Excerpts from interview with Rita Hayworth on the Russell Harty Show, 1976

Excerpts from interview with Rita Hayworth on the Russell Harty Show, 1976
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[@WillScarlet1991]

You can tell Rita was disgusted at his questions. But she carried on with grace and wit.

[@sols9449]

She’s not confused. She’s just skeeved out by his filthy questions.

[@2lita572]

@Liz Muschinski IM AN OK LOOKN LADY WITH AN OK FIGURE..BUT AM HIT ON OFTEN...PEOPLE DONT CARE IF YOU ARE HAVING A BAD DAY...DEATH IN THE FAMILY OR JUST DONT FEEL UP TO BEING BOTHERED...COMMENTS WILL BE MADE...A MAN TOLD ME ONCE..I SHOULD APPRECIATE BEING HIT ON..IF I WAS NOT I WOULD BE UPSET...MANSPLAINING AT ITS FINEST...DUMBEST...HA!!

[@pjoseph777]

She was suffering from Alzheimers at this point and never should have given interviews.

[@4nlover635]

Very confused. God love her.

[@stacyrobertson1283]

@@4nlover635 no he’s just a creep

[@2Uahoj]

You are right, she's not confused at all. Just trying to figure out his ridiculous questions.

[@704Hauser]

Rita doesn't seem off in these clips. The interviewer wasn't having a dialogue with her, he was asking her stupid questions and she actually handled them pretty well and with humor.

[@nightstalkerck]

I agree with you, some of these questions was very inappropriate. and she was too classy to answer some of them.

[@robjones2408]

Poor Rita was endlessly mocked for this interview with RH. The tabloids attacked her for being very drunk but it was revealed years later, she was in the grip of Alzheimer's Disease. Back in 1976, very few people had an understanding of that cruel illness and it was the final indignity for a woman who had such a star-crossed life. What a terrible shame. Rita deserved better.

[@Elena-er7zp]

i don’t even think she had been diagnosed yet

[@DA90027]

I thought she was funny here

[@ember-brandt]

Why is the media like this?!?! She was so quirky and funny here! She has such an adorably soft-spoken nature about her and a good sense of humor! If anything, he was putting her on the spot by asking pervy questions, but of course HE didn't get dragged and SHE did, god. #JusticeForRita

[@2lita572]

@@ember-brandt I COULD NOT HAVE. SAID IT BETTER...TRULY A BEAUTIFUL SOUL..THE MEDIA WILL RIP PEOPLE APART..LOTS OF TIME WITHOUT THE FACTS....SAD

[@michelleregis6181]

what kind of question is thst " what does it mean o be a sex goddess " the interviewer semed to purposely asked queries to trip her up . Uk tv seems to enjoy embaresing celebritiies

[@TheRavenal]

In this clip Rita actually seemed sharp and funny considering the inane questions he asked.

[@josephbluepalaski]

What a beautiful woman. What a beautiful soul. Even thought it must have been difficult for her to be interviewed, she still showed wit and her sense of humor, even as she struggled with the onset of Alzheimer's. What class.

[@michelleregis6181]

oh yes

[@akelofgren9468]

Best

[@genericusername337]

what's wrong with this? She's responding as appropriately as possible.

[@creativecolours2022]

I find her answers very smart and she doesn't come out as confused. In fact she gave some very good answers to his misogynistic questions. Like "what does a sex goddess really mean" - "She must be sexy... I don't know...!" "How did ladies dresses stay up - For two good reasons." Her replies are clever while she is pointing out the obvious to this total idiot.

[@gordons-alive4940]

Very quick, funny answer. She really deserved better.

[@sayrewilkin9372]

I want to hug her. :(

[@thatsalittlebassist]

So badly, too. 💔

[@kath7477]

Count me in

[@kaya4752]

She was such an beautiful and smart lady, so sad she never found the love that she deserves

[@kaileybatiste2315]

It makes me sad that she led such a difficult life. Men and Hollywood used her right from the beginning. She had to endure all that ridicule for her Alzheimer's later in her life when really she probably just wanted someone to understand. I hope that she is happy in the afterlife💟

[@Model_Roe]

Agree she definitely was a industry pass around and as soon as she got up in age and lost her looks all the men dumped her like a hot potato they just saw her as a object a trophy I don't think any of them really loved her

[@escaped1534]

@@Model_Roe Glenn Ford did...

[@solarpaneling]

Rita among the best dancers on film, gorgeous too.

[@michelleregis6181]

Rita had so so much talent and a great personality, RIP Miss Hayworth

[@dorothyjelen1046]

She was a brilliant dancer, as seen in her films. Fred Astaire said that he liked dancing with her the most.

[@lydiapicano8806]

She was still a very beautiful woman. So sad she led such a difficult life.

[@DA90027]

Never knew she was so funny great sense of humor

[@niallfanning3788]

Very slimy interviewer

[@blesstaja]

She wasn’t confused. She answered the questions with wit

[@77mrod]

What a Creep. He had creepy questions. She held her own. ❤ Bless her

[@Cashwisdom94]

This man is being a creep.

[@kirstymackenzie2437]

Thanks for the extra bit! Lol! She is my favourite actress.

[@stephaniestanley8041]

Rita Hayworth a wonderful entertainer, dancer, actress kept her beauty throughout her life ❤️

[@angeldee7287]

Wow, he was awful. She’s not confused at all, his questioning and his innuendos and accusations were out of line. She politely giggled his questions off, she should have excused herself. RIP ❤

[@arakhachatran]

there is nothing wrong with her in this recording

[@gemspa73]

I think we should question Harty’s pathetic interview technique, if anything.

[@LS-fe4ob]

@@gemspa73 exactly it’s the misogynistic interviewer which is the problem!

[@emmad.176]

I thought she was quite cute. She just seemed unsure how to answer some of his questions because he's asking her about things that happened a long time ago and to be fair, many actors don't remember much of films they did years ago. I can also understand her confusion at what a 'sex goddess' is. I think many different types of women can be a sex goddess, it's just maybe the common ground is that she tends to be gorgeous and have a 'presence.' Rita also was quite shy in person apparently, so she found people's perception of her surprising :)

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

I agree.

[@richardappiah8850]

That’s a disgraceful question to ask a woman...”what does a xxx goddess really mean??? “ very inappropriate 🥴 especially someone of Rita’s class and stature. Yes she is extremely beautiful but to pry into her personal life is distasteful.

[@aWomanFreed]

I know in England it’s a thing for interviewers to be “cheeky”, but but in America it’s just creepy af

[@renarga6886]

Greatest diva EVER, along with Lucille Ball.

[@angelman51266]

She's witty. 'Two good reasons' indeed. Brava, Rita.

[@chamomilemaree7445]

Although she is showing some early signs of Alzheimer’s here, she’s covering them really well. It probably helped that she was probably used to holding a conversation despite being very shy naturally. My Nan was similar in this way in her early days of Alzheimer’s.

[@mirjanapucarevic2105]

To be honest the questions where beyond stupid.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Are you kidding? He was asking weird and creepy questions. How would you feel?

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

@@mirjanapucarevic2105 Exactly!

[@Whovianize]

That watermark is so annoying! Can’t see Rita’s face.

[@Gobble_de_Goop]

Agree 200%. Re-upload this without the watermark, please!!! Or at the very least, move it over to the right side so we can see Rita's face.

[@leeetchells609]

Russell Harty was an obnoxious weasel of a man. How he got his own show I will never know.

[@2lita572]

IT WAS OK TO BE AN INAPPROPRIATE CREEP BACK THEN..STILL TRYING TO WEED THEM OUT NOW.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

@@2lita572 Nope. It was not.

[@user-xc8ro5ep2e]

if it wasn't prearranged, she must've been really one the quickest and witties woman ever😅

[@johnlouis5529]

She should never have been on the show them producer should be ashamed 😤

[@wrlord]

Why? In this clip she was delightful.

[@lindseycarribean5113]

@@wrlord The interviewer ! He's disgusting.

[@gemspa73]

She should have been interviewed by Parkinson. Not this hack, Russell Harty.

[@Neville60001]

As the book _If This Was Happiness_ revealed, she had Altzheimer's, and she was barely keeping it together; in fact, on the flight over to England, she had two outbursts, accusing a stewardess of not liking her and also exploding at a couple that gave her a glass of champagne due to their getting married. Also, when she arrived at Heathrow, she was disleveled and in a state of agitation; clearly, she shouldn't have been giving any interviews to anybody at all, regardless of the questions asked, or making any appearances, period.

[@WillScarlet1991]

@@Neville60001 Can I ask if she was promoting anything in this year of the interview? Or did Rita just do it because she had nothing else going on?

[@josephfuller7008]

I can’t believe people accused her of being confused. This interviewer is asking the dumbest questions ever asked.

[@patbest7057]

Rude intimate interviewer towards miss hayworth

[@marcobagut]

This flipping watermark!

[@Gobble_de_Goop]

I know, it's infuriating. You can't see her facial expressions 😤

[@uselessjoe]

"2 good reasons it stayed up"...... reminds me of the story of the dad worried about his daughter wearing a strapless dress to her first high school dance... and then lamented "if it stays up then she is old enough to wear it"

[@aNNa-qh6ho]

Just watched Cover Girl. Rita was amazing. Sad she got Alzheimer’s 😢

[@fishandchips9033]

Alzheimer's is horrible my 80 year old mum has it and I am her carer. Love from the UK ❤️🙏👍

[@helloschoales]

This interviewer man is notorious bad maybe that the problem really.

[@josealfredochan]

the mark water, is a nightmare ...

[@mjrussell414]

Goodness - those questions don’t even make sense so even if she had Alzheimer’s here, she answered well and with humour. I remember the day she died. I was a big old movie fan since I was a kid, and that day I was in NYC on a class photography trip. A lot of adventures got packed into one weekend.

[@skygazer6898]

whats with the bloody big letters across her lovely dace

[@ausguy5052]

Actually they were quite witty responses, to asinine questions.

[@sxnico]

She was fine! She answered properly and with humor!

[@maryleachmanbeautyconsultant]

What a beautiful woman. I will choose her over Marilyn Monroe any day. She Kind of looks like my mother in this interview.

[@edshoaff3055]

The real reason the dress stayed up was because designer Jean Louise lined the bust with a plastic mold….that is why that area does not move during her dance routine. Demi Moore wore that iconic dress to an opening of a Planet Hollywood restaurant in Las Vegas she & husband Bruce Willis were investors in the restaurant. It would be nice to know where that famous dress is now.

[@ThereseLeclair-jz7qe]

I think she was sharp and witty. dumb questions.. she handled it perfectly.

[@slay3r153]

I need to see the whole interview 😩😩

[@jenjones90]

Yes she seems "shy" 🙄

[@WillScarlet1991]

Of course she was. Some people can be quite good at masking it, but still feel awkward and uncomfortable inside.

[@user-sh8vg9sk5c]

M/S Hayworth was lovely, and a great sense 🎉of humour. R.I.P. much-missed, dear lady. ❤❤❤❤. Xxxxx.

[@cabininthewoods7326]

I think her answers were just trying to avoid the uncomfortable questions don't think she really liked being put that high up on a pedestal

[@Raunak_Abani]

Please can you tell me where i could find the entire interview??

[@renarga6886]

I want it, too!

[@penelopegomezfc346]

same

[@perrygonzalez750]

me too

[@SDBR22]

Y yo

[@eivindgjengstjohansen9625]

She was 59 here and looked 80 all those years of heavy drinking and heavy smoking took its toll

[@eliomiro7855]

what a nasty interview

[@peterweissmann7794]

Dang, I just love her more now.👍

[@Kris-69]

What a creep RH was

[@adamlarsson3828]

this demonstrates how inane the interviewing of women was in this era. Rita was already suffering from AD, as the people that knew her best described later to Barbara Leaming. It is shame to see her go through this. Of course, we understand and know far more now but she deserved better.

[@user-id8xv2xx3t]

Oh dear! Imagine having the chance to interview such a legendary woman and you ask all these obnoxiously stupid questions.

[@6611haggis]

‘2 good reasons’. Naughty.

[@TravellerFair]

I saw this full interview some years ago, I do wish that they would repeat it or put it all online,

[@suzanasoares7733]

Talento e beleza de sobra!

[@juliabryan8083]

She was getting interviewed by the real-life Austin Powers for goodness sake 😂

[@spanishpeaches2930]

Russell Harty...never shied away from a rent boy by all accounts.

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

Two good reasons it stayed up.😂 That was a good one.

[@gusvelazquez7098]

Mi querida preciosa y bellisima MIss Rita Hayworth / Margarita Cansino . Que dios la tenga en su Gloria 🙏❤🌹

[@biancahotca3244]

Could you remove that RH thing? It's so annoying!!

[@marieminshull1400]

How off is this guy

[@elmirador8308]

she died in 1987 not 1988

[@Filmdude0]

People here in these comments seem to defentd her like she was accused for being sick and they have to preserve her reputation.... But lets face it, she had Alzheimers in 1976. And there is nothing to be ashamed of, even if there might be some signs here of that desiase in early stage.

[@davidjaap2130]

The fact that viewers had to endure 3 HUGE letters across the screen is in the poorest of bad taste. Shame on you. 😡😠

[@jmiogo]

Are u kidding with that watermark?

[@venom7774]

Gilda.

[@Gobble_de_Goop]

The watermark RUINS this footage!!! Can't even see Rita's facial expressions. Thanks a lot, ITN. 😡😤

[@abbyjohnson7863]

Nah he was just being weird with those questions. You don’t ask women that kind of stuff it’s rude. Even if she’s famous. Love the “for two good reasons” then shock on her face that she said it 😂

[@consciouslylisa5906]

She seemed terribly confused to me. And horrified at the same time. Poor thing.

[@NoName-ge6wc]

Creepy interviewer. He had no idea who this woman is. When she told him " don't touch me," he still didn't get it.

[@WVgrl59]

There's no problem with this interview

[@WILLIAM1690WALES]

Russell was a good interviewer and a clever man, but he should’ve realised and changed the angle of question when he was getting the certain answers back Michael Parkinson would’ve stepped up in a similar case

[@nunya978]

It had nothing to do with being confused. She was trying to evade all his creepy questions. What a dbag

[@dancingtrout6719]

Living Doll

[@user-gv6kp6pu1t]

She died in 1987 not 1988.

[@paddy.7784]

What a creep that interviewer is .

[@72djohnson]

What an idiotic bunch of statements and questions from him.

[@JM-lw3nx]

he's dead now what a pity

[@Wildrover82]

Even God himself will be creeped out by that guy. Did you see his interview of David Bowie? Patronising git he was.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

@@Wildrover82 Who was he? Weird and creepy.....

[@user-be4fu5um2f]

Хубава. Жена.

[@permijitdunkley1697]

......

[@stevenmcnicoll5060]

Harty was a buffoon.

[@benjackson7872]

This guy is creepy. No wonder she’s speechless (that along with the Alzheimer’s).

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Nothing to do with Alzheimer's.... The guy was a jerk, so she was nervous and uncomfortable.

[@yaminoonna3218]

Who is this interviewer?? He is creepy🤢

[@bbsoni4814]

brilliant sense of humour