MySpace celeb
Tila Tequila discusses her new MTV dating show, which poses
16 straight men against 16 lesbians. One giant step for
bi-kind?
We’re
living in the age of the cyber-celebrity. People like Perez
Hilton, Jessica Lee Rose, and Markos Zú;niga have
circumvented the standard avenues to stardom in lieu
of the Information Superhighway. Tila Tequila (born
Tila Nguyen) is one of the latest self-made celebrities
poised on the brink of crossing over into mainstream
stardom. She is best known as the “most popular
person on MySpace,” having more
“friends” in the online community than
anyone, save its president, the ubiquitous Tom Anderson.
Tequila’s
new “reality” TV show, A Shot at Love
With Tila Tequila will premiere October 9 on MTV. In
it 16 straight men and 16 lesbians will live in
Tila’s house and compete for her affection, the
twist being that the contestants will not be aware of her
bisexuality until later in the series.
Before her dating
romp hits the nation, Tequila took a break to sit down
and flirt with The Advocate.
So what’s your new show all about?
My quest to find
someone I love, male [or] female.
Was the show’s bisexual angle your idea?
Well, it’s
a part of who I am. They saw I was interesting and wanted to
do something with me, and when they found out I’m
bisexual they were like, “Oh, let’s do
that!”
A lot of straight women in entertainment, Madonna
for example, have portrayed themselves in erotic scenes
with other women. Some people may think your
bisexuality is more about shock value. How truly
gay are you?
Well, I guess
those are newbies asking that, because I’ve been
doing this for a long frickin’ time. To anyone
who doubts that, I would say: Track back and look at
my history. I am definitely not a newbie.
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