In her 2019 memoir, titled Face It, Harry said that during one particular encounter, after offering Bowie and Iggy Pop some cocaine, the former exposed himself to her, according to the Independent
She wrote: “David’s size was notorious, of course, and he loved to pull it out with both men and women. It was so adorable, funny and sexy.”
In a new interview with The Times, Harry, who was 32 at the time, was asked whether this was an acceptable thing to do, and she batted off any suggestion of offence.
“I think you should rethink that,” she said, adding: “Most women would really die to be in that room.”
Harry continued: “You have to consider the context – I was a consenting adult, shall we say. I believe that that is really the borderline.”
In her memoir, Harry said she assumed Bowie flashed her as a thank you.
“It was very funny,” she wrote. “I didn’t touch it. But I did think, well – very nice. I don’t know, it’s too bad you can’t ask him. I guess I was sort of flattered, you know? He’s one of the great men that I admire in the music world, clearly a genius.” Bowie died of cancer on 8 January 2016.
Harry, who founded Blondie in 1974 with guitarist Chris Stein, is set to play Glastonbury Festival for the third time on Sunday 25 June, having first played in 1999 and then again in 2014.
The third in the series – Bowie Odyssey 72 -was released on June 16, the 50th anniversary of his landmark Ziggy Stardust LP, initially released on June 16, 1972.
Also a new Mick Rock's Book celebrates Iconic Photos of Queen, Bowie, Madonna, Janelle Monae, and More. Tthe legendary rock photographer who captured iconic images of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Sex Pistols, Queen, and many more, has died at the age of 72. last year.
Photo: Nathalie Rock pic.twitter.com/I50ofDuO0r
— Mick Rock (@TheRealMickRock) November 19, 2021
David Bowie, Queen, Blondie, Iggy Pop, and Syd Barrett were among just some of the many musicians Rock captured in this era, but it was his work with Bowie that the musician was most well known.
Some of his famous album cover shots included ‘Queen II’, ‘Raw Power’, and ‘Transformer’. He continued to photograph musicians into his seventies, taking photographs of artists including Snoop Dogg, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Miley Cyrus and more.
