Lucia Bittnerova, I am not sure if this is actually love or a form of narcissism. There is nothing really optimistic or aspirational about imprisoning your child in your ego.
It's not a beautiful thought. No human being "completes" another. I do believe that Eartha Kitt sought to obliterate her blackness since it caused her so much pain growing up, and saw her Kitt, her blonde child, as what she would have wanted to be.
E Mack not objecting to any point ur making but notice that child looks black but as an adult u can see that she had done things especially to her hair to look white as an adult
@@michaelbrewster3736 I'm naming my daughter after my father, and if I had a last name that could be made into a first name, I'd name a child that too. There's nothing narcissistic about it...
I get what you are saying, but the fault lies with the interviewer Ann Nyberg... her naiveness shows through and Kitt Shapiro never had the Black experience as her Mother...like Nia Simone, the Dorothy Dandridge's, Eartha Kitt Greatness (Spirit) will never be truly recognized. From: What happened, Miss Simone, "How does African Royalty stomp around in Mud and still walk with Grace"
Are you kidding me Eartha Kitt was a self-hating fool, she was ahead of Michael Jackson's another person didn't like the color that they were born in and tried to be everything that they wasn't.
Kitt Shapiro is absolutely charming and engaging. I love the stories and memories she shared about her mom. I'm amazed she could stay on track with her responses, despite the interruptions.
I loved hearing Kitt talk about her mom...you can hear how she totally respected her and learned a lot from her. Eartha Kitt was one of the greatest ladies who ever lived in my opinion. 💐 May she Rest In Peace wherever she is.
I agree, it happens all the time and the guests are not able to complete their thoughts when they are interrupted! I also hate when people talk at the same time...so rude! This never happened back in the day!
Eartha Kitt was an amazingly resilient, brave, beautiful woman. She stood up to Lyndon Johnson and even after he destroyed her career, didn't give in to despair and bitterness. God Bless her memory.
Glad LBJ is Screaming in Hell where he belongs, a Murderer and Traitor who destroyed this country as All the rest did after Our last Real President JFK.
for those who, like me, were unaware of this particular conflict: www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/16/eartha-kitt-and-lady-bird-johnson-vietnam/321602002/
Wow, Eartha Kitt was so grounded, so classy, and brave..."Don't Panic! Everything happens for a reason. God may not be there when you want Him, but He is always on time." 14:27. Love her Kittisms as well.
THEY ASKED IF the daughter Better than her Mother, because her Mom was Black, we are beautiful SMDH. Sad how others view black people. Kitt you had a wonderful Mother!
I love the interview I remember her when she was young she’s very pretty and I remember Eartha Kitt my son and I just loved her very intelligent woman her mother
Is it because of her appearance or she seems like she is telling a story about someone she met, not her mother. My sister In law looks like her, but when she says Mom" I feel the love she has for her mother, although my sister-in-law is not biracial. And she married a brown skinned Black man. She identifies more towards the Black community.
@@leoscarpoli1nonly you do realize that She has dyed her hair that shade of blonde , don't you. It's very difficult to tell if a woman has dyed her hair sometimes.
Eartha Kitt was a unique soul. I always loved her. She had so much dignity, so much self-respect. It is incredible to meet her daughter. She's wonderful: she has looks, intelligence, expressiveness, depthfulness, and a complete love and respect for her mother. Wow. It is so wonderful Eartha and Kitt had each other and that we have her daughter to honor her mother and to keep her legacy alive for us all.
The interviewer is obnoxious in this, Ms. Shapiro did an excellent job with interview in spite of it though. I also was just taken aback by how much of Eartha you see in her daughter, especially in the face. Genetics are an amazing thing.
Apologies but this lady is not a very good interviewers (too smug for me) - however the interviewee is sublime, fabulous - thanks to her for keeping me intetested in her Mum's story....
The interviewer looks at her like a white woman. Her mind cannot process that she did not have a complete white experience .. it’s mind boggling that a white perceived person is having a black experience by choice.
I had the pleasure off meeting Ms. Eartha when I was younger. She was absolutely breathtaking and magnetic in person. Kitt was blessed to born of her 💜
There will never be another. Eartha Kitt . She was special, I loved her voice her singing and her presence. The days of all of the movies she played in, I had to watch all of them. A treat that was for me. I'll always remember her.💕💕💕
CarteBlanche I’ve felt like this-But I come to find out, no matter how much it doesn’t look smell or feel like it-yes indeed he is always right on time. The problem is our “right on time” is what we would call his late-but you have to remember he holds all of eternity, and he sees all things in the scope of eternity-so yes He is always right on time. It’s only a miracle if His time so happens to be also actually our time....But we might as well get comfortable knowing that things don’t happen in our time-they only happen in his time whether we like it or not. And the thing that can hurt? He’s right whether we like it or not.
@M Lane what are you people talking about??? How is this woman being shady? I'm an Investigator and all of those questions are legitimate and probative based on the subject matter. Don't you think Kitt would have noticed "shady" questions and it would have been evident at some point in her tone and demeanor? My God, black folks are always...ALWAYS missing the point because we can't get over our own hyper-sensitivity. Ugh...😖
@M Lane You see my point? Hyper-sensitivity forces you not to address the validity (lack of validity) of the point because someone hurt your feelings over how you PERCEIVE how they addressed you. Are you not a person, who belongs to a species called "people?" Unless you're an aardvark or cocker spaniel, I referred to you and other PEOPLE for what you are...PEOPLE.
Kevin Gettis There are times during the interview that she pauses, as a result of being cut off mid-thought. She also corrects her when the interviewer says, larger than life - she thought. Kitt says, she was. Just because Kitt is a class act and continues to share her mother with the world, in this interview, doesn’t mean that the interviewer is without flaw. Questioning techniques by an “investigator” and an interviewer of a social guest are very different. She could use more tact in trying to shape her interview at certain points. You should avoid making overgeneralized statements about an entire group of people because it illegitimizes your argument and turns you in to the offender.
@@athenaa9787 I never said the interviewer is without flaw, however, in order to keep the continuity of the interview on point, sometimes the interviewer must interject or the interview will go on forever. You understand that interviews are planned and they have time limits, correct? When I interview people and they've made their points, often I must interject or interrupt in order to move the interview along. I didn't see where the interview was affected by the inteviewer's interruptions, but that's my subjective opinion.
Kevin Gettis Then I think we agree. There are certain times that she does attempt to shape her interview - at times - abruptly. I believe people believe that it was disruptive to the flow of the stories that they were more interested in.
I remember my mother sending me to the store to buy stockings .We lived in Newark. NJ. When my mother opened the package there was a picture of this beautiful brown woman on the cardboard that the stockings were wrapped around and I asked my mother who she was. My mother told me it was Eartha Kitt. This was 1954, I had never seen a Colored person (that is what we were called during that time) portrayed the way Eartha Kitt looked. I was in awe. I knew my mother was pretty, but she was mommy and didn't appear in stocking inserts. I asked lots of questions about Eartha Kitt and felt very proud that she was so glamorous. That was the beginning of my education that there were Negros that were more than what I had seen growing up in my neighborhood, which by the way was very diverse. Thank you Miss Kitt for educating me. I was a fan at age six from then on. Cecelia Harris Thomss
Eartha Kitt raised a wonderful daughter. I had such admiration for how she survived her abusive childhood. Loved her philosophy of life. Her natural Native genes and respect for the environment was way before we became important to the country. Every Christmas time they play her Santa Baby recording everyday in December on the radio. Kudos to her daughter Kitt.
Yes, she was black-listed. As I remember, she was at a luncheon given by Lady Bird Johnson, and she spoke on the Vietnamese War and not in a positive way, and that is what they did to her.
Eartha Kitt was one classy lady & one worth being emulated by everyone, especially the current celebrities in politics & in Hollywood. I liked that incident that her daughter related about Eartha being thrown out of the amusement park & how she handled it in a very calm, interactive way & how she dealt with it in the press & turned it into something very positive. What a lovely & dignified lady she truly was !!!!!! There should be more of her type in this rude & ill-mannered world of these days!!!!!!
Exactly! She knew a long time ago that you can't reason with racists..but you can hit them where it hurts. Once his money was being affected, her skin color didn't matter so much. Excellent example. Love Ms. Kitt.
So sad that great human beings had to go through this indignation due to the barbaric practice of something so low vibrating, savage and plain stupid as racism.
@@diane7352 You sound like a white shame deflector. You haven't evolved enough to accept your shame without attempting to drag others down as your human shields.
Peaceful Waters she is not local to me. I know that she is family and how she is related to me. I’ve known all my life. Never thought about seeking her out.
When God is with you there is nothing or no one that can stop you from getting what he has for you God was with eartha when every one is against you it makes you want to give up she didn't God thank you.
I am truly and Eartha Kitt fan but I wonder why the moderator ask the question do she feel like she is better than her mom because her mom was half black. Wow it never seems to stop
Something is weird about this interview. Daughter seems detached. As if shes talking about "Eartha Kitt" the entertainer instead of talking about Eartha Kitt HER MOM... If she wasn't introduced as Eartha daughter I would have thought she was just a biographer.
@@@michellehunter2993 No, that was not a racist comment! YOU took it that way and brought colour into it. I agreed with Memyself (I'm back in to edit... What is Memyself? I can't have written that word, surely?) Kitt did come over as a biographer, and that's probably due to the job she has had and still has to do with/for her mother all these years. She has had to tell these stories so many times that there is no room for the emotion which would have shown if this was the first or second time she would have spoken about her mother. Kitt seems to be a lovely dignified person.
So glad I saw her in person 3x in San Francisco once at a nightclub I think on Polk St. and 2 x at the Timbuktu performance. At one performance of Timbuktu it was raining terribly hard during and after the performance. At the end of the show we were told to leave the theater and get on the street near the stage door. There were scores of people waiting to see her but she didn't know we were on the street. She found us standing outside in the wet, cold, weather and she threw a fit. She told the crew that we were her fans, she opened all the doors, and all of us stumbled back into the warm theater. She sure gave those workers a shellacking. Strangely, she remembered me from her nightclub act months before. She was the best live performer I have had the privilege to see and I've seen dozens. Bless you Ms Eartha.
This was so interesting to watch. Most people that is different and unique is usually abused because they have a special calling on their lives. I'm so happy Eartha Kitt's aunt sent for her. Great interview.👍
That lady saved Eartha for the world to experience an angel 😇 on Earth 🌎 ❤️ Everyone that talks about her loves her, she was obviously a great mother ❤️ She took her baby everywhere ❤️ with her. I LOVE THIS STORY. THE WORLD is BLESSED to have great people on this Earth sometimes and she was definitely one them!! We need more of this ❤️ Stories like this give me hope for humanity 🙏 ❤️ 🙌 💜
The interviewer was given an amazing story about Eartha Kitt experiencing her first example of indoor plumbing told beautifully, but she totally missed the importance of that moment for Eartha. I hope I can find more videos of her daughter sharing her memories. She’s a great storyteller.
Being a parent is the single most important thing a person can do. Raising a smart, very articulate daughter who shows a great deal of love for her mother. Eartha is still amazing, her music always puts a smile in my heart...a fun voice, she had a great deal of class and humor, delivered with heart.
I love the story she shared about her visit to the park with her mom. I'll remember that phrase, "Don't panic." as something very powerful and as a reminder we all can use today. Thank you!
She said Eartha she was not accepted by blacks in her neighborhood. But, that was a requirement by a lot of Black parents in that era. No darker than a paper bag.
@@justinepeabody4534 The paper bag thing.... was for dancers n the Harlem night clubs. The Dancers were lights skinned black women....while the audience was white.
Cynthia Biel sorry no......if you know any Black people over 70, ask them. Southern blacks that are over 70, will tell you, it was not just for dancers. I love talking to my neighbors, a married couple over 75 about such things. My grandmother talked to us about it and other things of that nature, of things of how it was during the early decades of the 1900s.
Kamilla Harris black people in America don’t have the power to exercise systematic racism but we most definitely can say racist things. Take Jess Hilarious for example she said something Xenophobic and racist about an Indian man wearing his traditional head gear when she was on a plane. But when it comes to predominantly black countries they can most definitely be systematically racism such as South Africa. They have something similar to affirmative action where only Black South Africans are benefiting from it and white South Africans are not. But that’s a whole different discussion seeing how everything played out with apartheid and everything.
@@Lostinmyhead23 ...you are very typical....lost and confused is what you sound like...probably don't like other black people, it's easy to tell by your comments, esp. the last one on S. Africa...i sincerely hope i'm wrong
Gregory Hill en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Economic_Empowerment here stupid! Like I said it’s similar to affirmative action. If you don’t believe wiki I’m pretty sure you can find other articles on it.
The interviewer has a look to her that she really could care less. Very condescending smirking and phony face. Kitt has a more natural look and expressions.
I remember Eartha Kitt from my youth, and I had no idea she had such a dynamic character and beautiful daughter carrying on her legacy. This was a wonderful interview for Mother's Day! \
I'm so happy to have found this! I love Eartha Kitt! I remember seeing her in the Batman movies as a child. My mother loved her too and we would talk about how wonderfully unique and mesmerizing she was! What a beautiful soul. It's an inspiration to see her daughter carry on the story. 💕
I did see her in movie such as "Anna Lucasta", but I remember back in the day, I saw her onstage in Detroit, Michigan, in a Broadway Musical called "Timbuktu" Oh, my God, the entrance she made! There was a whole PARADE! Horn playing men, dancing girls, and all that for several minutes, but all these big beautiful, muscular black men, half-naked and in long floor length skirts with bared chests and gold paint smeared all over their bodies, came in CARRYING her and when she moved to get down, a man knelt ond the floor in front of her and she stepped down from the arms of those men to the back of the kneeling man, to the floor, swung her own long floor-length skirt around her, slid her leg out and said: "I'm HEERRE." And the audience went WILD!!! It was the best entrance I had ever seen in my life and it is the only moment I really think of when I think of her. I just felt that that entrance was so worthy of the woman that she was. I thank God I had the opportunity to see her on stage.
She does sound a lot like her mother! Her story of their racist experiences in South Africa was brilliantly told. Eartha was much an inspiration and overcame so much hardship. She'd so proud of Kitt Shapiro and the great work she does in preserving her legacy :)
Thanks for sharing I loved Eartha. I once saw where she needlepointed her dinning room chair bottoms. I loved her even more. Recently I saw a clip of her with and Nat King Cole fabulous. Always a great talent in all she did. I wish her junior Kitt the best thanks allowing us to hear these stories.
I loved this listening to Kitt talk about her moms’ life and who she was!! As a little girl, Eartha Kitt always mesmerized me with her beauty and voice. I thought she was so unique. I had never seen anyone like her on tv. She was definitely one of a kind! Even tho she had a hard life from the beginning, she persevered and had a different and much better life. She was a beautiful woman. I thank God for sharing her with us.
Eartha's charm, personality, sophistication would stop traffic....her resilience in life is for all of us to learn from! Rest in peace Eartha.....you left your mark❤
Bad interviewer,keeps interrupting in middle of the stories,she lacks so much to be interviewing this woman with this remarkable story,that's my opinion,,,peace
Eartha Kitt was beautiful even in her later age - -I can still recall her as “Lady Eloise” in the movie Boomerang with Eddie Murphy ... not to mention her as “Cat Woman” !! Every Christmas I must play “Santa Baby” when playing all my favorite Christmas songs !!
She was definitely true to her name "Of the Earth. One of Hollywood's most memorable Divas. Her grandeur and balance of weighing right fom wrong. Her reasoning abilities in knowing healing was in the hands of the Almighty! She was truly purrrrfect! in more ways than one. In intellect and physical demeanor. She was a creative expression of the Earth. Gamour at it's best!
It saddens me to say, but even if we we’re the same color...and we will be some day....we’d probably still find another stupid reason to divide ourselves. When will we evolve?
naya shams I don’t think you should use color blind because that would mean that you don’t see color but there are people of color, I think the better term would be “color aware”meaning that you acknowledge that someone is different and you treat the same as any other
Oh come on. That is not what she was saying. She was saying how did she do that as something like that is impressive to do by ANY. I would be impressed if a little white woman who learned all those languages as well. Languages are not easy to learn, yet alone knowing MANY of them.
Yes! She kept taking little jabs. "Of which YOU don't own the royalties to." Kitt corrects her and she says, "Oh good." How about, I apologize for my ignorance. Thanks for the correction.🌹
@@calibabii1106 That is because you misunderstood her. She wasnt saying it because she was black. She was saying it because of the odvious. It is impressive for ANYONE to learn all those languages on her own. Let me ask. Would it have been different if it was a black interviewer saying the exact same thing. I think there would be a whole lot of complaints if it was one of our own.
@M Lane The only thing this was was a misunderstanding. We (black people) tend to over analyze thing because of the race issues. Doesnt mean every situation is like that. If this was a black interviewer saying the EXACT same things they would have though nothing of it.
The thumbs down people shame on you.. Eartha Kitt a true legend and what a treasure an unsung hero. (RIP) way to go Kitt Shapiro, who better than to keet Eartha legacy alive. I'm a 60's child so I watched Batman back in the day, I even had Batman shoes...God bless you Kitt--
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"I am Eartha and this is Kitt as If I completed her" ♥
that´s the most beautiful thought I´ve ever heard
Lucia Bittnerova, I am not sure if this is actually love or a form of narcissism. There is nothing really optimistic or aspirational about imprisoning your child in your ego.
It's not a beautiful thought. No human being "completes" another. I do believe that Eartha Kitt sought to obliterate her blackness since it caused her so much pain growing up, and saw her Kitt, her blonde child, as what she would have wanted to be.
E Mack not objecting to any point ur making but notice that child looks black but as an adult u can see that she had done things especially to her hair to look white as an adult
I think this is a sad statement, telling us her mother felt incomplete as a person.
@@michaelbrewster3736 I'm naming my daughter after my father, and if I had a last name that could be made into a first name, I'd name a child that too. There's nothing narcissistic about it...
No Eartha Kitt fan would disparage her daughter....her daughter was her entire life....honor Eartha, show her daughter respect.
I get what you are saying, but the fault lies with the interviewer Ann Nyberg... her naiveness shows through and Kitt Shapiro never had the Black experience as her Mother...like Nia Simone, the Dorothy Dandridge's, Eartha Kitt Greatness (Spirit) will never be truly recognized. From: What happened, Miss Simone, "How does African Royalty stomp around in Mud and still walk with Grace"
I agree with you stop worrying about what her skin color is Eartha Kitt loved her daughter
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Amazing woman!! You go girl, keep up the good work, you are amazing too!
Kitt needs to write a book about her Mother...
Rest In Peace Madame Eartha 🙏
I just friggin love Eartha Kitt!!! She was so classy, regal and how she fought racism is so admirable!!!
A.Tanyale My Mom loves her! So do I!
Fun and sexy as well. She was called a "sex kitten"
Are you kidding me Eartha Kitt was a self-hating fool, she was ahead of Michael Jackson's another person didn't like the color that they were born in and tried to be everything that they wasn't.
Yes. I see. How. She. Fought. Raceism. All. I have to do is. Look. At the. Color of. Her. Daughter. Or should. I say the. Lack of. Color. Melanin.....
@@lovinliverpool Yes they. Named. All of. Their. Bed. Wenches. PET NAMES.....
Kitt Shapiro is absolutely charming and engaging. I love the stories and memories she shared about her mom. I'm amazed she could stay on track with her responses, despite the interruptions.
I loved hearing Kitt talk about her mom...you can hear how she totally respected her and learned a lot from her. Eartha Kitt was one of the greatest ladies who ever lived in my opinion. 💐 May she Rest In Peace wherever she is.
I love Eartha kett
Eartha kitt
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Why do so many interviewers interrupt good stories by their guests? Gets on my nerves.
I agree, it happens all the time and the guests are not able to complete their thoughts when they are interrupted! I also hate when people talk at the same time...so rude! This never happened back in the day!
big egos
Oprah is the queen of this
lol. I know
@@ojdavis23 😂🤣
Eartha Kitt was an amazingly resilient, brave, beautiful woman. She stood up to Lyndon Johnson and even after he destroyed her career, didn't give in to despair and bitterness. God Bless her memory.
Glad LBJ is Screaming in Hell where he belongs, a Murderer and Traitor who destroyed this country as All the rest did after Our last Real President JFK.
I had no idea she stood up to LBJ. I know he was crass and after the Great Society Reforms, I thought he had a better heart than that 🤪🙄.
for those who, like me, were unaware of this particular conflict: www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/16/eartha-kitt-and-lady-bird-johnson-vietnam/321602002/
geometrical gold thank you
She was blessed that LBJ didn’t take her out like he did other black leaders,
Wow, Eartha Kitt was so grounded, so classy, and brave..."Don't Panic! Everything happens for a reason. God may not be there when you want Him, but He is always on time." 14:27. Love her Kittisms as well.
Baby that Southern AA training.
Yes, this is so true about God, he IS always on time.
Eartha Kitt was so wise, beautiful and talented. God bless her memory.
20:11 👀😲 I truly respect her daughter composer. She's just like her mom 🥰. Unbothered by the foolishness ☺️😌
Eartha was ahead of her time ....everything she quoted is here now
I love Eartha Kitt xoxoxoxoxox!
THEY ASKED IF the daughter Better than her Mother, because her Mom was Black, we are beautiful SMDH. Sad how others view black people. Kitt you had a wonderful Mother!
It sure is!
i wish the interviewer would let kitt answer the questions and quit interrupting. So freakin annoying.
I love the interview I remember her when she was young she’s very pretty and I remember Eartha Kitt my son and I just loved her very intelligent woman her mother
Yes
Brenda Anne Du Faur I know I hate the interviewer
The Interviewer is horrible! She is saying some shady stuff and she keeps cutting her off! Super annoying.
Jealousy
Rita Williams Im glad I wasnt the only one hearing them sneak disses
Thought I was the only one who noticed the shade being thrown
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Yeah I saw that. Then she says but you look white thou.(Kit knows who she is) Thank God Eartha raised a strong daughter.
Clearly she adored her Mother.
I would have NEVER pegged this woman to be Eartha Kitt's daughter.
Is it because of her appearance or she seems like she is telling a story about someone she met, not her mother. My sister In law looks like her, but when she says Mom" I feel the love she has for her mother, although my sister-in-law is not biracial. And she married a brown skinned Black man. She identifies more towards the Black community.
@@BronzeSista Yes it's her appearance. She doesn't appear to have any melanin, blond straight hair and not much resemblance to Eartha.
@@leoscarpoli1nonly you do realize that She has dyed her hair that shade of blonde , don't you.
It's very difficult to tell if a woman has dyed her hair sometimes.
@@leoscarpoli1nonly NO resemblance!
She looks very young to be the daughter of a woman born in 1927. How old is Kitt Shapiro?
Eartha Kitt was a unique soul. I always loved her. She had so much dignity, so much self-respect. It is incredible to meet her daughter. She's wonderful: she has looks, intelligence, expressiveness, depthfulness, and a complete love and respect for her mother. Wow. It is so wonderful Eartha and Kitt had each other and that we have her daughter to honor her mother and to keep her legacy alive for us all.
As a child I loved Eartha Kitt and I still do. I'm glad her daughter keeps her legacy alive. May her soul rest in peace.
I remember being a little kid and watching her play Catwoman for the first time on Batmat back in the day, and i was like 🤯❤❤❤😻
Eartha Kitt is the epitome of perseverance and survival. Bundled up in a whole bunch of talent.
Learning she was a beautiful person on the inside is so amazing
Eartha Kitt was one of the most fascinating female personas in history. She was mesmerizing.
Jervisdude I loved her voice! Great Diction! 👌👌👌
The interviewer is obnoxious in this, Ms. Shapiro did an excellent job with interview in spite of it though. I also was just taken aback by how much of Eartha you see in her daughter, especially in the face. Genetics are an amazing thing.
Eartha Kitt, what a CLASS ACT!!!! And how lovely- "I am Eartha, this is Kitt..." Because she COMPLETES HER!!!! WOW!!!!
I wish i knew that type of mother/daughter relationship
@@kayshawnsimmons6822 me too...
@@kayshawnsimmons6822 my kids know it what I wasn't given I give to all of them...I'm obsessed with all 4 of mine they will know this feeling
sounds like Eartha was a great mother, that's good to know
True - sounds like it
It's heartwarming, she has such tortured past but gave such true love to her child and other people in general ❤️
08CARIB Eartha was amazing. Kitt was a lucky girl to have her as a mother.
Yes she was a great mother and it is good to know any mother is a good one.
Yes, makes me happy to be a huge fan🥰
Apologies but this lady is not a very good interviewers (too smug for me) - however the interviewee is sublime, fabulous - thanks to her for keeping me intetested in her Mum's story....
The interviewer looks at her like a white woman. Her mind cannot process that she
did not have a complete white experience .. it’s mind boggling that a white perceived person is having a black experience by choice.
Beautiful mum. Beautiful daughter. Life really goes on.
She was bigger than light so she think? What kind of a statement is that. That interview is horrible
Eartha and her daughter are lovely
I had the pleasure off meeting Ms. Eartha when I was younger. She was absolutely breathtaking and magnetic in person. Kitt was blessed to born of her 💜
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing
Orson Welles said that Eartha Kitt was the most exciting woman he'd ever met.
There will never be another. Eartha Kitt . She was special, I loved her voice her singing and her presence. The days of all of the movies she played in, I had to watch all of them. A treat that was for me. I'll always remember her.💕💕💕
“He may not come when you want him but he’ll be there right on time”
@@nadyarossi5102 Not true.
The interviewer is horrible.. She should be quite Let Kit talk. The daughter is amazing. Get rid of the interviewer
CarteBlanche I’ve felt like this-But I come to find out, no matter how much it doesn’t look smell or feel like it-yes indeed he is always right on time. The problem is our “right on time” is what we would call his late-but you have to remember he holds all of eternity, and he sees all things in the scope of eternity-so yes He
is always right on time. It’s only a miracle if His time so happens to be also actually our time....But we might as well get comfortable knowing that things don’t happen in our time-they only happen in his time whether we like it or not. And the thing that can hurt? He’s right whether we like it or not.
Amen!
When are they going to make a movie about her can't wait
A j mw who would play her?
@@kiwidreams3 Rihanna
Lisa Brown Hmmm. Exciting
Rihanna kind of resembles Eartha but not sure if she has the theatrical experience to pull it off.
Janelle Monae should play her
Interviewer extremely shady and disrespectful. At the end when speaking of the colon cancer she said ' She was larger than life - she thought!'
@M Lane what are you people talking about??? How is this woman being shady? I'm an Investigator and all of those questions are legitimate and probative based on the subject matter. Don't you think Kitt would have noticed "shady" questions and it would have been evident at some point in her tone and demeanor? My God, black folks are always...ALWAYS missing the point because we can't get over our own hyper-sensitivity. Ugh...😖
@M Lane You see my point? Hyper-sensitivity forces you not to address the validity (lack of validity) of the point because someone hurt your feelings over how you PERCEIVE how they addressed you. Are you not a person, who belongs to a species called "people?" Unless you're an aardvark or cocker spaniel, I referred to you and other PEOPLE for what you are...PEOPLE.
Kevin Gettis There are times during the interview that she pauses, as a result of being cut off mid-thought.
She also corrects her when the interviewer says, larger than life - she thought. Kitt says, she was.
Just because Kitt is a class act and continues to share her mother with the world, in this interview, doesn’t mean that the interviewer is without flaw.
Questioning techniques by an “investigator” and an interviewer of a social guest are very different. She could use more tact in trying to shape her interview at certain points.
You should avoid making overgeneralized statements about an entire group of people because it illegitimizes your argument and turns you in to the offender.
@@athenaa9787 I never said the interviewer is without flaw, however, in order to keep the continuity of the interview on point, sometimes the interviewer must interject or the interview will go on forever. You understand that interviews are planned and they have time limits, correct? When I interview people and they've made their points, often I must interject or interrupt in order to move the interview along. I didn't see where the interview was affected by the inteviewer's interruptions, but that's my subjective opinion.
Kevin Gettis Then I think we agree. There are certain times that she does attempt to shape her interview - at times - abruptly. I believe people believe that it was disruptive to the flow of the stories that they were more interested in.
I remember my mother sending me to the store to buy stockings .We lived in Newark. NJ. When my mother opened the package there was a picture of this beautiful brown woman on the cardboard that the stockings were wrapped around and I asked my mother who she was. My mother told me it was Eartha Kitt. This was 1954, I had never seen a Colored person (that is what we were called during that time) portrayed the way Eartha Kitt looked. I was in awe. I knew my mother was pretty, but she was mommy and didn't appear in stocking inserts. I asked lots of questions about Eartha Kitt and felt very proud that she was so glamorous. That was the beginning of my education that there were Negros that were more than what I had seen growing up in my neighborhood, which by the way was very diverse. Thank you Miss Kitt for educating me. I was a fan at age six from then on.
Cecelia Harris Thomss
Eartha Kitt is a legacy and very talented lady.Her daughter is also a lovely person that is a product of an amazing mother. Many blessings for you.
Wow. I'd like to see an interview where Kitt can speak freely.
Same here
How much time do you have?
Kitt's business revolves around her mom's legacy. I think it's really amazing.
What an articulate interview. Kitt's love for her Mom was so lovingly shared with us. I loved your Mom too!
Eartha Kitt raised a wonderful daughter. I had such admiration for how she survived her abusive childhood. Loved her philosophy of life. Her natural Native genes and respect for the environment was way before we became important to the country. Every Christmas time they play her Santa Baby recording everyday in December on the radio. Kudos to her daughter Kitt.
They never brought up Eartha being blacklisted! An interesting situation that occurred in her life.
Yes, she was black-listed. As I remember, she was at a luncheon given by Lady Bird Johnson, and she spoke on the Vietnamese War and not in a positive way, and that is what they did to her.
I'm sure it's in her book
why was she black lisited
Amen! Eartha Kitt was treated so badly during her life, but she was so brave, resilient, resolute.
Also sad that her daughter at one time disowned her own mother.It broke her mother's heart ..so fake !!!
Eartha Kitt was one classy lady & one worth being emulated by everyone, especially the current celebrities in politics & in Hollywood. I liked that incident that her daughter related about Eartha being thrown out of the amusement park & how she handled it in a very calm, interactive way & how she dealt with it in the press & turned it into something very positive. What a lovely & dignified lady she truly was !!!!!! There should be more of her type in this rude & ill-mannered world of these days!!!!!!
Georgia - That's my mother's name. She was SMART TOO!!!! :-)
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Maybe thats. How She. Got. The. Part. CAT WOMAN.
Exactly! She knew a long time ago that you can't reason with racists..but you can hit them where it hurts. Once his money was being affected, her skin color didn't matter so much. Excellent example. Love Ms. Kitt.
So sad that great human beings had to go through this indignation due to the barbaric practice of something so low vibrating, savage and plain stupid as racism.
Unfortunately, every race is guilt of some form of barbarianism. :-(. The human (all of us) have ugly histories. But thankfully, many of us evolved.
@@diane7352 😑😑😑😑😑 I need to speak to you
GoddessLuna9 even sadder that many don’t teach their children how to combat this daily and not be brain washed and indoctrinated into it
Worse, this is the so-called new Millenium and children are still being TAUGHT to hate others.
@@diane7352 You sound like a white shame deflector. You haven't evolved enough to accept your shame without attempting to drag others down as your human shields.
Eartha was such a G. I wish I could have met her .
Eartha Kitt is my cousin. She's on my mother's side of the family.
What an amazing lady. 🤗
We may be related then. She’s my cousin on my maternal grandfather’s side.
Pagan Raven why would you say sure she is? your a rude witch aren’t you and you know your a witch I am a witch your a mean one
and that is you all’s cousin you should try to meet her
Peaceful Waters she is not local to me. I know that she is family and how she is related to me. I’ve known all my life. Never thought about seeking her out.
Lovely interview. I'm forever an Eartha fan and so glad to know her child will keep her legacy going.
Ann Nyberg could use interviewing training.
Resabout B. You are correct. Hope she learns. Doubt it thought
She is just racist low key...
@@rastapanol that's not even low key
Absolutely, Ann needs training in how to interview.
Yes A TRUCKLOAD OF TRAINING!!!!
She is just as lovely as her mother
.sleeping on heavens clouds eartha kitt
I've always been a fan. Her daughter's stories made me love her even more. I'm so happy that I found this. Thanks for posting.
When God is with you there is nothing or no one that can stop you from getting what he has for you God was with eartha when every one is against you it makes you want to give up she didn't God thank you.
I am truly and Eartha Kitt fan but I wonder why the moderator ask the question do she feel like she is better than her mom because her mom was half black. Wow it never seems to stop
That let's you know what she thinks. Any question like that isnt even worthy of a response.
Something is weird about this interview. Daughter seems detached. As if shes talking about "Eartha Kitt" the entertainer instead of talking about Eartha Kitt HER MOM... If she wasn't introduced as Eartha daughter I would have thought she was just a biographer.
That is a racist comment.
@@@michellehunter2993 No, that was not a racist comment! YOU took it that way and brought colour into it.
I agreed with Memyself (I'm back in to edit... What is Memyself? I can't have written that word, surely?)
Kitt did come over as a biographer, and that's probably due to the job she has had and still has to do with/for her mother all these years. She has had to tell these stories so many times that there is no room for the emotion which would have shown if this was the first or second time she would have spoken about her mother. Kitt seems to be a lovely dignified person.
I noticed that, too!
So glad I saw her in person 3x in San Francisco once at a nightclub I think on Polk St. and 2 x at the Timbuktu performance. At one performance of Timbuktu it was raining terribly hard during and after the performance. At the end of the show we were told to leave the theater and get on the street near the stage door. There were scores of people waiting to see her but she didn't know we were on the street. She found us standing outside in the wet, cold, weather and she threw a fit. She told the crew that we were her fans, she opened all the doors, and all of us stumbled back into the warm theater. She sure gave those workers a shellacking. Strangely, she remembered me from her nightclub act months before. She was the best live performer I have had the privilege to see and I've seen dozens. Bless you Ms Eartha.
Lovely interview. It's a delight to see Kitt paying tribute to her Mom and speaking againt colon cancer. I wish her much success with her company.
this is the true spirit of her mother in her. I'm a South African and I am so touched and inspired . May her soul rest in peace.
This was so interesting to watch. Most people that is different and unique is usually abused because they have a special calling on their lives.
I'm so happy Eartha Kitt's aunt sent for her. Great interview.👍
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Shannon Cunningham Me 😢
That lady saved Eartha for the world to experience an angel 😇 on Earth 🌎 ❤️ Everyone that talks about her loves her, she was obviously a great mother ❤️ She took her baby everywhere ❤️ with her. I LOVE THIS STORY. THE WORLD is BLESSED to have great people on this Earth sometimes and she was definitely one them!! We need more of this ❤️ Stories like this give me hope for humanity 🙏 ❤️ 🙌 💜
Who the heck asks Eartha Kitts daughter, "How did your mom learn to purr!"Who the heck asks such a question?
IDK maybe she's a fan of Eartha as Catwoman.
Lmaoo
Idiots
She was amazing as catwoman, and really could purr like no other catwoman out there...
Tony Turner you are an asshole.
The interviewer was given an amazing story about Eartha Kitt experiencing her first example of indoor plumbing told beautifully, but she totally missed the importance of that moment for Eartha. I hope I can find more videos of her daughter sharing her memories. She’s a great storyteller.
I've been a fan of Eartha my whole life. Just stumbled upon this. So nice to hear these stories from her own daughter 💞
Being a parent is the single most important thing a person can do.
Raising a smart, very articulate daughter who shows a great deal of love for her mother. Eartha is still amazing, her music always puts a smile in my heart...a fun voice, she had a great deal of class and humor, delivered with heart.
Such a beautiful relationship between mother and daughter!!!!
When I hear the backstory of such an iconic figure and the struggles they had to endure, it makes me admire them even more.
I love the story she shared about her visit to the park with her mom. I'll remember that phrase, "Don't panic." as something very powerful and as a reminder we all can use today. Thank you!
damn, Eartha was such a boss.
Jason Patowsky I loved her in that EDDIE MURPHY movie BOOMERANG! She stole the show, yes indeed!
That's my name!!
Jason Patowsky God sure had that little urchin in his hands didn’t he. Amazing woman beautiful daughter she raised.
her mother is my new inspiration ❤
She said Eartha she was not accepted by blacks in her neighborhood. But, that was a requirement by a lot of Black parents in that era. No darker than a paper bag.
cubanita365 omg right?! She has been through so much and still came out on top. What a class act.
+Tiffany B.
I agree for that time...Class act🌹
@@justinepeabody4534 The paper bag thing.... was for dancers n the Harlem night clubs. The Dancers were lights skinned black women....while the audience was white.
Cynthia Biel sorry no......if you know any Black people over 70, ask them. Southern blacks that are over 70, will tell you, it was not just for dancers. I love talking to my neighbors, a married couple over 75 about such things. My grandmother talked to us about it and other things of that nature, of things of how it was during the early decades of the 1900s.
I'm not racist but the person conducting this interview is a bit odd. Every time I watch an interview about eartha kit I hear jabs
I saw what you mean too. And no, that's recognizing racism, not being racist.
What? You must NOT know the definition of racism. Blacks have no collective power to exercise racism
Kamilla Harris black people in America don’t have the power to exercise systematic racism but we most definitely can say racist things. Take Jess Hilarious for example she said something Xenophobic and racist about an Indian man wearing his traditional head gear when she was on a plane. But when it comes to predominantly black countries they can most definitely be systematically racism such as South Africa. They have something similar to affirmative action where only Black South Africans are benefiting from it and white South Africans are not. But that’s a whole different discussion seeing how everything played out with apartheid and everything.
@@Lostinmyhead23 ...you are very typical....lost and confused is what you sound like...probably don't like other black people, it's easy to tell by your comments, esp. the last one on S. Africa...i sincerely hope i'm wrong
Gregory Hill en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Economic_Empowerment here stupid! Like I said it’s similar to affirmative action. If you don’t believe wiki I’m pretty sure you can find other articles on it.
I thought I was the only one who found the interviewer's tone very cutting.
Cutting. That's the word I was looking for.
Not a good interviewer. I wanted to hear all the stories
The interviewer has a look to her that she really could care less. Very condescending smirking and phony face.
Kitt has a more natural look and expressions.
Marcus darling I’m not wearing any panties my favorite line from boomerang: eartha kitt a true legend
Veronica Morris 🤣😂 Every time I heard the name Eartha Kitt, that’s what I think of.
right lol
I remember Eartha Kitt from my youth, and I had no idea she had such a dynamic character and beautiful daughter carrying on her legacy. This was a wonderful interview for Mother's Day!
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Met Albert Einstein because she was persistent. Keep pushing, kiddos, keep pushing.
I love that Albert said, "Hell Yes! I'll meet the Velvet Kitten!"
That's definitely a wow moment in time, i wish i was a fly on the wall at that meet
15:35 I'm not saying screaming from a soapbox is never called for, but we could certainly use more of Eartha's wise approach to things these days.
My grandmother looks exactly like earth kitt and my mother looks like Mariah Carey!...Its just crazy and amazing! I always marvel at the resemblance.
Lynne Harrison Eartha and her daughter both are beautiful.
Lynne Harrison WOW that's amazing girrl. Do you think you'll are related somewhere down the line to them maybe?
It's funny because I was just going to say that kid looks a little like Mariah Carey
Thats not Very. Hard to. Figure. Out. If you dont know the. Answer by. Now. Just. Ask. Thomas. Jefferson...
Thank you! My mother the same thing! People are ignorant.
Kitt is a wonderful daughter for sharing and keeping her mother's memory alive.💕🙏
I'm so happy to have found this! I love Eartha Kitt! I remember seeing her in the Batman movies as a child. My mother loved her too and we would talk about how wonderfully unique and mesmerizing she was! What a beautiful soul. It's an inspiration to see her daughter carry on the story. 💕
I did see her in movie such as "Anna Lucasta", but I remember back in the day, I saw her onstage in Detroit, Michigan, in a Broadway Musical called "Timbuktu" Oh, my God, the entrance she made! There was a whole PARADE! Horn playing men, dancing girls, and all that for several minutes, but all these big beautiful, muscular black men, half-naked and in long floor length skirts with bared chests and gold paint smeared all over their bodies, came in CARRYING her and when she moved to get down, a man knelt ond the floor in front of her and she stepped down from the arms of those men to the back of the kneeling man, to the floor, swung her own long floor-length skirt around her, slid her leg out and said: "I'm HEERRE."
And the audience went WILD!!!
It was the best entrance I had ever seen in my life and it is the only moment I really think of when I think of her. I just felt that that entrance was so worthy of the woman that she was. I thank God I had the opportunity to see her on stage.
I love Eartha Kitt. She really was a great woman. A Shero i admire.
Beautiful story. The power of love. Amazing story
Indeed! Lena Horne and Eartha Kitt...true role models and class acts.
She does sound a lot like her mother! Her story of their racist experiences in South Africa was brilliantly told. Eartha was much an inspiration and overcame so much hardship. She'd so proud of Kitt Shapiro and the great work she does in preserving her legacy :)
Euro-African ok o moo moo
Thanks for sharing I loved Eartha. I once saw where she needlepointed her dinning room chair bottoms. I loved her even more. Recently I saw a clip of her with and Nat King Cole fabulous. Always a great talent in all she did. I wish her junior Kitt the best thanks allowing us to hear these stories.
Wow, moved by this interview. Daughter is such a beautiful soul.
Kitt Shapiro is a wonderful name!
Yes it is
I always loved Eartha Kitt! Such an unusual and amazing voice, and I can hear it a little in Kitt! Both amazing women! 💜
This interviewer is AWFUL.
Very much so she should be ashame of herself asking all them condescending questions.
Omg I thought I am the only one felt her condescending vibes...
Lucky woman, to have such a beautiful and amazing mama! Congrats.
I loved this listening to Kitt talk about her moms’ life and who she was!! As a little girl, Eartha Kitt always mesmerized me with her beauty and voice. I thought she was so unique. I had never seen anyone like her on tv. She was definitely one of a kind! Even tho she had a hard life from the beginning, she persevered and had a different and much better life. She was a beautiful woman. I thank God for sharing her with us.
Excellent interview....I learned so much. Never knew about Kitt and you can clearly see the love and admiration she has for her dearly passed mum.
Eartha's charm, personality, sophistication would stop traffic....her resilience in life is for all of us to learn from! Rest in peace Eartha.....you left your mark❤
Mrs. EARTHA KITT, small but, MIGHTY in a nature realm of higher SPIRIT!
beautiful interview, im glad i found this.
Beauty is in the. Eyes of the. BEHOLDER...
Bad interviewer,keeps interrupting in middle of the stories,she lacks so much to be interviewing this woman with this remarkable story,that's my opinion,,,peace
The interviewer makes me uncomfortable😠
She seems so fake! She looks like a bad actress trying to act like she is an interviewer. 🤔
Didn’t like her
Bobby Noel You and the rest of the world that has a conscious
Very much so!
Great story about the amusement park. Thats the way you get revenge!
Her daughter is an amazing women! Talkin so highly of her mother as she should
Her mother was a Queen
Eartha Kitt was beautiful even in her later age - -I can still recall her as “Lady Eloise” in the movie Boomerang with Eddie Murphy ... not to mention her as “Cat Woman” !! Every Christmas I must play “Santa Baby” when playing all my favorite Christmas songs !!
I'm not wearing any panties.. Boomerang lol
Victoria Rowell should play Eartha Kitt!
But can she purr
Excellent suggestion!
@@TheDominicpeet She is purrfect! 🤣
Rowell has a white biological daughter too lol
I love Victoria. I miss her on Y&R.
“...then she was discovered by Orion Wells in Paris”. LOL! It sounds like a fairy story! What a wonderful interesting life she had.
that would be Orson Welles.
Great interview. I really enjoy hearing about her mom.❤️
She was definitely true to her name "Of the Earth. One of Hollywood's most memorable Divas. Her grandeur and balance of weighing right fom wrong. Her reasoning abilities in knowing healing was in the hands of the Almighty! She was truly purrrrfect! in more ways than one. In intellect and physical demeanor. She was a creative expression of the Earth. Gamour at it's best!
What a wonderful interview.. thank you so such for sharing your mum’s story! I love her even more now🥰 I’m straight onto you FB page now.
This was great. Thanks for sharing. A life lived and lived well. A lovely daughter too. Such a valuable legacy.
This was an excellent interview,and extremely glad to see Kitt's expectant of who she was. Kudos
A snip it of Earths Kitt's story, beautifully shared by her daughter, Kitt Shapiro. Thank for sharing.
Sad story. I wish one day comes which everyone would be color blind. No child should go through it. God bless you.
It saddens me to say, but even if we we’re the same color...and we will be some day....we’d probably still find another stupid reason to divide ourselves. When will we evolve?
naya - Only when the Lord comes back!!!!
naya shams or mfs cn respect other people culture not eliminate it
Maybe. Your. Wish will. Come. True. When HELL. Freezes. Over and. PIGS. Fly..
naya shams I don’t think you should use color blind because that would mean that you don’t see color but there are people of color, I think the better term would be “color aware”meaning that you acknowledge that someone is different and you treat the same as any other
The interviewer is condescending. On learning languages: How did she DO that ? (you know, as a black woman and all)
Oh come on. That is not what she was saying. She was saying how did she do that as something like that is impressive to do by ANY. I would be impressed if a little white woman who learned all those languages as well. Languages are not easy to learn, yet alone knowing MANY of them.
The interviewer was a little ignorant to me
Yes! She kept taking little jabs. "Of which YOU don't own the royalties to." Kitt corrects her and she says, "Oh good." How about, I apologize for my ignorance. Thanks for the correction.🌹
@@calibabii1106 That is because you misunderstood her. She wasnt saying it because she was black. She was saying it because of the odvious. It is impressive for ANYONE to learn all those languages on her own. Let me ask. Would it have been different if it was a black interviewer saying the exact same thing. I think there would be a whole lot of complaints if it was one of our own.
@M Lane The only thing this was was a misunderstanding. We (black people) tend to over analyze thing because of the race issues. Doesnt mean every situation is like that. If this was a black interviewer saying the EXACT same things they would have though nothing of it.
The thumbs down people shame on you.. Eartha Kitt a true legend and what a treasure an unsung hero. (RIP) way to go Kitt Shapiro, who better than to keet Eartha legacy alive. I'm a 60's child so I watched Batman back in the day, I even had Batman shoes...God bless you Kitt--
I'm clicking like ONLY because of Ms Kitt.