Dolph Lundgren: My gun-wielding ex, Grace Jones
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Swedish actor, filmmaker and martial artist Dolph Lundgren remembers his first real girlfriend, Grace Jones. Grace - a famous model, singer and actress herself - caught all of the attention when the two were out in public, but that changed after the 1985 premiere of “Rocky IV.” Dolph goes on to share stories of his more eccentric experiences with Grace, including disarming her and a refusal to let her join uninvited, intimate encounters.
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I have a friend who looks like Dolph, who is even partly of Swedish descent and still has cousins there. He use to live in San Franciso and one time he went to go see Grace sing. Well, Grace got closer to him while singing, stood in front of him and was looking at him eye to eye really deeply, like she was singing for him. I always theorized it's because he looked like Dolph.
Yes, and probably wanted to cannibalise him.
Good story! 🙄
You should have kept it to yourself
@@tutiefruitie7730 You don't tell me what to say. Who do you think you are? You think you are a dictator or something. My friend didn't have a problem with it than why should you. What's wrong with you?
@@wessley4606 Yeah, that was basically the look he described and showed me. He said she is VERY striking in person.
@@asturiasceltic3183 “Baby, calm down, calm down”
I just wanted to get your reaction was a good story
retains respect and affection for his ex girlfriend. understands human frailty in others and himself.
A beautiful trait❤
I never understood ,and still don't understand , what he saw in that woman..what the attraction was..
@@vincentl.9469 Not for us to understand. My motto is, if you like it I love it for you.
He really does, very cool and like him a lot.
@@vincentl.9469 eh not sure if this was your intention but this comment feels anti-black. They're both striking and modelesque so the pairing makes a lot of sense. Her beauty is clear, unless you happen to hate dark skin...
A friend of mine went to a grace jones party in manhattan in the 80’s while she was dating laundren.
He said dolph would change outfits every hour that night. She was showcasing him .
Gladiator, tuxedo, army , suit , athlete .
He said it was outrageous
Sounds crazy
Lmfao.
Sounds like an abusive relationship...
Hence the word "boytoy".
Looks like eyes wide shut type of party
Dolph did his Masters degree at Sydney University. My mate's Dad was a his supervisor. One morning Dolph didn't turn up for his weekly tutorial and while my mate's Dad was waiting for him the phone in his office rings. He picks up the phone and it's Dolph, who starts apologising profusely for not being there. My mate's Dad says no worries and then asks him, "so will you be in tomorrow or later in the week.?" To which Dolph replies, "no I'm actually in Jamaica with Grace Jones..." He eventually came back and finished off his masters, I think. True story.
Stop the 🧢 bruh
@ well you clearly didn’t do your masters as Sydney uni lol
If Dolph ever puts out a proper biography I would read it in a heartbeat.
Had no idea Grace Jones was a wacko! I was a kid in the 80s and thought..thats a wild woman
Dolph was a cool star. He was handsome as hell, super tall and athletic, and basically a genius. Very smart.
@@robd1329she s gross
@@nickfrankie261damn! You re really into him! Wow!
I was just thinking similar
"She was a temperamental girlfriend" which is the most gentleman way of saying "she was one crazy bitch sometimes"
EXACTLY 😂😅💥🔥
😂😂😂😂
Shush
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
We've all been there!
"Crazy in the head = crazy in bed!"
Lol 😆
Crazy how honest he is.
Yeah Europeans are a bit more direct
He led an interesting life and glad he's sharing the stories. :)
Best way to be if I'm honest.
It's a long time ago..
@@zakofrx Doesn’t matter, not many celebrities of this calibre are so forthcoming regardless of how long ago the events in question are.
He seems self aware and compassionate. He didn’t bash grace, but did share some of his crazy celebrity lifestyle they both shared.
Having Jones as a girlfriend would be like driving a high powered car without brakes .
True... Very True 🤦😂
Don't bang crazy
She was a wild chick back in the day. I read her memoirs and boy she was badass.
Or a steering wheel
Like frying bacon naked.
Such a nice guy... You can tell he is genuine and humble.
The 80s!!!
Where the money was long, the clothes were outrageously show-stopping, the perfume was strong, the coke was prime, and the nightlife was fabulous!!!!
I love the 80s
Greatest era to be a kid. I was born in 75 and the 80's were just phenomenal with the awesome movies and music coming out to grow up with. Damn I miss those simpler, saner times.
The perfect decade
Yeah, they don't make coke like that anymore, lol.
I hadn't done any in 17 years and noticed right away that this is NOT an 80's solvent being used in 2020s.
Same effect WITHOUT the awesome 1980's smell.
And the sound was as synthetic as the clothes! 😁
Wow Dolph is totally cooler than I thought. He really needs a segment where he tells all his True Hollywood Stories
If Dolph and Grace had a son, can you imagine how handsome and chiselled his face and body would be!!!
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE LOL
For a second I read dolce and gabanq
He was smart enough not to breed with that thing
@@FallacyAsPraxis you have no room to laugh.
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE are you blind? crazy? sure. Ugly, now thats a bias
Maan, these 80s stars lived a crazy life!!
80's were the bomb.
For real.
😂😂😂
Rockn Roll 😂
60's, 70's and 80's were wild times. Grace used to frequent Studio 54 in NYC. That was a zoo.
I married a Jamaican woman. I am 🇨🇦 Irish. 28 years now. It requires a spine of steel LMFAO
This really made me chuckle 😂
You’re Irish, I bet you give as good as you get😂
@@naturesfinest8205 same cuz its facts. Were not for the weak or faint lmaoo
LMAOO this is true 😂🇯🇲
I wonder if my German husband has the same thoughts???😂🤔
He may not have been a big star, but this guy was so much more human beneath the celebrity facade. Like this man. Wish him good health, good life, happiness.
He could have been
He now has a normal life with a wife
He's also gorgeous
He has the perfect balance, a decent well paying career in hollywood. With not much fame having to deal with it. He's swedish after all, we're usually pretty introverted
When he described Grace on the intercom…I imagined a movie scene. They need to depict this relationship in a movie!!!
I agree!
Jodie Turner Smith would kill it as Grace Jones
@@LKT1215 SO TRUE!
That would be lovely
No they dont you weirdo
I could listen to these stories all day! He was a young up-and comer in perhaps the most outrageous era in Hollywood history! All of the colorful characters in music, fashion, and film seemed to be at their most decadent. Interview Magazine and Warhol were at the center of it all, so it's great to hear Dolph's recount of it.
Dolph has had a wild life! It’s fascinating to hear these in-depth stories.
Crazy how most of these stories are actual abusive events. Grace being crazy and aggressive , Warhol betting on getting models naked etc. times were different back then. You just rolled with it all. But Dolph comes across as a real good guy. Honest and modest.
Yeah, I think the industry is quite a toxic place. I don't wanna know what goes on behind some doors. Sure, people wanna be part of all the fancy parties, but I wouldn't survive there.
Like yeah?! Those are not cute, quirky, fun stories, those are all hallmarks of abusive and exploitative behavior.
because he is smart he has a edge
not crazy. its all the same. only difference now is that we have easier access to cameras
Well Warhols gay so i dont really see why hed want to, the place was probably the amphetamine capital of the world in 1964 though. the stories are just out there. Grace was tame by comparison. But she acted like a free spirit on coke because she was. Speed can be more dangerous mentally, coke'll be the financial ruin. usually the one youd think doing the betting of that kind i'd of thought to be Billy Linnich but i suppose they werent dating anymore by the time the 80's came round. Not surprised some chick pulled out a gun and shot him though not long after this Dolph story. just a few years but still in the 80's
Nice to know Grace Jones is a wild person as she was the characters she’s played. Kudos to Dolph Lungren for never putting his hands on her. 100% gentleman!!
She's an abusive, horrible person.
She probably would've slit his throat in his sleep
Those weren't characters...those were personalities
Kudos _might_ be to Dolph if he'd *never* touched the hideous "thing" in the first place.
@@adamkane7513 its Queen Jones for you
Swedish tender giant meets Jamaican Woman. This is the preamble for the most epic romantic comedy
And drama!
Being in Grace Jones presence provided Dolph the avenue for Stardom. Wild relationship. I love how she saw the greatness in MJ. But, he already great being in Jackson Five.
Exactly
Same thought not sure how he didnt' see "it" the moment I HEARD MJ in "ABC" when he was a kid...I was like "omg a star..."
Grace may have been crazy but she wasn't stupid
It's amazing how many people don't know how crazy Grace Jones is 😂 that woman is WILD!!!!
I thought it's quite obvious when you just look at pictures of her 😅 she's scary 😬
ya. i thought they are both wild at least from the way they act on the screen. However, it looks like he is a quiet type guy.
Yeah, I followed her career all through the 80s and the pictures and stories were really circulating aobut her back then.
Did you read her autobiography? Wild!
She put some of the stuntmen in the hospital during Conan. Seriously😂
She went to a party at my friend's house, took a dump in the toilet and didn't flush it.
Dolph had a pretty crazy life back in the early to mid 80s, hanging out with Sly, Grace Jones, Michael Jackson, Andy Warhol, etc.
grace seemed the scariest woman alive, you gotta be crazy self confident to be with her. she also had a very interesting music career, love her libertango version
Seems like art imitates reality
she made some great music- still have her lp from back then
It’s a dude
@@angelaz20 what?
The scariest part about Grace was that she was actually a he with a dick & balls!
Dolph really opened up in these vids….great interviewing
He has terminal cancer, doesn’t care anymore
He's done a TED talk where he just opens up about everything and all his mistskes he ever made.
He was absolute perfection in his younger days.
Omg yes
Still beautiful though
Still fine
He still has a pretty face, beautiful body, and the mannerisms of a gentleman.
He's still handsome
Very honest and forthcoming when questioned. Grace sounds as wild as she's portrayed in the media. Sounds like she saved him from Warhol though
Damn. Who knew Dolph was the victim in an abusive relationship! Notice that the interviewer knew about it and had to try to get Dolph to talk about it. I'm glad more men are able to talk about being victims. It's important.
I was the victim in an abusive relationship and because of it I haven’t dated in over 10 years. I feel extremely on high alert when I’m in a room alone with a woman and try my best to remove myself from the situation without causing a scene.
I was watching an interview with her r the other day on the Dame Edna show where Grace admitted to punching Dolf
@@willwalker6894 That’s the saddest thing I read today. I’m sorry.
I hope you find what you’re looking for.
@@willwalker6894 going through the same thing. I dont date or trust women anymore. Just sex and move on.
Dolph grew up with an abusive father. It's not uncommon to repeat patterns.
Grace Jones in the movie Boomerang with Eddie Murphy was good. Her character as a top fiesty model. The ad for her new perfume Strangé was hilarious lol
The bone structure on their child would’ve been unreal.
He actually sounds like a vet telling war stories - danger, fear, weapons, and excitement all at the same time! 👄👠😍
Grace told Eddie Murphy: NO MAN CAN REFUSE THIS PSSY😂😂💯
Comon, that was a movie line
My fondest memories was watching the action-packed Universal Soldier movie on a Saturday night with my siblings in the late 90s. I vividly recall being mesmerised by the brilliant portrayal of the villain by none other than Dolph Lundgren. This led me to associate him with the iconic Rocky movie franchise, and again, he proved himself to be an exceptional actor. Looking back, I feel grateful to have grown up in the late 90s, a time when watching movies with siblings was a cherished activity, and actors like Dolph Lundgren left an undeniable mark on my impressionable young mind.
U and me both✓
I enjoyed Dolph portrayal as the Villain in Universal Soldier✓
Me and my sibling kept watching every other weekend and bond over IT as well✓
Special times
A great film. 👍🏾
That's the spirit soldier
I fell in love with Grace Hones in 1979 when I saw her on the TV at a Gay event. I love her music so much. Went to see her at a club in SoMa, SF back in the mid 90’s. Standing wall to wall (in killer shoes, looking fierce but so painful), standing room only, for *hours* waiting for Grace, The Vamp, a true Diva. Worth the wait. It was after midnight before she hit the stage. 🤣 I guess better late then sober❤️
Lol. What a true original. She was so fierce and genuinely her own that when I was a young boy she actually frightened me kinda. I grew to understand there was no other like her. What a badass
She notorious for being late. A small group of us drove up to N.Y. from Philly to see her at a club. At 4am she still hadn't arrived. Finally we decided we had to leave,because even though it was Sunday we still had to work.
Mike Tyson should invite this man to his podcast.
100%
True💥🔥
that would be incredible!!
I remember this crazy Grace Jones interview on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson that she said she was dating twins. One named Dolph and the other Hans. It was so confusing and weird. My older sister later explained to me that Hans and Dolph are the same person.
Lol
I respect and admire this man more and more with every interview and story from his friends.
You know Grace Jones is a dude right
Shout Out to Grace Jones for standing up for MJ back then.
Grace Jones was at the height of her career in the 80s,she seems as crazy as her personality would lead you to believe major props to Dolph Lundgren for putting up with all that.
Props for tolerating a bad woman? Smh
she's a mean old woman now - whew - she abused herself
I would’ve knocked her ass out
She helped Dolph get started
She deserves some credit for that also
@@davidrice3337stallones ex in Cobra trulyyy abused herself. She looks aweful today
Two of the iconic entertainers of the magical 80's
The Grace Jones. Her body was absolutely unbelievable. But I bet being around her and in a relationship with her kept someone on their feet.
Whenever I watch A View to a Kill and I see the bed scene with Roger, my little man shrinks. Her body is completely unappealing to me and I don't understand how she was a "big star". And her music was a joke... Total headcase. You don't get to burn someone's clothes because they decided to sleep somewhere else because your disrespectful asshole self wants to party every night until rooster crows o'clock. Dolph should've knocked her block off.
Her body looked very masculine, just like her face!
Aren't you lucky you met Grace Jones and was able to meet so many people and get a Hollywood career.
Right
Rocky 4 is prob the best boxing movie ever…. The intro is so hyped it’s unreal
It's a love story but I agree.
Thats the only Rocky movie i can watch over and over and get pumped!
rocky 1 is better. The story, the suspense. the emotion. But I can understand the action appeal of 4. Like if you showed a kid both films, they would always choose 4.
@@tgo007 Have to disagree, I felt like Rocky 4 took the series to another level.
@@fred5nyc first one isn't even really a boxing movie. That's such a small part of the 1st one. It's more about struggling working class people. Remember the scene where Mick begged Rocky to forgive him and take him on as a manager.
I think rocky 1 every movie critic would say 1 is better. 4 is like 80's action cartoony mass appeal. 1 is like a art film.
Which is fine, I like John wick which basically have very little story in the 1st one. Like marvel movies aren't really amazing storylines. Doesn't mean it's bad.
I read that Lundgren is one of the most intelligent celebrities out there. It defies the stereotype. I judged him by his movies and assumed he was a "dumb jock" type. That's what I get for judging without all the info. Sorry Dolph!
Chemical engineer or something.
his IQ 160. for reference, Einstein is estimated to have had an IQ around 150, Stephen Hawking was around 180. you are considered "genius" if your IQ is over 140. how smart is he? somewhere between Einstein and Hawking. if your brain just said "holy shit!" that is the appropriate response.
So nonchalantly says, "yeah, we had lots of times like that" when asked about Grace coming for him with a gun!! Amazing!!😂😂
The part I miss most about Dolph's story, beside the nostalgia of those great times, is the 90 minute running times of great movies.
I had the same reaction when watching Rocky IV in theaters back when. After the intro you KNEW it was going to be EPIC!
Everything was perfect for the time, the intensity of the cold war, the music, the story...etc.
Great stories! He was amazing in Rocky, he looked outrageous. Rocky is my all time favorite movies especially the one with him!!!❤
What's interesting is Arnold has been in America longer than Dolph yet he still sounds Austrian while Dolph very nearly sounds American
I've heard rumors that Arnold exaggerates the accent in public as it's such a part of his brand and his persona now, but he sounds much more American when in private/relaxed company.
She was a fucking machine that I don’t think a lot of men can handle.
Sir Roger Moore's autobiography 📚 has some wild Grace Jones stories. They didn't exactly click lol.... 😁
Tremendous job as always, Graham. You can't get subjects to open up unless they trust you and you always deliver the goods.
I got blocked from your channel for making an innocuous comment
Like it or not, they made a great couple. Each was equally eccentric, as well as stunning looking. For a man, Dolph had some unique facial features that made him as handsome a man as Grace was exotically beautiful. They also had similarly sharp and chiseled features, intense eyes, and a natural snobbish and narcissistic quality. These two crazy people needed each other.
I agree, however Dolph actually comes off as down to earth. It could be his great blonde model looks that people pressume he is snobbish.
Toxic feminity anyone? This is kinda story that the feminists would love to sweep under the rug.
Yeah he's not a snob he's down to earth just like sylvester stallone
They were anything but snobbish and narcissistic when I met them at one of her shows in L.A. In fact, after she performed she went right to the dance floor with him to dance with all of us young gay dudes at a club called The Bullshot. I watched them slow dancing very romantically to "If Only You Knew" by Patti Labelle. I remember thinking how different she seemed in person to the character she plays on stage, more of a "girly-girl" than a tough cookie.
Imagine if they'd had a child!
I can imagine how wild those two were together. Like Billy Bob and Angelina
I loved them as a couple. So much respect.
Graham, you have great interviews.
Especially love this one.
Dolph is great.
She is the definition of ‘one of a kind’
😂😂🎯
I am Australian. I remember Grace Jones in Australia at a rave-party. I was working at Sydney showground 1990s.
My gosh. I was right next to her and she was the most tallest and most sexiest and most kindest woman, that I ever laid eyes on that night, sheesh.
graham bensinger and ariel helwani are two of the best journalists/interviewers in sports. truly above everyone else.
Dolph Lundgren is an actor, not an athlete; Graham Brensinger is a journalist in general, not a sports journalist.
@@poppinc8145 Lundgren used to be a great athlete, even during the majority of his acting career.
A very skilled fighter.
I never saw them together as a couple.
She was so scary looking and he was so handsome.
Love is definitely a soul connection for some.✌🏼
Every story I hear about Grace just. makes me feel more respect for her ability to keep that personality ALIVE.
How bout the story where she burned all of Dolph's clothes
I never thought he was around all these cool people from back in the day
Grace put him on the map. People need to recognise this.
So ...doesn't mean you act like you own ppl
@@keyme52525 @kay Robins. You have interpreted this to fit in with your own narrative. No one said anything about owning people. Your statement is linked to your own stuff and emotions. Keep it to yourself. As I am not here to argue over something that is linked to another person's emotions, when my statement wasn't said in that way.
No… Rocky 4 and masters of the universe put him on the map
Huh? Is this a joke? He was already on his way to becoming a star.
She was also crazy!
Well, not having known or followed Dolph Lundgren and only having seen him in a couple of movies where he played chiseled muscle, my respect for him has greatly increased from this interview.
My oldest brother looked alot like how he looks now. Terry had alot of women chasing him when he was younger. He finally met the love of his life and had 35 years of happiness ❤
Wow, Dolph looks amazing. Loved his story. So interesting, thank you!
Such a good actor, after Rocky I used to dislike Dolph, now I realize he is one of the coolest!
Dolph humble with all of his physical, intellectual and creative talents. Dolph, Arnold and Sly have been so wonderful and great teachers in their old age. Wise men that have been sharing so many valuable lessons these past few years in documentaries, books and interviews.
Sly is trash. Ask Bernrhal
I would Love ❤️ to see Tayanna Taylor play Grace Jones she would be perfect if someone decided to do a film about her…
Actually, Jodie Turner Smith would be the perfect Grace Jones.
Yep 💯. She looks like she could be her daughter.
True but teyanna is way too short to play grace jones. her cheekbones and face are a phenomenal resemblance but I think her height would keep her from getting that role
Never. They need a real Jamaican woman. No one can play a Jamaican but a Jamaican. No one has that temperament
Wishing Dolph all the best. Read he’s battling lung cancer. Get well soon. Love Grace Jones, but she was a mess😂 I was at a New Year's Eve party back in the 80's and GJ was there, she was stunning.
I could totally see/ hear a Mexican maid say that in a relaxed tone. “Senor you have to come back. She burning the clothes now” 😂
Man she all a super model and Fierce looking at the same time. Amazing.
Ivan Drago, Chong Lee, and Tang Po were the top villains that gave the impression of monsterish physical threat.
Brian Thompson in Cobra was also a great villain. His voice was so menacing especially in the end when he's calling out Cobra to fight him in that steel foundry. "Come on pig, I want your eyes pig, wanna go to hell with me pig."
He still looks great. And seems like a nice person. They were such a gorgeous couple. Those stories are horrible though .. to think that for many decades people believed that's how you show love.
Dolph grew up with an abusive father. People repeat patterns.
What a humble guy!!
This is great!! Thank you
Gosh. He's still a handsome beast. Crushed on him since the 80s. He's aged verrrry well.
Dolph is such an intelligent well spoken gentleman
As a Swede, i'm almost disturbed by how open he is with his life. We're mostly not like that over here (some are of course).
dont know about his character when he is young but he is a humble gentleman now ,looks like such a nice man despite of his appereance in movies.
Quite a feat to have led such a legendary life and still be able to come off somewhat modest.
She burnt his special versace leather jacket! 😢
Dolph should have had her arrested.
cant imagine being married to him...some people are just not made to be faithful
When Grace first saw him she ordered her staff to ... " have him washed & sent to my room"
in a million years there will still be only one grace jones
FANTASTIC Dolph! Love from Finland
Let me tell you guys and gals, there are a LOT of Grace Jones stories. Many have come out. Many have not. You know those stories about crazy people getting famous and being enabled by a whole lot of people who knew better? That. Very very that
I wonder what Grace Jones is doing today
What are you on about
@@robd1329 Still performing, I think.
" You told me you were wearing Old Spice...I lied!
Damn, I knew that they were probably broken UP by now because he was probably the ONLY one that could deal with her. Even after they parted ways, she wanted a love triangle.
Wow, he's so open and honest😊
Inexperienced Dolph, younger than Grace, fresh in Hollyweird, not a star - she was a huge star, star-struck, being Swedish, beauty and amazing sex were the reasons he put up with that dumpster fire for 2-3 years. Had he met her 10 years older...2-3 months at the most!!
80’s was the height of our culture
Grace Jones is an absolute legend!
Meh
Praying for his health
Dolph is so honest he sound’s Canadian 🇨🇦
See, what happen was🤣🤣🤣 Great Interview ❤️💕
I was in my early 20's...Grace was incredible
He’s since a gentleman. Was my crush back in the day with “universal soldiers”. Loved that movie.
If they had kids them kids wouldve been extremely beautiful