Greg Scarpa respected Sonny Franzese and Chin Gigante, but not John Gotti

[@alking6633]

How Ironic because Scarpa was a Confidential Informant for the FBI.

[@carlcampbell6856]

Rats hate anything real

[@Theimperialone-o2g]

Yes. He was a rat

[@whitemountainapache3297]

So true. He was also bisexual. Gotti was a thousand times the man Scarpa was. The evidence. Who would you want as a friend, Gotti or Scarpa?

[@Theimperialone-o2g]

Yes he was

[@Theimperialone-o2g]

@@whitemountainapache3297 what????

[@gavinbrando8255]

I love how nobody respected John Gotti yet somehow he was on the streets his entire life and made it to the top of the joint largest family in New York and when he went down he kept his mouth shut like you’re supposed to but….. it’s the rats that are the ones saying he was not respected and who knows maybe he was just lucky for his entire life

[@jonnytlong]

Exactly

[@Tommybhoy8881]

Wasn’t the largest family in New York so that’s false 😂

[@garyparkinson6198]

Always assumed the Genovese were the top family, especially after Carlo died.​@@Tommybhoy8881

[@RJ-vf5lk]

I think it was when he became boss and acted the way he did was when everyone lost respect for him

[@matthewgabbard6415]

@@RJ-vf5lk Bingo, plus he whacked a boss without approval from the Commission

[@bayknight20]

Larry always delivers a great interview

[@MikeRaposa-fg5fe]

Didn’t respect gotti but was working with the fbi lmao good one

[@jaysonb.6669]

All the top bosses including Carlo Gambino were working with FBI or CIA in some way except guys like Sonny who got framed up. Why do you think the Mexican Cartels are allowed to be so powerful today?

[@Trwillis9]

Context.. he can compartmentalize the life and the snitching

[@theshawdows]

​@@jaysonb.6669Carlos Gambino never worked with the FBI

[@Crobertg10]

What a life Larry lived

[@connormurphy7684]

Scarpa was still a rat,Sonny took his time on the chin❤

[@johnfabozzi3636]

Speaking of chin the feds were fast like rabbits but the fox was smarter.

[@mattsweeny3957]

When you get your eye shot out and go home and have a few stiff scotches...yeah...that's hard-core tough

[@Whosthis761]

That footage the cops took of Greg with the toothpick in his mouth just looking about looks like a shark or something one scary Individual

[@sammygaudino8906]

And when you have the FBI behind you to that helps.

[@jaysonb.6669]

@@sammygaudino8906 If you don't think that the top Mafia bosses throughout history didn't work with the FBI & CIA i have some moon property to sell you. Same with the Colombians & Mexican Cartels operating today.

[@onetime1828]

​@@sammygaudino8906go watch movie. Doofist

[@oldmansportsog2514]

​@sammygaudino8906 dumb. I find it funny how people today think there is some street code of honor. None of these guys in mafia had honor. Tbey not lucky or the prime minister. The whole reason mafia didn't want to move drugs is because of this reason. People will get hooked onto the drugs amd people will snitch on one another. But scarp went down to work for the Fbi vs the Kkk. If you think the mafia had any love for the kkk in the 1960s you need help

[@RobertKammer-sx4ot]

As far as Sonny Franzese goes, take a look at the guys who came up under him early on and many of them who ended up in his crew. Some of the toughest guys in that family. To me, that says something about Franzese that guys like them wanted to be around him. FYI, it was Sal Albanese not Tony Albanese.

[@southie3177]

You’re joking right 😂. Gotti had stone cold killers following him since he was a teenage gang leader 🤷‍♂️

[@RobertKammer-sx4ot]

@@southie3177 What's that got to do with what I said?

[@jchristopher1762]

I think everyone respected Sonny Franzese in that life. He was one of the toughest and smartest. And, as long as you did not go against or disrespect him, he was probably one of the nicest.

[@ghyogi1]

Yeah..really nice guy.Robbing other people buisnesses for protection.Creame of the society.P.o.s all of this guys are.

[@55Andreas55]

Very genuine, calm and interesting. Wow.

[@Nickster_P]

Cosa Nostra eventually became so big and uncontrollable that it was always destined to fail. You can't rely on hundreds and hundreds of men, over the decades, to live by the code. Once massive prison terms became a reality, men started flipping and it was the beginning of it's downfall.

[@-Mohog]

Especially street gangsters and hardcore criminals. You can never ever control them fully as a well working organisation. It's just a ridiculous idea to begin with.

[@AndyB718]

Charlie the Moose was my foreman at work. He definitely had an ora,and treated his union construction workers good.

[@WestonJP88]

That's crazy. What was he like?

[@Micheal-Knight-]

Merlino has taught us we don't need to fear anyone

[@EM-du6ch]

Why do you say that?

[@Micheal-Knight-]

@EM-du6ch because he doesn't give other people importance.

[@Jrgoldenbear]

You needed Joe to tell you that?

[@Micheal-Knight-]

@@Jrgoldenbear yes

[@Cyberdynepunk]

😂😂😂😂 He’s a nobody to the heavyweights Mazza going on about

[@Payman64]

Excellent interview

[@chukonwea5956]

Great question.

[@throwbackmediasports]

Thank you

[@greghunt3790]

I wanted a steak.. But i comprised.. So.. while watching This video. I Made a grilled cheese off the radiator..

[@dennisclancy6729]

😂😂😂

[@michaelf2160]

20 YEARS IN THE FUCKIN CAN

[@ghyogi1]

Let me say you a couplle of 3 things.I did 20 f years...

[@TheNYJets15]

John Gotti lived the life all the way to the very end and he never gave an inch!! All these rats are the hero’s of their own stories…that should tell you all you need to know.

[@alisonmclean3754]

Sonny franseze chin gigante fat tony Salerno junior persico Greg scarp sr Scarpa jr was one tough dude

[@865style]

What does that mean? Scarpa was a rat for like 30 years lol. Stop using gotti for clicks while at the same time disrespecting him by saying a rat for 30 yeaes didn't respect gotti. Thats like saying Jeffrey Dahmer didn't respect btk because he didn't eat the bodies. I don't think btk would want Dahmer's respect. Can you not come up with better content?

[@gavinbrando8255]

Bravo 👏 I am sick of these weasels all disrespecting John when he was a real man his entire life

[@Sebastian-km9qx]

Crazy metaphors😂

[@flamboyentpromotions3471]

However you view the comments, its interesting to know how Scarpa viewed these people and why. Seems like the people he rated like Chin, Dellacroce,Franzese, Fat Tony etc are universally rated in the mob.

[@pab1381]

Here are you fucks saying you know how shit was to the ppl that were there. This is what Larry was saying. I doubt you were there to say different.

[@Payman64]

5:04 what broadcast?

[@dayatatime01]

Everyone respected Sonny Franzese! Stand up till the end!

[@bornr2797]

He was an informant for many years....common people

[@christopherdrager4421]

Give my cousins from the otherside some dipset beats and watch wat happens LOVE FROM TRENTON NJ

[@amoomemat9311]

God rest he’s soul sunny was a original gangster.

[@FeathersAndFurOfNJ]

Bring in Prison all the time shouldn’t be a flex.

[@jaysonb.6669]

Staying out of prison all those decades means they were co-operating in some way or another. Out of all the Bosses, i think Persico was actually the least connected or not co-operating at all with CIA & FBI.

[@greyjedi6430]

What u bringing??

[@pauliedibbs9028]

Never knew about Scappy being on the other side.. he was so close with Persico and since day one!

[@maxpaws3977]

Guy in thumbnail looks a bit like Ray Liotta

[@paidinfull9641]

It’s very easy to be tough when you got the government on your side

[@siner2442]

I don’t get it? So they didn’t like Gotti bcuz they thought he was doing it the wrong way… But pretending to be crazy,have ur own mother lie to the FBI witch is a crime that she could’ve been persecuted for and risk losing her freedom? While the same robe,slippers and hat walking up & down the street every week thinking u had anybody fooled? While they already had him on tapes from tapping his phone… that’s the right way and what everybody says they respect!? The only one Chin fooled, was himself… I’d rather roll with Gotti.

[@anthonymitchell8893]

siner he wouldent meet chin in person too nervous sent Sammy the bull to a mid ight meeting at his mother's house go read his book he told law enforcement loads about the chin the Genovese were way more competent head and shoulders above any body else

[@writerdirect]

SEE THE BROADWAY PLAY EVERYBODY; WERE BRINGING LARRYS STORY TO BROADWAY AND VEGAS

[@LDYize]

He may not have "respected" him but he certainly didn't disrespect him either.... let's not get it confused.

[@throwbackmediasports]

Very good point

[@Boss_Man00]

Scarpa didn’t fear anyone? He sure feared the feds n prison

[@IanONeill-f6e]

Everyone says that about Sonny

[@Steven-v8z9l]

Ironic greg is only name in this headline that wasnt true to the crew! Who cares who a rat doesnt respect. Known as a tough guy his whole life and threw it all away with one bad decision

[@daniellundvall3719]

Johb killed a boss. The chin did tried to kill john but killed franke DeCicco in a carbomb.

[@johnfabozzi3636]

Finally somebody who knows the f****** truth. I don't care what anybody says I know everyone feared chin.

[@seanburdelik5216]

Gotti was a degenerate gambler nothing more nothing less , Gotti wasn't a killer or a real earner he was more of fake gangster but he did make it to the top .

[@kenuffff]

died of AIDS and was a career snitch, who cares what he thought

[@Joey-c4q]

Did he respect Jerry langella ? I heard he was a man’s man

[@davidmitnick868]

I always wonder if any of these guys knew my cousin Danny Iemola from Myrtle Avenue. My mom said he was a gangster in the 70s but I never found any documentation about his life. Maybe he was just a petty criminal. He went homeless and died from drugs many years ago.

[@alistent21]

Kinda makes sense john a young boy to him

[@FreddyRuger-b6s]

Sal Albanese got whacked. Larry is thinking about Tony Abbatemarco

[@sammygaudino8906]

Greg was only tough because he had the FBI behind him.😂😂

[@christopherchilders1049]

He was only out of jail and doing scams because of the feds! He got his eye shot out and tried to self medicate! He was a tuff guy! A POS definitely but still a tuff guy

[@jonnytlong]

He was tough no matter what. I know he was a huge rat but you can’t say he wasn’t a tough guy.

[@sammygaudino8906]

@jonnytlong Idk would he be doing all that without the FBI protection.

[@jonnytlong]

@@sammygaudino8906 he supposedly told delvecchio that he didn’t care when he was told the fbi couldn’t save him if Scarpa was caught while retaliating against the guys who fired shots that could have hit his daughter and grandchild.

[@D.D.-ud9zt]

He was killing people with full blown AIDS. He was definitely tough. Was an example of omerta? Maybe not.

[@philipbaio2237]

Joe Sapporo hank the bank. They were good guys growing up in Brooklyn. We always know them.

[@46reno]

I read that Scarpa Sr. & Jr. killed at least one woman. Where is the honor in that?

[@Trwillis9]

Sammy the Bull rule.. during the time Sammy was in power… Come on!

[@DavidTodd-cs1hq]

Cosa nostra.

[@writerdirect]

larry thats you lol

[@kingpro192]

...and who respects an FBI informant masquerading as a wise guy? 😂

[@todds808]

Michelle Franzese is always telling the same boring story

[@TomBoy-tw6qc]

Rat Gotti hate them

[@JamesArmstrong-bu7ry]

Genovese's were tops from late 70s till now L

[@jamesstangler4067]

Doesn’t sound genuine.

[@jonwalton4286]

U must of been listening to someone else. That was as genuine as ya get I’ve heard that about scappy when Sammy was an acting capo it was cringey to now be peers as Sammy was chased for trying to sex another man’s wife a decade before

[@jonnytlong]

Sammy’s story is completely different. As usual. He did nothing wrong and either the Columbo’s transferred him to the Gambino’s or he was going to clip the guy who was telling lies about him. Same stuff gravano always does. Changes the facts around so he looks like the good guy.

[@Sebastian-km9qx]

@@jonnytlongHave never heard of another story of Sammy getting chased to the Gambino family. Are there any other source of information that doesn’t back Sammy’s story? Both Sammy & Michael seem to be the biggest frauds Lol. Both guys are masters at lying/manipulating.

[@toby099]

Who did Matt “Drinkwater” Bevalaqua respect the most?

[@DavidPabon-e8d]

I always said and felt Larry Mezza anyone could enjoy him as their next door neighbor he’s very respectful and very very well spoked , well mannered , ect !!! God bless him even though he’s was a killer . lol

[@davidfitzgerald5110]

He dident respect Gotti because he was probley jealous of him the comment about the suits says it all he never dressed like that not with those type of suits show me one picture? you gotta understand half these guys are Narcissists and anybody that outshines them is seen as a threat to there own grandiosity, the comment about the suits says it all oh i was wearing them first 20 years earlier? - ya right the guy was a rat that never even made it to capo - dangerous yes but dangerous knowing all along he had FBI protection so therefore he always knew he was at an advantage - Gotti had none of that murdered the boss and rose to the top and if Scarpa thought Persico was such a Snake why dident he do the same? he was the big bad killer right? well Gotti was the one that made the move not him - Gotti had more balls because Gotti was never a rat and anybody that believes Gravano old fanny drops is a total imbeclie - he got his ass out of that sentence for childish moments of comfort.. ...

[@ghyogi1]

You are right for the most of the comment.But somebody who is really smart would run away from the administrative position cos of the gov.pressing in the 80's.And do you know how many bull..t confrontations are inside the family and you have to be the judge on all of them and listen to those illeterate people and their stupid exolanations..That is a job from hell.

[@davidfitzgerald5110]

@@ghyogi1 In This Day And Age Ya Not So Much Back In The Day Of Course There Was Always Going To Be Pressure From Law Enforcement And Factionalism Within Families But Pre RICO And New Americanized 2nd And 3rd Generation Sicilians/Naples Ie They Were No Longer Mainlanders And Dident Have The Same Respect For Tradition - Also Now The Drugs With Galante And Then The Pizza Connection - Those 3 Things Were The Ruination Of Cosa Nostra And Just The Times In General Those Old School Mafioso Were Made Of Different Stuff Poeple Can Talk About Rico And All That But Spilotro And His Brother Knew They Were Going To Die, Sonny Black Napolitano Knew He Was Going To Die, Roy DeMao Knew He Was Going To Die It Has Nothing To Do With Rico Different Calibre Of Man You Could Say They Were Stupid But If The Mob Had Members Like That Now They'd Still Be A Powerhouse Rico Or Not... Gotti Was The Next Boss Right After Rico So That Old School Mindset Was Sill There Gotti Came Up Under Carmine Fatico And Niell Dellacroche They Were Part Of The Albert Anastasia Faction Of The Family They Worked Directly Under Albert And Gotti Was In A Position Where It Was Killed Or Be Killed It Was A Self Preservation Tactic But Also He Was Ready To Take The Position Obviously But It Was Clever How He Pulled It Off Dispite The Pressure He Was Under But It Was Kill Or Be Killed If He Wasent Going To Be Killed He Was Going To Be Shelved One Or The Other.. Bosses Have To Make Examples Out Of Poeple Like Gotti When They Get Caught Doing That Gotti Knew It And Him And Castellano Already Hated Each Other And Now With Niell Gone Gotti Was All Of A Sudden Vulnerable.. Look At Carlo Gambino, Tony Accardo, Santo Trafficanti, Tommy Lucciasie, Benny Squint Lombardo, Joe Bannano Probley Would Have Been Alright If He Wasent Such A Power Hungry Lunatic Some Bosses Were Successful But Been A Boss Takes A Certain Type Of Person And There Is Always Risk Especially These Days With All These Little Rats Like Larry And Co And The Tough Guy Greg Scarpa He Was Always Tough But He Also Knew He Was At An Advantage And He Knew It... In Gottis case he was either going to be shelved/killed or take over and he was the type of guy with the leadership skills and mentality to orchastrate something like that and he had to be well respected in the family to get the support he did to achieve that and obviously he was good at mafia politics, he knew the game and what to do to reach out to other families ect, look he was the type of guy if he was under threat he was going to act Scrapa was the same in his own way but it's highly questionable weather he would have taken on Carmine Persico if he was in a similar position we don't know that, Persico was very very feared by everybody in that family and it's not surprising he made his name going to war with the Gallo's and allegedly he was part of the hit team on Albert Anastasia... Poeple Talk About Greg Scarpa And He Was Obviously A Very Dangerous Man But In My Opinion Dominic Mini Scialo And Crazy Joe Gallo Were Even Worse And Sonny Franzsese Could Easily Match His Reputation And Carmine Persico Had A Bigger One Just My Opinion I Could Be Wrong I Mean What Did He Do Any Different Apart From Killing A Woman? And Doing That CIA Job In The South And What The Fuck Was He Doing Working With The CIA To Begin With? Normal Rats Don't Just End Up Working For The CIA Sounds To Me Like He Was A CIA Asset He Had To Be To Go All The Way Down There On A Mission? Tieing The Guy Up To Tourcher Him? - Known CIA Tactics In These Type Of Missions?? ....

[@scarfyleah]

I like larry

[@frankie57]

Gotti was a Napolitan Gavone.