I'm reading all these odd and strange comments, and I just don't GET IT. Basically, this young woman is lovely, what she has to say about her mother is beautiful. I am thrilled to have her tell me about her mother, and what a wonderful mother she was to her daughter. When I was young I thought Eartha Kitt was extraordinary and interesting, now I realize that she was all of that and more, and reared a beautiful and down to earth daughter. She down to earth, and NORMAL and mostly down to Earth.
+mayiamiles I always liked Eartha, although I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Hearing her daughter speak so lovingly about her, now I know why. Somehow Eartha was able to express all that goodness by saying little. What a lovely (body, mind and spirit) she was, as is her daughter. Made me smile to see this interview. :)
I saw Eartha Kitt perform when she was seventy years old......she came out in a silver lame gown....and you heard the audience gasp.....she then proceeded to blow the audience away for the next hour and a half.....She was a class act, professionally, and privately.......
I saw Ms. Kitt live when she was 79, in Palm Beach. She put that audience in the palm of her hand for about two hours.. and they loved her.. and she loved them right back. There was an amazing energy and bond that evening. Will never forget it.
I also saw her in her later years and I was luck enough to be sitting in the front row . I'll always remember when she was singing a song , she made eye contact directly with me. I read another comment from à woman whose husband also experienced the same thing as me.. Eartha made her puvluc feel loved and apreciated. Ms Kitt always said that her favorite director was her audience... What a classy, elegant and MOST Respectful LADY..
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What a devoted, loving and warm-spirited daughter! Considering her life of pain in her early childhood, I'm so glad Eartha Kitt got a chance to experience motherhood with such compassionate child at her side.
I saw Eartha Kitt in 2007 w/the Atlanta Symphony. As soon as she took the stage & the spotlight hit her, she receive a standing ovation from the floor to the 2nd balcony that suspended time. The best show I have ever been to.
Ms Shapiro, Filipinos love your mother. She did a performance of a beloved Filipino folk song called "Waray Waray." Truly, she was the most exciting woman in the world.
I think she's a great combination of both her parents... Her Dad, John William McDonald was also high cheek-boned and blue-eyed. Eartha and John were a gorgeous couple!
I don't care what anyone says I believe that Kitt is Eartha's biological child and Kitt does favor her mother. Just because Eartha had strong features doesn't mean Kitt is going to be every spit of her.
I agree they look very similar, especially their mouths and chins. And Kitt isn't the first "white looking" mixed raced child. Donna Summer's daughter Mimi, Victoria Rowell's daughter Maya Fahey or Quincy Jones's daughter Rashida. People are so hung up on race and don't realize that we are all just humans.
Eartha Kitt was a real Diva - she earned every blood sweat and tear of her life and carreer, alwyts a woman not to be taken lightly. Her daughter Kitt is elegant and real, just like Eartha!!!
I understand this. I'm mixed too. I grew up not being "enough"... I pass for Mediterranean. but my birth certificate says I'm black. I'm not sorry for being mixed.
Nikki Turner If you're passé blanc then you are definitely ashamed of your blackness. Be mixed and proud but embrace both cultures not just one or else you are being fake and living a lie.
When I heard the story of Ms. Eartha Kitt, I just wanted to hold her and embrace her, but she had since gone on! I remember seeing her at the Blair Giant in Silver Spring, MD and I was so enamored. She was very tiny and painfully quiet when not on the stage. R.I.P. Ms. Kitt! I wish I could have loved her more!
🦋 Now it’s 2023 & I would love to hear more from Ms Kitt Shapiro,... this interview was wonderful. 🦋 I remember in 2008 when Ldy. Eartha Kitt finished her life journey,... but I didn’t know that her daughter Ms Kitt really gave a excellent historical account on her mother!!! 🦋 I wonder if anyone can still purchase the legendary Eartha Kitt’s Kittisms Karma booklets on her website,... gonna look into that right now after I finish watching this. 🦋🤎🦋 Thank you so much for sharing this beauti’lvvy interview!!!!
I agree. I just have always thought of Eartha Kitt as a movie star, singer, Civil Rights Advocate and Diva. But I never knew of her brilliance!! She was a VERY intelligent woman. Many thanks to her beautiful daughter for sharing another part of a very diverse woman. The Great Purrrrrrfectly beautiful Ms. Eartha Kitt!!
I loved in the interview the powerful story of what happened in that South African Amusement Park. So powerful! What an amazing Woman! And, what an amazing daughter. Thank you.
we all are human because created us all who cares who is mixed . she. is Eartha Kitt daughter . she is a beautiful. person Eartha Kitt is missed thank God for her talent
thank you so much Kit. I loved it. as a southerner I hate that we put each other in a color. WE ALL BLEED RED. I admired her. No one is perfect, but I see an awesome mom. You are very blessed. thank you for sharing so much...
I don't understand why so many people gave thumbs down?? I thought this was very insightful into the life of a great star!!! Yes, the interviewer was not the best, but Kitty's was very eloquent!! Luv Ya!!
Josephine Baker was the first performer to insist on integrated audiences!! if fact she refused to come back to America unless they did in Los Vegas!!!
"Don't panic! Everything happens for a reason. God may not be there when you want him; but he's always on-time." ~Eartha Kitt -that's some Kittisms to live by in one tidy paragraph.
Eartha Kitt, was a class act! The origional Cat Woman and the first out spoken person to speak up against the "Vietnam War!" I remember Kitt, as a baby and growing up! She did grow up to be quite a beautiful and lovely lady! It is still wonderful to see that the love will always be there! She is missed!!
I much loved Eartha Kitt, and now I see how easy her daughter is is to love. What a wonderful mother and extraordinary woman she was. And her love is carried on thru her daughter. And what a special person Orson Wells was to recognize that EarthaKitt was special!
I adore Eartha Kitt she is a fantastic example of not only how to survive an abuseive childhood but to ..Thrive..how to go out there into the world and ..live ..live a full life..and living it well...Bravo Eartha....BRAVO ..xxx
She truly was a woman of substance. I did not know a lot about her until tonight. She deserves a lot of credit for her beliefs and the way she lived her "green" life before it was understood by the rest of the country. Kitt your Mom was a very special person and so are you. Good Luck ! :)
The interviewer, is terrible, no empathy or real interest in the subject of Eartha Kitt. Kitt Shapiro is brilliant and really gives a much more rounded view of Eartha Kitt.
I'm from Bamberg, SC. a few miles away from North. I had heard she was from North. It saddens me that she had such an abusive upbringing. Not all African American families felt that way about lighter complected or biracial children during that time.
Sweetie not everyone covets lite skin. In my own family the dark and light are treated no different from each other. My grandma would get into fights with people cause they didnt like her light skin green eyes and nice hair.
my father and my son has light skinned and with green eyes... so please don't preach to me.. I don't believe her story.. people say things to make it more than what it is.
Realtalk MyBrother I'm biracial and I grew up in the 90s in NJ. I experienced what Eartha Kitt went through. Just because your son has green eyes and never experienced being discriminated by black ppl doesn't mean it never happened. I have green eyes too. I was bullied by black girls in school because I am very light, green eyes, and "good hair". My hair is very thick and white girls also uses to pick on me and say I'm hair is nappy, and I couldn't swim in this white girl pool because I would get grease in the pool. I got it from both sides and I'm born and rasied in NJ. Can't imagine what she went through in the south during that time.
This is amazing. I never knew much about Eartha, but I just happened to see a video featuring her today that intrigued me, so I went searching more about her life and ended up at this video. I must say from what I've read and learned it in a very brief time, Eartha seemed like a stand up woman! I am awed by her story, and inspired by it. She makes me want to be a part of change, all the good change that is happening in the world even more now. A beautiful woman with a beautiful soul who left a beautiful impact on this world. Respect.
I am truly shocked that you wouldn't know or even heard about : EARTHA KITT.. Or you 're very young and never knew about her OR ( sorry to express this bluntly ), Simply lacking tremendous ignorance and culture... JESUS . Some people need to READ, LEARN AND clearly OBSERVE.. Really SAD...here....
Beautiful interview, she looks like her mom but I did not like the interviewer she sounds very disingenuous and jealous, behind her smiles lurks her true feelings and I don't like the way she cut her off, when she spoke about her mother not knowing how to use the bathroom. I love Eartha Kitt such a beautifully flawed Goddess perfect in her "imperfections".
Kitt's stories were well told and fascinating. It would have been nice if the interviewer hadn't kept cutting her off. Love hearing her speak about her life.
Thanx very much for posting this great, informative video. I'm glad that I got a chance to see Eartha perform. It was very late in her career (in Wash DC), w/i a year or 2 of her death. 2 things stood to me in her performance. First was how lively and energetic her performance was. You'd never have guessed that she was 80 y/o or so. And she seemed to love performing, like this was what she was born to do. She reminds me of Marlene Dietrich or Judy Garland in this way, and I think the photo of her of Judy and her together in this video is fitting. Second, her legs looked fantastic! At 80 y/o she wore a dress slit all the way up the side to the hip and she looked good! From where I was sitting, her legs looked like those of a 25 y/o. Thank you, Eartha, and RIP.
Eartha kitt was a true super star in this world and or the world of entertainment we may have actors and singers running over but we are given very few true super stars and Eartha was one of the few true talents of our time as long as she's remember and kept in our hearts she will live on for many years to come God bless her and I thank her and her daughter kitt for making Eartha live on through her works.
@Words0217 And eye didn't like the question and her smerk on her face when she asked "how did you feel to find out you was better than your mom" ? because she can pass as white?🤔 and sophisticated🤔? the fruit will never be better than the tree that bared it😘😻Eye loved her mom< and Eye enjoy seeing and hearing her daughter speek highly of her mind and tolerating the interview. Through out my life people would always say Eye remind them of a cross between Earth kitt and Maya Angelou < when Eye'm doing public speaking or Spoken word< Eye take that as a great compliment < the only difference is in stead of puuurrring Eye Roarrrrrrrr 🐯👑😘🌹
Eartha Kitt is an "International Legend, Super Star"! She was a very intelligent and talented woman with Style. The woman was Brilliant! Thanks for the in depth insight information on your amazing mom Kitt. And, you're Beautiful. "Unconditional Love WINS & Has NO Color".
I saw Eartha Kitt many years ago in that wonderful B'way show "New Faces of 1952 and I've been a fan of hers all of my life. Eartha was a very unique womanher spoke her own mind. Sometimes to a fault, but that was Eartha. She had a big heart and was hurt by many people in Show Business, but she survived. Her likes will never be seen again.
I was lucky enough to work with Eartha Kitt in 1998 and she was lovely. She was personable, polite and pleasant and would chat with coworkers backstage. She would spend one hour of every workday signing autographs and writing replies to letters that people would send her. I was friends with her assistant, Jacki, who unfortunately passed away not long after Eartha did.
Eartha Kitt did a great job raising her daughter. She seems to be a beautiful person in and out , just like her mom. I am not so sure about the interviewer though ..what was her intention when she asked the question "Did you understand really what was going on?...that you may be a little bit better than your mom because you were lighter skinned". WTF? She didn't show any empathy either during those heartfelt stories.. to me she seems to be another wolf in sheep's clothing!
I thought I was the only one that noticed the interviewer’s backhanded “inquisitiveness” …Eartha was likely there and kept her daughter lit with peace, confidence and brilliance.
SO enjoyed the love and humanity of this interview, of this remarkable human we know as Eartha Kitt, and the beauty of her legacy in Kitt Shapiro being in this world. Thank you!
This interview was very enjoyable to listen to. Earth Kitt was so artistic and unique. She was against war especially the Vietnam war. She wasn't one to stay silent. When she spoke out against the war her career went south; gone. They I think turned against her. Very brave woman. The interviewer was very empathetic and understanding. I loved her and now seeing her daughter's pride when speaking of her makes me proud to be a fan of her. What a great name and great artist. For the haters, the interviewer did a great job.
I saw Ertha Kit perform live on stage in San Diego in the wonderful play Timbuktu. She was marvelous. I'll never forget her voice and her magnificent acting and dancing ability. I had a poster of her hanging in my sewing room forever.
Blessing that you can continue your mother financial career that LBJ postponed, and tell the unique stories of her life. Her trip to south Africa, he Kittism and her love for you. Every mother hope that her child will continue to be loved after she leaves
the first time i saw her mom,was in the first movie she was in called =new faces of 1953?,i was in the navy and went to a movie theater in north fork va,,and she really impressed me, with her energy,,and talent,she gave you the feeling she go some place,,one day, and she did,,,bless her soul,,she, really over came,,,and went to the top
I'm reading all these odd and strange comments, and I just don't GET IT. Basically, this young woman is lovely, what she has to say about her mother is beautiful. I am thrilled to have her tell me about her mother, and what a wonderful mother she was to her daughter. When I was young I thought Eartha Kitt was extraordinary and interesting, now I realize that she was all of that and more, and reared a beautiful and down to earth daughter. She down to earth, and NORMAL and mostly down to Earth.
+mayiamiles There seem to have been several commentators who were struggling with mental illness and/or semi-literacy.
+mayiamiles I always liked Eartha, although I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Hearing her daughter speak so lovingly about her, now I know why. Somehow Eartha was able to express all that goodness by saying little. What a lovely (body, mind and spirit) she was, as is her daughter. Made me smile to see this interview. :)
+M. Lawrence
Yes, that's quite evident not to mention frightening!
I agree
Yes thank you!
I saw Eartha Kitt perform when she was seventy years old......she came out in a silver lame gown....and you heard the audience gasp.....she then proceeded to blow the audience away for the next hour and a half.....She was a class act, professionally, and privately.......
I saw Ms. Kitt live when she was 79, in Palm Beach. She put that audience in the palm of her hand for about two hours.. and they loved her.. and she loved them right back. There was an amazing energy and bond that evening. Will never forget it.
You are lucky to see her performance! She was amazing!
I also saw her in her later years and I was luck enough to be sitting in the front row .
I'll always remember when she was singing a song , she made eye contact directly with me. I read another comment from à woman whose husband also experienced the same thing as me.. Eartha made her puvluc feel loved and apreciated.
Ms Kitt always said that her favorite
director was her audience...
What a classy, elegant and MOST Respectful LADY..
Kitt really loves her mom. Eartha seemed to be an awesome woman.
Kitt is gorgous! ❤🖤 that woman is SexXxY!!!
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@Emanuel Mekhi instablaster ;)
@Fabian Terrence Thanks for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im trying it out now.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
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Thank you so much you saved my ass !
Thanks Kitt for sharing your beautiful memories of your mom.
Blessings, Love, Peace,
Lib
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What a devoted, loving and warm-spirited daughter! Considering her life of pain in her early childhood, I'm so glad Eartha Kitt got a chance to experience motherhood with such compassionate child at her side.
Eartha has a masterful and elegant voice. She is a legend in the truest sense of the word.
I saw Eartha Kitt in 2007 w/the Atlanta Symphony. As soon as she took the stage & the spotlight hit her, she receive a standing ovation from the floor to the 2nd balcony that suspended time.
The best show I have ever been to.
LUCKY!!
BLESSED!!
Naturalicity True!
A TRUE LEGEND, AND A VERY COURAGES WOMAN.
Lucky!
“Don’t panic; everything happens for a reason. God may not be there when you want him, but He’s always on time.” Yes! Love this. Thank you.
A very interesting interview. Kit obviously is a very centred woman; very confident, articulate, lovely. Just like her mother. Thank you.
Kitt,your mom is a true gem.She paved the way,never knew that she endured so much.May her soul R.I.P
Ms Shapiro, Filipinos love your mother. She did a performance of a beloved Filipino folk song called "Waray Waray." Truly, she was the most exciting woman in the world.
Conrad Smith Lacsina l
What a beautiful daughter from a beautiful woman.
She has Eartha's bone structure. Pretty woman.
Yes she does!
lizz lewis R u blind? or just not much visual intelligence..
I think she's a great combination of both her parents... Her Dad, John William McDonald was also high cheek-boned and blue-eyed. Eartha and John were a gorgeous couple!
Gina Marie
lizz lewis She looks average an her mother was scary looking.
Sweet Kitt, you made my day. Thank you for being bigger than life 🌼.
I don't care what anyone says I believe that Kitt is Eartha's biological child and Kitt does favor her mother. Just because Eartha had strong features doesn't mean Kitt is going to be every spit of her.
I agree they look very similar, especially their mouths and chins. And Kitt isn't the first "white looking" mixed raced child. Donna Summer's daughter Mimi, Victoria Rowell's daughter Maya Fahey or Quincy Jones's daughter Rashida. People are so hung up on race and don't realize that we are all just humans.
+kaylon parker I agree Jackie, I love your bright pink scarf.
+MsFlamingFlamer 👏👏👏👏
She has that voice, though.
kaylon parker Earth is half white I think. her kid is basically white. clearly her daddy is white.
Eartha Kitt was a real Diva - she earned every blood sweat and tear of her life and carreer, alwyts a woman not to be taken lightly. Her daughter Kitt is elegant and real, just like Eartha!!!
Eartha Kitt was very worldly, highly intelligent, beautiful, and a very strong, strong woman. There are not many stars like her anymore.
+La Vonia Clay WORLDLY AN INTELLIGENT AND ACCEPTED AN WHITE STATUS IN SOUTH AFRICA... ENJOYED HER LIFE AND SHIT ON OTHER BLACKS.
6⁶Huby
I love you mother, she was one of the kind and her voice is something very very special.
I understand this. I'm mixed too. I grew up not being "enough"... I pass for Mediterranean. but my birth certificate says I'm black. I'm not sorry for being mixed.
Nikki Turner 👍
Nikki Turner If you're passé blanc then you are definitely ashamed of your blackness. Be mixed and proud but embrace both cultures not just one or else you are being fake and living a lie.
Nikki Turner you dont have to be sorry babe. Embrace both and dont be ashamed of either side, dont say you pass... you are. both.
Pinky Problems yes maamm
Nikki Turner Mix is BEAUTIFUL!
When I heard the story of Ms. Eartha Kitt, I just wanted to hold her and embrace her, but she had since gone on! I remember seeing her at the Blair Giant in Silver Spring, MD and I was so enamored. She was very tiny and painfully quiet when not on the stage. R.I.P. Ms. Kitt! I wish I could have loved her more!
Sassy Green Garden Diva aw . this is so sweet
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Eartha was an amazing lady, and Kitt is so proud. Santa Baby is my fav Christmas song, she sings it like no other
🦋 Now it’s 2023 & I would love to hear more from Ms Kitt Shapiro,... this interview was wonderful.
🦋 I remember in 2008 when Ldy. Eartha Kitt finished her life journey,... but I didn’t know that her daughter Ms Kitt really gave a excellent historical account on her mother!!!
🦋 I wonder if anyone can still purchase the legendary Eartha Kitt’s Kittisms Karma booklets on her website,... gonna look into that right now after I finish watching this.
🦋🤎🦋 Thank you so much for sharing this beauti’lvvy interview!!!!
liked how the question on meeting Queen Elizabeth II was swept aside and answered with a story about meeting Einstein
I agree. I just have always thought of Eartha Kitt as a movie star, singer, Civil Rights Advocate and Diva. But I never knew of her brilliance!! She was a VERY intelligent woman. Many thanks to her beautiful daughter for sharing another part of a very diverse woman. The Great Purrrrrrfectly beautiful Ms. Eartha Kitt!!
Eartha was an extraordinary human being. I love her till this day. I wish she would have gotten an colonoscopy. A true bless
She was. Live u Kitt.
I loved in the interview the powerful story of what happened in that South African Amusement Park. So powerful!
What an amazing Woman!
And, what an amazing daughter.
Thank you.
Your mother was wonderful and brilliant!
we all are human because created us all who cares who is mixed . she. is Eartha Kitt daughter . she is a beautiful. person Eartha Kitt is missed thank God for her talent
A wonderful interview with much love and respect. Her daughter is a great, warm-hearted person. Eartha obviously was a caring and loving mother.
thank you so much Kit. I loved it. as a southerner I hate that we put each other in a color. WE ALL BLEED RED. I admired her. No one is perfect, but I see an awesome mom. You are very blessed. thank you for sharing so much...
Loved Eartha Kitt growing up as a child to me she was always a beautiful sophisticated African American woman
I don't understand why so many people gave thumbs down?? I thought this was very insightful into the life of a great star!!! Yes, the interviewer was not the best, but Kitty's was very eloquent!! Luv Ya!!
Josephine Baker was the first performer to insist on integrated audiences!! if fact she refused to come back to America unless they did in Los Vegas!!!
That's very true. But Kitt is speaking of South Africa, not the US. This was a problem until very recently.
"Don't panic! Everything happens for a reason. God may not be there when you want him; but he's always on-time." ~Eartha Kitt
-that's some Kittisms to live by in one tidy paragraph.
Sure is refreshing to hear about such a wonderful celebrity mother daughter relationship!
Fascinating life story. Beautiful daughter Kitt. Earth Kitt is such a unique lady. I use to practice the cat purr but no one could purr like her, lol.
Eartha Kitt a queen of class...Sometimes through adversity one finds one's calling...
Eartha Kitt, was a class act! The origional Cat Woman and the first out spoken person to speak up against the "Vietnam War!" I remember Kitt, as a baby and growing up! She did grow up to be quite a beautiful and lovely lady! It is still wonderful to see that the love will always be there! She is missed!!
I much loved Eartha Kitt, and now I see how easy her daughter is is to love. What a wonderful mother and extraordinary woman she was. And her love is carried on thru her daughter. And what a special person Orson Wells was to recognize that EarthaKitt was special!
There should be a movie about eartha kitt's life!!! Shameless Maya should play her!
Kaye Squared I'd watch it
No.
Robin, do this. Plz
Kaye Squared yes thst is a great answer. I never thought about that.
Not maya tho 💁
I adore Eartha Kitt she is a fantastic example of not only how to survive an abuseive childhood but to ..Thrive..how to go out there into the world and ..live ..live a full life..and living it well...Bravo Eartha....BRAVO ..xxx
knowledge is power and this was definitely a power house. Petite and powerful indeed and desire. One Love
Wow never knew she was this outstanding.
She truly was a woman of substance. I did not know a lot about her until tonight. She deserves a lot of credit for her beliefs and the way she lived her "green" life before it was understood by the rest of the country. Kitt your Mom was a very special person and so are you. Good Luck ! :)
Very nice of you to share this with the world! The Legendary Eartha Kitt is well loved by her fans and is dearly missed Thank you!
I will always love your beautiful and talented mama..you are quite lovely too...best of luck and love in all your endeavors!
The interviewer, is terrible, no empathy or real interest in the subject of Eartha Kitt. Kitt Shapiro is brilliant and really gives a much more rounded view of Eartha Kitt.
Ragna Gift I agree! I would have live to hear the story of the aunt in New York, but she interrupted her just when it was getting interesting.
Sigh
I'm from Bamberg, SC. a few miles away from North. I had heard she was from North. It saddens me that she had such an abusive upbringing. Not all African American families felt that way about lighter complected or biracial children during that time.
+steffiee1970 TO ME THIS IS A LIE.. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LIGHT SKINNED BLACKS.. DON'T BELIEVE THIS STORY AT ALL..
Sweetie not everyone covets lite skin. In my own family the dark and light are treated no different from each other. My grandma would get into fights with people cause they didnt like her light skin green eyes and nice hair.
my father and my son has light skinned and with green eyes... so please don't preach to me.. I don't believe her story.. people say things to make it more than what it is.
steffiee1970 earthas kid is white. mixed breeds aren't black. eartha herself is half white. that makes her kid 75% white. White.
Realtalk MyBrother I'm biracial and I grew up in the 90s in NJ. I experienced what Eartha Kitt went through. Just because your son has green eyes and never experienced being discriminated by black ppl doesn't mean it never happened. I have green eyes too. I was bullied by black girls in school because I am very light, green eyes, and "good hair". My hair is very thick and white girls also uses to pick on me and say I'm hair is nappy, and I couldn't swim in this white girl pool because I would get grease in the pool. I got it from both sides and I'm born and rasied in NJ. Can't imagine what she went through in the south during that time.
This is amazing. I never knew much about Eartha, but I just happened to see a video featuring her today that intrigued me, so I went searching more about her life and ended up at this video. I must say from what I've read and learned it in a very brief time, Eartha seemed like a stand up woman! I am awed by her story, and inspired by it. She makes me want to be a part of change, all the good change that is happening in the world even more now. A beautiful woman with a beautiful soul who left a beautiful impact on this world. Respect.
I am truly shocked that you wouldn't know or even heard about :
EARTHA KITT..
Or you 're very young and never knew about her OR ( sorry to express this bluntly ),
Simply lacking tremendous ignorance and culture...
JESUS .
Some people need to READ, LEARN AND clearly OBSERVE..
Really SAD...here....
Her daughter should write a book about her mother's life and stories.
She DID!…..read it, it’s Great!
@@sassydiva7821 Thanks for that ,I will
Beautiful interview, she looks like her mom but I did not like the interviewer she sounds very disingenuous and jealous, behind her smiles lurks her true feelings and I don't like the way she cut her off, when she spoke about her mother not knowing how to use the bathroom. I love Eartha Kitt such a beautifully flawed Goddess perfect in her "imperfections".
WTF
omg, this woman was truly wonderful! I knew some of this but there clearly was WAY more to her than i thought!
Your mother is one of the greatest to walk that stage what a life , what a woman what a star ⭐️👑👏🏽👏🏽
Kitt's stories were well told and fascinating. It would have been nice if the interviewer hadn't kept cutting her off. Love hearing her speak about her life.
Eartha Kitt was a beautiful amazing woman. I feel so blessed to have met her. And Kitt is so beautiful in person.
Thanx very much for posting this great, informative video. I'm glad that I got a chance to see Eartha perform. It was very late in her career (in Wash DC), w/i a year or 2 of her death. 2 things stood to me in her performance. First was how lively and energetic her performance was. You'd never have guessed that she was 80 y/o or so. And she seemed to love performing, like this was what she was born to do. She reminds me of Marlene Dietrich or Judy Garland in this way, and I think the photo of her of Judy and her together in this video is fitting. Second, her legs looked fantastic! At 80 y/o she wore a dress slit all the way up the side to the hip and she looked good! From where I was sitting, her legs looked like those of a 25 y/o. Thank you, Eartha, and RIP.
Lucky you!! Thanks for sharing!
Eartha kitt was a true super star in this world and or the world of entertainment we may have actors and singers running over but we are given very few true super stars and Eartha was one of the few true talents of our time as long as she's remember and kept in our hearts she will live on for many years to come God bless her and I thank her and her daughter kitt for making Eartha live on through her works.
I hate this interviewer. She keeps interrupting and saying rude things. ugh.
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I met Eartha Kitt in South Beach ages ago and she was so divine and made me feel right at home.
I stopped watching because I couldn't take the the Interviewer cutting her off every time she went to complete a story. Let her finish.
@Words0217 And eye didn't like the question and her smerk on her face when she asked "how did you feel to find out you was better than your mom" ? because she can pass as white?🤔 and sophisticated🤔?
the fruit will never be better than the tree that bared it😘😻Eye loved her mom< and Eye enjoy seeing and hearing her daughter speek highly of her mind and tolerating the interview. Through out my life people would always say Eye remind them of a cross between Earth kitt and Maya Angelou < when Eye'm doing public speaking or Spoken word< Eye take that as a great compliment < the only difference is in stead of puuurrring Eye Roarrrrrrrr 🐯👑😘🌹
Exactly !!!
Eartha Kitt is an "International Legend, Super Star"! She was a very intelligent and talented woman with Style. The woman was Brilliant! Thanks for the in depth insight information on your amazing mom Kitt. And, you're Beautiful. "Unconditional Love WINS & Has NO Color".
i loooove eartha kitt,
i love what Kitt says about her extraordinary Mother singer performer Eartha Kitt being connected to the Earth.
What a great interview. Love the amusement park experience.
Wow, the amusement park story. I have more respect for Ertha Kitt more than ever. I almost cried hearing that.
What a beautiful interview and tribute.
I saw Eartha Kitt many years ago in that wonderful B'way show "New Faces of 1952 and I've been a fan of hers all of my life. Eartha was a very unique womanher spoke her own mind. Sometimes to a fault, but that was Eartha. She had a big heart and was hurt by many people in Show Business, but she survived. Her likes will never be seen again.
Great interview with Earth Kitt's dauighter..Loved it..
Eileen Bento It really is. Kitt seems like she has a beautiful spirit! Just like her wonderful mom. :)
Sepia Rose I agree wholeheartedly, and Eartha Kitt was some entertainer, a class act..
excellent interview with the amazing Eartha Kitt's daughter.... loved Eartha
The first play I saw in New Haven,CT,autumn 1965 was "The Owl and the Pussycat" starring Eartha. What a show!
This was so beautiful, I'm falling in love with Eartha Kitt even more after this, wonderful stories that her daughter told
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Wow she was an amazing women !!!
I was lucky enough to work with Eartha Kitt in 1998 and she was lovely. She was personable, polite and pleasant and would chat with coworkers backstage. She would spend one hour of every workday signing autographs and writing replies to letters that people would send her. I was friends with her assistant, Jacki, who unfortunately passed away not long after Eartha did.
Eartha Kitt did a great job raising her daughter. She seems to be a beautiful person in and out , just like her mom. I am not so sure about the interviewer though ..what was her intention when she asked the question "Did you understand really what was going on?...that you may be a little bit better than your mom because you were lighter skinned". WTF? She didn't show any empathy either during those heartfelt stories.. to me she seems to be another wolf in sheep's clothing!
Lilian Jones She is one of the wolves in sheep clothing the daughter is such a wonderful well rounded individual
I thought I was the only one that noticed the interviewer’s backhanded “inquisitiveness” …Eartha was likely there and kept her daughter lit with peace, confidence and brilliance.
SO enjoyed the love and humanity of this interview, of this remarkable human we know as Eartha Kitt, and the beauty of her legacy in Kitt Shapiro being in this world. Thank you!
Like many artists sometimes what makes them great is the pain in their journey
I loved Eartha Kitt, I now respect and love her more. Kitt, you are a very blessed person, too.
I loved Eartha Kitt. She was a outstanding human being
This interview was very enjoyable to listen to. Earth Kitt was so artistic and unique. She was against war especially the Vietnam war. She wasn't one to stay silent. When she spoke out against the war her career went south; gone. They I think turned against her. Very brave woman. The interviewer was very empathetic and understanding. I loved her and now seeing her daughter's pride when speaking of her makes me proud to be a fan of her. What a great name and great artist. For the haters, the interviewer did a great job.
as beautiful as her mom
Yes she is !!
A lot of people loved Eartha Kitt. For people that only spoke of equality, Eartha spoke openly and truthfully!
im so inspired by Eartha and her story
I saw Ertha Kit perform live on stage in San Diego in the wonderful play Timbuktu. She was marvelous. I'll never forget her voice and her magnificent acting and dancing ability. I had a poster of her hanging in my sewing room forever.
So talented. I remember Eartha Kitt as cat woman and the voice in Disney animated movies.
wow,what a lovely mother daughter relationship.eartha kitt has a wonderful daughter.
"Marrrccuusssss!" 😏
I love the interviewer's expression listening to the story. She is just mesmerized. ❤️
Blessing that you can continue your mother financial career that LBJ postponed, and tell the unique stories of her life. Her trip to south Africa, he Kittism and her love for you. Every mother hope that her child will continue to be loved after she leaves
thanks Kitt for sharing a piece of mom with the World. Truly beautiful personinside n out
To me, the whole Interview just feels AWKWARD and SUPERFICIAL!...Interesting to learn more about Eartha though!...Rest in Superstar!...
Kitt seems very sweet and personable. Eartha raised a wonderful daughter. RIP Eartha
thank you for sharing . bless your heart *
This was wonderful, touching interview with Kitt. Several years ago it was truly an honor to meet a work with both beautiful ladies!
I Really Enjoyed that
Nice to hear about your wonderful Mom, first time I heard of her. But still wonderful, Thank you for Sharing.
The picture @ 16:39-40 REALLY showcases Eartha Kitt's BEAUTIFUL figure. What a figure! Very feminine shapely woman!!
The book is absolutely fantastic!!!!! TY Kitt; your mother will always be the 'purrr' in my 💓!
the first time i saw her mom,was in the first movie she was in called =new faces of 1953?,i was in the navy and went to a movie theater in north fork va,,and she really impressed me, with her energy,,and talent,she gave you the feeling she go some place,,one day, and she did,,,bless her soul,,she, really over came,,,and went to the top
1952. That must have been amazing.
How amazing to see this lovely young lady speaking of her lovely mother
was never a fan of Eartha Kitt's work. But I learned a lot about Eartha the person from this interview...insert "heart" emoji here.
O I just loved your mother voice. I pray that one day you will make a movie about your amazing mom life.