Bo Derek Doesn't Care For Hollywood | Letterman

The model and actress talks about the ugly side of Tinseltown.
(From "Late Night" in Los Angeles, air date: 5/13/85)
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[@Original_Pepe_Pupu]

I love how nice and genuine she seems.

[@SowingSeedsWithChristy]

Dave is usually a much kinder interviewer. Maybe he was just thrown by her beauty, but geez. She was such a good sport!

[@illygah]

I love this Dave. He has no truck for the sentimental.

[@SowingSeedsWithChristy]

@@illygah Yeah, he can be wicked funny!

[@BobbySacamano]

@@illygah please do not follow that truck too closely

[@dannyboy1990]

Bo's a class act. Love her.

[@slc2466]

Incredible charm and beauty has its advantages- Bo's likability factor is off the charts here.

[@catherinegigliotti1368]

🤣Paul's tongue was hanging out...and dang Bo's outfit would still work for 2023. Thanks

[@BobbySacamano]

I'm glad you said that. It literally wouldn't have worked in 2017, but apparently this look is back along with mom jeans. History repeats itself.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

She's not that great.

[@TheJimbo1791]

@@Frankincensedjb123 She´s sexy af. Sorry.

[@fredpagniello3267]

Not anymore; age had caught up with het.

[@glenngrinter6818]

Amazing cheekbones.❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@salvador75]

I thought it was a great fun interview. She’s very much a free spirit who’s clearly not fond of city life. IMO, she was independent and assertive, but also seems really kind. It was fun to watch.

[@jameshale6401]

Absolutely perfect 10 impossible to get mad at about anything GOD BLESS

[@humphreygruntwhistle3946]

Carson ran circles around Letterman as an interviewer. Johnny was respectful to his guests, funny, and never boring. Dave could sometimes be a horse’s ass.

[@manlyscents]

He was trying to expose John Derek

[@johnbarroll1120]

Just merciless! My God!! Why would anyyyybody go that show and be subjected to that kind of abuse, is anyones guess.

[@manlyscents]

He was trying to expose John Derek

[@libross5811]

She’s beautiful inside & out. Pity Letterman can’t be more intelligent in this interview…’goofing around’?

[@nicholasmatthews5989]

Enjoyed this interview. Bo Derek is sincere and candid, especially when talking about Hollywood, describing it as ugly and going onto to say that she is very fortunate. It is a breath of fresh air to see this. It was good of Dave apologising for his goofing around. She didn't appeared to be frazzled. She is a class act. Imagine if it was Jimmy Fallon doing the interview, he would be giggling non-stop.😀

[@frederickbarcelo1709]

Right-on, bro!

[@plaws0]

Given that he was 5 when "10" came out, that's about right.

[@artanisknarf]

Saving you a search, she is still alive.

[@jayhache5609]

LOL Thanks. I was wondering…

[@Beegs164]

I hate how predictable I have become

[@jockejocke1]

I'm actually about to search what her real name is. Bo Derek can't be it 😄

[@Cerph]

@@jockejocke1 Mary Cathleen Collins

[@Scottieguru]

"Where there is beauty there is folie."

[@DCA66]

🌹Bo Derek is and always will be a class act🌹

[@armancz]

Well, good thing she was born beautiful😂

[@maggietorro]

Beautiful lady then and now.

[@mediascribble]

She had a completely self absorbed lifestyle. I love her. Never goes anywhere, and has no compelling reason to be rich other than being dazzling looking. Gotta love America.

[@FecitAnon]

Gotta love America? What an ignorant comment. She mentioned living and going to several countries. She's a Hollywood Star. Far from the life of an average person, American or not. You sound jealous.

[@adamslater7486]

Dave was kind of mean to her. I think that might have been a product of the time.

[@BobbySacamano]

What was mean?

[@adamslater7486]

@@BobbySacamano be just wasn't very nice. He even apologized for giving her a hard time at the end.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Yeah, wasn't it great? a la the Paris Hilton lambast. 🤣😂😅

[@manlyscents]

He was trying to expose John Derek

[@illygah]

Dave isn't falling for it. Anyone with a pulse can remember the name of the high school they attended. Don't try and prove me wrong, Internet. I'm just saying Dave expected more from this guest and isn't being shy about it. 10/10. MORE LIKE THIS!

[@saxmidiman]

Pure definition of the phrase "Airhead"! Not to be cruel, just honest.🤓😎

[@bluebear1985]

We'll be right back with Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

[@tomripsin730]

I really thought the guy from the year book was going to come out after the break.

[@caseya2151]

I sincerely believe this woman has no idea how genuinely beautiful she is back in 1985 or even today. It's more than just the looks... it's radiant.

[@WKRPinCINN]

Wows… this is an interrogation

[@Cerph]

Exactly- wasn't an interview.

[@manlyscents]

On purpose to expose John Derek

[@hobodivine5776]

I gather she's been rebellious and marching to her own drum for a very long time. I'm glad they weren't allowed to transfer the alligator, although it might make for a good animated series Bo & Al, Crime Fighters Extraordinaire!

[@tomripsin730]

"She's a high school drop out. He's a large reptile that lives by his own rules..."

[@karmaoutlaw]

Paul…what a horn dog.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Good lord, was the audience part of a prisoner release program?

[@Tommyr]

She was a SUPER HUGE star back in those days. And obviously gorgeous.

[@keefriff99]

Seriously. This whole interview gave me bad vibes.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

@@keefriff99 I noticed that those early audiences were very unruly, individuals shouting out, catcalling, inappropriate participation all around. They must have upped the security later on.

[@nkay81]

Diffrent time 🤭

[@Tommyr]

@@Frankincensedjb123 You need a tissue? The world wasn't full of over sensitive snowflakes back then. You better not go looking at even older videos, your little head might explode.

[@jellycream1964]

One of Dave's worst interviews. He just kept on and on about her high school. I'd have so many better questions for her. And he was very condescending.

[@rickshaw9942]

Letterman should have been slapped,what a bully

[@michaelparks6120]

I just love when guys weigh in with their unbiased opinions....you know, the guys that had the Bo Derek poster in 78 .....yes, I had one too.

[@jungledog4868]

She's Gorgeous "10". Blake Edwards was lucky when she walked in. Best looking human. Hollywood's prettiest!

[@dottiegillespie8067]

Wow, I had no idea. It is painful.

[@goldenhog]

dave's audiences were rowdy!

[@flyjarrett]

She’s like the female version Crispin Glover when being interviewed.

[@marklyons3003]

You mean like she's mega-wired or On something? 😄 ... Either way she's a Goddess personified 😜

[@michaelparks6120]

Well, she isn't the sharpest tool in the shed but she seems a pleasant enough person.

[@thomasjonesiv9673]

I'd marry her up. There's a lot of smart feminists who would destroy a good man.

[@edub9930]

Understatement of the year

[@lukeduke6693]

Eh I know some brilliant/successful people people who didnt show up for a day of high school. Maybe its a California thing. Not even rare to drop out of HS, wait a few years and go to college. Los Angeles high schools are a place to keep kids off the street. Not much serious learning going on, not much keeping track of whose still enrolled. I dropped out after 1 week, started hanging around the local city college, ended up graduating from an Ivy League.

[@CosasdeDios1089]

She is sharp alright, she is just practicing an art you, evidently, don't know exists.

[@rocknewtonfilsterwilly7364]

She's a rocket scientist by calif stds.

[@gerardodwyer5908]

Who forgets the name of their high school! She's lucky Hollywood snapped her up given this interview suggests she's the kind of high school dropout that would struggle to name the state they live in.

[@cattnipp]

Your high school writing is wrong. You write "their" and "they" where the proper terms are "his or her" and "he or she." i.e. "Who forgets the name of his or her high school!" Plus, that is a question so you should have written it "Who forgets the name of his or her high school?" Bo Derek made better use of her time out of high school than you did IN high school.

[@michaelparks6120]

Honestly, I can not imagine how it is even possible to forget the name of your high school, save some traumatic brain injury.

[@briancoughlin6732]

I watched married with children it reminds me of Kelly Bundy school was her office hahaha

[@rhondarees9488]

Charming!

[@petrolbokehlicious]

Dave repeats this with Justin Bieber further down the road.

[@joesmith9216]

scottish, irish and saxon with Nordic breeding colony

[@gabrielwood9345]

Bo you are a smart lady

[@plaws0]

She seems nice ... but maybe 10 cents short of a dime? And Dave was very kind.

[@jellycream1964]

Kind!? Very condescending and disrespectful

[@plaws0]

@@jellycream1964 Given that she didn't know what HS she attended, he was kind.

[@jellycream1964]

@Peter L hey, she spent all that time high lol. He just kept going on about high school

[@Frankincensedjb123]

2 cents short. 10 cents short she'd be a mumbling blob on the floor. 😂🤣😅

[@ithacacomments4811]

So sad....

[@Phobero]

Do you have any gum? 😁

[@DarthVaderX31]

What a monster Dave was

[@keefriff99]

Well, this interview should go on the kindling pile. Painful to sit through.

[@stevethegrumpyoldman938]

Beautiful Young Lady but just a little outside.

[@tomlichnofsky.7048]

10!!! 😎 👌👍 10!!! ✊👊🍁♈

[@luxdico]

wasn't michael jackson her neighbor?

[@ninaflorek3522]

She's gorgeous but goofy...

[@CliffBronson1212]

Fortunate guy this night 🌙 Davo 😅

[@fabriziomoretti5472]

Da sposare. 😍😍😍😍😍

[@thisaccount1537]

🤣

[@berryblulight]

well back in the day that s jus the way men where! And I think beautiful women would just over compensate by being over nice or acting dumb just to be liked. Today an interview would have to be respectful, intelligent, not condescending and also get the guest to talk about something by making them feel at ease. But still Dave was good and funny only awkward around beautiful women.

[@RCRitterFPV]

Bo I dunno.. not a good showing... did she never go to school? thought it was fun to take an wild animal to a private zoo? love Dave

[@katsmith8263]

Why does she need any education?!?

[@michaelparks6120]

So people will not be bored talking to her.

[@S_Paoli]

in her defense, it took me 5 minutes to remember the name of the only high school that I graduated from.... still trying to remember the middle and elementary schools that I went to.... no clue yet... wow... I'm just as smart as Bo Derek. (not sure if that's a good or bad thing)

[@jayhache5609]

She’s actually very smart. She got “cancelled" for being against “wokeness” years ago.

[@cactaceous]

How the hell do you not remember the name of your high school? I remember even the name of the Kindergarten school I went to. 38 years ago.

[@S_Paoli]

@@cactaceous I cheated and found my kindergarten photos. (which reminds me... I need to digitize them because 40-year-old photos are not in good conditions anymore)

[@BobbySacamano]

"the only high school that I graduated from." Can you graduate from more than one high school? I believe none of this comment and am convinced you're just hoping Bo seems this and somehow reaches out to you.

[@BobbySacamano]

@@S_Paoli wait wait wait... You're only like 45? Dude, take some ginkgo biloba or something.

[@drp8208]

I’m not a fan of Hollywood either.

[@AGC828]

She was (and probably still is) uniquely beautiful (unique look...which LInda Evans had and Ursula ANdreww....intereting John Derke looked fo the same look in his women ...nd found them...2 were "high -profile" in the entertainment biz).... Sadly she i a big of a "bubble head".....or seemed a lot more "dimwitted" then....oddly "less" in "recent years/interviews"....also ODD to find out decades later she is so tiny at just under 5'2. I always thought she wa just udner 6'.....the one time i reget having internet access (so i couldn't loook up her height)....realize she achieved fame in the late 70's or early 80's..pre-internet...and maybe at the infancy of the net...when Google was't realy a thing yet... Google's become such a powerful "research" tool....so muc hinfo can be found if you know how to "ask"....and credible sources oo (mixed with those that arent't of cuorse)... If only Bo WAS 5'111 :)) she'd be aan even "bigger" star...then she''d "appear" 6"3 :)) Funny you coud neve rtell she was so petite in her films (right camera angles, lighting...)

[@user-no5vv8vz7q]

Hollywood is ugly

[@juanestebanez8210]

Bo is not a 10,she is a 10+++++++++++++++++++++🇪🇸👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😉👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ashish714]

Not dead.

[@CliffBronson1212]

Sweet girl 👧

[@Accomandoc]

Olivia Newton John 2.0

[@eileencoburn8631]

Letterman was a pig to bo on that interrogation.

[@mediascribble]

Bo Derek is certainly gorgeous, but I think she looks frightening, and certainly she wouldn't date me, but here's the rub, I would never bother. She was basically a willing captive of John Derek.

[@MSDOGS1976]

Pretty but an airhead.

[@edwardrodgers9383]

🤺🇦🇺🐊🦘💐

[@MrDuds1984]

Amazing how she broke up a marriage to further her career.

[@Cerph]

More like the opposite- (she left Hollywood, but remained loyal to her husband, John Derek).

[@susanmonty791]

Beautiful lady terrible actress

[@S_Paoli]

was a hot lady, always a hot lady... (check out her pics from 2022)

[@sappysuds4545]

I'm with Dave. She's insufferable.

[@winniepeg2020]

In the film 10 she was anorexic😢 Looked like an old woman

[@gabriellemonaco3224]

She is beautiful...but her bulb is a little dim

[@user-xk4wj6ge5b]

Quite a few men dont find b.o. attractive. 😊

[@deborahwyndham-lewis5188]

She’s too natural most women look like bratz dolls now men seem to like that look sadly