Metallica's James Hetfield - meeting the real man behind the mic & the metal

That's Entertainment's Dina Butti meets Metallica's legendary frontman James Hetfield and clears up all the rumors about the new album, rehab, breakups and the 3D movie... plus what James is embarassed to reveal and why he's not likely to mosh again any time soon.. Twitter: @dinabutti dinabutti instagram:dinabutti

[@elliciaodell9386]

James must be such a pleasure too talk to. He's very kind, sincere, wise and if I may say, Handsome

[@Good-Win2015]

HETsome

[@rebelguy9487]

Definitely one of my bro-crushes......Papa Het for the win!

[@rebelguy9487]

I used to want to have a beer with him.....now that he's dedicated to sobriety, I'd love to have coffee with him and just have a conversation with him!

[@aprilwest5812]

Well a couple hundred million dollars makes everyone look better.

[@itsmesandman]

it's all fun and games until he ends up in your bed one night.

[@Crimson11100]

He got more handsome with age.

[@OneSupreme08]

every Metaalica album is special to me and none of it I consider even close to being bad. Metallica are on the level of legends like _Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Ac/Dc, Rolling Stones , The Beatles, The Who, The Cream... --I call it "the legends level", but hey thats just me and my taste, could mean nothing to someone else and I totally respect that. I use to be very hot metal head critical fanatic, but now I just feel cool and enjoy music without prejudices, and life is much more beautiful !

[@littlebigkicker]

I agree

[@Yamaashi_]

Respect! 🤘

[@dujevukovic5131]

Album lulu?

[@jamess3109]

@@dujevukovic5131 That's not exactly their album

[@lilylily9728]

Not surprise by the way she looks at him James is still attractive. I want him just like she wants him right now.

[@profileone5655]

Lily Lily I want her though

[@thequintessential5503]

She wants to play James' riffs

[@MrParkerman6]

He is long time Married.

[@nataszasuarez6243]

Probably 😂

[@babyc_s2]

Who doesn't

[@rubaidaallen2764]

Love how down to earth he is. Seems like an awesome guy. Love Metallica!!!

[@JanPatrickLucas]

"The Blessing And The Curse" Sounds like a Metallica record to me! James you're untouchable! There's Metallica and then there's everybody else period! Part of my soul eternally!

[@jeerowe12]

I am *eternally* a Metallica fan. James has always been my fave and my lifetime crush. I wish I could know him as a person rather than an icon. He seems to be a super down-to-earth person. He has issues too in life. But he is still an amazing musician and performer. I am a Metallica fan forever.....

[@butcheringsaint]

Knowing him as a person would be so cool. (No crush here just respect)

[@pubkrocknroll]

holy fuck this chick is fucking incredible

[@shiine461]

Papa Het is such a down to earth person. And just like what he said in his previous interviews, what he portrays on stage is the opposite side of him. Love the charisma and deep voice.

[@THRASH_MACHINE]

Well, he is now he's older

[@chasemiller7974]

This comment section is hilarious.

[@valaxelle]

Lead me not to temptation he loves his wife, his children and respect

[@bvdatech1]

valerie vansteenkiste lmaoo 100%

[@daphdaph4947]

Amen

[@seba5837]

Jamez show her your Battery 1313

[@NickW-l6e]

Great interview and awesome original questions. Love it!

[@nadzro]

Awesome interview!! He is so chilled out!

[@ThaSilverSurfer]

RESPECT and LOVE for James....the sound track of my youth when i competed and fought to win in life.....I won too

[@butcheringsaint]

Atta way. A goal achieved!

[@elguitarronista]

James is a badass. I hope they tour in the states soon.

[@MetaITurtle]

Thaaat interviewer was ffffffffffffiiiiiiiine! But still James > fiiiiiiinnee

[@psycheros19]

One of the most interesting interviews! Love the questions, so on point and refreshing!

[@Eron55555]

"You don't retire from music."

[@harrycallahan9143]

James like ABBA? good lad! i recon they could do a brilliant cover of SOS

[@coldvoid]

Harry Callahan Sure, man! Metallica, I don't know about Rob much, but Lars, Kirk and especially James and Cliff (RIP) are into tons and tons of different stuff, like Kate Bush, classical/acoustic like Bach and Morricone, jazz, blues. So much influence they had through all those years :)

[@ladyheroin.1239]

Dave Grohl from Nirvana And Foo fighters like ABBA to

[@dsl32]

I think he has ABBA for his wife

[@Mortslake]

Many metalheads like Abba

[@metalbeats14]

There's a bit in eye of the beholder which sounds kinda like abba

[@zacharymaher8801]

James is so nice

[@mitchhaynes1744]

She wants a “meat” and greet

[@KaixooAeri]

HAHAHAHA

[@oddgreen]

Hahah!

[@Omar_E11]

Lmao You know KZbin comments are usually unbearable but it's stuff like this that make me read them anyway.

[@SurelyThisWorks]

You know James is thinking " I wish i wasn't married "

[@dragonbalance7700]

SurelyThisWorks if he was then why would he get married. Maybe it's just you man.

[@christianwhitmore4753]

Dragon Balance it was a joke man

[@joeehrmantraut4297]

SurelyThisWorks you’re obviously not married.

[@bkb757]

Dragon Balance r/wooosh

[@jukaisea7262]

Marriage doesn't stop anything. Y'all really think these men are faithful, it's actually cute

[@butcheringsaint]

"Honest with themselves, as well" such a gold comment. One tends to draw the other. Such a platform, honesty. St anger (minus that snare) is one of my favorote Metallica albums. And justice and death magnetik are my other two. Great interview. Thank you.

[@manuelag.h.7471]

I LOVE this man! Love THAT voice !

[@douhateme7]

he said the younger people haven't heard the good stuff, i'm only 14 and i've heard every album

[@ryan2000he]

0:26 the geek at front row killed me xD ROCK OUT GEEK!!!

[@unnerdboricua3178]

That girl was turned on the whole interview. She wanned Hetfield's D Look at the way she looked at him. I want a girl that looks and talks to me the way this girl talked to Hetfield.

[@kethcup]

He's a fucking legend, and still very good looking. Of course she looks at him like that. Hell I'd get a wetty sitting next to him on a couch.

[@condors1972]

Ask your mum

[@thequintessential5503]

Who wouldn't? He's fine Af

[@THRASH_MACHINE]

Get a guitar make good songs. BOOOOM chick magnet

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

That T shirt is the best thing about this video. Anyone who hasn't heard Tygers of Pan Tang's first album needs to. One of Metallica's biggest influences

[@breadfan262]

I saw the 3D movie in an IMAX theater. It was awesome. Better than a regular 3D movie. It’s almost like you’re looking through an open window but are walking around on the stage while they’re playing.

[@butcheringsaint]

That would be a neat experience!

[@peaceandquiet]

WOW he mentioned my country Lebanon :DDD Metallica for life

[@anahowana]

James is inspiring! I do enjoy watching his interviews as much as i enjoy his music and live performance

[@metalforever12085]

Cliff Burton actually loved classical music.

[@cindymartin-dixon219]

DAMN HE IS HOT!! IAM THE SAME AGE AS JAMES AND I CAN SAY WE HAVE AGED WELL! I WILL ALWAYS BE A METALLCA FAN!! ROCK ON GUYS!!

[@pinkdisney4ever]

This interview is before we meet

[@Beiskraft]

They have a picture on the net from the interview. She is actually skinny, and very pretty and hot

[@oscar1987zp]

initially I didn't like this band, but was because of that I didn't know it enough about them, but right now I cannot quit listen to them

[@vagvll]

Nice interview, she asks good questions not the usuall shit you hear in every interview

[@cathycastadena6084]

Love this interview

[@takmagic777]

"You don't retire from music"...so true. \m/

[@JOHNNYwxw]

really inspiring person ! Great frontman.great everything ! what a style

[@elizabethhock4414]

Old but Gold! Much love & respect James!

[@Ramul]

And actually turned out to be a great interviewer :) never judge a book by its cover, but sadly I do it all the time :P

[@PsnIDShMuK]

Shes attractive and does great interviews. Shes bad ass

[@acefirefist8185]

It's hard to Imagine James hetfield singing and dancing to Waterloo 😂

[@BodaciousWickerman]

Haha! Metallica should cover it. Would be awesome.

[@lesternapoleongreen7543]

He's a pretty big dude now. I wonder how he keeps in shape on tour.

[@antonioromero878]

It's all the metal bro

[@OriginalMiztiki]

If only James would throw me down on that couch…

[@Dirtnap1986]

Ooh calm down!!! He gets to have me first!!!!!

[@ThePapaGriff]

look at it through his eyes, he's been doing albums for so many years, a 3d movie prospect comes up he's experiencing a new thing, especially if he's interested in doing it

[@calebbartlett5998]

Exactly. People can say what they want about Metallica but you can NEVER say that James is not a nice and great dude!!

[@MasaM-c2c]

That is true, never get tired in music

[@soonermodels1173]

That chick is hot!

[@pantera89]

Fernando Duarte OMG yes...nothing against James, but I couldn't stop looking at her...

[@AnfalasHerdsman]

+Morbid Angel all right xd

[@Momesmor]

+Fernando Duarte As long as she doesn't speak. That voice ....

[@lug23]

i was thinking the same thing

[@olivierhebert8397]

00:05 Thats right James, always look the eyes. Don't look at the... eum .. eug...

[@Cthulhu_Awaken]

She on other hand is taking good hard looks at his... errgh... equipment.

[@Sparkles-gp2bm]

James ages like fine wine

[@ssosslau2001]

I wouldn't lol. awesome interview. Metallica favorite band and will always until they break up. I think they will be together as long as the Stones will be and the Stones have not stopped yet. Greatest band ever man. Hetfield is great.

[@Cheximus]

Just checked out this chick's instagram and my god she went downhill fast. Absolute babe here!

[@konstantinosretzepis7037]

Would you mind telling us?

[@madisonjohnson5962]

The Through the Never movie was amazing 😍

[@susiv]

James habla un inglés bastante claro, vocaliza bien; eso lo detecto. Pero no tengo el suficiente nivel para seguir el ritmo de la conversación. Debo mejorar mi inglés, o la otra alternativa es que James aprenda español y lo hable, jeje.

[@lephilosopheinconnu3952]

Si fuera tú, optara por la primera opción..

[@endezeichengrimm]

LOAD/RELOAD are my favourites

[@الليثالأبيض-ف4ت]

She wanted

[@navylaks2]

every woman i've talked to love's the post rehab Hetfield;)

[@thequintessential5503]

To play his riffs

[@zeppelinhead93]

He said that younger people haven't seen the previous tours. so that's why they put all the gimmicks from all the tours into one stage.

[@jackskelly18]

Am I the only woman here that notice how...tight James' jeans are?

[@viccasaur]

Indeed, dat bulge.

[@TheKINGlagg]

Tights pants, PFFFT. Check out her tshirt!

[@OneSupreme08]

are we excited ;)

[@georgezoorobjr2765]

You see... back in the day.. it was all tight jeans... all over the 1980s . Haha

[@petejt]

+jackskelly18 He likes tight jeans. When he gave up alcohol he still had addiction issues- he'd buy a new pair of tight jeans even though he had 20 in the cupboard.

[@psycheros19]

ABBA! I could imagine that because basically James and the gang really appreciates good music!

[@Eleebelle]

he's just perfect :) it's that simple

[@manuelag.h.7471]

Nobody like you ! come back soon JAMES ♡

[@volt101x]

She's really using all her woman charms to squeeze info out of James 😂

[@CodOverloadNoob]

Oh man if they ever split up it will break me.

[@JAFOpty]

I looooooove this woman

[@ethenhatfield6029]

Really wish I could meet the one and only table

[@1978koch]

damn!deep respect for your t shirt james!

[@wer13245]

Every metallica album is good. St.anger,death magnetic,load,reload is better than 99% of other shit

[@lucasdouble-u4010]

That where good question honestly did not expect that

[@kuikoman]

she's hot

[@GeorgeG4895]

this man is a legend

[@jamiejohnson1259]

He's cute and respectfull iye normal to check each other out that's there but it's still a cute conversation

[@WGTSA]

before the abu dhabi show...was in backstage...amazing recall...

[@bozzun]

Damn she's so hot.

[@rmaffia702]

James is a KING!

[@arunkiran22]

Whts the name of that girl?

[@Zepp2922]

actualy a good interview

[@GreatKingMop]

The Table himself!

[@MetallicA7X92]

look at their more unfamous songs. they are quite good and the writing is very good as well. Didn't think much of Abba until i hear Ghost's cover of "I'm a marionette", i listened to the lyrics and i was kinda shocked how dark it was for a swedish pop group, haha.

[@semifallen]

i just cant take my eyes off that 'tallica logo across her...ehem tshirt...:-)

[@snootch3157]

I was an avid Metallica fan up until late 1991 when I heard they were going on tour with Guns 'N' Roses in the following year. Both were on my Top 2 List, but the mix irked me, because by that time, real music was on its way out. And when the black album was released in 1992 (I remember hearing "Nothing Else Matters" and cringing, saying "That's not Metallica!"), my lack of avidness then plunged into disgruntlement. (Yeah, I'm making up words - they express my emotions at the time!) Anyway, shortly after Metallica released the black album, they got involved with the Freddie Mercury thing, which was sort of ticking me off (though I loved the Metallica version of "Stone Cold Crazy"), and then they cut their hair (like everyone else), and then grunge somehow got popular all over the place, and then I just said eff it - eff it all to aich. But yeah, I can still remember that void between bad-ass heavy metal of the late 80s and the wussy grunge of the early 90s. It seemed like it lasted about a year - it was weird. And then it just did a pole-flip and magnetic field reversed itself... Real music was dead. The black album just sucked in my opinion, and I had no interest in Metallica's other projects. I tried to get into the Garage Inc. thing, but by then I knew music was dead. So when Load and Reload came out, I didn't even know it. I figured they sucked anyway. (Turns out my intuition was correct - I discovered that crap about a year ago, about 15 years after the fact!) And when I found out Metallica was doing music videos galore, movie soundtracks, wearing eye make-up, doing those pansy drugs, and just all their stupid crap... well, it didn't surprise me, sadly. I think it was about a month ago when I discovered Death Magnetic. (Yeah, about... what... 6 years after the fact...?) Turns out that is a pretty bad-ass album. It actually made me want to like Metallica again. Anyway, why the fuck did I just write all that? I guess I just hope Metallica doesn't suck even harder going forward. I saw them in concert a few years ago because a friend took me for my birthday. From this video I watched here, it seems like I was a part of their "greatest hits tour" thing James was talking about. That's pretty cool. And I saw "Through the Never" - not my style of thing, but pretty cool nonetheless. Made me miss the old, real Metallica, actually - not what the 90s did to them. Oh, well... eff me. Have a good one.

[@Exotic_Tofu]

tldr. metallica was bad after 1993

[@subsonic.22official88]

Exotic.Tofu from 1993-2007 because death magnetic was kick ass

[@MetaITurtle]

You know, I feel the Black album just brought the "justice" Era attitude to the serface. "Mainstream" and then metallica got a taste of that thus --> Load album. Get what I'm saying?

[@Exotic_Tofu]

Subsonic.22 Official i really don't think death magnetic was that great but it was wasn't as horrid and shit as load/reload/st.anger. it never stops to amaze me that the same people who made MOP made that shit

[@jrvivaldo1513]

Snootch hater that's all you are you talkin shit about them but here you are watching interviews commenting on them you're sad and Confused it's okay go listen to Megadeth

[@TripleL7394]

he said "havent got to see from the past" didnt say they havent heard the things from the past, like certain concerts and props that were only used in those concerts

[@sidgabriel]

there s a spark....get her boy!!!come on u metal banger.spread some love

[@tankell32]

A trip how he almost seems a bit bashful when u tell him how wonderful he is.

[@jlarsena]

We'll have to wait until at least 2015 for a new album.

[@Nicallica11]

hahaha James xD 'aww that's sweet" 'ehhh..."

[@WGTSA]

interview about 1 hour before the show in backstage

[@deldia]

ABBA are genuine legends of the recording industry.

[@Danimal300zx]

He was going to say well SHIT at 3:56 but he censored himself. GOD how I miss the old James.

[@butcheringsaint]

Perhaps you mean the "young James"

[@allaeasyk2408]

Very interesting this talking for me .

[@plutaosinferno1989]

OLD TABLE

[@ewertjoe]

I'd take a bad Metallica album over a good Nickelback album any day of the week and twice on fuckin Sundays.

[@DanielLaureano]

The Table has spoken.

[@Dantho1997]

Did james say he liked abba????

[@chupitolepame5357]

Look at her right leg. She's making a barrier between her and James, that means she's not totally comfortable doing the interview. Why do the channels don't pick the right interviewer to do the job...

[@lebanonoptimusprime]

on abu dhabi concert he said Lebanon and the different countries around here, it's the middle east.

[@JAFOpty]

I wish they recorded the new album in a different studio, other that Met HQ...the sound is horrible.... Go to Avatar or back to One on One...