What Life is Really Like in the Mob, and Finding God in Prison, with Former Mafia Member Michael Franzese | Ep. 674

The Megyn Kelly Show

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Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.4 • 38.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Michael Franzese, former top Mafia member and host of the YouTube show "Sitdown with Michael Franzese," to talk about growing up in a Mafia family, deciding to join the "life" himself, his relationship with his family then and now, how Rudy Giuliani put him in prison in a racketeering case, his evolving relationship with the former NYC mayor, how they became closer after the prosecution, planning his exit from the Mafia, Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas, and The Godfather and how similar they are to the actual Mafia, the connections between Hollywood actors and mobsters, how he found God after being handed a Bible by a prison guard, lessons he's learned and the way he lives his life now, talking to the police vs. his time in prison, how he got involved in making films, connection between Mafia and Hollywood, life lessons and his redemption story, and more. More from Franzese: https://www.youtube.com/@michaelfranzese

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Serious XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly.
0:13.7	Welcome to the Megan Kelly show.
0:15.2	Today we bring you the fascinating story of a man born into the mob.
0:21.7	Imagine that. Michael Fran Franise grew up as the son of the notorious under-boss of New York's
0:28.0	Colombo crime family and became extremely successful himself. He's been called one of the biggest mob earners
0:35.5	since Al Capone, but he has since left his life of crime behind and is now a best-selling
0:41.2	author, speaker, and host of Sit Down with Michael Franzise on YouTube.
0:48.9	Michael, welcome to the show, nice to meet you.
0:51.5	Well, nice to meet you, Megan nice to meet you Megan. Thanks for having me. Oh what a
0:54.5	fascinating story you have so let's start at the beginning. You were born into
0:59.2	the mob describe your dad and how he came into it.
1:03.0	Well my dad, my father actually immigrated here in about
1:06.6	1902, 1903, and he was a prominent guy in Brooklyn even though he wasn't a
1:12.3	member, he certainly knew a lot of the
1:14.1	guys my dad my grandfather had a bar and a bakery and a lot of guys would come in and
1:19.6	associate with him and my dad started to meet them through my grandfather.
1:24.0	And my grandfather was known as Tooty the Lions, so he was a pretty substantial guy.
1:30.0	And my father got drawn in, you know, he was just that type of guy and that type of spirit and they saw something in him before you know it, you know, he became a made man and eventually rose up in the ranks to Captain and then underboss of the Colombo family.
1:47.0	And you know, Megan, I grew up a lot differently to most people.
1:50.0	I grew up, you know, hating the government, hating the police because my dad was constantly under surveillance.
1:56.0	We had law enforcement around us all the time and I always viewed them as harassing my dad.
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