‘Foxy Brown’ star Pam Grier recalls her tumultuous relationship with Richard Pryor: 'I had to walk away'

Pam Grier, a muse of Quentin Tarantino, is detailing her time in Hollywood with the podcast "Here Comes Pam." The actress once dated Richard Pryor, who died in 2005 at age 65.

"He tells me, ‘Richard was in an accident,’" the 73-year-old recalled to Fox News Digital. "I immediately went, ‘Oh my God,’ but I knew. I didn’t know the details of the accident, but I just knew an accident was coming, and it would be drug-related. We had broken up maybe a couple of years ago, but I just knew something was going to happen. That’s when he told me, ‘Richard wants to see you. He may not make it to the night. He wants to see all his closest friends before he passes.’" Stephanie Nolasco covers entertainment at Foxnews.com.

"I told him, ‘No, I’m not coming. I’m not going to be a crutch for him,’" she shared. "I just had nothing to say to him. I was angry. I knew sobriety was his hero. And he had so many opportunities. He was just squandering it. I didn’t want to judge or beat him when he was down, so I just didn’t feel it was right for me to go."