This YouTube interview clip features Liz Flynt describing the immediate aftermath of Larry Flynt's death: she was informed she was the trustee and sole beneficiary of his estate, felt overwhelmed and stayed away from the company for about two months while grieving, and was later asked to return to assume leadership. She describes advice Larry gave her about not showing emotional vulnerability at the company and to avoid making decisions based on emotion.
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He had a plan early on for me, and I didn't see it that way. When Larry passed away 24 hours later, his attorney, his state alert attorney, calls me and says, by law, Mrs. Flynn, I have to call and make you aware of how things are going to be. And he says, you are the trustee and the sole beneficiary of Larry Flint.
Do you have any questions? And I said, I can't talk right now. And I started crying, and I had to get off the phone because that was only 24 hours.
Yeah, I didn't want to hear anything. I just was a little lost and grieving, and it was a very difficult time in my life.
No, I can't imagine.
You know, I lost my North Star. I lost my husband. The company lost their boss. It was a very difficult time for the company.
And everybody was trying to figure out what's going to happen because they didn't know. And I didn't go back to the company for, like, two months. And I was called to come back. We need you, Mrs. Splint. Our hands are tied. We need you.
Yeah. And so then you kind of had to be kind of like when you were a kid, you had to now all of a sudden, step up, step up. And.
Kind of. It was about the company, not you, in a sense. Right.
I had to jump into a different role. And it was very difficult. It was very difficult. And Larry warned me. He had a conversation with me. He said, remember, no crying, Liz. You can't cry at the company. They're going to say, there she goes again, crying. She's weak. She can't do this.
Do you think that was good advice? Yeah.
He said, if you get into a difficult moment, step aside. Never make a. A decision on emotion. Go home, call your advisors.
