James Lipton, OG in the pimp game

I never would have guessed this if I hadn't just read it, but apparently it's true. James Lipton used to be a pimp over in France.

According to Lipton himself:

"When I was very very young, living in Paris, penniless, unable to get any kind of working permit... I had a friend who worked in what is called the Milieu, which is that world and she suggested to me one night, `Look, you'll be my mec... We would translate it perhaps... as pimp.

"We were earning our living together, this young woman and I, we made a rather good living, I must say." (via)

Lord, what I wouldn't give to see James Lipton put the smackdown on one of his hoes.

Checkit: Actors Studio host Lipton was a pimp in France [ABC]