Finding Truth in Persona
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
04/06/2026
When I was 20 years old I spent a month or more with the actor Clint Eastwood. Mr. Eastwood told me something the first day I was with him. Clint Eastwood said, "I knew the actor not the person that is the actor." I had not made the distinction between the two. I said based on the movies I thought he was a cool person. Mr. Eastwood was doing something I didn't understand. He looked at me and said "you like Rowdy Yates; that was Rowdy." He wasn't so fun to be around cold and impersonal. "Ok, I like Dirty Harry." He began the Dirty Harry character. I knew what it was, but it was no funnier. He said I don't do funny; what "right turn Clyde." I laughed and got the point of it. He asked if I wanted to meet the Real Dirty Harry. I said yes. I was introduced to a guy that looked like he could be his relative yes, his name was Harry. I can't repeat the encounter in print kids might be reading this article. Ok, they do it on Bugs Bunny so here we go. At some point in the day, I did something Uncle Harry thought was dumb. Did I tell you I call him Uncle Harry now. Uncle Harry looked and said it with no smile "you're a Dumbsh_t." Bugs Bunny says, "you're a *&%&^$." Yosemite Sam says I'm a Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Cowboy and you're a *^T&^%^%&^$^%$#&$. That's not repeatable. Uncle made me laugh for a couple days. It was the real Uncle Harry. He's no paid actor. I met the real Clint Eastwood after meeting Uncle Harry. He is a warm, and fun family guy. At times it felt like being with your Dad. We once fished in Gulf Shores, Alabama, USA with Alan Jackson the Country Singing Legend. That was forty years ago. He bought a thousand feet or more of oceanfront property because there was a problem in the area. Daddy Eastwood and Ms. Sandra Locke bathed in the canal in Orange Beach, Alabama, USA. I wasn't able to shower in the area. It was the reason Clint Eastwood purchased a place for African Americans to go without being told to leave the beach. He helped pay for the water tower to improve the cities conditions and to allow African Americans to be able to shower in the Gulf Shores, Alabama, USA area. To see him endorse a product too me says he Clint Eastwood not The Outlaw Josey Wales.
While I was with Mr. Eastwood, I had the strangest encounter ever. Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Clint Eastwood in the Rocky Mountain National Forest. You the man by the car he drives. Uncle Jack drove a 1960's (1966?) Corvette, Dennis Hopper drove like a VW Micro Bus or something, Peter Drove a Shelby Cobra, Daddy Eastwood pulled up in a 1940 MG TF. We had stopped in the Bad Lands. Daddy Eastwood wanted me to learn something about be the person you are the car was perfect for him. There was a problem with the car. The fuel delivery system caused performance issues. However, he loved driving the car.
I have Kathy Ireland for years. In the early 1990's Ms. Ireland and Prince Charles (Now king Charles) were planning for her line of clothing. The problem is the clothing was produced in sweat shops in Aisa and South America. Ms. Ireland was willing to help change the conditions of the clothing manufactures work sites and nutritional needs of workers at the facilities. She had been endorsing the product she sold without knowing the environment or conditions in which the product was produced. She understood the need to know the product and speak the truth when singing the praise of the company. Ms. Ireland spoke an out about the Sweat Shops and the work and living conditions of the workers as well as worked hard to change those conditions for the struggling workers. The changes cost Ms. Ireland millions in profits and changed the course of Sweat Shop manufacturing to desirable workplaces worldwide. The Royal Family of England had manufacturing facility investments in Hong Kong, China. King Charles is not just a Royal and Kathy isn't just a beautiful Supermodel. King Charles is a funny, friendly, and wonderful person to be around as well as Business Savvy Gentleman. Ms. Ireland is a funny actor (actress), loving Mother, and successful businesswoman. Ms. Ireland believes in the products she endorses and is truthful to my knowledge when praising a product as being worthy of her endorsement. The products endorsers persona sells the product when the person endorses the product presented.
By Darren Dwayne Frazier
Photograph by Highland Productions LLC
