that I'm dead, sorry folks. I'm not. And I don't plan on it."

When King asked why she was in a wheelchair she blamed her back, which has been chronically bad since she was a teenager. She added that she was born with scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, and has osteoporosis.


When King asked if she is in constant pain? Taylor said she is. Will she ever marry again? (Taylor has been married eight times.) "Are you asking?" she replied with a laugh.