"So, Bob Geldof, why did you mock your late wife, Paula Yates on your album Sex, Age and Death?"

Bob Geldof, who I knew, albeit only socially since we were kids growing up in Dun Laoghaire, described this 2000 interview as a "f*****g tennis match of an interview." To continue his analogy, some will say Bob won the match, some may say I did. Some may say no one did. Either way this fifteen-minute clip comes from my eBook anthology 'Bob Geldof: The Joe Jackson Interviews Plus.'

[@Littlelunasoul]

New follower here 👋 I’ve listened to a few of your other interviews (Paula Yates and Eartha Kitt to name my faves so far) which were wonderful, and you have such a beautiful way with beautiful people. This interview however… wow… what a challenge for you. Well done for coming out the other side with your integrity intact 🙃 looking forward to listening to more, thank you for resurrecting these 🙏

[@JoeElvis2009]

Thank you for listening and for this response. Paula and Eartha were great spirits, and I responded in kind. Geldof is not, so I responded there in kind too!

[@Littlelunasoul]

@@JoeElvis2009 I love that! That’s what makes you good at your job, responding and adapting to the personality in front of you at the time. I loved what you said in Eartha/Paula about bringing the psychology into an interview. A good interview, for me, is an exchange between the two people and having compassion and empathy for the vulnerabilities in a person when they feel them. Maybe Bob could do with showing a more vulnerable side rather than what he did here - I was flabbergasted 😅

[@getlauriekor]

Bob doesn’t answer questions about Paula because he’s guilty. He was a cheater too.

[@RawOlympia]

thnx so much, and stay well in these inane times.

[@Media4hrtv]

It is still a raw situation. Yes, they both ended up eventually in different relationships.

[@getlauriekor]

Thanks

[@alicescott9893]

Terrible podcast

[@JoeElvis2009]

Thanks for your comment. Have a nice day