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Two and a half hours later Rich finally announced Dusty by saying, ‘She’s
supposed to be a great singer, but I’ve seen better.’ On stage, Dusty retorted: ‘We have three sexes in England: male, female and Buddy Rich.’ Rich
said he had to be restrained by Tony Bennett from punching her in the mouth. ‘It
was like that for three weeks,’ he added, ‘and then it really got bad.’ The culmination of the bad feeling between them led,
according to Dusty, to Rich saying, ‘You fucking broad, who do you think you
fucking are, bitch?!’ Dusty responded by slapping Rich across the head,
knocking his hairpiece sideways and delivering a deeper humiliation than if she
had merely floored him.