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Skier 5 year s ago
#35 Eccentric Hollywood actress Tippi Hedren has admits she "deeply regrets" allowing a fully grown lion to roam freely around her family home in the Seventies - including sleeping in daughter Melanie Griffith's bed.
The star also confessed it was "stupid beyond belief" to treat the 400lb beast like a domestic pet as it could have killed her or her family at any time.
The lion was allowed to go wherever he pleased but Hedren, 84, said the snaps of Neil in her kitchen, playing with Griffith by the pool and peering into the fridge just mortify her now.
She told the Daily Mail: "I cringe when I see those pictures. "I have to tell you we were stupid beyond belief. We should never have taken those risks. These animals are so fast, and if they decide to go after you, nothing but a bullet to the brain will stop them."
Although she stresses that the lion's trainer, Ron Oxley was always shadowing his animal, she added: "We’re dealing with animals who are psychopaths.
"They have no conscience or remorse genes, and they will kill you for their dinner."
The star also confessed it was "stupid beyond belief" to treat the 400lb beast like a domestic pet as it could have killed her or her family at any time.
The lion was allowed to go wherever he pleased but Hedren, 84, said the snaps of Neil in her kitchen, playing with Griffith by the pool and peering into the fridge just mortify her now.
She told the Daily Mail: "I cringe when I see those pictures. "I have to tell you we were stupid beyond belief. We should never have taken those risks. These animals are so fast, and if they decide to go after you, nothing but a bullet to the brain will stop them."
Although she stresses that the lion's trainer, Ron Oxley was always shadowing his animal, she added: "We’re dealing with animals who are psychopaths.
"They have no conscience or remorse genes, and they will kill you for their dinner."
The star also confessed it was "stupid beyond belief" to treat the 400lb beast like a domestic pet as it could have killed her or her family at any time.
The lion was allowed to go wherever he pleased but Hedren, 84, said the snaps of Neil in her kitchen, playing with Griffith by the pool and peering into the fridge just mortify her now.
She told the Daily Mail: "I cringe when I see those pictures. "I have to tell you we were stupid beyond belief. We should never have taken those risks. These animals are so fast, and if they decide to go after you, nothing but a bullet to the brain will stop them."
Although she stresses that the lion's trainer, Ron Oxley was always shadowing his animal, she added: "We’re dealing with animals who are psychopaths.
"They have no conscience or remorse genes, and they will kill you for their dinner."