Aretha Franklin- Interview on Merv Griffin Show- 1981 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]
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Her speaking voice was just as incredible as her singing!
Aretha was such a beautiful woman! She went through a lot yet still held her head up high.
What did she go through?
@@pfunk42 she had two babies before 18 and the first one at 12
@@butterflyhippie whattt how did she have a baby at 12?? omg
I cried watching the movie Respect she was so young when she had her first baby.
So much poi’s ❤
I dont think Ree was quiet she was careful in regards to what she wanted to share with people. We will never have another talent this great
I can agree she was an Aries and and Aries are very guarded about what they want people to know and who they let in
@Divine Healn her birthday March 25th right? Right she was an ARIES!
Areatha shy and quiet off stage, lol. Not a chance. She was probably more cautious around people she didn't know. But many mistake caution for shyness.
@@monetmonroe4644 Aretha was an Aries with moon in cancer, mercury in pisces, venus in aquarius, jupiter and mars in gemini, saturn and uranus in taurus, neptune in virgo, pluto in leo. (Don't know her rising sign, unfortunally..)
@@merkjanoosterhoff1590 she was an Aries end of discussion 🤷🏾♀️
Mrs. Aretha Franklin is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! ❤️💔❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
She was one of the most beautiful talented women of all time, I never get tired of listening to her music and seeing her interviews.. If only she was still here..
What I like about Aretha Franklin is that she was herself. She was not acting and didn't put on or pretend to be someone else.
She’s always so smart and witty. I so admire and love her ❤️
I think Aretha was reserved. She was careful about what she revealed about herself.
E x a c t l y!!!
Not sure is reserve is the worst. I think she treats everything professionally. Shes like Im here to work and lets get to business. Love her attitude
Pro trick: you can watch series on InstaFlixxer. Been using them for watching loads of movies recently.
@Ty Jude definitely, I've been watching on instaflixxer for months myself =)
Like everyone should be.
She looks so pretty here. Love the hair color and style, looks good on her, pretty dress too
All of her albums covers are beautiful 😍👌🏾
She was so pretty.
She was a soft spoken doll. What a lady I miss her!
Aretha was beautiful!
She's so beautiful 🤩DONT FORGET SHE SUNG A DIFFERENT WORLD THEME🥰🥰
Amazing that Aretha had already put together a substantial and very successful career at this point, yet she was only 39.
She started singing at a very young age
Aretha was so pretty then and such a great talent.
You could tell this was a tough period for Aretha, coping with her father's illness. And it would have been nice if Merv had known prior about it. Listen in for that long pause when he mention her father not retiring at 3:16.
It's almost as though he didn't know how to talk to her. But she looks incredible. So interesting to hear her talking about flying all over the world. In 2 years she would never fly again. Love the rare footage!
@Angel Johnson He was seriously injured by a gunshot wound from an attempted home invasion. He stayed in a coma for five years before succumbing to his injuries.
@Angel Johnson He was in a
coma for years, before she let
him go, very sad, she was a
Daddy's girl, I do understand
how she felt when she didn't
wanting to talk about him
during that time period.😑
FAMILY MATTERS PEOPLE
PEACE&LOVE
I felt her pain
I said the same thing. How did he not know?
Her dad wasn't sick. He was shot in the groin and bled out enough to cause brain damage. He spent the last five and a half years of his life in a coma.
Awww, its so sad seeing her talk about her father here. 😔
Oh, no! That question absolutely devastated her. So sad to see! She looked like she wanted to breakdown.
She was so beautiful here💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🏾
Merv: “to know you off stage.. I’d say you’re shy.”
Re:”would ya?..uhhh”
Merv: “you’re quiet”
Re: “🤔 not really”
Merv: yeaaaa
Like bro how you gone tell her what she is !
I was thinking the same shit! Tf lol
@@tonekhari right like she just said she wasn’t lol
You took the words right out of my mouth😂 she was so patient with some of these idiotic interviews that I ain’t got😂😂
@@tavii80sbaby82 yesss cause baby he irritated my soul ! Like she said not really
@@monetmonroe4644 I swear I was watching and answering the questions for her😂 the way I would’ve answered them mugs 😆 foh
That's Right All of her Album covers are beautiful. She has lots of class and she stays in tune with the current times of Music 🎶 & Fashion. With all her special talents and gifts she is True Royalty. Lady Soul.
This is my first time seeing this interview with Aretha Franklin and Merv Griffin. The interview was going good until Merv started to question Aretha about her father @3:08. When Merv mentioned Rev. C.L. Franklin, Aretha's entire body shifted and her mood changed quickly. And I can't too much blame her. Who didn't know two years prior that at the time Rev. C.L. Franklin's home was burglarized and he was shot twice by the burglars? I mean that was national news. And Merv should have done research on what is currently going on with Aretha! But I am glad that he picked up on it and changed the topic quickly. Smart Man!!
The producers should’ve told him about her father
@@Patrick3183 See, this doesn't sit well with me. Because like I said, who didn't know about the well-known Rev. C.L. Franklin that is also associated to Aretha Franklin?? I was a baby when it happened, but I remember when it aired that he passed away because my mom took it hard when it was announced. So if the world knew this, then clearly, Merv Griffin had to have known.
@@DaTruEbonyRayne Wow!! Did your mom listen to his sermons back in the day? They’re awesome 🙌🏾
@@noreneal7252 Absolutely. She also listened to him on the radio when we lived in New York. I just remember his recordings on albums. I never personally listened to his sermons on radio. When I was born, he had already stepped down from his radio sermons and pastoral duties.
Very nice to see, everybody respected her!!
I can't believe he didn't know about what was going on with her dad!
I k r??
I’ll always love the Queen!!!
When I was twelve I had too do a “Who am I” for black history.
I just adore her, and her songs.
Beautiful diva!
He hardly give her time to answer.
He was a horrible interviewer!
She looks so nice.
Wow what an amazing singer and so humble energy yet such a big star 🎶🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🎶🌟so soulful vocally👍🎶
Simply stunning💕!!
Rest in Heaven Ms Franklin👑
I love her so much most bc she's always real& i appriciate that in a person, she is a legend & Icon. RIP Miss Franklin🙏✝️🌺❤️
She was beautiful!❤️❤️❤️
She ALWAYS presents her self as charming, and was a living embodiment of demure.
TRUE THAT! BUT DON'T STEP ON HER TOES BECAUSE SHE WILL STOP YOU AND SNAP BACK WITH THE QUICKNESS!!!
Wow the year I was born🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
She love her fashion but music is where her heart is at ❤️
Absolutely love this
Yes. I agree. A MAJOR contrast between her speaking and singing voice that existed all her life! When she spoke, it was almost like a little girl talking, soft and light. Although, she sung soft and light sometimes, most times, her vocal delivery was raw, powerful and sometimes she would deliver roaring-like hollers!!! She was such an AMAZING and EXCEPTIONAL talent!!!
God, I miss her so.. rest easy Lady Soul. You were LOVED!
Mervin should've done his homework to know Aretha's father was in a coma at this time. It looked like she was holding the tears back there.
It sure did! I was glad that she was able to bounce back quickly. I could sense her reeling for a second.
True...but at least he pulled back immediately...they both handled it well and the interview kept a positive vibe....that part could have been a disaster.
I am positive that Merv DID "his homework" on ARETHA, whom he was INTERVIEWING! He was not interviewing her FAMILY members. No disrespect to Reverend C.L. FRANKLIN.
Such a classy lady. Inspired!
All hail The Queen of Soul
This was not a well prepared for interview on Griffin's part..
He obviously did not know that Rev Franklin had been in a coma for 2 years at the time of this taping.
I'm pretty sure after the show someone informed him of Aretha's father's condition. Then at that point he probably felt pretty foolish and embarrassed.
I cringed when she paused before she answered about her Father. He didn't do his homework obviously.
@@amarvinwinansfan - Yea really. I'd have to put it in the same category as if asking someone the same exact question about a deceased parent or relative.
I wasn’t alive at the time. I wonder if the Franklin family kept her father’s condition private?
@@maggie7843 - He was a very well know and popular preacher even at the time he was shot. Plus there were news reports about what happened when it happened to him back in 1979. So it was no secret.
She was amazing.
Very Interesting post...
Aretha was so mesmerizing. A great talent indeed!
United Together is one of my favorite AF songs!
.....she did love fashion and i have seen her in HALSTON quite a bit in the 70s.....and i am so happy she mentioned Stephen Burrows....
Love her❤️❤️❤️❤️
Aretha ❤️🌸❤️ classy lady elegant speaking voice
Yes. That always blew me away about her. Her speaking voice was ALWAYS, sweet, soft and soothing. Her singing voice was that way sometimes too. Then there were those other times, like Merv had said, she could get caught up in a frenzy and her voice was like a roaring, powerful LION(not lioness)! For me, she is the G.O.A.T.!!!
The entire tone of the interview changed when he made those missteps. Aretha was a true professional.
Aretha Franklin is naturally flirty...😂😂😂 so beautiful
Damn stay out of her personal life...his questions didn’t make much sense either by the way.
Like any host he was simply expressing enthusiasm for and interest in her career and her life. Thankfully Aretha was not nearly so easily offended
Yeah. He was all over the place and not very respectful.
@@marloettien3685 funny i didnt get that at all.. i just noticed he showed exceptional interest in and admiration for his guest
Once I saw her documentary movie, her soft spokeness makes sense. And her bold voice was taken at a young age by the father of her 2 babies. She held that trauma for years and it came out through and her music and later alcohol.
She sayin she was gonna come to Rio sooo cuuteee
What is going on with this interview! Merv didnt know about what happened to her father and the pig feets lol what in the world!
Rip Re 😩😩😩😩🙏🏿🙏🏾👏🏾
Oh my goodness he is horrible. She can't even get her answers to his questions out. I hope she didnt go back.
Oprah is even worse
@@SimirJohnson no she not lol I love oprah💀💕
Merv was very congenial here.
Merv Griffin sounds a lot like Phil Donahue . . .
Guys, how is that possible that her skin is so light here? Omg i love the Queen so much. She is so beaufiful and loveable and endlessly sympatic. Good humour, intelligent... And of course the Voice. I am happy to live in her era.
Please be advised with people of color lighting and the time of year can alter your skin color. I photograph much lighter than I am when lit professionally. Also in the winter months I am a couple of shades lighter due to not getting much sun.
Probably because she was a lighter skinned woman?
@@itsnoahonfire ohhh, that's hillarious. I did not know that! I thought only white people get tanned in summer if they are lucky and don' t get burned. Well, you are beautiful people in all shades! I like you all.
@@wintersantiago2274 well, not allways..and that' s why i am asking. Please don't be surprised, i am from Czech republic , Central Europe and we don t not have people of African roots here, unfortunately. And my only friend that has dark skin is from Angola, and he lives in Portugal but he is black all the time, lol ;-)
I agree with what Noah Williams responded. I've seen photos of Aretha Franklin through the years and saw her in different color shades. This left me confused because I wanted to know all about my absolute favorite singer. That's why I'm writing this, just in case there is someone out there that wants some clarity like I did years ago. However, I got to meet her and see her up close various times, and she is not dark-skinned. She's medium brown. I would say, like a cinnamon brown. Her mother was light-skinned, and her dad was dark-skinned. Their kids were light, medium and dark, like in many black families.
I think the journalist felt intimidated lol
I watched the show about her.
Aretha! was always sharp, sweet & witty! But very direct LOL
We remember you always Queen, rest on in Jesus. 8/16/21. We love you forever.
Such a lovely woman!
Her correcting him at 3:08-3:10 was cringeworthy, but not nearly as bad as 3:16. Only a true professional like Aretha, could've handled such a personal question with grace and class. He certainly didn't deserve it at that point in the interview, especially since her father was slowly dying.
An veey insensitive part of the whole interview. Bitterly awkward.
Just came to see if Jennifer did a good job she definitely definitely definitely DID!!!!!!!
Merv knew what happened to her father and he had enough empathy to stay away from that topic, unlike a lot of other talk show hosts and interviewers she sat down with. Donohue made her cry. Rev. CL Franklin had been in a coma for about two years at the time of this interview after getting shot by a burglar who gained entry to his house through a second floor window. He passed away about three years after this interview.
She was gorgeous
“Gourmet cooking” and then mentions chitterlings 🥴🤦🏾♀️
These new artist really need media training
No these interviewers need the training...what were you watching
@@tavii80sbaby82 watching a good interview with a media trained artist like all of our greats. And I said what I said now maybe you should have asked what I meant. How could you think me saying"New" artist would have anything to do with someone of that era?
@@KS-qf8hd You're absolutely correct! They're lacking all-around artist development.
@@anjelheaven facts
Pigs feet? OMG. This guy needs to stop stereotyping black people, what a nerve.
Who here is youtuben Aretha bc the series doesnt do her any justice.
I didn’t know much about her but my mom loves her. I now find her fascinating!
Wow she beautiful
That album cover made her look like a black Toni Tennille.
Ummmmm Merv Griffin didn't know what happened to her father? He didn't do his homework. I find that offensive.
A lot of secrets.
Was that Clive Davis sitting next to her?
Yes. She had just recently signed with Arista after being with Atlantic for 13 years.
He didn't know her father was shot
I don't like how condescending the host is... I wish she would have declined this interview...she deserved better
She acts like someone who has a lot of emotional pain and secrets to keep. It’s always painful to watch her be interviewed.
Her dad was in a coma
....the subtext of her work was that she was in a lot of emotional pain and had a lot of secrets..and it informed her work....her secrets were very well known and she had to circumnavigate the facts in interviews....and it was painful for her...
Terrible interviewer…barely gave her a chance to answer the questions 🤨
Yes! You took the words straight outa my mouth! It was awkward to watch.
@@bizeebee98 the cringiest! Bless Queen Aretha’s heart, she was trying her best to be gracious
@@veronical1757 yes! He caught her on a good day because Aretha, in her latter years, was NOT foe the BS
She look like Toni Braxton
Other way around.
That only apples when there's a biological link. Then it could be said, that the younger relative looks like the older relative. @@anjelheaven
I really find personal comments very rude, eg you are quiet, you are too loud bla bla. This person expects Aretha to be all over the place just because she was a famous talented singer but since he doesnt understand he starts those personal remarks.
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Aretha was a straight no chaser kinda Woman. Talking bout she shy, she said nawl I'm not lol
Hey. What brought you here today?
@@Nunya190 why do you ask?
I dont mind answering but was curious
I think because of the release of the movie series with Ms Erivo, an old Wendy Williams interview with her was recommended which lead to this video.
@@keba773 😍🙌 Glynn Turman's statement popped up on when he knew he was married to "Aretha Franklin." Like YT intended I was on a quest for all things Aretha. Will look for the series you mentioned. Nice chatting. Be blessed.
@@Nunya190 you as well
Not chitlin’ crêpes 🤦🏾♂️.
She wasn't the best interview. She only says minimal.
What an awful interviewer.
Chitterling crepes?!😳 Eck!😖
Love chittlerlings!!!😝😝😝
Very annoying host - let the Queen speak!
Cringey Merv
SHE WAS INLOVE WITH HER OWN DADDY
She wasn't in love with her daddy, she loved him the way most people love their dads!
@@MPardo-cx6jj UH UH..Aint buying it.
You have the right to ignore what you want to ignore, as long as you want to ignore it! That's anyone's right. Why are you so convinced that her dad was her lover? Do you have proof, or are you holding on to a hunch?@@deronreed2945
I actually feel embarrassed for “Merv” watching this. I have always found him to be a talentless nerd.
Behind those eyes was sadness her father was a hypocrite smh and her mama died because of him gave the poor woman a heart attack anyways she stayed strong through it all I hope that baby she got pregnant wit a 12 wasn’t her dads baby😒💅🏽Rip Queen Of Soul
Oh come on that’s just sick. Despite whatever way they try to vilify Rev Franklin or overdramatize Aretha’s life, she loved her daddy to death, who was a major influence on her, her siblings, and countless others. She loved him so much she held on to him for 5 years while he was in a coma.
You sound like you’ve been reading gossip and lies. Try researching and learning the truth.
@@tavii80sbaby82 My sister I've been trying to tell these people as well. They love mess and don't even go and try to research or back up what they hear.
@@noreneal7252 and then they be sounding crazy as heck. It’s always obvious when folks be listening to mess especially when you the truth 👌🏾 thanks for clearing that up though 👏🏾
@@tavii80sbaby82 Np she did have her 2 children very young but to say it was her father’s is just absurd!
She was soooooo beautiful