Mary Wilson - The Phil Donahue Interview!

[marv2]

From October 1986:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmxRQEd7CCs

[luke]

Most incisive interview with Mary ever about the Supremes Years. She certainly had grown in confidence, to Phil... it’s your show but my book! Great performance ...love her slow I will survive... never knew she sang that ! Many thanks Marv!

[marv2]

Most incisive interview with Mary ever about the Supremes Years. She certainly had grown in confidence, to Phil... it’s your show but my book! Great performance ...love her slow I will survive... never knew she sang that ! Many thanks Marv!

You're most welcome Luke! Yes, she sang the stuffin' out of "I Will Survive"!

[detmotownguy]

Thanks Marv! I have never seen this interview. Nice to see the evolution of her persona. Mary did a great job on the performances.

[marv2]

Thanks Marv! I have never seen this interview. Nice to see the evolution of her persona. Mary did a great job on the performances.

You are most welcome DET! This interview was major!

[detmotownguy]

Phil was def trying to bait her into territory she was not going into. Damn she had to ask Berry permission to buy a car. Hell didn’t Diana have to return something she thought owned when she left Motown? Talk about control.

[marv2]

Phil was def trying to bait her into territory she was not going into. Damn she had to ask Berry permission to buy a car. Hell didn’t Diana have to return something she thought owned when she left Motown? Talk about control.

She had to return almost everything when she left Motown.

[jim aka jtigre99]

I was truly glad to see this donahue show from 1986 as I was wondering why it was not on You Tube for so many years. I think this was the best interview that she did during the promotion of her book Dreamgirl. I loved seeing it again.

[marv2]

I was truly glad to see this donahue show from 1986 as I was wondering why it was not on You Tube for so many years. I think this was the best interview that she did during the promotion of her book Dreamgirl. I loved seeing it again.

Amazing huh? How good she is handling interviews, especially when you consider she was restricted from speaking much in the 60s during interviews.

[TheMotownManiac]

Mary is in top form here and I think handles everything being thrown at her beautifully. There are some untruths, and Flo’s girls will HATE this clip because, unlike her declaration, she never gave them a dime of book money. Mary is by far the best interview of any Motown star.