THEGAYUK APRIL/MAY ISSUE 3
2014
INTERVIEW
Heaven is a place on Earth
especially when we had the the
chance to speak with the delightful
Belinda Carlisle about life in
France, Putin’s hidden sexuality
and how to deal with a gay son. Oh
and if you miss her tour she’ll
come and spank you!
You’re living between two places now
France and India?
I was in India off and on for three years and in
the past couple of years I’ve been between
France and LA.
You must have a lot of air miles?
Oh my God I do. and I use them too!
What’s your most extravagant spend on
air miles when did you go on them?
Well you can off course go first class, but my
most extravagant flight without air miles was
first class Emirates, which was the most
amazing experience. They had a huge bathroom
with a shower and I just had to go take a shower
and wash my hair and blow dry it, so I could say
that I’ve blow dried my hair on the flight. It was
pretty luxurious and it just kicked butt on
everybody.
Have you ever bagged a free upgrade?
No, I haven’t because I’m too embarrassed to
do that. Sometimes because I’ve been a gold BA
member for sometime they’ll recognise me and
say ‘oh we have an extra seat up here come with
us Miss Carlisle’, but I never really do because I
feel kinda funny doing stuff like that.
Have you a message for Putin and the
president of Uganda? (Yoweri Museveni)
I would say compassion, empathy. There’s so
much hatred and fear in the world. Putin is
fucking scary, they’re both fucking scary and
obviously living on a different planet. I don’t
know if Putin’s fearful or he’s just a complete
megalomaniac. You know most people who
have issues with gay people are fearful.
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Well we were
driving and he
said ‘I like boys’
and I had to pull
over in order to
stop because even
though I always
had a suspicion
that he probably
was gay, when
you hear from
your child’s
mouth, no matter
how gay friendly
you are, it’s a
shock.
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