Mary was her most beautiful during this period of time. Just stunning.

@barb6868

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Beautiful!!

@markpowers5907

3 жыл бұрын

She was a knockout

Mary was the best interviewee (interviewette?) you could hope to get on your show. No airs, no bullsh*t, just straight, down-to-earth charm and humility. She will be missed.

In every interview, which I have seen her in, she is always so happy, laughing, light, joking and telling stories. This is the kind of friend we should all have.

@kirbykipling9515

2 жыл бұрын

AND she talks about Diana Ross during each one, which I have seen her in. Don't forget that part.

I've been binge-watching Mary Wilson interviews, and she was so beautiful and charismatic--a real star in her own right.

She is such a classic beauty! I love her.

I was fortunate to see them live in 1965 and they were equally beautiful and talented!

@barb6868

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! So lucky!

the Supremes were my favorite group...LOVE LOVE LOVE them all!!!

both Mary & Diana just didnt age from the 60's to the 80's, Mary looks very nice here

She still looks great now but she is stunning in this interview.

I see Mary and Diana told the same Ed Sullivan story to David Letterman. For all their differences, their shared experiences cannot be denied. Also, this interview is a great one because it focuses on the book and not the long-lived feud between the two, which I have seen a lot of interviewers sensationalize over the years.

I met her once at a dance club in L.A. They were having a birthday party for her in the back room and the bartender told me the party was for "Mary Wells" so I thought "I've gotta try to meet her!" So I come strolling up to Mary Wilson, and told her what a fan I was of her and her big hits "My Guy" and "Two Lovers" etc. and this young blonde queen standing next to her looked at me with this horrified expression, but Mary Wilson was so gracious and unruffled (and gorgeous). She just said, "Oh honey, thank you. Mary Wells is a really good friend of mine but I'm Mary Wilson." I just stuttered "I'm sorry. Oh my gosh, I love The Supremes too!" (which was an under-statement!). Mary Wilson was so cool and a total class act! As for queen blondie, he looked like he needed an enema. LOL

@SmoothCinnamonX

7 жыл бұрын

Steven Kerry Great story! What a moment! I knew people who got the Motown Mary's mixed up too!

@RaymondHng

6 жыл бұрын

You lucked out. I was interviewing celebrities on the red carpet at an awards event and accidentally addressed an actress by the name of another actress that was very similar to hers and people have always got their names confused, so I was the umpteenth one. She chewed me out on camera while it was rolling. A local paper reported it the following week.

@youyong28

5 жыл бұрын

I met her at Michael's Pub in New York City, where she was appearing. Her book had come out not long before and I asked her to autograph it between sets. She was beautiful and gracious, and her show was terrific.

@stage7

5 жыл бұрын

@@RaymondHng So with THAT, we are made to see the DIFFERENCE between a REAL Star with TRUE Absolute "Class", and the insecure 'Wish-they-were-s" that are thrust into that arena who have no clue of class, or sense of self enough to know and understand there's a huge world out there and how NOT to Treat other humans who made mistakes, just as 'THEY'STILL DO!' And Raymond, I ADMIRE YOU for this, because you DIDN'T "SMEAR" that person in telling this story! (It was done enough in the newspaper... 😎) I think you're Ah-sum!

@RaymondHng

5 жыл бұрын

@@stage7 It happened during the cocktail hour before an awards ceremony and she had a few drinks, so her outburst was understandable. I've seen her at a later time on a television interview and she's a more articulate and better person when she's not imbibing.

RIP Mary Wilson ❤️

She is my favourite. ;)

@mizzfoxy9

9 жыл бұрын

MINE TOO...

Mary Wilson is a knock out! A very pretty and talented lady.

😀! Upon the revisit, I've enjoyed this interview maybe MORE this time than before..... MAYBE. I DO know that it was very much a NEW delight almost as if the First time seeing it this time. Ms Wilson is absolutely gorgeous, vibrant, and delightful and FUN... and even sort of "gives it TO" Mr. Letterman a bit here and there, also. But it was fun, and I enjoyed! Wish there was more tho. 😉

What a doll! I would totally marry her. 8)

@kirbykipling9515

2 жыл бұрын

As would she you. You have to be better than that con-artist she married, Pedro.

RIP Mary my favourite and special supreme

The "love is here and now you're gone" song sounds good with the e-guitar. It is cute how she reacts to the first notes.

Mary is one of the most beautiful women in show business and also very talented. I saw her in Vegas last year and enjoyed her show immensely.

They all look stunningly beautiful,they did wear tight gowns and big ass hair wigs lol but they was glamorous.mart so gorgeous here.

Magical!

Great interview

TALENT AND CLASS!!!OH AND BEAUTY..MS..MARY WILSON...LOVER HER...

Beautiful !!!

I also enjoyed Tony Turners book , very well written and fascinating to have an insight into Flo's life.

I love this woman!!

Mary is a Natural Beauty,she dont need help from Nobody

Holy smokes, I have the Sound off, and thought that was Whitney Houston. No lie! RIP to them both

@I-AM-BELIEVER

Жыл бұрын

I don't see it. Whitney is more taller ans striking. She looked like Angela Bassett or even Tina Turner

Gorgeous Legend

Gorgeous lady!

I met Mary in Atlanta on her book tour for this book, and she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in person. She must have signed her autograph about 20 times for me. On the book, as well as all of my Supremes records. I met her again on her tour for the sequel. Classy lady!

so pretty!!!!!

Màry is still beautiful also the best and stunning

I always thought that she was the best-looking of The Supremes. Far more attractive than Diana Ross.

@81StrangeFruit

7 жыл бұрын

and far less talented, gifted and successful than Diana Ross.

@danielrobinson9270

7 жыл бұрын

Bill Peter Diana Ross would eventually become the beauty and glamorous one as she became the Superstar she is today.

@TheRmjr

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel Robinson Diane slept her way to the top and she still is not an attractive woman. Mary and Florence were and are just as talented. Berry pushed Diane and has acknowledged that her voice didn't have the substance so she could cross over.

@bonniemoore3461

5 жыл бұрын

@@mahoganyflame2000 STOP BEING A JERK ! THE SUPREMES WAS A FANTASTIC GROUP ! EACH MEMBER HAS THEIR OWN GROUP OF FANS THAT LOVE THEM UNCONDITIONALLY !! YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT DOWN ONE TO UP LIFT ANOTHER !!! YOU LIKE WHO YOU LIKE AND SOMEONE ELSE IS FREE TO LIKE WHO THEY WANT TO LIKE!!! WHAT'S WITH THAT FAKE NAME ANY WAY !?!?? .I KNOW YOU DON'T THINK THAT YOU ARE DIANA ROSS ? BECAUSE YOU ARE BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKE SOME ASININE NUT !!!🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜

@magicworld3242

5 жыл бұрын

Bill Peter.... No way is she prettier than Diana Ross. Clean your glasses 😂😂😂

I just love that little Mary Wilson...shes beautiful

she is gor ge ous!!!!!!!!!!!!! ageless

My gosh she really was the most beautiful supreme, the supreme supreme.

Ms.Mary Wilson handled David rudeness very well,classy lady thru her trials in life.

@MrSivram28

4 жыл бұрын

David seems like the akward racist white man

@skip031890

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrSivram28 Funny how you say that about him and don't see anything wrong with it, but he's the so-called racist. Lol, you people are so insecure.

@carrieheffernan1685

2 жыл бұрын

How was he being racist?

@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024

Жыл бұрын

@@jeromeblue3854 He was.

@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024

Жыл бұрын

@@carrieheffernan1685 Use your brain.

Very pretty

She was so pretty.

wow, that was just great. i love that lady!

She was fantastic

The Ronettes were the Beatles opening act at She Stadium.

she looks GR8!!

She looks so beautiful here. I only had one interaction with her 50 years ago. She was truly kind and a good person.

The most hilarious thing about this interview is after the commercial break when the next guest asked her if she could get him Diana Ross' autograph. Needless to say she didn't take that very well...

Totally 80s hair.

Mary is funny here

Hard to believe that Diana was a snake, Barry Gordy was a real ass with Florence Ballard after Mary and Florence started the Supremes

@kirbykipling9515

2 жыл бұрын

AND she ended it...lol

She has the most expressive eyes.

Actually, a member of the British Royal Family having a German accent might not be so far fetched since they ARE German. Going all the way back to George I, who was German and didn't even speak English, they also consistently married German up to the current monarch and Queen, who is at least half German. Prince Philip hails from the House of Schlesswig Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg - German! He took his mother's maiden name before marrying the Queen, that being Battenburg - German. They anglocized it to "Mountbatten." Until 1917, the British Royal House or last name of the royal family was "Sax Coburg Gotha (goat ha)" - German from Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband who was also German. The name was changed to Windsor because of national backlash for all things germanic during WWI. Isn't it interesting that during the first world war, the King of England and the Kieser of Germany, as well as the Czar of Russia were all first cousins.

@BlueLeopard200

9 жыл бұрын

yeah but they now have English accents

@aintthatsomeshit2920

8 жыл бұрын

***** I knew about all the other nationalities you listed, but never before heard of a "queen of Bohemia" - interesting.

@81StrangeFruit

7 жыл бұрын

Prince Philip heils from the royal family of Greece, he was born in Corfu of Greece and his grand father was George I of Greece, who had german origin, from the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Most royal famillies of Europe share common roots from Germany and the UK.

@heaintloveu

6 жыл бұрын

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is NOT their surname, it’s merely the traditional name of the ruling house

@RaymondHng

6 жыл бұрын

Philip was a prince of Greece and Denmark. George I of Greece was Prince William of Denmark from the House of S.H.S.G. before he was elected King of Greece.

Black women really do get more and more fine as they age when they don't allow people to steal their joy. Mary was such a wonderful example of that. She said in another interview she tried to remain happy no matter what and it showed. She had a spirit you couldn't back down and was radiantly beautiful.

MS MARY WILSON is not only 1 of 3 (Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson & Diane Ross) "ORIGINAL FOUNDING MEMBERS" of the still # 1 FEMALE GROUP of all times "THE SUPREMES". Today for her undivided representation of the group, long after Florence Ballard's replacement (1967) orchestrated by Diane Ross & Berry Gordy to pave the way for Diane's departure in 1969 for her "solo career", as she remained fronting the group 1969 to 1977, today she's revered as their LIVING LEGACY!

For the record, Paul Schaffer is a good friend of Mary Wilson's. They worked together before.

Miss Wilson, so you think you are a star? Dude are you blind?! Look at this lady AAA PRIME!

SHE IS THE NUMBER ONE DIVA

Actually Letterman was quite wrong and should have been called out on it by Miss Wilson; the British royal family are all Germans from the line of the House of Hanover. In fact the first of their line, George the 1st, couldn't even speak English - only German! So Miss Wilson's accent was more than appropriate :-)

@DetroitLives313

6 жыл бұрын

Their family name was actually Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. German!

did dave have too much coffee?

MS MARY WILSON remains and will always be 1 of 3 "FOUNDING MEMBERS" (FLORENCE BALLARD & diane ross) of the still # 1 FEMALE GROUP of all times "THE SUPREMES" who by 2013 for her undivided support and attention to the fans she's emerged as THE LIVING LEGACY of the group! WE LOVE YOU MARY!

What a beautiful and talented woman.

rip, friend. hugs.

@ramona2400 Do you know if Dennis Edwards will be performing in New York at all this year?

Such a pretty woman.

@GGE47 That's true. Excellent point!

I want to see that on the Big Screen 📺 🔥🔥🔥💯💰💰💰💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 Mary looked MARVELOUS 👏🏽🎤🎼 SUPREME

HOT DAMN

💜

@ramona2400 He did a great job then. He was with Mary when she came to Trappers Alley in Detroit for one of her book signings.

i seen this earlier wut year this from looks 90s

You live in NY Are you going to Motown Musical?

David Letterman seems rather impatient.

@robomanification yup, cuz the book came out in '86.

I haven't decided yet.

Does somebody know the year of this interview???

@DetroitLives313

8 жыл бұрын

+Lincoln Derjon Yes, Spring 1987.

@lderjon

8 жыл бұрын

Its incredible, how Mary Wilson was beautiful in all her ages...even though today.....really a diva...I love her, my favorite supreme.

@DetroitLives313

8 жыл бұрын

Lincoln Derjon It is isn't it. I was just saying the other day when I saw a clip of her at some film festival that Mary Wilson proves that you can be eternally gorgeous .LOL! I am suppose to see her sing next month.

@alexanderhutton469

7 жыл бұрын

1986

I may be wrong but does the late mary Wilson and kelly Rowland have similar features.

Funny How Mary gets her own facts wrong. The command performance for the Royals was in 1968 not 1965 and it was the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth's mom that said the wig thing to Mary, not Princess Margaret.

@jackanthony976

8 жыл бұрын

Another fact that Mary exaggerated was her proclamation that the Supremes were on the Ed Sullivan Show every week. Actually the Supremes appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show only to promote their latest record. The Supremes had four or five new releases per year therefore the Supremes were on the Ed Sullivan Show maximum five times a year. Even Mary's book documents the day to day schedule of the Supremes and she documents only four or five appearances on the Ed Sullivan per year. The Supremes were always on tour and it would have been logistically impossible for the Supremes to be on the Ed Sullivan Show every week.

@stage7

5 жыл бұрын

@@jackanthony976 Why harp on That "exaggeration?". It was Not spoken of as a FACT. It has become a 'running joke' in the industry as that was what it SEEMED.... And it became sort of a cliché that "The Supremes are On The Ed Sullivan Show like Every Week!". That was the impact that their appearances on his show Had! It wasn't spoken as a Truth! Everyone Knows they couldn't've Done that! It WAS a Joke tho, often spoken.

@jackanthony976

5 жыл бұрын

STAGE7: But "harping" is what I do on the KZread blog..don't you know that by now? KZread was made for harping...long live the harpers!!

You are unbelievable, how can you foucs on one album.....I am so happy it gave you so much pleasure because it didn't do well, over forty years ago. You define DR's career by one album? How many of the dozens of albums that Mary Wilson released as a solo artist have gone Gold? I think she did one early on called "Red Hot" that I bought and liked very much. I had hoped it would do well, but it vanished. I like Mary, I see her every time she comes to town. I am sorry she isn't a superstar.

@marytyus7232

2 жыл бұрын

Mary Wilson was a superstar she was a SUPREME!!

God Letterman is such a dope.

@DetroitLives313

5 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine who was the Facility Director for CBS and the Late Night with David Letterman show said that he was an asshole. He use to throw his pen up into the ceiling tiles!

@jackstraw3934

5 жыл бұрын

I had a friend who worked for Worldwide Pants for many years who said the same thing. A real d*ck. It’s not just that he’s a jerk, but he’s so unprepared and clueless interviewing a living legend. His staff probably prepared the questions. Total disrespect to her. But he was always about himself.

i thought that she had the command performance was in 1968? not 1965

What!! No mention of Florence Ballard?? She was there also. At least give her props for that.

@DetroitLives313

4 жыл бұрын

@Linda Williams This interview was very short. If you look at some of Mary's longer interviews, you will hear her mention Florence Ballard several times. In fact, Mary Wilson is the only person from Motown that ever mentions Florence Ballard.

@jeffdon4 i think your right it might ve been 68.

That look more like early 80's

Check that out she's wearing the Diana look,*********** the hair, the color's the jewelry, down to the eye's lol!!!!!!.

@DetroitLives313

9 жыл бұрын

george banks She is not. In case you do not remember, the Supremes always dressed alike when together......on stage! In case you did not know it, but Diane won best dressed in high school.......................wearing clothes she borrowed from Mary Wilson! Mary was the clothes horse of the Supremes.

@DetroitLives313

8 жыл бұрын

***** Chaka Khan was one of the first.

@stage7

5 жыл бұрын

@@DetroitLives313 RIGHT!!!!!

@stage7

5 жыл бұрын

Well, IF that IS what she's supposedly Doing, (which it ISN'T.......... except in 'your' eyes.....), she's obviously doing it BETTER than her, by unanimous public opinion! All the comments speak for themselves!

The book is not only thrilling, revealing and factual but enduring, Listed (The New York Times Best Seller List) as AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL not fiction or a novel giving her the status of full flesh author!

Mary Wilson needs to dish the Diana Ross inspired wig, in my opinion.

@4orrcountry

5 жыл бұрын

You mean ditch, right?

@cravendubose8179

Жыл бұрын

All she wanted to be was DIANA ROSS.

The House of Windsor.It is weird.I know how to tie a windsor knot when I wear a necktie.

@bigd53224 It looks like 86/87 period

far prettier than Diana

@TahariBlue

5 жыл бұрын

No comparison Mary is naturally gorgeous!, and Diana is smoke and mirrors attractive

Dave cannot and could never help flirting with his female guests. Guess it's no surprise that he ended up in hot water over the secretary affair haha.

If only Diana Ross had been fired ... but then again I guess by this time Florence had already been forced out. If not we could have had my 'dream line up' of Florence, Mary and Cindy!

Hmmm. Wonder where that diary was/is, since Mary had to rely on a ghost writer for most of her first book since she, admittedly, didn't recall most of the details. Of course, she *did* conveniently remember "terrible" examples of "Diane" upstaging she & Flo, such as during a radio interview where "Diane" "interrupted" Florence as she relates a story; yet, in unedited audio of that *scripted* interview, it's clear that Diana's "interruption" is rehearsed and part of the script. Hmmm.

So charming...not to Letterman, she's just a coloured girl.

david was really nasty to her

@DetroitLives313

4 жыл бұрын

She outsmarted him. She continued to be kind which magnified his poor behavior.

He's was not a fan of MARY evidently because of all that negativity in the book, exposing The Supremes,, ,, , ( he's patronizing her) so he talked about tight dresses and wigs,, she fell for it lol lol...

@prousaburttly1577

7 жыл бұрын

Also Mary Wilson contradicts herself she's talking about Queen Margaret embarrassing her asking if she's wearing a wig ,but yet she's on National Television David Letterman Show speaking about wigs that she wore with the Supremes.....

@DetroitLives313

7 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a great interview. Paul Schaffer is a big fan of Mary's and a friend.

@DetroitLives313

7 жыл бұрын

It was Princess Margaret and no she is not contradicting herself. She is merely pointing out what poor taste it was for the Princess to mention the obvious in such a public situation.

@prousaburttly1577

7 жыл бұрын

+spirit angelfish 👍

@stage7

5 жыл бұрын

Some of you here are 'showing yourselves!' ....... Looking for contradictions that aren't even the issue. It shows you're not listening TO the interview or TO Mary, but 'FOR' issues to accuse about. It's all in 'That', and there's nothing left to "say" to you!

The white privilege of Dave acting so rudely here... 🙄

alicen wonderworld, explaining to the unreceptive is a waste of time! Time waits for no one, and we are running out of time! I've done my research and Diane's "poisson" she crafted well. "Floy Joy" was a bigger HIT than the whole Diane Ross album "Everything is Everything" LOL....That "DUD" didn't produce one single Top #40, she's a "fake mirage" that's run out of gas, at the time also available on Cassette or 8Track!