Eighty-Four-Year-Old Quincy Jones's GQ Interview Just Came Out And All He Wanted To Talk About Was His Twenty-Two Girlfriends
It’s no secret that Quincy Jones is a dog, his words not mine. He has six daughters and a son with five different women. Not quite Antonio Cromarte levels, but still. He recently gave an interview with GQ that covered a wide range of topics including, the time Prince tried to run over Michael Jackson with his car, buying drugs from Malcolm X, his friendship with Jeff Bezos, AND women. Most of the excerpts from the interview are outrageous. (You can read the whole thing here.) But the wildest part by FAR is when he starts talking about women.
Source – Jones revealed that he has romantic partners around the world — some as young as 28 — and they’re all aware of each other. He told the magazine: ‘I got 22 girlfriends… Hell yeah. Everywhere. Cape Town. Cairo. Stockholm—she’s coming in next week. Brazil—Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, and Rio. Shanghai—got a great girl over there from Shanghai, man. Cairo, whew.
Luda?
Twenty-two girlfriends and not a single one of them in the United States. I’m not going to call him out because I think he’s telling the truth, but it makes you wonder if they’re real.
He goes on to detail the reason why he doesn’t date women his own age.
The Thriller producer clearly has an appetite for women, but when asked if he’d date someone his own age, he told the magazine: ‘Hell no! You see me with an 84-year-old woman? Are you crazy?’ When pressed as to why not, he responded with: ‘Why not??? Why? For what, man? There’s nothing…there’s no upside. You gotta be kidding. I got me some technology out there that keep fat and old away from here. Buzzes if they’re too old.’
Imagine if Harry Styles was asked why he doesn’t date a certain category of people and he responded with “Are you crazy? There’s no upside!” The internet would lose its mind.
That said, I can appreciate the technology line. It’s tough to think on your feet and that was an impressive response. “Not my fault, every time one gets near me my buzzer goes off.” You’d think the interviewer would’ve tried to pivot to another topic, instead they let him keep going. They talked age:
He admitted there are some age restrictions in place. ‘Well, my daughters gave me new numbers, because they kept saying, ‘Dad, you can’t go out with girls younger than us.’ I said, ‘Y’all are not young anymore….’ So the new numbers are 28 to 42.’
They talked sex:
The music legend said his desire for sex has not gone away: ‘Not to me. Hell no. Never. Uh-uh.’
They talked Quincy being punished by God for sleeping with so many women:
He said: ‘When you’ve been a dog all your life, God gives you beautiful daughters and you have to suffer. I love ‘em so much. They’re here all the time.’
When asked if he regretted any of his behavior he said, “I don’t regret shit.” As crazy as the interview was, it was a breath of fresh air. Not only did it read like a Mad Men script, it reminded me why getting old is going to be the greatest. No work, no responsibility, you just hang out and say whatever comes to mind. I don’t know how much longer Quincy has but you can bet the mortgage that he’s not going to change.