An Exclusive Online Interview With Johny Johnson
Johnny JohnsonHello, I'm Tavis Smiley and I am here to interview one of the most influential rock artists of his time, Johnny Johnson. The Rockers, a leader in rock music for over 25 years, are known for the way they often communicated with their fans. Lately though, a different story has been more common. Less and less has been said publicly by any members of the band. However, tonight that is about to change.
Over the past couple months and years, one of the big stories that everyone has been talking about is the tale of Johnny Johnson and fellow music legend, Stephanie Fierce. Fierce, known for her originality and great self-pride divorced Johnson a few months ago. Since then, there has been very much a line of tension stretched between John and Stephanie. Unfortunately that has put there young daughter Helle in the middle which is bound to be a place no person would desire much less a child between parents.
When it was stated that Stephanie Fierce had moved on and was dating a new man, many expected Johnson to spark some sort of rouse with the new-man. However, for weeks there was relative silence and peace. However, in another very public affair Johnson is known to have began a shouting fest with Stephanie's flame and was seen leaving disgruntled and holding his chest.
Many of you know by now that Johnson has had two previous heart attacks. Both coincidentally happening at the famed IMA awards. His most recent was suspected to cause a new-found-love between him and Stephanie after she was seen leaving in an ambulance with him. It is now known that she left him a note and left early on. It is not known what the note contained.
So this is where we stand, the music world looks on as these icons fire back and forth. Let us waste no more time and get straight to the man. Ladies and gentlemen, Johnny Johnson.
Hello John.
Hello.How are you doing?
I'm doing good, hoping to clear some stuff up tonight.Then let us get to it shall we?
Sounds great.You and Stephanie Fierce had one of the most public marriages of all time, yet you kept it very...un-public. How and why did the two of you do this.
Well at the time Jay...we were in love like no other couple. Thats what you have to understand first. I think all in all, we just wanted to try and keep our personal lives separate from the public lives. We agreed early on that was the only way our marriage would survive. We lived our lives so differently out in front of the cameras...we had to be able to connect when we were at home alone together. So, we would only be seen at different events together. Maybe sing together once and a while. But anything romantic or personal, that was within our walls. It wasn't hard like we thought it would be.And did you ever think that it hurt your marriage as much as it helped it?
I certainly never looked at it that way and I don't think Stephanie did either. At least she never let on that it did. You see, Stephanie is an amazing woman. However, she is the kind of person who doubts herself...I know you're all thinking that cannot be true but just because she puts on the act of being confident when shes doing her public thing...its not completely honest. I'm the opposite in some ways. I try to be humble in front of a camera, but perhaps I'm not so much at home. I think...and have thought for a long time, that it was all of that mess that hurt our marriage.So would you say that Miss Fierce was depressed during your marriage?
Not any more than she is now that the marriage is over. She was definitely happier when we were dating and at the beginning of the marriage though. As things went on, something changed. I'm still not sure what. I think that she began to distrust me for various reasons. I guess we were so different that when we came together and were the same...it was hard to believe that we could either one of us be telling the truth. We looked into each others eyes and didn't know who we were. It was a game of you-said, she-said. We thought are public statements actually applied to our private lives after a while. The double faced lifestyles is what got her down...both of us really.So could it be that it was doomed to fail?
I don't...maybe, I don't want to talk about that though. Those are happy memories and I prefer them to stay that way.Lets move forward, when you heard of the divorce...reaction?
Shocked, naturally. I never saw it coming, and yet I did. I knew that something was breaking I just had always hoped that it wasn't going to be us.How did that affect your daughter Helle?
I don't know...I began seeing her less and less...I hear that she has done well with...the new guys.About the night of your heart attack, was there any chance of rekindling the relationship?
No. That was brought on by a lot of bad-blood between the two of us and I think the only reason that she came along was out of fear that...an old friend...would be leaving her. I think we both knew then that we would never truly be apart in the sense that our souls would leave each other. We had something special and just because we as people tore it apart, well that doesn't mean that God is going to tear it apart. We have argued and fought since then, but that was the beginning of us accepting that we would have to be friends.So are you friends now?
Well, let me explain that one a little. When we met, it was for a song we did called Hot Shot. We fell in love pretty quickly. I was at a point in my life where I hated myself for who I was and everyone around me for no reasons at all. She pulled me out of that. Stephanie was an angel in my life and still is. She taught me that my life is in my hands and that I could do what I want with it. Even at that stage in my life and career, I felt I had no control. After meeting her I had control. When the divorce happened and after the fight at her house, I lost control again. I refused to admit to myself that I had a drinking problem again...So you did return to drinking and drugs?
No, just drinking. If I had returned to drugs I would not be here today. I would never have been able to pull myself out of it again. That was still her teachings that kept me out of it this time around though. Anyway, as the weeks have passed since the public event with her boyfriend she broke up with him. I don't know why she did that so do not ask me but she did. I also had to move on to something different. But are you friends, that is what everyone wants to know!
I know it, but let me tell my story. When we met we thought we were two souls meant for each other. We healed each other, and then broke each other. But today, on this very day...I can say that we have healed ourselves...we have moved on and finally realized that we are not two souls meant for each other but rather....one soul on two different paths that happen to entwine once and a while. So in very simple words, we are friends.Any chance of getting back together then?
The answer to that cannot be seen. Right now, I would be compelled to say no but the truth is, those ribbons might entwine again sometime in the future. We have agreed to live and let live, and to let everything be as it will. We have come to a place where we refuse to imagine our futures, but in turn, allow ourselves the knowledge that we may get back to that place if God wills it.Well I have to say that is true knowledge in it self. Now, to The Rockers. Any news?
Only that anyone who is a fan of The Rockers will want to keep an eye on our page and definitely check out Total Annihilation 4. TA4 will be a very important day for both me in The Rockers and me as a person...its gonna be a night of redemption's.
Great, any final words?
Keep on Rocking friends. That's all.Edited by user 23 June 2011 14:25:30(UTC)
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