Marilyn Monroe’s final interview: When the star recalled how public 'scared' her and Hollywood life wasn’t for her

Only days before her passing, Monroe had given what would be counted as her final interview. During the talk, she had opened up about the downfalls in her life because of the fame and stardom, including recalling an incident which left her severely injured after fans caused one of her surgical wounds to reopen.

Marilyn Monroe’s thoughts on stardom’s effect on her life

In 1962, Monroe sat down for an interview with Life magazine. During the interview, the actress had opened up about fame and the glitz and glam, and how, after a while, it loses all of its appeal. She had compared it to caviar at the time, citing that “It's good to have caviar, but if you had it every damn day, you know? Too much caviar.” Details about the interview were published in the book, ‘Marilyn: The Lost Photographs, The Last Interview,’ last month on May 12.



She also opened up about the qualms of stardom, citing that there had been incidents that had scared her a lot. Recalling one such incident during the interview, the actress had revealed that a horde of fans had come to her after she was leaving the hospital following a gallbladder surgery.

She had stated during the time that "The time I came out of the hospital in New York, that was a little rough because I had just had a gallbladder operation, and the crowds were pushing and my side opened up.”

Marilyn Monroe talked about how the Hollywood life scared her

Further, during the interview, the actress had also commented about how the ‘Hollywood life’ was not for her and something that she had been scared of.

She had added more context to the statement at the time and had cited that “I’ve been invited places to sort of kind of brighten up a dinner table. You're not really invited for yourself sometimes. That's why I don’t really get involved in the so-called Hollywood life, you know? It doesn't interest me. People, I like. The public scares me; mobs scare me.”

Monroe had passed away two days after the interview was taken. She was found in an unresponsive state at her Los Angeles home, with the case being ruled as a probable suicide. The actress passed away from acute barbiturate poisoning at the age of 36 years old.