Kristin
Chenoweth, Meet Tina 

Chipper, scene-stealing Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth is a coat of many colors. Though you can almost guarantee she'll bring that trademark spunk to every role she plays, you're never quite sure where she's going to pop up next.

Case in point: Her just-viraled spoof of A&E's Intervention, which finds Kristin, decked out in her "sunshine day" best, singing about meth addiction to a down-on-his-luck gay addict. Produced by the same team that brought us Paris Hilton the politician, Kristin is the latest celeb to get in bed with FunnyorDie.com for a truly over-the-top romp in current events.

With a Christmas CD coming out soon, a second season of Pushing Daisies on tap, and a Christmas movie casting her opposite fellow down-home bubbly blond Reese Witherspoon, Kristin is literally everywhere you turn -- and she's not planning on slowing down anytime soon.

The Advocate: Congrats on the Emmy nomination. Are you planning on making the rounds to Grammy and Oscar next?

Kristin Chenoweth: Well, I wouldn't hate it. It wouldn't suck, for sure. You know, I've always thought about the Grammy awards just because I thought of myself so much more as a vocalist, so that's a dream of mine. This came as a complete shock, and I'm really happy and honored that they even thought about our show.

You had everyone in this office on the floor yesterday over the FunnyorDie.com sketch. That's some pretty racy stuff. If the folks behind the Women in Faith conference questioned your faith after you stood up for gay rights, what do you imagine they'll do after seeing this?I think they're probably going, "See...see what we said." But, you know, the message is still pretty clear. Don't do crack. Don't do Tina.

Yeah, I'd say you spelled that one out. So, are you a fan of Intervention? Oh, I'm obsessed with it. Yeah, they were like, "Do you have any ideas?" and I thought, Maybe I can be a princess or a tooth fairy. Then they brought up Intervention, and it's one of the very few shows I watch. I flipped out when they pitched me the idea -- when I read the words that they wrote I called Andrew Lippa, my music director, and I said, "Can you write a song to this?" And if I do say so myself, it's pretty catchy.

It seems kind of fitting you'd get involved in this, given your gay fan base. Were you aware meth addiction was so widespread among gay men before you signed on? No, not at all. It wasn't until I was doing the video, we were talking about it. I just wanted to make sure the gay community wouldn't be offended...so I said, "Do we have to make it about him being gay?" And he said, "You didn't know?" Then they told me -- it's a cheap thing to make, it's becoming more and more popular in the Midwest, where I'm from. And I'm not much more aware of the different names for Tina.

Yeah, I guess this was kind of a crash course in the underbelly of the gay drug culture for you. Totally -- I try, I try.

Switching gears quickly, let's talk a bit about your Christmas CD. It seems every singer makes a Christmas album at some point in their career. What makes yours unique? Since I signed with Sony Classical, I've wanted to do one. It's my favorite holiday. I loved my Barbra Streisand Christmas album. I really wanted to do this because I'm also a Christian and it's Christmas -- it's the best.

Do you have a favorite Christmas memory growing up? My brother, he had just turned 15 or so. He wanted tires...something for his new car. He got contacts. I remember my brother being really bummed, and I was thinking, Ha ha, you got contacts, I got a bunch of clothes.

That's so evil, Kristin. Evil! What is that about? That's the complete opposite of what the holiday is about, but clearly there was a part of me that should enjoy it.

So, Pushing Daisies is about to come back. Do we get to hear you sing more? That's what I hear. There's a little tease first episode, a little Sound of Music ode: "Maria."

Nice. In more of those low-cut dresses? Seriously, Kristin, I'm gay, but man...you look good in those. I know, I'm like, "Really...we're gonna wear this in the winter?" I think Olive tries a little bit too hard, and I think you'll see her cover up a bit more this year. But there's still going to be the Olive uniform.