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James Lipton Is 86 Years Old?

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(Source) He is best known for being the host of Inside the Actors Studio show, but James Lipton has revealed a seedier side to his past. The 86-year-old has revealed that he did a ‘roaring trade’ when he worked as a pimp for Parisian prostitutes in the 1950s.  The actor and writer, who had moved to France after the Second World War, said: ‘The great bordellos were still flourishing in those days.’ Lipton revealed his shady past in the underworld of war-torn Paris in an interview with Parade, to celebrate the 250th episode of Inside the Actors Studio.

He admitted to becoming a pimp after he ran out of money while living in the French capital in the 1950s. ‘It was only a few years after the war. Paris was different then, still poor. Men couldn’t get jobs and, in the male chauvinist Paris of that time, the women couldn’t get work at all. It was perfectly respectable for them to go into le milieu,’ he told Parade. However, the actor, who has been married for 40 years, doesn’t believe people should pay for sex. ‘If you can’t earn it on your own, then you don’t deserve it,’ he said. Lipton married Kedakai Turner nine months after meeting her at the ballet and ‘falling madly in love’.  The couple live in Mahattan, and Lipton, who has no plans to retire despite being 86, says the secret to his long marriage is ‘because Kedakai is a masterpiece’.

 

So this story is making the rounds. James Lipton used to be a pimp in Paris back in the 1950’s. Whatever. It’s not like he was some Pimp King in Compton or something. Being a pimp in Paris is probably the easiest job in the world. Oh no James, don’t act all tough and rough up some Parisian pussies.  Come on man. Does anyone in France ever get out of line for anything? You were basically a glorified hall monitor for vagina. Don’t call yourself a pimp. Everyone knows you weren’t a pimp.

 

What is surprising in this story though is that James Lipton is EIGHTY SIX. That’s fucking nuts. If you had asked me before this story came out how old he was I would have said he was 65. 86 is fucking old. 86 is when your parents have “that conversation” about putting down your grandparents. That’s 86. Not peacocking around town telling everyone you were a pimp. Act your age James and go die somewhere. 86 is way too old to be still talking, let alone making any type of sense.