The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Eartha Kitt

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“I wasn’t blacklisted, I was whitelisted.” Truly powerful words.

"Why should I be upset about her being embarrassed that's HER PROBLEM." -I CHOKED. GET EM EARTHA!!!

That conversation between her and the former president WAS SO FRUSTRATING. Eartha looked pissed, but she handled that so much better than I would have.

In 1999 I was living on Fountain Avenue in Hollywood and was out for a walk. As I passed a small lounge on Cahuenga Blvd just south of Hollywood I heard what could only be Eartha Kitt's voice. I stood there transfixed and when that song was over and she started chatting, curiosity got the best of me; I cracked the door open and there she was, entertaining less than a hundred people in a very small venue. It was so small that she saw the door open; she interrupted her monologue with "Come on in darling, I won't bite unless you want me to. There's a seat right here." I was floored and had a front-row seat and was entertained like never before. Only in Hollywood.

Ladybird Johnson hated Eartha and destroyed her career for even trying to actually address the problems she wanted to use as an excuse to throw parties in a grounded, informed way...how can someone have more power than most of us will in our entire lives and still be so pathetic?

"So she was stalked by the CIA after challenging Johnson during the Vietnam War..." I swear you could hear a record scratch at that moment They did WHAT NOW?!?

To Kaz’s point about her becoming fiercely independent from any particular man, my favorite quote of hers is: “a man has always wanted to lay me down, but he never wanted to pick me up”. What a power in recognizing herself as being valuable outside of the presence of a man especially through the middle and end of the 20th century, when no one else empowered her but her

Holy fuck she’s actually the most badass person alive. Dealing with so much hardship , and coming out not only on top, but using her position in the industry to do good! We can only strive to be just like her.

"You adopted me when nobody else did." out of the blue after hearing her story made me absolutely BURST into tears with a bite of dinner in my mouth, oh my god. The humility and strength in the face of so much cruelty and pain, what an incredible person.

Love Eartha Kitt so much. Publicly she was the embodiment of "Do not harm, take no sh!t" and gave 4 generations some of the most iconic performances they'd ever see. Thanks for this!

Eartha and her daughter talking about how her traumatic experiences made her who she was and how she shouldn't have to let go or forget really spoke to me. Especially the part where these experiences can act as a sort of fuel for her activism and proof of her strength. I don't want to wallow in my past, but I don't want to forget it either. I want to bring it with me and bring it to light so that other people can know what it's like to suffer in ways they haven't or to feel less alone knowing there's someone out there who has suffered just as they have.

The way she CACKLED at the idea of compromising for a man took me out 😂 The bit about her leaving the world screaming gave me chills tho. Great video!

Thank you for covering Eartha Kitt. She was an absolute legend on stage and screen, but I had no idea about her anti-war and LGBTQIA+ activism or the rejection she faced by being mixed and Black. As a mixed person, I related deeply with her words and adore her even more.

Did Ladybird Johnson invite Eartha to that luncheon just to keep an eye on her or humiliate her? What an awful situation to be in, but Eartha was the model of strength and common sense. I love how she stared down the president as he stuttered and mumbled in retreat, because she had ideas and he didn't.

The way you described her screaming as she passed made me cry. Such an incredible woman. Emperors new Groove is one of my all time favorite animated movie. Thank you for this amazing video.

the fact that she played Yzma in the Disney TV Show really shows how amazing she was... she didn't feel like she was 'too good' for a role despite being a goddamn legend. Eartha Kitt is amazing.

“Neither does their sexuality threaten me” ugh I just love this woman ❤ truly ahead of her time. Rip icon ✨ truly missed

Her performance in Empereror's New Groove is even more amazing when you consider what a complete nightmare that production was. Everything from rewrites, to director firings, to complete plot changes.... just nightmarish.

The based Ms. Eartha Kitt destroys the useless Becky Ladybird with facts and logic.