"Did You KILL Anybody?" Piers Morgan Grills Former Mafia Boss Michael Franzese

Some were

kill

ed, some died in prison, some died naturally, huh, but most of them were

kill

ed or died in prison, so do you feel lucky to have come out blessed? Yeah, I always say this if you're a member of that life and you die of you get old and you die free you've really accomplished something it's a very, very difficult and treacherous life to navigate to get to the difficult end have you ever met someone like uh Brando Pacino Jimmy khah any of those you met them all, yeah really? oh I never met Brando yeah okay I met dairo yeah CH Peter well a good friend friend of mine uh I met a bunch of guys Jim how was it with you he was very respectful yeah , and CH pallet, Terry, he's very close, Chaz is.

Like my friends were friends, so I met a lot of them. I mean, during the filming of The Godfather, I was there the whole time it was my ERA with Joe Columbo, so I met Lenny Montana, who played Luca Brzi. He was a good friend of mine, Jimmy Khan, all those guys, I liked them. It was all there a mutual respect in a strange way, yeah, absolutely, absolutely, I'll tell you this, I'm on trial, uh, uh, with Giuliani facing a couple hundred years and, um, what's it called? from Frankie Valley, he happens to be in court, so he comes.

I walk into the courtroom and he's right behind me and we separate and the jury comes out, but they see Frankie Valley. Wow, Frankie Valley. Bo loves to see it, so he comes over and hugs me. We are talking, we are chatting. I'm hugging myself, I'm watching the jury, they're watching. In that case I am acquitted and one of the jurors tells me that anyone who loves Frankie Valley will never be put in jail, so you absolutely have to thank Frankie Valley. Do you know I told you that later? Yeah, what did he say? He laughed, said: Well, I'm glad I could help you.

Yes, Michael, it's fascinating to talk to you. I mean, there aren't many

mafia

people that I talk to publicly or B. that go out and completely change their lives you know it's you you're married with seven children you have as you say a very blessed second half of your life and I appreciate you having come thank you and your lock and I I'm coming back here on tour yeah you're doing a tour in March it starts March 10 uh March 15 March here in London. I hope if you are in town you will come as my guest. Where will you perform in London?

Oh god I forgot the name of the bo we'll find out we'll put them online yeah we're doing about 12 dates all over the UK and I'm really excited about that last time I was here in 22 I didn't realize that it had such an audience here in the UK and yes people that the British are fascinated by the m, they are fascinating, yes, and you can't talk to people. I've never interviewed anyone before, the M and it's fascinating, we have many more, hopefully we will. again well it's good to see you thank you thank you very much I appreciate it