To say that Anthony Bourdain's last interview was "interesting" is an understatement. In that interview, he put the embattled Harver Weinstein on the pedestal, calling him-among many things-someone who deserved to see jail time. He didn't pull any punches, also putting former US president Bill Clinton in the same light as Weinstein for the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
In this video from Access, the juicier parts of Bourdain's interview were dissected. Choice cuts included the late chef singing support for Asia Argento, her girlfriend then, a staunch supporter of the #MeToo movement, and one of the actresses that Weinstein had allegedly molested. He then went ahead and said that what happened with Clinton wouldn't have managed to get away scot-free if that happened today.
News AU reports that Bourdain's tirade was actually deeper than what was revealed.
He envisioned a situation where Weinstein was in the twilight of his life. He gets into cardiac arrest, and Bourdain goes on to say that he won't get the help he deserved; primarily because of what Weinstein did when he was still with the Weinstein group, throwing his weight around in Hollywood.
On Clinton's part, while he did call the president many things, 'impeachable' was not one of them. His personal take on the Lewinsky scandal was that it wasn't heavy enough for Clinton to be impeached out of office. It was, however,an accumulation of the shameful and dishonorable things he did to women that he should get impeached for.
There were other choice parts from Bourdain's last interview that offered a private glimpse into his life.
At one part, he started on a stick of Marlboro and went on to say that Argento had convinced him to smoke yet again. There was also a part where he spoke about his 11-year-old daughter Ariane. He said that the girl knows she was loved, and that she had all the makings of a confident child, which was all "(he) could do as a father."
Bourdain was also seen in the interview speaking about authors who inspired him, namely Patricia Highsmith and Joan Didion.
