01of 07MegaBourdain, who died of anapparent suicide on Friday, and the Italian actress first met in late 2016 when Argento appeared on the Rome episode ofParts Unknown. The pair immediately connected over their love of the arts. “She’s a really accomplished director and writer along with being a longtime actress and a real sponge for culture, music, literature,” Bourdain toldPEOPLE in 2017. “She’s enormously helpful and inspiring.”
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Bourdain, who died of anapparent suicide on Friday, and the Italian actress first met in late 2016 when Argento appeared on the Rome episode ofParts Unknown. The pair immediately connected over their love of the arts. “She’s a really accomplished director and writer along with being a longtime actress and a real sponge for culture, music, literature,” Bourdain toldPEOPLE in 2017. “She’s enormously helpful and inspiring.”
02of 07Asia Argento/InstagramThe travel host spent about 250 days per year on the road but in between his shoots forParts Unknown, Bourdain would make time to visit Argento in Italy. “Just a perfect day,” Bourdain wrote on an Instagram of one of their meetings in April. “You made me forget myself.”
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The travel host spent about 250 days per year on the road but in between his shoots forParts Unknown, Bourdain would make time to visit Argento in Italy. “Just a perfect day,” Bourdain wrote on an Instagram of one of their meetings in April. “You made me forget myself.”
03of 07Asia Argento/InstagramWhile PEOPLE traveled with Bourdain on set of his CNN show in February for what would be hislast PEOPLE interview, the quick-witted chef admitted that Argento had made him softer on set. “Oh, yeah. I’m happier for sure,” he said. “It’s nice to be with somebody who I see as a peer.”
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While PEOPLE traveled with Bourdain on set of his CNN show in February for what would be hislast PEOPLE interview, the quick-witted chef admitted that Argento had made him softer on set. “Oh, yeah. I’m happier for sure,” he said. “It’s nice to be with somebody who I see as a peer.”
04of 07Source: Anthony Bourdain/Instagram"She’s been in the circus since she was nine. She knows so much more about so many of the things that are important to me: music, books, film, the technical aspects of film, and just the weird state of celebrity, being somebody that people come up to," Bourdain told PEOPLE in February. “That’s something she’s dealt with a lot longer than me. I was 44 before that started happening, whereas it’s been like that for her since she was a kid.”
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“She’s been in the circus since she was nine. She knows so much more about so many of the things that are important to me: music, books, film, the technical aspects of film, and just the weird state of celebrity, being somebody that people come up to,” Bourdain told PEOPLE in February. “That’s something she’s dealt with a lot longer than me. I was 44 before that started happening, whereas it’s been like that for her since she was a kid.”
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06of 07Jason LaVeris/FilmMagicBourdain was afierce supporter of the #MeToomovement after Argento accused Harvey Weinstein of rape. (Weinstein has “unequivocally” denied “any allegations of non-consensual sex”). “I am proud and honored to know you,” Bourdain tweeted after the actress went public with her story. “You just did the hardest thing in the world.”
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Bourdain was afierce supporter of the #MeToomovement after Argento accused Harvey Weinstein of rape. (Weinstein has “unequivocally” denied “any allegations of non-consensual sex”). “I am proud and honored to know you,” Bourdain tweeted after the actress went public with her story. “You just did the hardest thing in the world.”
07of 07During the PEOPLE interview, Bourdain described himself as being “happy in ways that I have not been in memory” and “happy in ways I didn’t think I ever would be, for sure.” He attributed that happiness to Argento. “I met someone really strong,” he said.
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During the PEOPLE interview, Bourdain described himself as being “happy in ways that I have not been in memory” and “happy in ways I didn’t think I ever would be, for sure.” He attributed that happiness to Argento. “I met someone really strong,” he said.
source: people.com
