Gianni Russo on Sleeping with Marilyn Monroe, Kidnapped by Escobar, JFK Murder (Full Interview)

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  • Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
  • Gianni Russo came through for his first-ever interview with VladTV, and he detailed his family's mafia ties in Italy, including his mafia boss uncle being hanged in Italy. After speaking about having polio as a child and being quarantined, Gianni spoke about moving to America with his family and working for Luciano mob boss Frank Costello when he was 13. It was while working with Costello that Gianni got to know Marilyn Monroe, who Gianni lost his virginity to when he was 16 and Marilyn was 28. The two stayed close throughout the remainder of Monroe's life, and Gianni recalled being with her days before her death, which Gianni says was a murder carried out by Monroe's former lover, Bobby Kennedy.
    During the conversation, Gianni spoke about being cast as Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather, which was his first-ever film, and he detailed threatening Marlon Brando at the first rehearsal for the movie. He went on to explain how he was kidnapped and beaten after Pablo Escobar put a hit out on him, and how Escobar stopped the hit after realizing Gianni was in The Godfather. To hear more, including his friendships with Frank Sinatra and Bill Clinton, hit the above clip.

Комментарии • 8 тыс.

  • @jeffreyd508
    @jeffreyd508 3 года назад +622

    "The Big Bang? I actually heard it. We were on 67th street. I was having lunch with Ghengis Khan, and here he is ducking under the table thinking it's a gunshot. LOL" -- Russo

  • @bretdouglas9407
    @bretdouglas9407 4 года назад +896

    As Neil Armstrong came off the ladder, i told him “ welcome to the moon” I says

  • @matthewdelaney3466
    @matthewdelaney3466 Год назад +150

    He tell his story’s so vividly, I felt like I was there in his imagination while he made them up.

  • @LamborghiniSuarez
    @LamborghiniSuarez 6 месяцев назад +14

    "I saw a lady smile at me named Mona Lisa...then this guy said i wanna paint a chick...I said I know a broad...it was crazy!!!" -Gianni Russo-

  • @homerbalderas1393
    @homerbalderas1393 3 года назад +1886

    “So I bent over to tie my shoe and missed my cruise ship...two days later I hear the ship hit an iceberg and sunk..how wild is that?” -Gianni Russo

  • @talesofanasphaltjockey
    @talesofanasphaltjockey 3 года назад +273

    I don't know what's more entertaining , listening to Russo's stories or reading the comments : )

    • @tee95south6
      @tee95south6 3 года назад +7

      😂😭🤣FOREAL,you text what I was thinking...

    • @oshkoshb-josh5389
      @oshkoshb-josh5389 3 года назад +7

      I was literally just cracking up and thinking the same shit lolol!!

    • @ImaHaddad
      @ImaHaddad 3 года назад +7

      Both!
      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @blancamiranda778
      @blancamiranda778 3 года назад +2

      😆😆😁👍

    • @babyboyy207
      @babyboyy207 2 года назад +3

      Def the comments

  • @annjean1943
    @annjean1943 Год назад +13

    I know him. He used to own State Street Restaurant at Commercial Center across the street from my office in 1984. His girlfriend at that time was Dionne Warwick and his singer. During that time Las Vegas was small. Everyone almost knew each other. We used to go there on the weekends for dinner and dancing. I saw so many celebrities hang out there and were treated like normal people.Las Vegas was a lot safer when the MAFIA runs the town.

  • @vincentpaternoster7842
    @vincentpaternoster7842 Год назад +84

    Fun fact: Gianni Russo gave Ben Franklin the kite to invent electricity

    • @Adamclark17223
      @Adamclark17223 Год назад +6

      😂 exactly ! Absolutely ridiculous ahah everything he sais is hilariously BS

    • @Rafael-xx1id
      @Rafael-xx1id Год назад +7

      “ can you believe that “ - Gianna Russo

    • @Joker-11B-SYLV
      @Joker-11B-SYLV Год назад +6

      Fun fact: Ben Franklin didn't invent electricity. He discovered it.

    • @michaelmeyer6352
      @michaelmeyer6352 Год назад

      This is full of Bull Shit

    • @dalehood1846
      @dalehood1846 Год назад +1

      @Rafael, even he doesn't believe it.

  • @lynmiller6046
    @lynmiller6046 4 года назад +95

    This guy wins the internet. He's so interesting, I could listen to him for hours. Great laugh!

    • @avextheatre1527
      @avextheatre1527 3 года назад +10

      I am tripping so hard on acid right now and his teeth are insane.

    • @rj-gd3pc
      @rj-gd3pc 3 года назад +1

      @ Lyn Miller - I guess he’s charisma got you 😉

    • @DigitalBridge.
      @DigitalBridge. 2 года назад

      He says he has a podcast

    • @richardofoz2167
      @richardofoz2167 2 года назад

      Try Sammy Gravano for the real deal, and one great story after another, always with a sense of humour.

  • @zoboly
    @zoboly 4 года назад +456

    This is one of the best interviews I’ve ever invested my time in

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 4 года назад +18

      You like watching TOTAL BS do you??

    • @billydakid71
      @billydakid71 4 года назад +9

      @@balancedactguy u lame azz fuck too.

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 4 года назад +4

      @@billydakid71 u uh big dumb stoopidd limpp weenee moe-foe 2 y'alls!!

    • @docsbuying
      @docsbuying 4 года назад +12

      Me too! Don’t listen to the negative comments some ppl are just miserable for life.

    • @JenniferSmith0819
      @JenniferSmith0819 4 года назад +1

      Agreed

  • @starfish5150
    @starfish5150 Год назад +35

    This has probably been the most enjoyable interview i have seen in a very long time. What a great person always smiling. Thank you. Loved it!!!

  • @Internetsboifriend
    @Internetsboifriend 2 года назад +14

    "Those Hollywood guys made a movie about my life, it was called "Forest Gump" you may of heard of it." - Gianni Russo

  • @enribruceti
    @enribruceti 3 года назад +1401

    Gianni Russo - "One time I started believing my own stories. I couldn't believe it."

    • @buki0141
      @buki0141 3 года назад

      Mos luj koqe

    • @freddiemercury5987
      @freddiemercury5987 3 года назад +7

      Lol

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 года назад +59

      "One time I Lied about LYING, but then at that point it was the truth......never did THAT again!" -G.Russo!

    • @rockylizardi-brown1029
      @rockylizardi-brown1029 3 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @JohnSmith-ey6hq
      @JohnSmith-ey6hq 3 года назад +55

      What would truly blow your mind is nothing he has said was a lie..maybe slightly exaggerated but not everyone lives a "normal" boring and down to earth life. Ive seen and done things nobody believes cuz it sounds like a movie but where do you think these movies get their storylines?

  • @D0lasloccsta
    @D0lasloccsta 3 года назад +952

    “I was actually the person who gave Tony Montana his first line of coke”
    - Gianni Russo

    • @Aikadou
      @Aikadou 3 года назад +44

      “I actually gave tony Montana his little friend”

    • @joanne-johnysqueri9068
      @joanne-johnysqueri9068 3 года назад +1

      Ppp ppppppppppppp

    • @joanne-johnysqueri9068
      @joanne-johnysqueri9068 3 года назад +1

      Ppp

    • @redpilledpict2747
      @redpilledpict2747 3 года назад +12

      " I was the boss that made Lucky Luciano after he made his bones"
      _ Gianni Russo

    • @leoarc1061
      @leoarc1061 3 года назад +23

      "I know why da big bang happen! All the gods... the bosses, everyone, they were all there, having a sitdown abaut what ta due! So I told'em! Just blow the fucken universe. Na one will notice!
      Can'ya believe that?!
      Isn't that crazy??? hahahaha"
      True story!

  • @0580steve
    @0580steve Год назад +10

    That was one of the most interesting interviews that I've ever seen. He's very engaging and no one will ever be able to say that he led a boring life.

  • @youngxozay
    @youngxozay 2 года назад +23

    Crazy how JFK had huge Italian mafia ties. History is dark and I feel as though without certain guys like Russo, none of this will ever be told. Very interesting to say the least💯

  • @mcomiskey7
    @mcomiskey7 4 года назад +418

    "God? Are you freaking kidding me! We used to cut class together" - Russo

    • @gabaryaahla8129
      @gabaryaahla8129 4 года назад +8

      Lol

    • @cmoneyno5
      @cmoneyno5 4 года назад +8

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @7777Lace
      @7777Lace 4 года назад +4

      Ha!😂

    • @davidvincent6149
      @davidvincent6149 4 года назад

      The CIA killed Kennedy. What he says about the assassination is propaganda.

    • @pronative6220
      @pronative6220 4 года назад

      He thought coke was a drink and cutting doses was a class act.

  • @vinsentstarynight
    @vinsentstarynight 3 года назад +637

    When Alexander Bell invented phone he had four missed calls from Russo.

    • @byggmeaty2310
      @byggmeaty2310 3 года назад +11

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 года назад +31

      "When Bell invented the phone he was already 3 months behind on his phone bill.,..... so I gave him the money on a Shylock loan @ 3% interest per week. He paid up quick.......he knew he had to....or else!!" -G.Russo

    • @chloekit4861
      @chloekit4861 3 года назад +4

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @bishlap
      @bishlap 3 года назад +5

      LMMFAO !!!!! I think he buried Hoffa and gave Tom Brady Quarterbacking tips.

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 года назад +12

      @@bishlap "I tried to warn President Roosevelt about the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, but he just would not listen!!...later I told him how he could make an Atomic Bomb!...THEN he finally listened!!" -G.Russo!

  • @IslandGirl-nt6ry
    @IslandGirl-nt6ry Год назад +52

    The Marilyn Monroe facts are highly questionable. Marilyn died the weekend of Aug. 4/5 1962. He said she was killed on a Tuesday. It is not certain if she died late Saturday or early Sunday because the police weren't called until around 3 or 4 Sunday morning Aug. 5.

    • @niceworkabc
      @niceworkabc Год назад +5

      Interesting. Obamas b'day is the 4th.

    • @sarahsilva3481
      @sarahsilva3481 Год назад +8

      It's very interesting though..... and the whole jfk thing is crazy to im gonna get his book very interesting

    • @gbody2617
      @gbody2617 Год назад

      He killed her with his humongous schlong during the best sex of her life.
      I thought you knew this. He talks about it after a couple glasses of the good stuff as he calls it. 😆

    • @sarahsilva3481
      @sarahsilva3481 Год назад +1

      @@starquenched lol 😂 ok thanks

    • @mmc9828
      @mmc9828 Год назад +6

      @@starquenched How was it on the best sellers list if it was awful? Just curious how that would work.

  • @Babar4Ever
    @Babar4Ever 2 года назад +27

    it's crazy to me how he can come up with these stories and still come of as genuine at some extent xD

    • @jxdieoneofive1072
      @jxdieoneofive1072 11 месяцев назад +3

      you’re on youtube commenting about it tho. see the problem is that you don’t grow up in the areas that this man has mentioned and know on a real life scale how true the shit he says is. if you know you know. clearly you don’t.

    • @Babar4Ever
      @Babar4Ever 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@jxdieoneofive1072 yes because when you spot a liar you call it out.

  • @E.C.2
    @E.C.2 3 года назад +147

    He doesn't cuss constantly like modern people.
    It's respectable.

    • @alissagonzales735
      @alissagonzales735 2 года назад +10

      They actually as a whole did not have sewer mouth like today's people.

    • @E.C.2
      @E.C.2 2 года назад +3

      @@alissagonzales735 I'm trying to not cuss.

    • @b.g.3073
      @b.g.3073 2 года назад +8

      Nah, he just lies every other sentence. Stand up guy.

    • @E.C.2
      @E.C.2 2 года назад +2

      @@b.g.3073 Much of it could be true we weren't there and don't know.

    • @alissagonzales735
      @alissagonzales735 2 года назад +3

      @@E.C.2 you are right. We weren't there. I do believe much of it could be true.

  • @englishjames007
    @englishjames007 3 года назад +113

    One and a half hours of pure gold. There's Hollywood writers, who would blush at this.

  • @jomama5186
    @jomama5186 2 года назад +8

    He is a very interesting man, very charming too. I feel sad about his childhood. He had a hard upbringing. He reminds me of my Dad's side of the family in Chicago.

  • @Tressala
    @Tressala 2 года назад +4

    I listened to this while painting my room today. I would love to ask Gianni a million questions..he has a memory for sure!!!

  • @actionbrendan6581
    @actionbrendan6581 3 года назад +362

    "I said look, Columbus, get a couple of boats together and head West. There's a great place there, lots of potential. The rest is history." -Russo

    • @OwnLaneTre
      @OwnLaneTre 3 года назад +10

      😭😭😭😭

    • @E.C.2
      @E.C.2 2 года назад +6

      Can you believe it?

    • @scourge8097
      @scourge8097 2 года назад +2

      I mean...it's crazy! The whole thing is crazy!

    • @ronnie4639
      @ronnie4639 2 года назад +1

      Lmao

    • @Pat-RickSmith
      @Pat-RickSmith 2 года назад +2

      Oh no my friend he drove the boat Columbus asked him if he could ride Giannis coat tails .

  • @175hydro
    @175hydro 3 года назад +811

    This guy could pass for RIC Flair's brother

  • @mhvvillarreal1800
    @mhvvillarreal1800 2 года назад +28

    One of the best interviews I have heard! LOVED IT!

  • @islasmaui4640
    @islasmaui4640 Год назад +5

    Such an amazing story Mr Russo & great interview Shane. I was there in Vegas from July of '79 to July of '80, my 1st job assignment, out of college and I believe we crossed paths but it's wasn't to be maybe one day. My question is "What amazing things can happen when...?

  • @thomass1891
    @thomass1891 3 года назад +688

    “I knew Burger King back when he was just a Prince”

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 года назад +20

      "I taught Burger Prince how to flip burgers just the right way....and that Flame Broiled Taste?...that was my suggestion too! Now look..he's a KING!...but I gotta help him get those Fries just right...McDonalds STILL has better fries!" -G.Russo

    • @intelligence6900
      @intelligence6900 3 года назад

      😅😂😂🤣😅😂 omg I’m dead

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 года назад +5

      @Honest Internet User "I knew BIG MAC when he was just known as Little Mac!...Time Flies!!" - G.Russo

    • @jessickalush3305
      @jessickalush3305 3 года назад

      Lol

    • @jessickalush3305
      @jessickalush3305 3 года назад +5

      We called em burger " Patty's" cuz we used to grind up the irish mobsters after we did hits on em. Believe me vlad, we had it OUR way.

  • @alitaladar
    @alitaladar 2 года назад +490

    "Steve Jobs once brought me an apple and I took a bite. The rest is history."
    - Gianni Russo

    • @cuauhtemocmorisco3493
      @cuauhtemocmorisco3493 2 года назад +6

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @amarshmuseconcepta6197
      @amarshmuseconcepta6197 2 года назад

      🤣.Ya sure he didn't
      rob/steal🍏it off
      The Beatles..
      Didn't they 1st
      have 🍏as to their logo!!! ?
      "coincidence"
      Or what!..?
      🤔 Maybe...
      "TAVISTOCK"....
      took em over..?
      😳👁️👎

    • @doreensika837
      @doreensika837 2 года назад +5

      😂😂😂😂😂 I’m so glad people ain’t buying his crap

    • @Frank-bg7yd
      @Frank-bg7yd 2 года назад +3

      😆 the best wind in history!

    • @ashispice7295
      @ashispice7295 2 года назад +1

      🤣😂

  • @chugalongway01
    @chugalongway01 Год назад +4

    Looks like this guy has read every mob book ever written then inserted himself into the story

  • @dan04r1
    @dan04r1 2 года назад +4

    This has become my favorite interview yet!!

    • @Infam0usKiller
      @Infam0usKiller Месяц назад

      What about now is it still?

    • @dan04r1
      @dan04r1 Месяц назад

      @@Infam0usKiller The Cam Newton/ Charleston White interview has taken that spot I think.

  • @slickdawg4634
    @slickdawg4634 3 года назад +207

    “I told ARTHUR don’t stab the rock with your sword you’ll never get it back” Gianni Russo

    • @JaySoul711
      @JaySoul711 3 года назад +5

      These are hilarious!!!!

  • @lukewilson8132
    @lukewilson8132 2 года назад +384

    “I was actually born inside a stable in Bethlehem and when I woke up three wise men had all brought me gifts! Can you believe it” - Gianni Russo

    • @samuelwalker6833
      @samuelwalker6833 2 года назад +17

      **wise guys*

    • @garyaustin8595
      @garyaustin8595 2 года назад +1

      lol yupsy

    • @parispee901
      @parispee901 2 года назад +1

      This made me laugh after I've already laughed at all the comments before

    • @isaacmwanza2475
      @isaacmwanza2475 2 года назад

      😂😂😂

    • @Karl_95
      @Karl_95 2 года назад +1

      Yes...and from the shady situations and characters hes been involved with through the years --9 lives was the first gift the wise men gave him.

  • @tonykhomich9389
    @tonykhomich9389 Месяц назад +1

    Early in the interview he said he was never arrested in his life. Later he told the judge he was on the front page of the newspaper when he was arrested. He is full of cool stories and full of it!

  • @i.am.ah.pruhblem5139
    @i.am.ah.pruhblem5139 Год назад +2

    “So I am standing in a room full of people this guy comes up to me and says “Hey buddy got a pen? I hand the guy my pen out of my jacket pocket and the guy ends up being Thomas Jefferson and he was using my pen to sign the Declaration of Independence isn’t that wild? - Gianni Russo

  • @Slipmahoney21
    @Slipmahoney21 4 года назад +264

    I told the Pharaoh, “you let my people go, or we’re gonna have a problem!” Gianni Russo

    • @markcurry3083
      @markcurry3083 4 года назад +1

      Who is this “my people”? Is this that old Italian insult of “you people”?

    • @JudgeJulieLit
      @JudgeJulieLit 3 года назад +1

      @@markcurry3083 It's a phrase that Charlton Heston as Moses in the 1955 film The Ten Commandments uses, demanding of Pharaoh, "let my people go," referring to his fellow captive Israelites.

    • @kristineo6600
      @kristineo6600 3 года назад +7

      @@JudgeJulieLit He was making a joke. Pretty sure everyone knows the "Let my people go" story.

    • @carbonintellectuals8346
      @carbonintellectuals8346 3 года назад +1

      @@markcurry3083 🥴you are very uncultured ugh 🤦🏾‍♀️

    • @fullplatestamp9644
      @fullplatestamp9644 3 года назад

      Then pulls out one of his Dillinger’s 😂

  • @markcoutts6539
    @markcoutts6539 3 года назад +264

    ' I gave Escobar his first line, the rest is history '
    Gianni Russo

    • @robertodelsole1001
      @robertodelsole1001 3 года назад +4

      ahahhahahahahahahahah ahahahhahahahah wonderfulll

    • @myahollandia3552
      @myahollandia3552 3 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @soilalpin900ad5
      @soilalpin900ad5 3 года назад +1

      Only guy to get Pink Drunk Floyd Pink Floyd come on

    • @silentwitness536
      @silentwitness536 3 года назад

      "I gave Marlon Brando his first line .. of dialog". Gianni Russo.

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 года назад +1

      @@silentwitness536 "I gave Brando his First 3 Gallon Bucket........of French Fries!" -G.Russo

  • @user-dt7nw9ud4m
    @user-dt7nw9ud4m Месяц назад +2

    Gianni you have more stories than Disney 😂😂😂

  • @peterkoma5808
    @peterkoma5808 2 года назад +58

    I swear his laugh sais it all. He just goes trough life living and he takes the oportunities that were given to him. Those oportunities are so ridiculous and its a miracle that he came out alive. Hope he has some great years ahead of him :)

    • @shelia8608
      @shelia8608 Год назад +8

      These people are laughing at him and can't believe his stories, but he was a teenager and also in his 20"s at the time and the couriers to the mob were privy to everything.

    • @ginaspurlding8590
      @ginaspurlding8590 Год назад +2

      I enjoy his stories...he stories beat the Sammy the bull bullshit..

    • @fuldatotz
      @fuldatotz Год назад

      grdhdrht

    • @Karl_95
      @Karl_95 Год назад +1

      Gotta hand it to him.all these years and stories hes managed not ending up in a koma.

  • @markcoutts6539
    @markcoutts6539 3 года назад +541

    ' I was sitting having breakfast with Martin Luther and I told him about my dream, the rest is history '
    Gianni Russo

    • @byggmeaty2310
      @byggmeaty2310 3 года назад +17

      😂😂😂😂

    • @annangel4828
      @annangel4828 3 года назад +3

      MLK?

    • @farhath3496
      @farhath3496 3 года назад +8

      @@annangel4828 yh its a joke

    • @Breeestelle
      @Breeestelle 3 года назад +7

      Bye 😂

    • @eaqua56
      @eaqua56 3 года назад +8

      Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther’s a different guy

  • @georgewashington5746
    @georgewashington5746 3 года назад +134

    Who reads these comments with his voice lmao makes it 10x better

    • @ImaHaddad
      @ImaHaddad 3 года назад +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @battsy2911
    @battsy2911 Год назад +7

    His stories are just unbelievable And I believe every word of it

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      Russo is such a liar. He shot that guy in 1988 and Escobar's prison was built in 1991. Also Gotti was already in prison in 1991 so this is all bullshit.

    • @kareemabrown85
      @kareemabrown85 9 месяцев назад +1

      Me too 😂

  • @ianblais4195
    @ianblais4195 6 месяцев назад +3

    "So I met Al in Nevada, and he had this idea of opening up a casino in the middle of the desert. I convinced him to work on splitting atoms, and we made the 1st hydrogen bomb instead."

  • @richgutierrez132
    @richgutierrez132 3 года назад +262

    “I didn’t get a raft when the titanic sunk so I just swam to shore with a family on my back...can you believe that?”
    - Gianni Russo

  • @cindylou3708
    @cindylou3708 3 года назад +410

    this guy is the opposite of dementia - he remembers first last names, family lines, details, dates, buildings, timelines, punch lines, story lines, conversations "he said" "I said" - all perfectly and easily

    • @krissiskloset1177
      @krissiskloset1177 3 года назад +4

      😂 right

    • @theflyking4
      @theflyking4 3 года назад +19

      I ran with Italian maf before no lie they remember EVERY LITTLE DETAIL

    • @Bb23199
      @Bb23199 3 года назад +43

      Exactly, cause it's all bullshit

    • @AllucB
      @AllucB 3 года назад +11

      Bs or not it’s entertaining

    • @wighto73
      @wighto73 3 года назад +5

      @William Booking he believes every word that sprouts from his sewer mouth...

  • @917hazel
    @917hazel Год назад +4

    I am open to the life experiences of others, and remind myself not to judge. Appreciate this channel and this interview. TY! Amazing storytelling, Mr. Russo, and Vlad knows how to listen🙏

  • @AlonestarMusic
    @AlonestarMusic День назад

    One of the most genuine guys I’ve ever met ! His millions of streams speak volumes ! A beautiful man blessed by God I love this guy . See you soon Gianni In Ny , we got work to do 🙏🏼🔥🔥

  • @soccerman127
    @soccerman127 4 года назад +548

    It's gonna be a while before you top this one, Glad. Best interview in a long time

    • @rozzer666
      @rozzer666 4 года назад +36

      Biggest load of lies you mean.

    • @dkproduction4486
      @dkproduction4486 4 года назад +6

      This guys the biggest snitch or lying ass loser. He’s snitch on at least 4 people two for Murder and him and M Monroe and he’s not a made man or in the mob at all but talks all that shit

    • @soccerman127
      @soccerman127 4 года назад +34

      @@dkproduction4486 He's more likely a snitch than a liar. He's an old man, so he dgaf about the "consequences" of what he admits at this point in his life. Just getting his stories out instead of taking them to the grave. He got no reason to impress anyone anymore

    • @robbiecaruso2164
      @robbiecaruso2164 4 года назад +30

      DK Music the people he talked about are dead or already in jail nobody can do time for anything he said go back to your 69 crew

    • @eflex247
      @eflex247 4 года назад +9

      I agree. Great interview

  • @thereal9118
    @thereal9118 4 года назад +203

    “So I says to Marilyn, when you sing Happy Birthday at the dinner tonight, sing it like this” - Gianni Russo

  • @isabelsanchez822
    @isabelsanchez822 2 года назад +3

    what a great interview, thanks for this dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mrporsche4236
    @mrporsche4236 Год назад +2

    I went to high school scratched my bum a couple of times now im 50 and thats it.Everyone has a different life

  • @Trevor01E
    @Trevor01E 4 года назад +91

    It’s amazing how he remembers every street, every age zone he was in, every specific detail. It’s amazing. No one ever pays that much attention nowadays... :(

    • @Troykidd21
      @Troykidd21 4 года назад +5

      If I'd seen and done as much as this man I'd never forget either honestly...

    • @erictreadwell9641
      @erictreadwell9641 4 года назад +3

      I can relate bc I’m the same way

    • @fairplayterrific147
      @fairplayterrific147 3 года назад +7

      @Lunsy Exactly! Those Who Lived Life Before This Social Media Era Will Remember Things Like Phone Numbers, Street Addresses, 1+1 Etc.....

    • @geneawisea2708
      @geneawisea2708 3 года назад +1

      Excerpt for the next Supreme Court Justice ACB!

    • @deanrichardson7725
      @deanrichardson7725 3 года назад +4

      @Ed Miller you know, i didn't believe it at first but then i decided to research timelines and dates and see the pictures he had and the people he was with and news articles and much more. Turns out he just had a great life!

  • @tarzanmike7836
    @tarzanmike7836 2 года назад +178

    This guy never lets the truth get in the way of a good story!

    • @almighty_c_lo4359
      @almighty_c_lo4359 2 года назад +6

      Best comment!!!!

    • @BeautyByChristina
      @BeautyByChristina 2 года назад +7

      😂😂 I’m using this line for all the liars around me

    • @fenanweldeab3587
      @fenanweldeab3587 2 года назад +3

      best comment u mad me lough so hard dude

    • @sgtcaco
      @sgtcaco Год назад +2

      That’s from the fantastic movie Chopper.
      That movie is full of memorable lines.

    • @Bette306
      @Bette306 Год назад

      that's too funny

  • @carolinej3661
    @carolinej3661 Год назад +28

    If this guy's lying, he's one incredible actor with a most incredible memory for his lines!

    • @36handy
      @36handy Год назад +4

      Of course he is but very entertaining.

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад

      Russo is such a liar. He shot that guy in 1988 and Escobar's prison was built in 1991. Also Gotti was already in prison in 1991 so this is all bullshit.

    • @michaelrussek154
      @michaelrussek154 5 месяцев назад +1

      He needs to be the new most interesting man for Dos Equis commercials

  • @dieyoung8259
    @dieyoung8259 4 года назад +324

    "I saw Steve Jobs playing with a t.v., I told him if he made the screen smaller and added a keyboard..."
    Gianni Russo

  • @TheNatashaNicole
    @TheNatashaNicole 4 года назад +30

    This is the greatest comment thread ever! This interview is wild too.

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 года назад

      Yup...no interview EVER had this much BS in it!!

  • @yamahakid450f
    @yamahakid450f 2 года назад +2

    "I was actually asked to play the lead character in Goodfellas but I had to turn it down because I had been kidnapped by Pablo Escobar, Isn't that nuts?!? Hahahahaha"-Gianni Russo.

  • @parispee901
    @parispee901 2 года назад +1

    These comments are hilarious 😂😂😂😂 yall got my stomach hurting with the sarcasm 😂😂

  • @natanaelmunguia5763
    @natanaelmunguia5763 3 года назад +31

    "I use to scan 65" tv's as tomatoes at Walmart" - Gianni Russo

  • @peterweyland2470
    @peterweyland2470 2 года назад +845

    Gianni Russo - When you're the only one left alive to tell a story and nobody can dispute it.

    • @victorblock3421
      @victorblock3421 2 года назад +16

      lol

    • @cindyrios8050
      @cindyrios8050 2 года назад +20

      He's not the only one alive .Several whom murder are still living and very privileged lives at that.

    • @tomfabozzi6309
      @tomfabozzi6309 2 года назад +36

      His timelines are all over the place. He's a spoofer

    • @tubbychubby1
      @tubbychubby1 2 года назад +1

      @@tomfabozzi6309 clinton wasn't president at 9/11

    • @bobcuster8930
      @bobcuster8930 2 года назад +22

      @@tomfabozzi6309 Yes..a big bs artist...

  • @tml184
    @tml184 Год назад +5

    He says that he was with Marilyn Monroe in 1953. Ridiculous. He was born in 1943. So he was 10 when he had sex with Marilyn? Hilarious.

  • @tadkingsbury9364
    @tadkingsbury9364 2 года назад +5

    I have to purchase Mr. Russo's book ..........class act , wiseguy .........I can't help but like him .

  • @woodsoncircle
    @woodsoncircle 4 года назад +71

    Damn this dude has has some stories and crazy experiences in his day. Imagine having him as your grandfather and asking him to tell you a bedtime story 😬.

    • @TheEasyriderman
      @TheEasyriderman 4 года назад +2

      His story no jive. George W Bush was the president during that time of 9-11. 1:23:02.

    • @Steger13
      @Steger13 4 года назад

      yes it be great evzn be friends be awesome.

    • @killerra
      @killerra 4 года назад +2

      "No need to pray to God, kid. Here's his number. Don't tell grandma."

    • @_nicko.o_417
      @_nicko.o_417 4 года назад

      I was thinking the sameeeeee thing 😂

    • @homeofthedriveby630
      @homeofthedriveby630 3 года назад

      "so my chin is hanging cuz of pablo's man slicing me, luckily I moved just at the right time and put two between his eyes. He's so coked up it registered late for him and I ended putting the last three in his heart and falls. Goodnight sweet dreams, be ready for breakfast in the morning"

  • @loro9385
    @loro9385 3 года назад +371

    My father had polio in 1912 at age 2. His brother would massage his limbs. They did not expect him to live but one morning he rolled out and crawled into the living area. Many doctors stated he was the worst case they had ever seen that survived. He shredded his clothes until he figured out a way to use homemade crutches. Again, the doctors were stymied. He attended a quaker school, got a degree in English and went on to live a productive inspirational life. He was the greatest father a girl could ever have.

    • @drek273
      @drek273 2 года назад +71

      this is the most random comment of all time but God bless you

    • @jamesdykes2968
      @jamesdykes2968 2 года назад +39

      @@drek273" I had polio in 1912 at age 2. My brother would massage my limbs. They did not expect me to live but one morning I rolled out and crawled into the living area. Many doctors stated I was the worst case they had ever seen that survived. I shredded my clothes until i figured out a way to use homemade crutches. Again, the doctors were stymied. I attended a quaker school, got a degree in English and went on to live a productive inspirational life. I was the greatest father a girl could ever have."
      Could you believe that? - Gianni Russo

    • @fredysanmiguel4488
      @fredysanmiguel4488 2 года назад +9

      @@drek273 yeah every ramdon guy making a personal comment here to demand attention !!!

    • @spicyirwin5835
      @spicyirwin5835 2 года назад

      Polio killed so besides living he survived! U were truly blessed. So u know how vaccs save lives! Didnt polio kill FDR?

    • @mimisalazar3133
      @mimisalazar3133 2 года назад +5

      What da hell🤔😜🥴😵‍💫

  • @CuttySobz
    @CuttySobz 2 года назад

    I just thought everyone should know I tuck my pants into my socks.

  • @YodaThe1
    @YodaThe1 Год назад +2

    We need a movie from this!

  • @rileyghost9696
    @rileyghost9696 3 года назад +551

    “Marlon Brando was my only acting teacher, Frank Sinatra was my only singing teacher and Marilyn Monroe taught me how to be a man at 16”

    • @donaldpalmer5053
      @donaldpalmer5053 3 года назад +11

      and clinton only came up for the hot chicks...AWWW MYSIDE ..HE HEEE...

    • @b.g.3073
      @b.g.3073 3 года назад +18

      "Can you believe it? Hahahaha."

    • @friedpickles342
      @friedpickles342 3 года назад +3

      He was almost 16

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 года назад +24

      "Watching Politicians taught me how to be the Worlds Biggest Bullshitter!"-G.Russo!

    • @craigjordan9187
      @craigjordan9187 3 года назад +4

      Yeah that's one of the statements that I can actually believe lol

  • @joshisawsome115
    @joshisawsome115 4 года назад +96

    The way this man speaks his life paints a movie in my mind. Crazy

    • @bobbypaul6055
      @bobbypaul6055 4 года назад

      Same bro lol

    • @kimberlys.t.7206
      @kimberlys.t.7206 4 года назад

      They did have a movie about him and the mob. Can’t remember the name but yes.

    • @danc3693
      @danc3693 3 года назад

      “Paints”, as in “made up”.

  • @petabytenz
    @petabytenz 2 года назад +1

    W O W!!!! What an amazing man!!! Plus that interview is the most amazing interview I have ever seen 😀😀😀

  • @v.jenkins5834
    @v.jenkins5834 2 года назад +6

    “As a courier for the Vatican at the time, they sent me to Harlem to make a delivery to an undisclosed location that I still can’t say to this day but as I was on my way, I stopped at this breakfast joint and Malcom X was there just sitting right across from me. We ended up having a very insightful conversation. I think I was about 18 or 19 at the time. As I was telling him about my close call with death when I was a boy getting polio, I just so happened to say that I survived, “by any means necessary” and the next thing you know, I hear it in his next speech. -Gianni Russo

  • @jeffharper6272
    @jeffharper6272 3 года назад +18

    One thing I've learned in my life. "Integrity" is the best policy. I respect this man

  • @codynelson5905
    @codynelson5905 4 года назад +21

    He said “I used to train my own chefs”🤣🤣.

  • @edigabrieli7864
    @edigabrieli7864 Год назад +4

    He's also credited for helping negotiate the end of the Cold War a true hero.

  • @Ajax_Operator
    @Ajax_Operator Год назад +19

    this dude is literally the coolest guy that’s ever lived. it literally sounds like every person in his life felt the same way just based on how he was treated. dos equis needs to sign him

    • @danielhead5442
      @danielhead5442 Год назад +1

      dos equis haha!!
      but hes a real class act.

    • @VonWallenstein639
      @VonWallenstein639 Год назад

      You're a gullible fool. He's a pathological liar, nothing else.

  • @Bitchthatssarah
    @Bitchthatssarah 4 года назад +162

    Imagine being one of his kids and hearing all the stories

    • @mkedmusa9416
      @mkedmusa9416 4 года назад +5

      We were!! we used to sit back and listen and with much respect and funny!! Old School

    • @deadmeme5726
      @deadmeme5726 4 года назад +3

      Bhaby Lux shut up meg.

    • @Bitchthatssarah
      @Bitchthatssarah 4 года назад

      Dead Meme meg

    • @steadyposted3359
      @steadyposted3359 4 года назад +1

      Bhaby Lux shoot yo snap

    • @kstagradio7977
      @kstagradio7977 4 года назад

      Imagine watching Gianni then seeing That Bhaby...😲😁

  • @thereal9118
    @thereal9118 4 года назад +366

    “I smell the smoke, before the fire even begins” - Gianni Russo

    • @pronative6220
      @pronative6220 4 года назад +1

      Especially when he's smokin crack/coke/reefer/kava and angel dust.

    • @CC-fo7tr
      @CC-fo7tr 3 года назад +2

      He actually knows if the chicken came before da egg.

    • @janineparadiso5552
      @janineparadiso5552 3 года назад +1

      yeah because his brain went up in smoke as a kid so he recognises the smell, then brags about it

  • @Cajun72
    @Cajun72 7 дней назад +1

    People should have similar morals..This guy is very respectful and expresses himself with out cursing or talking like a thug like the so called gangsters of today.But I forget the things they say is considered art..

  • @QuantumDigitalLLC
    @QuantumDigitalLLC 4 года назад +524

    Vlad found out about Italians... haven’t seen boosie in months now.

    • @OraL925
      @OraL925 4 года назад +6

      😂😂😂😂 dammit

    • @blakeker
      @blakeker 4 года назад +1

      Yoooo lol

    • @augustbaby8254
      @augustbaby8254 4 года назад +5

      Bossie is back

    • @TheFreshgirl96
      @TheFreshgirl96 4 года назад +38

      My grandma always said “Italians are white black people”

    • @MCDEMONIC
      @MCDEMONIC 4 года назад +11

      J Love Italians don’t name themselves by the color of there skin.. an who ever contributed to the family was family but you don’t get many fuck ups

  • @dwightcurrie8316
    @dwightcurrie8316 3 года назад +258

    "In 1905 I begged people in San Francisco to buy Earthquake & Fire Insurance, but did they listen? Fuggetaboutit"

    • @homerbalderas1393
      @homerbalderas1393 3 года назад +4

      ROFL

    • @israelisrealallpraisestoth8129
      @israelisrealallpraisestoth8129 3 года назад +4

      I'm laughing 😂 my ass off reading this shit .I gave you ten thumbs up!

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 года назад +1

      "In 1912 I was in Great Britain and I told anyone I could if they were planing on traveling on the TITANIC to BRING THEIR OWN LIFEBOAT!...NOBODY LISTENED!!" -G.Russo!

    • @debrashateri8015
      @debrashateri8015 3 года назад +1

      😂😂😂If only...🤗

    • @delstrain8590
      @delstrain8590 3 года назад

      He was selling pens in the Bier Keller when Hitler rose. He warned them. Was selling pens to Fidel etc.

  • @maximbarbier6751
    @maximbarbier6751 2 года назад

    One day I got here knew everything about the mafia. I’m 77, I had polio woke up the next day and didn’t have it anymore. Can you believe that? 😂😂😂

  • @neilvarghese6115
    @neilvarghese6115 2 года назад +6

    Gianni is smart. He knows everything that happened in the US and was involved in major world events

  • @dawgtheGamer724
    @dawgtheGamer724 3 года назад +55

    He tell his story’s so vividly, I felt like I was there

    • @ImaHaddad
      @ImaHaddad 3 года назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @Showloveclothing
      @Showloveclothing 3 года назад +24

      Its crazy isn't it! Even he wasn't there!

    • @jefbeme3
      @jefbeme3 3 года назад +5

      I think Gianni is a undercover time traveler.

    • @PhonkAncestor
      @PhonkAncestor 2 года назад

      @@Showloveclothing 🤣🤣

    • @rqneo5361
      @rqneo5361 2 года назад +1

      One of the best liars I've ever witnessed

  • @gmont5082
    @gmont5082 4 года назад +159

    I respect this guy because he hustled his entire life and he did it as a free agent... No obligation to the mob...

    • @TheGTA6Times
      @TheGTA6Times 4 года назад +18

      Who can believe this guy seriously

    • @Chicago48
      @Chicago48 4 года назад +6

      He has fashion style!

    • @Morganbmoney
      @Morganbmoney 4 года назад +6

      Santiago Lozano I believe most of it he IS in The Godfather but the only hard to believe thing is the Marilyn Monroe part

    • @xhuss3259
      @xhuss3259 4 года назад +2

      If you listen closer, you can clearly hear him say he was confidentially obligated💯

    • @patmelton43
      @patmelton43 4 года назад +4

      @@Morganbmoney He is full of crap. Lies on top of lies.

  • @darylmixan8170
    @darylmixan8170 Год назад +24

    I wouldn't doubt a lot of his stories... It's not like he's the guy at the bar telling crazy stories with vague details. tremendous details, pictures, wealth. The guy weaseled his way into a huge role on a HUGE movie with no acting skills.- He seems like a guy that took advantage of everyday he was alive... He didn't sit inside watching Netflix.

    • @trublu72lewis77
      @trublu72lewis77 Год назад +1

      .....or RUclips.

    • @bigjuni2102
      @bigjuni2102 Год назад +1

      Well luckily Netflix or even Iphones didn’t exist when he was growing up☠️

  • @debchiu
    @debchiu Год назад +1

    He took a broom handle and carved it into a spear. “ I soon learned martial arts and became Bruce Lee. ‘A man came into my hospital room and told me his wiener was a tootsie roll. I took my spear and impaled him”.

  • @grouchogonzalez9161
    @grouchogonzalez9161 3 года назад +97

    "As soon as he said the Earth orbited the Sun, we knew Galileo was dead. I went back to the Vatican that morning!" ~Gianni Russo

    • @byggmeaty2310
      @byggmeaty2310 3 года назад +4

      😂😂😂😂

    • @MissEtain
      @MissEtain 3 года назад +3

      😄👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😃

    • @ImaHaddad
      @ImaHaddad 3 года назад +3

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @bashirshakur5757
      @bashirshakur5757 3 года назад +4

      Aye bruh this shit got me weak 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Chris-qb7mt
    @Chris-qb7mt 3 года назад +352

    "So when i was in Egypt, they were building a buncha stone triangle things, don't ask me what they were doing, i was on vacation minding my own business....so's anyways, this fella comes over and tells me to tell the Pharaoh that if he doesn't let his people go, he'd regret it, cant tell you his name, but he's very famous in Israel right now, huge......so i tell the Pharaoh, but he blows me off, well lemme tell you, he regretted it" -Gianni Russo (4000 BC)

  • @marlisamorgan2
    @marlisamorgan2 Год назад +2

    He's the real life Forrest Gump. Run Gianni, run!! 🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃

  • @rachelaspogard6587
    @rachelaspogard6587 Год назад +3

    What a character!!! Excellent story recalls!

  • @dimplesp4046
    @dimplesp4046 4 года назад +265

    The stories that the elder generations have are just amazing. They had to grow up fast, never heard them whine or complain something that is lacking today.

    • @robertmontague2225
      @robertmontague2225 4 года назад +19

      Most had nothing growing up,learned to expect nothing,not like today's entitled brats

    • @oiaiofoster4775
      @oiaiofoster4775 4 года назад +1

      Amen!!

    • @calebscomedy11201
      @calebscomedy11201 4 года назад +14

      lmao, as if baby boomers aren’t the reason this country is in the shitter

    • @cindyann9571
      @cindyann9571 4 года назад

      Yes.

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 года назад +6

      Too bad he's such a Bullshitter!

  • @vvblues
    @vvblues 3 года назад +50

    Vlad: "Quite a life." Gianni: "I'm still living."

  • @michaeldavis8171
    @michaeldavis8171 2 года назад +1

    The details he seems to remember is astonishing, truly.

  • @danthomas6587
    @danthomas6587 Год назад +2

    I think when he mentioned his great friendship with Grace Kelly I had had about enough

  • @thereal9118
    @thereal9118 4 года назад +648

    “So I was telling Martin Luther King about this wild dream that I had once...” - Gianni Russo

    • @jerryjohnson9930
      @jerryjohnson9930 4 года назад

      9L900lllollloll0lllllk00llllollllllollllloooooo009

    • @melissahorne9666
      @melissahorne9666 4 года назад +9

      I can’t really tell if this is for real or not!!! He’s good!! Lol

    • @majishaun
      @majishaun 4 года назад

      🤣🤣

    • @melissahorne9666
      @melissahorne9666 3 года назад +7

      But,,,,,, it’s real scary and fascinating that he really believes or was actually there! He’s a story teller!! 👍

    • @cedrienenglish6344
      @cedrienenglish6344 3 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @thereal9118
    @thereal9118 4 года назад +74

    “If I didn’t deliver that message, JFK would be sittin right here talkin about me instead” - Gianni Russo

  • @ezdoesit29
    @ezdoesit29 25 дней назад +1

    His life is so interesting. This would be the greatest true story ever put on the silver screen. I wonder why this hasn’t happened yet? 🧐🧐🧐

  • @rick4electric
    @rick4electric Год назад +2

    He doesn't seem to remember how old he was in the 1950-1960 period.

  • @buiphong4553
    @buiphong4553 3 года назад +46

    I told Adam not to go out and eat with Eve she was a vegetarian, but he didn't listen. -Gianni Russo

    • @michaelfleming8490
      @michaelfleming8490 3 года назад +1

      “ it was actually supposed to be me on the date with Eve. That would have been my rib. Had I not got caught up in a car jacking heist with Frank Sinatra, JFK, and Jesus, all men today would have a used-car-salesman mullet and giant white Chiclet-teeth.” -Gianni Russo

  • @Alzrad
    @Alzrad 4 года назад +42

    I love his chuckle after every awesome thing that happens to him. He earned those chuckles