Liza Minnelli blasts ‘rude down’ Gene Hackman in tribute 1 year after actor’s tragic death.

Liza Minnelli blasted Gene Hackman for “disrespect” more than a year after his death.

In the “Cabaret” star’s new memoir, “Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!,” she recalled Hackman’s behavior during the filming of the 1975 film “Lucky Lady.”

“I don’t like to complain, but Stanley [Donen] he later shared publicly that Gene was very critical of me during the film,” Minnelli wrote.

“It’s hard to go to work when there’s no chemistry,” he adds.

“I think it’s fair to say that Gene was quite rude.”

In “Lucky Lady,” Minnelli, 79, plays Claire, a widow who begins bootlegging with her lover, Walker (played by Burt Reynolds), and his friend, Kibby (played by Hackman), during Prohibition.

The three get into a messy love triangle as they try to avoid going to jail for their illegal crimes.

The film, directed by Donen, flopped at the box office and received negative reviews from critics.

Roger Ebert gave the comedy-drama two out of four stars, calling it “a big, expensive, good-looking movie; it’s rare to see so much effort put into a movie that doesn’t matter.”

Minnelli’s revelation comes more than a year after Hackman’s death in Feb. 18, six days after the death of his wife, Betsy Arakawa. The Oscar winner was 95, and the classical pianist was 65.

Officials believe that the “French Connection” star had been living with his wife’s body for days without knowing it.

Hackman died of heart disease caused by high blood pressure and atherosclerotic heart disease, an “advanced Alzheimer’s disease” effect, while Arakawa’s death was caused by hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare virus transmitted by rats.

The partially submerged bodies of the couple were found in their cluttered home on February 25, 2025.