AE: I caught a repeat
of the transgender show you did on “Tyra” the other day.
MC: How cool! The
transgender community is a really important community for the rest of the queer
community to support. The reason is they are the victims of most of the hate
crimes, violence and homophobia, yet they are never really supported by the
rest of the gay community. The world is much harsher for transgender people
because they wear their homosexuality on their skin. It is a very different
life experience; it is something the world is not comfortable with. I do a lot
of work with them and think they should be supported more.
AE: Absolutely! Let’s
talk some about Rick & Steve.
MC: I love that
show! It’s so funny and cute, I really love being on it. It’s just a hot show.
It airs on Logo [AfterElton.com’s parent company] and I love Logo because they
are doing all these great and different things. Besides Rick & Steve I am also doing another Logo show Sordid Lives that I really love too.
AE: Very cool! Tell
us about your role on the show.
MC: I play a
therapist, it’s really a lot of fun. They have some great cameos and a great
cast! Actually, the cast is like a fag hag jamboree. There’s me Rue McClanahan and
Olivia Newton-John.
AE: I love Olivia; I
was the biggest fan of hers in her heyday!
MC: Me too! I
know all the lyrics of the album Totally
Hot. Do you have her video album, the one that starts with the video for
“Landslide?”
AE: No, but I’ve seen
it.
MC: The video for
“Landslide” is so great because Matt Lattanzi is in it! He is so beautiful. I
did a movie with Olivia in the early 90’s called It’s My Party.
AE: Oh yeah, the gay
love story written and directed by Randal [Grease]
Kleiser.
MC: He’s really
good friends with Olivia from them doing Grease
together. I loved doing that movie. He is such a lovely man.
AE: How about the
movie you did with two other fag hags, Dixie’s with Janice Dickinson and Kathy Griffin?
MC: I love Kathy
Griffin! She is amazing and I love her show, The D-List. She is someone I am very fond of and have a lot of respect
for. Reality TV is a perfect fit for her, because that’s how she is in real
life. Kathy is classically Kathy all the time, on stage or off.
AE: What about
Janice?
MC: She is great!
I have never actually met her. I have talked to her on the phone. It was really
fun as she is a fan of mine and I think she is awesome!
