New Yorker Interview

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

wait, what? I've heard her talk about how SHE thought Robin was around as a ghost, rocking the cradle and all that.... but don't recall hearing that he thought she WAS Robin....

During her peak klonopin addiction and bottom of her career (1992) she did an interview with a wicked British guy who got her to admit many controversial things. I think I remember her bashing this guy when she got clean. I think she said he took advantage of her. The interview used to be on youtube in 4 parts but was mysteriously removed. The interview was fascinating. She talked about Don Henley outing her about her abortion and the only reason she talks about that is because he outed her. But the crazy part was her marrying Kim. She stated he got very controlling and would not let he see baby Mathew without permission. Then he once called her Robin and she got weirded out that he was thinking she was Robin. She said she just went on the road and left everything behind. The interview was sort of like when Martin Bashir interviewed Michael Jackson. He really asked her about her personal and controversial things. He even commented she seemed out of it or something along those lines. Or what happened to this rock goddess. She also mentioned how crazy she was and had to purposely evade her father when he was on the Wild Heart tour first few weeks, etc.

Now here is the part I always wondered about and this recent story helps you connect the dots. Stevie was a big drug addict during this time. I assume Kim also was into drugs? I just cant see how you would not be into drugs marrying someone like this. Her break up from Kim was on the road. The entertainment tonight episode filmed early in the Wild Heart tour mentions she got out of her marriage. I saw an early Wild Heart Show that was terrible. As soon as Gold Dust Woman was over she told the audience, "nothing can make me feel better as the way I felt a short time ago." What does that mean? It could imply she was ill or it could imply a Kim moment when the marriage was coming to an end. This is something she refused to discuss in her life until the 1990s and post klonopin .

Edit: I did some research. This may be the printed article the audio interview is based on. The most controversial things did not make it to print? But the audio interview was posted online for awhile when youtube was young. She infers 4 abortions? This magazine interview is rather positive compared to the things she said in the long interview. It does paint her as a sobbing and aging rock star but the interview is more cut throat. He calls her flaky in this print interview. The full audio interview is jaw dropping. I also saw in google that his article was posted and discussed on the Ledge many moons ago. I just wish the audio still exists somewhere online. To say Stevie opened up about her life is an understatement. Is it a fair interview or a hit job? You decide.

https://fleetwoodmac-uk.com/wp/come-...zine-feb-1992/

[blinker12]

This was pretty rambly but it was nice to read at the very end that she’s written a new song she’s proud of.

[ricohv]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Edit: I did some research. This may be the printed article the audio interview is based on. The most controversial things did not make it to print? But the audio interview was posted online for awhile when youtube was young. She infers 4 abortions? This magazine interview is rather positive compared to the things she said in the long interview. It does paint her as a sobbing and aging rock star but the interview is more cut throat. He calls her flaky in this print interview. The full audio interview is jaw dropping. I also saw in google that his article was posted and discussed on the Ledge many moons ago. I just wish the audio still exists somewhere online. To say Stevie opened up about her life is an understatement. Is it a fair interview or a hit job? You decide.
https://fleetwoodmac-uk.com/wp/come-...zine-feb-1992/

YES! That is the article the audio interview is based on. I remember both, but I think I remember in the audio she never mentioned the four abortions, right? So that part appeared to be totally fabricated. The interviewer was clearly a biased hack. BUT...she was a zonked out kook who gave him him all the ammunition he needed to paint her the way he did. Also, in the original article he talked about following her up the bell tower and looking up her dress (anyone remember that?) That part somehow didn't make it into this condensed version of the article. I believe the original article also mentioned the view from the bell tower to "Old Queens Road" or some such thing. I recognized this a couple years later when she did that odd segment for some show about veterans (or something??) where she read the weird poem about her movie star view and Old Queens (or was it Kings?) Road.
I remember this clearly because this was back in the pre-Youtube/internet days when interviews and press were scarce because she really was at the darkest depths of her career. So random press like this was all we had to hang on to. She just seemed so odd, but now we know she was lost in the Klonopin haze!

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by ricohv

YES! That is the article the audio interview is based on. I remember both, but I think I remember in the audio she never mentioned the four abortions, right? So that part appeared to be totally fabricated. The interviewer was clearly a biased hack. BUT...she was a zonked out kook who gave him him all the ammunition he needed to paint her the way he did. Also, in the original article he talked about following her up the bell tower and looking up her dress (anyone remember that?) That part somehow didn't make it into this condensed version of the article. I believe the original article also mentioned the view from the bell tower to "Old Queens Road" or some such thing. I recognized this a couple years later when she did that odd segment for some show about veterans (or something??) where she read the weird poem about her movie star view and Old Queens (or was it Kings?) Road.
I remember this clearly because this was back in the pre-Youtube/internet days when interviews and press were scarce because she really was at the darkest depths of her career. So random press like this was all we had to hang on to. She just seemed so odd, but now we know she was lost in the Klonopin haze!

Yes you are correct. Good memory. I also don't remember the 4 abortions but she does go into detail at her disgust for Don for how he outed her. He put the 4 abortions part in the headline so what the hell?
I seem to remember his comments he added before each segment where he sort of dissed her. Its a sad article but you have to put it in perspetive. It was 1992, she fought her record company about doing a Bon Jovi song and she did it with protest and it still turned out to be a flop. She had a fight with Mick and quit Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac was sort of toast back then too. So from her perspective she could have thought her career was over and it was time to spill the beans. She was heavily tranquilized so she revealed everything......probably too much. However he was a jerk about it because he could have put a positive spin on the article but he chose not to and called her flaky. In her state, he could have been honest too and was reporting what he saw. This was one year before she crashed into the fireplace Her marriage to Kim parts were incredibly crazy.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Yes you are correct. Good memory. I also don't remember the 4 abortions but she does go into detail at her disgust for Don for how he outed her. He put the 4 abortions part in the headline so what the hell?
I seem to remember his comments he added before each segment where he sort of dissed her. Its a sad article but you have to put it in perspetive. It was 1992, she fought her record company about doing a Bon Jovi song and she did it with protest and it still turned out to be a flop. She had a fight with Mick and quit Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac was sort of toast back then too. So from her perspective she could have thought her career was over and it was time to spill the beans. She was heavily tranquilized so she revealed everything......probably too much. However he was a jerk about it because he could have put a positive spin on the article but he chose not to and called her flaky. In her state, he could have been honest too and was reporting what he saw. This was one year before she crashed into the fireplace Her marriage to Kim parts were incredibly crazy.

$he shouldn't hide from the truth. So what if $he has a charge account at PP.

Don was probably sick of her.

Are you saying $he's not flaky? What IS her longest lasting relationship??? I really don't know the math on this one.

[aleuzzi]

Holy Storks and ponchos, Batman, that was a fun article to read. Never knew about the tapes being sold in the suitcase.

At times, she's as mad and revisionist as she's ever been, but I did enjoy much of this.

And I agree: when I first watched Purple Rain, Prince's slap jarred me.

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Holy Storks and ponchos, Batman, that was a fun article to read. Never knew about the tapes being sold in the suitcase.

At times, she's as mad and revisionist as she's ever been, but I did enjoy much of this.

And I agree: when I first watched Purple Rain, Prince's slap jarred me.

I don't think she means to be revisionist. I think there was memory loss/capability caused from the drug abuse.

The Katy Perry rival talk wasn't about Taylor, it was Gaga.

[vivfox]

If my memory serves me right, Stevie was in Australia when Tom Petty died. She had already flown there a full month before her first show. I do recall her telling some interviewer back then that Tom would have wanted her to not cancel her tour. In this article she claims she watched the red light of the ambulance from her window in California, that Tom rode in to the hospital. And then how she found out it was him in that ambulance the next day when she went to the hospital.

Another thing I found odd in the article was how she told Katy Perry she had no rivals. Back in the late 1970's, Stevie took many digs at Pat Benatar in the press.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by vivfox

If my memory serves me right, Stevie was in Australia when Tom Petty died. She had already flown there a full month before her first show. I do recall her telling some interviewer back then that Tom would have wanted her to not cancel her tour. In this article she claims she watched the red light of the ambulance from her window in California, that Tom rode in to the hospital. And then how she found out it was him in that ambulance the next day when she went to the hospital.

She was in Los Angeles. Her Australia tour didn’t start until November 2, a month after Tom died.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

She was in Los Angeles. Her Australia tour didn’t start until November 2, a month after Tom died.

I told you she had flown to Aus. a full month before the tour began Down Under.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by vivfox

In this article she claims she watched the red light of the ambulance from her window in California, that Tom rode in to the hospital. And then how she found out it was him in that ambulance the next day when she went to the hospital.

My god, she's certifiably crazy. What a delusional drama queen.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

My god, she's certifiably crazy. What a delusional drama queen.

You missed the last part of the interview where she claims the ambulance passed N. Orange Avenue and Fairfax.