Category: James Lipton

Did James Lipton used to be a pimp?

Did James Lipton used to be a pimp? The 88-year-old host of 'Inside the Actor's Studio' has long acknowledged his past as a participant in the sex trade in Paris in the years after World War Two. Lipton takes issue with the word "pimp," though, preferring the more nuanced French term mec. What's the difference? Read all about it.