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WINNER! i IQQ'7 THMV oouC1o«-so,‘,T" “YOU WILL NEVER SEE ANYTHING THIS IMPRESSIVE ANYWHERE ELSE ON BROADWAY!” irst of all, I’ve got a bone to pick with you. I recently heard something that’s making me very jealous; I heard a rumor that you’re dating Joan Jett. No, but I think she’s great. We’re not romantically involved, but she’s certainly a big crush of mine, and 1 think she’s awesome. She did the music for my movie, and she came to see my show in New York, and I’ve worked with her in the past. I love her music, I love her. She’s a phe nomenal woman and a great artist, and somebody who’s one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever seen in my life. She’s just great. F A friend of mine claims to be your biggest fan in the world. She made me promise to ask why are you so fuckin’ cool? I don’t know! That’s really sweet, though, tell her thank you. That’s won derful, that’s so cute!^ You’ve done a ton of interviews since the premiere of I’m the One That I Want. A lot of them call you a fag hag, a pansexual, a slut, a bisexual. I’m sure bi folks would love to have you as their poster girl, but you seem to be avoid ing labels. Are you post-gay? It’s kind of like rejecting these labels and rejecting definition, and finding peace and happiness in this idea of a very free-flowing, liquid sexuality. It’s just being there in the moment and being ready for anything. I’ve had relationships with so many differ ent kinds of people, and I love everybody. I love the diversity that I’ve been able to experi ence, and 1 encourage others to go forth and make their dreams come true with regard to sex. 1 think sex is the last great, wonderful vice—it’s not even a vice—the last great pas time I have that is safe and exciting and fun. 1 just embrace it wholeheartedly. I think that when you attach labels to it, you’re defining yourself next to the dominant culture, you’re The media’s been comparing you to Bette Midler and Sandra Bern- hard, Entertainment Weekly profiled you and Cher in the same arti cle—are you a diva now? What are your diva cre dentials? I think I’m a diva, but 1 don’t think I have, neces sarily, diva credentials. 1 don’t have a rose named after me, like Barbra Streisand just had a rose developed for her. I don’t think I have that distinc tion. Maybe I’m a diva, but I’m a diva for the people. I’m a diva, but I feel like I’m really down with everybody. I think diva- ism is wonderful because it’s so funny to worship a goddess, but at the same time I still find the need to really connect and be close to people I want to work for, the peo ple that I love, my audience. Speaking of divas...I read that you’re into yoga now, which is oh-so-Madonna-esque. But then I started wondering, and I couldn’t decide if you and she would be buddies or if you’d wind up in a fistfight. I love Madonna! I think she’s really amaz ing, and I think that she’s so inspiring. I just love everything that she’s done. She’s done amazing things for feminism, she’s done amaz ing things for gays and lesbians—she’s my role model. I think she’s great, and I would hope that we’d be friends. I’ve never met her, which is strange. I’ve always wanted to, but I’ve never had the chance. She is the bomb! When you had dinner at the White House, did President Clinton flirt with you? No! But he’s really attractive. There’s some thing about him that’s really warm; he’s such a daddy. He’s just this big, sexy, giant personality. I don’t know if that sex appeal necessarily comes across in his presidential role, like in his State of the Union address, you don’t really see -Rex Reed. 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