Tippi Hedren clarifies claims she made approximately Alfred Hitchcock in new memoir

Tippi Hedren is first-rate recognised for starring in Alfred Hitchcock's traditional mystery "The Birds" however she would an awful lot alternatively talk about her paintings rescuing lions and tigers. the previous model, who these days penned "Tippi: A Memoir," spoke to FOX411 about her life paintings,  daughter Melanie Griffith and of path Hitchcock.

FOX411: The media took positive passages for your book about Alfred Hitchcock to mean that he assaulted you. had been you surprised via the reaction to that?

Tippi Hedren: Oh it is been taking place for a millennium. it is such antique news. it is dull at this factor.

FOX411: You write of an incident wherein the two of you have been on my own in a inn room and it sounds like he assaulted you.

Hedren: It in no way were given to that factor.

FOX411: You write that he turned into emotionally abusive because you refused to have an affair with him.

Hedren: I very honestly refused!

FOX411: You declare that his spouse knew what turned into occurring?

Hedren: I informed her that she may want to prevent it. Her eyes simply kind of glazed over and she became and walked away. I do not know what type of dating she and her husband had however i used to be form of surprised that she had that type of attitude. I suggest I wasn't the primary one that this passed off to.

FOX411: It sounds like you had a very complex relationship.

Hedren: this is the first time i have never been interested in the passes of fellows make. it's legion, i'm now not the handiest one, I might not be the ultimate one. i have handled all of it my lifestyles. i'm right at it, i'm sincerely true at it. It became simply kind of disappointing to me that he might pull that card because I so respected him as a director and film manufacturer and his choices of films.

FOX411: How did your paintings with huge cats start?

Hedren: I did two movies in Africa so I spent a good buy of time there. at some point of our time there environmentalists from everywhere in the international have been telling human beings that if we didn't do something right then to shield the animals from poaching and encroaching civilization, by way of the yr 2000 all of the animals extra or less could disappear.

My then husband become a producer and he stated, ''Why don't we do a film approximately it.'' We selected the superb cats as our film stars. We gave the script to several animal running shoes and every person them instructed us they did not have the quantity of cats to do the film the manner it is written. Why do not you get your personal cats to do the movie?' So that is what precisely what we started out to do.

pretty quickly I had little cubs walking round my house in Sherman alright, well it's against the law. So we sold the vicinity in Acton. we've got about 30 cats. It clearly changed into bothering me, why became our government allowing this? So I positioned a invoice collectively with one in all our vets and i took it to my very own Congressman buck McKeon. I got the bill passed!

FOX411: You write about you do a movie with Don Johnson when he become 21 and he falls madly in love along with your daughter Melanie Griffith whilst she was 14. You need to have desired to ring his neck.

Hedren: Yeah pretty near! He apologized to me the remaining time I saw him. He stated, 'If I ever harm you i'm so sorry.'

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Actress Dakota Johnson (L) poses with her mom Melanie Griffith (2nd R), her sister Stella Banderas (R) and her grandmother Tippi Hedren at the 22nd annual ELLE ladies in Hollywood Awards in la, California October 19, 2015. (Reuters)

FOX411: Your granddaughter Dakota Johnson is likewise an actress. Did you spot ''Fifty shades of grey?''

Hedren: i have never seen it.

FOX411: have you given her any recommendation?

Hedren: No i have never. I did not with Melanie either. I don't deliver recommendation to humans. I suppose they have to make their own selections.

FOX411: you're 86. what's your secret to staying younger?

Hedren: I do not know what it's miles. i'm very active, i have in no way bogged down and that i do not think I ever will. I nonetheless work normal at the Shambala preserve. i'm a completely busy female and i love it. I exercising regular. I don't weigh anymore than I did while i was modeling. i am still at one hundred pounds wringing moist.