I just noticed it on youtube, and surely it won't be there forever, so y'all might as well have a look at it. The year is 1986 and Vanity is promoting her recently released Skin on Skin album on the Gary Shandling show. She is way out of control here with what she says and wears! Is this what she was like all the time back then? Howie Mandel and Gary Shandling probably had the best night of their lives flirting with her

I have posted the video link to youtube below, as well as the video, in case either doesn't work. That outfit was C-R-A-Z-Y!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XnXWDyQ0reE


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I love watching her interviews from this era Half the time,she was obviously high...flirting outrageously with the hosts,lol.

she acts like a porn actress. The type that only understands using her sexuality to relate to someone else. It is amazingly exciting at first to the person being flirted with, but once they realize that it was all she had to offer, it gets really old really quick. I'm sure Denise has more of herself to offer, but it sure seemed very superficial.

Hot as she was/is, some people are looking for more than someone who doesn't care what leg she humps.

love it!!

She is beautiful but obviously high as a kite.

JuliePurplehead said:

Why do she has to be high? Maybe she's just having fun.

ddsummer said:

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She was high on coke. She has said so many this.

madhouseman said:

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She was high and out of her mind.Stop making it out to be more than what it was.

I think she was incredibly high but what an amzing beauty - at her prime the most georgeous (and dangerous) of all Prince women.

laurarichardson said:

sorry, I didn't see the results from the blood test. But then again, like the old saying goes, "a drunk person's words are a sober person's thoughts."

Sounds like my assumption was correct, regardless of the excuses that are offered for her behavior.

I think the best part of that first interview is when Howie jokes "That's the sign that doesn't wear underwear", and right on cue, Vanity looks down at herself to check LOL.


Some more Vanity clips:

This must have been in either late 1982 or in the first half of 1983. First Wendy and Lisa, then Vanity and Jill Jones discuss Prince. Check out Jill's reactions when Vanity interrupts her LOL.




1985: The Merv Griffith Show: Vanity's only performance ever of "7th Heaven", besides what we see in The Last Dragon.





I'm guessing this is 1986, when Joan Rivers filled in for Johnny Carson? Anyway, this is only part of the interview, but check out Vanity's outfit and the stage incident she describes!

madhouseman said:

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Dude she has commented on her massive drug use during this time. Get a grip.

laurarichardson said:

A grip has been got. I stand by my original statement. Drunk or drugged out is no excuse for her behavior.

Honest your honor... I shouldn't be responsible for my behavior. I was wasted!

Some more clips:


Fall 1984 on American Bandstand

Pretty Mess Performance-she really grinds it up on stage LOL.






1986 on Solid Gold

Under The Influence Performance






1990-ET interview for the made-for-tv movie "Memories of Murder"

madhouseman said:

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Frist of all no one said that Vanity should not be held responsible for her behavior. She lost the use of her kidneys because of her drug use and she has taken full responsibilty for it. I have never read a interview where she put the blame of her health issues on anything but drugs and the use of drugs on her own recklessness.

Most people make assholes out of themsevles when they are high that is all she is doing in the interview.

BlaqueKnight said:

BlaqueKnight to the rescue of common sense!

I don't think that they are all haters, but it does seem like a knee-jerk default to resort to the "she was high at the time" to every personality quirk. It shows a lack of understanding about a person as a whole, and Vanity had many personality quirks that weren't all related to her drug use, regardless of the claims of someone who doesn't know her.

BlaqueKnight said:

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I do not hate Vanity I was actually defending her by explaining her behavior.
My explanation came from her own explanation of her behavior.

Vanity has said she was high 24/7.

madhouseman said:

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My explanation came from her own explanation of her behavior.

I do not have to know her as I am repeating what she has stated many times.

i used to have all this stuff on VHS back in the day
ain't the Internet wonderful?
now go tell it to the purple one

laurarichardson said:

It's ok. I don't have any reason to doubt that she said something about being high on that specific occasion. If you said she said she was stoned on the Tonight show, we trust you.

1986

The Late, Late Breakfast Show (in the UK)

Vanity with very long hair is introduced to crowd/flirts with Noel Edmonds (the host) and beginning of an "Animals" performance. The entire clip used to be up on youtube, but apparently it's been taken off.





1988

Soul Train

Vanity introduced to crowd by Don Cornelius, then performs "Faraway Eyes", then a small interview with Cornelius about Action Jackson.




1988

Soul Train

Vanity performs 2nd song, "Undress" and really works the crowd.

madhouseman said:

I don't even see what's so horribly wrong with her behavior. I mean, it's Vanity after all. That whole "persona" was supposed to come off that way.

Some dumbass is selling them all on DVD (the youtube uploader). I've always been tempted to buy them and just upload them all as a torrent to spite him for selling them.

The appearance with Noel Edmonds (UK TV) is funny, she kisses him and he was pretty shellshocked! She then performs 'Animals'
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minneapolisgenius said:

I don't see that anyone said her behavior was 'wrong'. It was just an accurate way of explaining it, not a condemnation of it. The idea of a beautiful woman humping someone's leg can be quite nice.

She does not look high in that clip.

1991-Vanity guest starred in the horror tv show "Tales From the Crypt". Whoopi Goldberg also guest starred and let me tell you-Whoopi was hella creepy!! Vanity as usual played the vixen. Her French accent wasn't great, but I still enjoyed this episode. It's interesting-she was only a few years away at this point from almost dying, yet you couldn't tell by looking at her.


Part 1





Part 2





Part 3



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But noe people she's better much better she found herself!

Today's clip: want to watch Vanity play with swords and act tough?

This is her guest appearance on the show Highlander in 1992. This was one of her last performances as Vanity. Since the link is myspace, I didn't know how to post it in the video format that we do for youtube. If someone knows how, let me know and I'll change it. I think Vanity played this role pretty well. Of course, Adrian Paul is hot!!


http://myspacetv.com/inde...d=32201139

Going a bit off-topic, but what year was it that Vanity suffered a stroke, blindness, deafness, and kidney failure?