It’s been said that this was the interview that changed the course of Michael Hutchence’s life. And ultimately ended it.
If you watched the INXS biopic last night, you will have seen a brief reenactment of it.
Here’s the real deal – the first interview between Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates.
Just a few years after it took place, they would both be dead, leaving their daughter Tiger Lily an orphan and the lives of their friends and family in chaos.
After his tragic 1997 death, Paula Yates also gave this intimate multi-part interview – with a tiny Tiger Lily in tow.
In the first part below, Yates denies his death was suicide.
Asked by the interviewer (at 4:02) whether Michael had ever discussed suicide with her, she replies: “Oh god no, Michael thought suicide was the most awful thing in the whole world, the most cowardly act, the most… just a cop out for a man with a family to think about deliberately dying. He would have just thought that was awful.”
… And here’s INXS playing “Never Tear Us Apart” live in 1991.
Were you watching INXS: Never Tear Us Apart last night?
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Couple of things as already pointed out, Yates and Hutchence met mid 80's on the Tube and she interviewed him for timeout magazine in 1988 where he discusses his desire for kids but not one woman and she responds, darkly (her word) "it'll never work" if your interested it's so worth the read.
Simon Le Bon who knew them both claims the affair had been on a slow, intense burn way before the big breakfast. Paula herself admitted the crush and in her auto bio she details keeping a picture of him on her fridge.
So... Bear that in mind and now look at picture of Pixie (born 1990) and Tiger together. Of all the four sisters don't they look most alike?
Who writes the captions for your slide shows? Person has incorrectly captioned a couple of photos of the people acting in the roles as INXS band members as the band itself. Perhaps time to stop people born after the death of Michael from being able to caption the slide shows!