Burt reynolds and sally field

Sally Field is revealing a bittersweet Oscar memory. The 77-year-old actress recalls the night she won her first Academy Award in 1980 and how her then-boyfriend, Burt Reynolds, refused to attend the prestigious awards ceremony with her. 

In Dave Karger's new book, 50 Oscar Nights -- out Jan.

23, Field recalls a lack of support from her famous ex as she began receiving accolades for her role in Norma Rae. The star earned her first Oscar nomination and win in 1980 for the project. 

"When the Oscars came around, he really was not a nice guy around me then and was not going to go with me," she says in the book, according to People.

This apparently wasn't the first time Reynolds revealed that he "was not happy" with the career success Field was enjoying. 

"He did not want me to go to Cannes [Film Festival] at al