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The time Serge Gainsbourg told Whitney Houston he wanted to fuck her on live TV

Steve Pafford, stevepafford.com, 2 April 2018

With his sledgehammer wit and uncompromising songwriting, Serge Gainsbourg was revered in France as the Gallic Bob Dylan — an untouchable and utterly unique subversive genius and cultural deity. But by an infamous appearance with Whitney Houston on a live television show, the crumbling icon was little more than a raging, foul mouthed alcoholic. This is the story.

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