Joan Collins has emotionally reflected on her five marriages, glittering career and tough losses in a very candid chat on Piers Morgan's Life Stories.
The Hollywood actress, 88, started to cry as she talked about the deaths of her mother Elsa and novelist sister Jackie from cancer.
And although speaking about the tougher times, Joan also reflected on the more glam moments and confirmed a rivalry with her Dynasty co-star John Forsythe as she called him a 'misogynist prick', leaving viewers in awe of her candid interview.
What an interview: Joan Collins left viewers impressed as she emotionally reflected on her life, five marriages, and her losses in a very candid chat on Piers Morgan's Life Stories on Sunday
Viewers were quick to praise the legendary star, applauding her interview and calling her 'the true definition of a national treasure'.
One person gushed: 'If you are not watching ITV, switch on now or +1 at 10 because Joan Collins - that's DAME JOAN to you - is ripping the place to shreds. F*****g boss.'
While another tweeted: 'Fabulous show . Fabulous Glorious Joan Collins.'
Someone else added: 'Dame Joan Collins. An amazing Icon who has led a full life, just telling it like it is. Such a great interview.'
And another said: 'Love #joancollins, she has always been the ultimate feminist and has succeeded. What a fabulous role model!.'
Tough: The Hollywood actress, 88, started to cry as she talked about the deaths of her mother and novelist sister Jackie from cancer
Showing off her fabulous sense of humour, Joan quickly set to work teasing her good pal Piers about his recent departure from Good Morning Britain.
When asked for her opinion on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, she cheekily quipped to Piers, who recently left GMB after making comments about the duchess: 'My lips are sealed on that subject.
'I'm not going to go on national TV and say what I think about Meghan and Harry, because look what happened to you.'
Joan also seemed to make a light-hearted dig when she joked about being able to get up whenever she wants too in the morning.
Tell all: Elsewhere, Joan also confirmed a rivalry with her Dynasty co-star John Forsythe as she called him a 'misogynist prick'
'Joan Collins is the definition of fabulous': Viewers were left in awe of her candid interview
Explaining her laid-back morning routine which doesn't have to stuck to a tight time frame, Joan joked: 'And I suppose you can too now'.
Joan later became emotional as she reflected on the loss of her mother, saying that it was 'very upsetting' and she wishes her mum could have met her grandchildren.
Joan explained: 'I did know [that she had cancer], I first heard about it in Hollywood, Jackie called and told me. But told it wasn't that serious.
'Cancer was a word in the 1960s you just didn't say. We were told it was a bad, flu-like illness.'
Reflecting further on her mother's death, Joan said: 'Daddy said she'd gone and I went in and she was laying there, and was gone.
'I called up my sister, and my brother was there - only 14 - and it was very upsetting.
What a life: Joan did not hold back but she did refuse to answer what she thought about Prince Harry and Meghan and poked fun at Piers' own history speaking about the pair
Family: Elsewhere during her interview Joan said her sister Jackie 'did the right thing' by not telling her about her initial cancer diagnosis (pictured in another interview with Piers)
Sisters: The star said her younger sibling, an international best-selling novelist, had wanted to avoid being pitied by those close to her (pictured together in an undated snap)
Loss: Joan's younger sister Jackie died of breast cancer in 2015 aged 77 (pictured as children)
Starting to cry, Joan continued: 'I wish she'd been alive to see my children, my grandchildren. She would have taken a huge pride in my career.'
Piers then asked what Joan's parents would have made of her interview, with the actress joking: 'Daddy would say why are you doing that program with that man?'
While she said that her mother would have been more positive, saying: 'She'd say ' oh I love Piers'.
Elsewhere during her wide-ranging interview Joan said her sister Jackie 'did the right thing' by not telling her about her initial cancer diagnosis.
The star said her younger sibling, an international best-selling novelist, had wanted to avoid being pitied by those close to her.
Jackie died of breast cancer in 2015 aged 77. However, Joan also said Jackie had 'done the wrong thing' by not going for a mammogram earlier.
'Beware of the wolves in Hollywood, honey': Joan also recalled the advice given to her by Marilyn Monroe upon her arrival in Hollywood as a young woman
She said: 'I think in that respect she did the right thing because she did not want pity. It is a similar thing that daddy did with mummy when she had cancer.
'But I think she did the wrong thing because I had been telling her for years that you have to go and have a mammogram.
'And she didn't. And she had something and she didn't do anything about it.
'Finally she was dragged there by Tiffany her
