Grace Jones on The Russell Harty Show 11/18/1980

[@ghosted1662]

The interviewer is a such a condescending jerk. He keeps excluding her from the conversation and talks about her like she's not there.

[@hereforthefoolery7217]

As high as she was, those comebacks were razor sharp.

[@rubinpowelliii216]

Zara Fall she READ THE FULL HOUSE DOWN

[@Jo-annSamurai3069]

I don’t think she was high. More like she was sleep deprived.

[@MD-722]

​@@Jo-annSamurai3069She was visibly high and even admitted to being so herself.

[@AlexaExtraordinaire]

Grace Jones is so beautiful and stylish even to this day she continues to inspire me.

[@kelm386]

Terry White Grace troll, you're such a hater.

[@clivesmith9377]

Happy 74th Birthday, my gorgeous Grace! I hope you'll live forever. 🎂🎂🎂

[@LiveLifeFit-id3xe]

Ms. Jones you are and forever will be a legend. The host was so disrespectful. Sorry you had to endure that but you were magnificently.

[@mr.summerset8054]

Bloody hell this is the most boring talk show I've ever watched...poor grace

[@keshlanacole9582]

She's not crazy, she wasn't on drugs, she's different, simple as that and also if you're watching the interview you see she hadn't had sleep in 3 days.

[@psympson]

She's rude and absolutely IMPOLITE. There's no excuses for that "handy" game.

[@MOUMOUK]

she is a legend but trust e she is high as fuck she just say at the beggining that she hasnt slept for four days

[@lefunk22]

psympson : No. Russel Harty the host was the one who was... "rude and absolutely IMPOLITE. There's no excuses for that". He was a partonising arsehole, right from the very first tedious question - and his treatment of her didn't improve over the interview. He got exactly what he deserved. I hope he learned something from this experienece - but I doubt it.

[@sjkaystuart1]

I agree he's personality is unique and the People who criticize grace just don't get her

[@actualbennett2245]

She said she was on drugs. Violence is never good. Didn't like Harty and adore Grace, but violence is wrong.

[@mwoodson1026]

This woman is Beautiful! Universal Beauty, Cheekbones, skin, she is a walking canvas!

[@phill633vgs]

mwoodson1026 we didn’t have tasers in the 1980s...

[@GuidoMillonezz]

She is

[@Jo-annSamurai3069]

Grace was toying with him. Like a LIONESS playing with a mouse. She’s a genius. She carried herself with shall I say Grace and style. I honestly don’t think he knew what he was letting himself in for interviewing Grace. He was so condescending and rude. She’s an ICON and an ARTIST darling! So glad she got her own back and slayed with a stellar performance.

[@charlesjames3328]

'She' has a name... it is SO rude (in the English language) to refer to someone present as "she" and "her" which both men did repeatedly. They should have been referring to Grace by name. Add "Was it a late night last night?" "Can you hear what I'm saying?" "Do you understand what I am saying to you?" "I do not know where your head is" "I wasn't listening to her I was listening to you" "Let's keep it on a slightly higher level". Russell bailed on Grace in 3 minutes and then brought out his 2nd guest and proceeded to ignore Grace completely for 12 minutes until he brought a third guest from the audience and didn't even bother to introduce them to one and other and gave Walter a further 6 minutes before bringing out a 4th guest! Grace was treated so rudely. Russell was a complete arse.

[@TheMRS]

They were taking turns trying to “manage” her which is proof of their own feeble insecurities #mansplaining

[@alinedesireekezetmin777]

Her face and this expression is epic!!

[@ip3043]

I'm surprised Grace didn't hit the interviewer right from the start, this amazing woman is a real artist and just too intelligent for this crap!

[@tnbtnb8973]

Grace don't play 😂

[@denisdesmond6585]

Grace Jones is an absolute sweetheart and that interviewer was so rude to her

[@ajs41]

How was he rude to her?

[@jonblazeinc]

@Andrew JS turning his head away when she was speaking to him

[@ItsBellum]

The interviewer was sooo rude to Grace, I'm glad she popped him. RUDE

[@EJP]

Popped?

[@freedarome3687]

She's right... it's a rude set up... if you notice guest seating now... they all sit along a couch so the host is facing all of them. It is rude to turn your back on a guest like that. It's also rude to point out that someone is not communicating properly. You learn to play along as a host instead of insulting your guests. It's rude to leave someone waiting to be spoken to again with your back to them. But it's 1980, so I guess they haven't worked things out yet.

[@sonicstep]

"But it's 1980, so I guess they hadn't worked things out yet." AIDS certainly worked things out for him. 😒

[@alyas3953]

I love this woman ❤️

[@brandonwilliams4756]

That look she gave him when she said "Try me" she already knew he was on some b. s.

[@actualbennett2245]

She was on some BS too - she later attributed her violent outburst to: “bad coke, pigeon shit and hallucinations.”

[@Commentator541]

Holy shit they all treated her like she was an idiot and a beginner. She was on drugs, OBVIOUSLY, but at the same time don't insult her!

[@hallaja8338]

Omg id be livid too! They both treat her like shit. Its not just that theyre not including her, but the host is TERRIBLE to her!!! Go Grace, he totally deserved it!!! I adore her

[@Rogerthatx10]

All the media takes Russell Harty's side, but he was so passive aggressive, bitchy and quite subtly rude throughout his questioning. Grace Jones was 1000,000% right in what she did. Personally I think he was intimidated and jealous by her talent, charisma and looks.

[@jaywest3734]

The Barn Owl Things were probably way more conservative back then.

[@victoredwardo9485]

I'm here because of that video when she slap him. And i want to know the back story.

[@typistol8042]

victor naranjo dead ass 😂😂😂

[@clamshell6863]

It is considered very rude when an interviewer turns his or her back on the other guest when they are acknowledging or listening to the presented guest. The guy was literally sitting sideways on his chair not only just turning his back on her. It is very rude and she had come from a shoot all the way from Asia which was hours and hours away just to do this interview and the guy was not taking her seriously. So, she felt like she was wasting her time. She was teaching him how to do his job. She handled it very well until he kept referring her manners and sitting position which she was fine until his constant wisecracks and digs towards her. Grace was not tolerating it, so she hit him. She may have also been on her period.

[@MzSoulll]

Fanblow seems like she was wasting her time. lol she was quite lethargic the entire interview. made small retorts, but said little that was substantive.

[@victoredwardo9485]

Fanblow to me everything was ok until you said she was on her period.

[@NiaMSnow]

victor naranjo me too girl

[@HARLOWETV]

God she's gorgeous!!!!

[@cynthiamckinney4276]

He just didn't know how to handle Grace. You can't be afraid of her, and you don't talk to her as if she's not worthy. He was asking for it...

[@haapadadlez]

Cynthia McKinney there is no such thing as "handling" a person! A person is not an object to be handled.

[@cynthiamckinney4276]

haapadadlez honey if you don't know or understand the lingo don't speak. Some words have a different meaning...

[@haapadadlez]

Cynthia McKinney what the hell are you talking about. What is so "lingo" about the word handle. The interviewer was just out of line. He was to weak to talk to Ms. Jones. So I don't understand why you don't understand what I'm saying.

[@cynthiamckinney4276]

haapadadlez dude you literally said what I just said

[@haapadadlez]

Cynthia McKinney Exactly. You tried it for no reason. I just didn't agree with your use of the word handle, especially in this context.

[@cilla4000]

She might seemed bored with him are out of it. Bit when it was time for her to perform, she jumped up and was ready on point!

[@EeriePancakeyyy]

I was born 5 years, after this was aired and I haven't ever heard of this host. I have, however heard of Grace Jones! Having your back to someone for an extended amount of time is incredibly rude.

[@Nativecary]

Terry White so are you, you should know right?

[@mrbee4life182]

Russell Harty was a famous interviewer in the early to middle 80s and died at the age of just 53 in 88 of an HIV/AIDS related disease as he was gay!

[@kep9637]

@@mrbee4life182 yes he was gay (so what) no he neither died as result of HIV nor AIDS.

[@richardm239]

dont fuck with a woman that hasnt slept for 3 days

[@alinedesireekezetmin777]

richardm239 hahaha funny

[@GuidoMillonezz]

She so beautiful in and out, I am 41 years old how come I didn’t know about such person until today.

[@PrecipitationAndCorderoy]

Grace Jones was fun here. It would have been a joy to interview her.

[@SpiritBear12]

Russell: Do you understand what I'm saying to you? Grace: No, your accent is a bit foreign. Me: Busts out in laughter! I love how she said that with a complete deadpan face, but was messing with him at the same time. LOL

[@boomerang905]

This beautiful woman knows how to handle this fool. She's smart, talented and spirited. He's trying to hide his fear. LOL. Grace was the most daring of my generation.

[@84tubbs18]

boomerang905 She has a most authentic African attitude She is very magnetic She could definitely do better than being on that fat square show

[@boomerang905]

84 Tubbs yes Grace ruled. Very different in many aspects. Cutting edge. We'd never seen anyone even close. Never seen another 🐦🐦💝

[@boomerang905]

Vampyre1966 l used that loosely. No l did not mean dread. She's stunning and unique. He just doesn't really know what to do with her way before its time "fierceness". 😛😛💝💝

[@mrbee4life182]

@@84tubbs18 She is Jamaican not African

[@actualbennett2245]

No. She said her violent reaction was due to: “bad coke, pigeon shit and hallucinations.” That wasn't Grace. She'd gone on a frumpy chat show, but would never have become violent without the drugs. Stalking off would have been so much better.

[@leeetchells6372]

I was in the audience the following week and he spoke to everyone in that same condescending manner. How he got his own show I'll never know.

[@TGFLdn24]

Lee Etchells I really want to learn more about this guy, i have heard different things about him so far, some nice some that say he was rude, etc. It really seems like there is a story behind all this and his career, maybe something in his personal life, maybe he had no control over the format of the show and took it out on some guest and audiences...? He just really seems like the influence for Alan partridge lol.

[@ezogh3826]

Wild that they had the credits rolling over her performance as well. After she’d travelled all that way, and waited throughout the show being patronised the whole time

[@neusapressler2253]

Grace is great!

[@mostuffxd5038]

now i see why she got upset. He used all him time asking the real questions to the other guy, especially after he assumed she was out of it. The only thing he did was when he would make fun of her, which he seemed to do the whole time. •-•' shes way to awesome to be put up with that guys crap.

[@TheRalphwoods]

What a shitty way of dealing with the situation - being more disrespectful and condescending to an already disgruntled guest. Main job of a host is to be likeable and make the guest comfortable, and he did the opposite of both.

[@actualbennett2245]

So, guests just hit the host, eh? Seems reasonable, eh?

[@paul8926]

The interviewer criticized her right from the beginning, what did he expect?

[@atis9061]

Who cares about them?? Grace makes them both history. That was a golden slap.

[@vincentgavigan5605]

He keeps referring to grace as she and her. He automatically assumes she's high. Very rude man

[@EJP]

Well, I think she might have been seeing she said she hadn’t slept for three days

[@vincentgavigan5605]

I think you may be right Erik 😃

[@actualbennett2245]

She was interviewed and said she was high. Very violent woman.

[@TheKolin63]

God bless Grace Jones having to sit there it her costume .....the other gentleman where interesting but Grace Jones is still here and more interesting

[@Ojoe2010]

When they still smoked on TV, the good times....

[@massimosquecco8426]

the most unpleasant rude host ever and aristocracy heels kisser:. without Grace he was already forgotten

[@MrMousley]

IF I was Grace Jones I would have hit Russell Harty at about 5:55 when he referred to her as ''SHE'' to the other guests !!

[@CMC_Productions]

LEGENDARY! Thanks for entire show

[@wordivore]

Would've been nice to hear Grace sing the whole song at the end of this. Love your voice Grace.

[@chopin65]

Both of them are boring. Thank God Grace was there.

[@zenobowie]

David Bowie and Grace Jones have the best cheekbones in the business !

[@shaggydog9789]

Coincidentally Bowie also had a very awkward interview with Russel Harty, check out their 1975 video link interview.

[@da12nvmp]

chiiiild these old white men! when i watch these old interviews i notice a trend when they address black celebrities

[@TGFLdn24]

da12nvmp yes, but they would also talk down to working class white celebs that way too (punks etc). Thank god that type of show and host died off in Britain as it was clear that it was full of older middle class men that exhibited all of society’s bigotry and racism.

[@actualbennett2245]

@@TGFLdn24 As you exhibit all the signs of the 21st Century PC/SJW mentality, which is a modern day cover for spewing bile at particular groups (often your own gender - so great, eh?) I'm not surprised at your comment.

[@actualbennett2245]

Don't be so ageist and sexist! Good grief - that's just as bad!

[@TGFLdn24]

@@actualbennett2245 okay old boy...... anymore old man ramble before you go in the garden today?

[@jocelynhkcarter]

JocelynhkCarter Grace was very funny and she looked great! I wish I had her cheekbones!

[@abxv_]

Grace is a QUEEN!

[@endrightwinglunacy]

Having now seen the whole of this show, Grace's infamous moment is actually the least bizarre thing about it. You've got the old queen in makeup droning on about god knows what, the twat on rollerskates at the end, Harty changing into a weird outfit for no reason whatsoever. I guess they were trying to go for a show about style and fashion, but.....eh? Quite compelling TV, however.

[@greenapple8883]

ERL Right? I became drawn in just trying to figure out what the hell was going on.😀😁

[@montiecristo]

He was a little rude to her, obviously he is not a great interviewer!

[@FrankNFurter1000]

I never grow tired of watching Grace hit him.

[@ktkktk6676]

George Reid What a fucking foul thing to enjoy... If Russell were slapping her would that be acceptable to you?

[@FrankNFurter1000]

What a bizarre response. How on Earth can you propose the reverse scenario like that? It's a false equivalence. The fact that Mr. Harty was an insufferable twat simply adds to the joy of watching Grace put him in his place.

[@grace4551]

George Reid ME TOO!!! 😁😁😁😁😁

[@sjkaystuart1]

George Reid I totally agree with you

[@Wewillneveracceptit]

This girl is a drunkard and she smells alcohol this time.

[@Peterrdee]

LMFAOOOO SHES SO FUNNY

[@jaywest3734]

The host is acting like she's not even in the room, treating her like a child. Horrible. I don't know if this is a race thing or what, but it's horribly rude regardless. I feel uncomfortable watching it. The 80s were a different time though, and we didn't have all the nuances about things we have now.

[@AshtnMrtn]

Jay West It is a race thing, unfortunately.

[@disizliz]

good fucking lord he brings on Grace Jones, was rude to her, and then talks to multiple other guests and manages to somewhat ridicule or belittle some aspect of their work? Wild.

[@ktkktk6676]

disizliz She is behaving like a goddamn imbecile... a zombie. He's trying to elicit an INTERVIEW here... And she's acting line a fucking fool.

[@bubz75]

Ultimate Diva

[@ladyblackstardust390]

There's a way to connect with people, and an interviewer needs to do that. Harty is a massive failure. The guests handled the dust up pretty well. It's a delight to see Walter with his blue eyeshadow, so 80s!

[@ChanelStJohn]

Grace was higher than a gallon of gas during the Bush administration 🤣🤣but I LOVE that woman SOOOO much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@goliaboi]

What a horrible show!

[@lukejoseph1867]

Disgusting, disrepectful interview That man is so rude Infact i think this is border line racist. Grace Jones is amazing...

[@themaggattack]

Luke Random- Yes, he was bigoted in every way. He was a condescending prick to everyone except square white males.

[@21MarketaDiva]

👋

[@afdfurnnw]

Grace Jones is just being her self did any one notice the old man with blue eye shadow on.

[@ezogh3826]

Yeah I thought it was pretty cool

[@actualbennett2245]

Grace attributed her actions to: “bad coke, pigeon shit and hallucinations."

[@greggmitchell2392]

When Grace peels off her leather jacket to reveal her metallic bustier and launches into a ferocious version of Love is the Drug = WOW!

[@nicola1466]

🤢🤮🤮 These men are creeps. Poor Grace having to sit there near them.. She's just fabulous 😍

[@lepetitpoulet]

Legend!

[@21MarketaDiva]

She is absolutely brilliant

[@ms.ashland1239]

The Original Sayage , serving looks grace, money and body , ❤️❤️❤️ I love her forever , Classy Lady

[@ronglyn]

why do they use the words she and her........ Her name is Grace..

[@JustforFun-jo6cc]

Ron Deegan Cause she's a black woman; not complying to his idiocy

[@jamesjspero]

Go Grace!!!!! I would have slapped him harder. I hate when people sit in that fashion and turn their backs to me. It's rude! I too have always loved Grace Jones! Her sense of style is awesome and to me she's beautiful and has this sort of free ,fun and peppy type personality. A bunch of us recently watched "Vamp" which I've loved since a kid.Lets not forget "Boomerang" She was hysterical in that!!!!!! The restaurant scene where she gets up and kicks the chair! lmao Her character made that movie!!!! I love you Grace!!!!!

[@alphacharm]

Love this woman!! Such a inspiration to me💛

[@excusablemarty4606]

I just love this interview

This guy asked worst things to David Bowie. Go check it out.

[@woolof9744]

Fernando Graça que coincidência te encontrar aqui. Sou seguidor do seu canal.

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[@suzannescott2687]

Two very expensive educations and no manners - talking about Grace in the third person when she was sitting there beside them. Is that bad manners or not? What a mysogonous time it was in the BBC.

[@TGFLdn24]

If you look at a lot of the British interviewers of that time and the 70’s they had a lot of men like him, you see it with the way they talked to the young working class musicians and anyone that was not middle class or robotic. Glad these types of set ups and interviewers are dying off. Especially those shows that love it when they have celebs with “character” when they are jet lagged, drunk or on drugs and hope that they do something that gets people talking.

[@actualbennett2245]

Men and women, actually. I remember Sue Lawley. Good grief!!!

[@grasspe-learning6354]

His first question set the tone. Grace gave him exactly what he deserved. lack of sleep is irrelevant. She was very much aware.

[@ladykippins1032]

he is so disrespectful to her! awful show.

[@tur74d56]

How is he ? He is asking her questions and she clearly is acting very odd indeed , Grace was rude and had shocking behaviour to

[@SL-ze6su]

He's being disrespecful to her in a subtle but consistent way. He underestimates her but chooses to kiss the ass of everyone there, he's trying to poke fun at her with little passive agressive jokes

[@kiwisoup1301]

He is very rude indeed. Grace is only on the show for a couple of minutes before he gives up and brings the next guest out. Accuses her of smelling. Turns his back on her. Constantly talks about her as she/her rather than directly. I'm sure your mother and grandmothers will have taught you that 'she' is the cat's mother.

[@depilacionmasculinachile]

Grace was Too patient ! ... She was the Star of the Show and she had to wait too much time for Singing.

[@cricketlee9820]

Nice....Total Victory!!!!

[@cricketlee9820]

They say she was out of it...Who could blame her...He's an Rude Asshole. Grace Jones actually made Interesting.

[@UFO4000]

Grace Jones is an absolute legend .Genius musician and iconic unique star . I am going to google and see if she ever did do the photo with Lord Lichfield Harty was shockingly patronising and rude to her all the way through . So glad she hit him , though it was nowhere near hard enough . Classic TV moment in history though and no interviewer I am sure ever turned their back on her again !

[@2tonefootage330]

Grace Jones makes miley cyrus look like shirley temple :) Grace was never a Punk musically but she was in spirit :)

[@mistofoles]

Grace was dating Dolph Lundrgen when she made A VIEW TO A KILL. Her room was adjacent to Roger Moore's at the hotel the cast were staying in, and Roger was really pissed off cos Grace and Dolph kept him awake by rutting all night !

[@markgenuelparadero8590]

is this true? How did you know this? please reply. thanks.

[@bobbyv5943]

mistofoles 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@lbthingsstuffmore9513]

I think the host tried to make a fool of Grace. Is this British racism?

[@TGFLdn24]

latonya bailey going by the way some of these middle class men talked to white working class people or anyone they deemed “below” them back in the day, I don’t know if it was pure racism or some other form of bigotry.....may need to see his other interviews with non white middle class men to see how he was. Maybe he just did not like those types of flamboyant personalities that his producers hired, especially when they may seem under the influence (although she said she was jet lagged and tired)......who knows these days, racism ran deep in many factors as we now can see......

[@lbthingsstuffmore9513]

That guy from London, I think sometimes when us Americans see British racism it's just weird. Brits come off very non offensive. But you know, we Just have to do better as a people. Call injustices out when you see them.

[@marianababa1005]

He completely ignored her. What a stupid, racist guy. Grace no one is like you. You are different, you are beautiful.

[@angiepronzola6622]

Mariana Baba I don’t think this has anything to do with racism! I think this guy is a terrible interview and the siting arrangement is dreadful,surely a guest should face all his guests at the same time!There’s also another interview with him and David Bowie where he is truly so unprofessional and as condescending to Bowie as he were toward Miss Jones.

[@ajs41]

Wasn't he interviewing someone else at the time?

[@TheOne-tz6kj]

Oh geez I don't think any racism was going on.

[@actualbennett2245]

Grace later attributed her violent outburst to: “bad coke, pigeon shit and hallucinations.”

[@TeaPips]

"She has a nose like mine" *Grace in the background 11:47 haha some randomness

[@mildredhighcock7333]

He didn't get her and shame on him BUT it really was all about chair placement. He did the same to the others when he wasn't talking to them, but she was the one who took this personally

[@pintsizewife]

mildred highcock x

[@clivesmith9377]

Happy 74th Birthday, my gorgeous Grace! I hope you'll live forever. 🎂🎂🎂

[@onceawitkin]

great to see, shame you don't have the two songs she performed .. would love to see those .. the glimpse of Love is the Drug at the end sounds great.

[@felixramos3078]

She would be the last person I messed up with. She looks so intimidating.

[@YANAMization]

She seems spaced out.

[@gioconda4736]

I love you Grace

[@justzee1574]

She made him include her in the conversation

[@lalh4098]

grace jones is so beautiful. i can hardly take her!!!!!

[@sallya7380]

The host was definitely gaslighting Grace Jones, trying to ignore her, making her feel lesser than in a very subtle way. I think he is lowkey racist.

[@guymichel8533]

Lowkey racist - accurate description.

[@actualbennett2245]

He's dead. And Grace attributed her actions to: “bad coke, pigeon shit and hallucinations,”

[@mercurydude]

Saw a smaller clip of the portion where she was slapping him and thought he was rude in that, but the whole thing gives even more context, that he was an ass to her from the beginning. A humorless, thoroughly unimaginative square. No wonder he made his snide insinuations that she was on something; he couldn't comprehend living art like Grace.

[@220773]

You really do NOT know who Russell was. Respect, please.

[@actualbennett2245]

She WAS on something. She said so. Violence is never acceptable.

[@mercurydude]

@@220773 Respect is earned, not given. This self-hating ass showed the same kind of rudeness to Bowie and I'm sure a lot of his other guests too.

[@mercurydude]

@@actualbennett2245 He said she was smelly and treated her like trash. Someone with that much contempt for someone shouldn't invite her on to begin with. It's understood that when someone invites you to be a guest, you treat them with a measure of dignity instead of trying to read them.

[@angelsgiftstudio]

Grace Jones has always been ahead of a time a feminist an artist actress songwriter singer amazing. She deserves respect and this man is supposed to be English and on live TV he is disrespecting her she warned him not once but I believe three way ahead of her time😍😍

[@actualbennett2245]

She later attributed her violent outburst to: “bad coke, pigeon shit and hallucinations.” As for Feminism, do try a little Karen Straughan.

[@TheLongdarktunnel]

Yeah...this interview was a disaster waiting to happen. From the way the chairs/guests were set up, Hardy's pompous demeanour and Grace being Grace (she explained her off mood on this show in her book). I'm not sure if any of the participants are particularly to blame. He clearly sensed something was off and didnt know how to handle her.

[@brianhughes45]

A little blast from 37 years in the past- I was the VT engineer doing the recording of the live broadcast- the impression then and now is that it was fairly crude publicity seeking on her part. But on that level it succeeded.

[@thedmboothe]

brianhughes45 host is a twat

[@princesspai1975]

brianhughes45 no one give af old man

[@elizabethhcarson]

Grace is a universe beyond this host

[@good2btheking]

OMG where can i see the full performance of "love is the drug" at the end? She had soo much style.

[@energetica346]

What an odious man! The good old utterly patronising days....Thank you for knocking sense into Harty...

[@Julia-wh4hl]

She so funny and elegant