Grace Jones Flashed Her Breasts at Book Signing

Grace Jones flashed reporters, baring her breasts, at a book signing in New York City Thursday for her new book, I’ll Never Write My Memoirs, the Daily Mail reports.  Suggested Reading Trump’s Christmas Day Airstrikes in Nigeria Spark Outrage and Divide Black Things to Do in New York City This Holiday All The Cold &…

Grace Jones flashed reporters, baring her breasts, at a book signing in New York City Thursday for her new book, I’ll Never Write My Memoirs, the Daily Mail reports

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Some may see it as a desperate move to sell copies. Jones’ book captured news headlines several weeks ago because in it, she chastises contemporary pop stars—Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé—for swagger-jacking her whole avant-garde, risqué style.

Jones reportedly showed up two hours late to the book signing, so perhaps the gesture was an apology? Who knows. She’s certainly a trailblazer, and at 67, she’s proving that she’s still going to do what she wants, when she wants. 

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Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele is a staff writer at The Root and the founder and executive producer of Lectures to Beats, a Web series that features video interviews with scarily insightful people. Follow Lectures to Beats on Facebook and Twitter.

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