James Lipton worked as a pimp in Paris in the 1950s.
The host of Inside the Actors Studio ran a bordello just after the war. He says he represented the women like an agent, and took a cut of their pay. "That’s how I lived. I was going through my rites of passage, no question about it. It was a great year of my life," he told Parade.
Thank you for your service. The country owes you brave patriot!
"Larry, I fail..."
There, got that corrected for you.