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‘Seeing Harvey Weinstein eat isn’t pretty: he slobbers’

was surprised that the very large man was Donald Trump, who I’ve known since he and Ivana gave me a fabulous launch party at Trump Tower for my perfume Spectacular in the mid-1980s. Well, I was very popular then, not so much now. Nevertheless, to pretend he didn’t know me was rude.

The party after Moulin was quite good, even though we were seated at Harvey Weinstein’s table and seeing Harvey eat was not a pretty sight: he literally slobbers!

May

RoBIN has taken to encouraging our mutual friends not to see me any more. It seems to have worked with [artist] Hugo Guinness and the Bamfords. It’s sad, after 12 years [together], that Robin is so spiteful. He also refers to me as ‘that ghastly woman’. Charming!

December 9, 2002

BuMPED into Mr Trump again, coming out of the Minskoff Theatre, after the opening of Dance of The Vampires. Mr T. had obviously heard that Percy and I are house-hunting in NY. He patted Percy on the shoulder and boomed: ‘You gotta come and see my new apartments

opposite the uN buildings — they’re great.’

one week later, we went to have a look. The huge building is unbelievably windy. The apartment was small, badly designed and altogether nothing special, but over-priced. There was no closet space to speak of, which is no good for me. It’s really just a pied-àterre for uN ambassadors.

‘Mr Trump will give you a special price,’ trilled the realtor. ‘Mr Trump would really love for you to live here. Do you watch his show?’

‘No,’ we said, and scurried off. Who does Mr Trump think he is?

ExtractEd from My Unapologetic diaries by Joan collins, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on October 14 at £20. © Joan collins 2021. to order a copy for £17 (offer valid until October 17, 2021; UK P&P free on orders over £20), visit mailshop.co.uk/books or call 020 3308 9193. dame Joan collins is on tour in London, Bath and Salford from October 11 to 17. For tickets and further information, go to fane.co.uk/joan-collins.