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Tina Fey talks to "Playboy"

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Dorothy Snarker

I know I can’t be the only one who was a little disappointed the subject line didn’t read “Tina Fey poses for Playboy.” But I digress, already. That’s, like, a land speed record. OK, seriously, back to Tina Fey and why she is the coolest straight woman on the planet. Bold statements, I make them. And Tina makes them too. In an interview for the January issue of Playboy, the 30 Rock star is her usual delightfully candid self.

Paula Abdul “was awful” on Saturday Night Live. Paris Hilton is “a terrible role model and a terrible young woman.” Jessica Alba “has an amazing, gorgeous body.” It’s like she is quoting from the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident.

Playboy apparently names Tina the “Goddess of Geeks” in the issue. Since I refuse to go to the site to verify, I tracked down the cover instead to make sure Tina is indeed interviewed inside. And yep, there she is, to the left of America’s Next Top Model winner and Brady-by-marriage Adrianne Curry. I brown-bagged the cover so you too can see the headline — just in case you're having a hard time believing Tina would talk to the bunny rag.

But talk she did, and hold back she didn’t. About Paula’s 2005 appearance on SNL:

“I was pregnant at the time and probably a little moody, but I remember thinking, ‘She’s a disaster! I gotta prop this lady up and get her on TV.’ ... A year later I saw her on a flight. We both looked at each other like, ‘Do I know that girl?’ And then we both had the same moment of recognition, and she was like ‘uuuggh.’ I saw it register on her face that she had had a terrible time with us.”

About saying Paris was a “piece of s---” and “looks like a tranny up close” on Howard Stern last year:

“I regret sinking down to that level of discourse. But Paris is a terrible role model and a terrible young woman. She needs to be ignored. I work with people who have 12-, 13-, 14-year-old girls who are fascinated by her. They look up to her, and that’s not great. You can buy videotapes in which you can see her (slang word for female genitalia).”

About how hilariously corporate network chief Jack Donaghy (played by the hilariously deadpan Alec Baldwin) is based on Tina’s former SNL boss Lorne Michaels:

“I may be the only SNL alumnus who has created a character based on Lorne who’s not lying about it.”

And about her near-death experience at the hands of Will Ferrell:

“Will Ferrell tried to stab me once. We had been up all night writing skits for the guy from Dawson’s Creek — James Van Der Beek. And you know, it was SNL, so we were all hopped up on goofballs, out of our minds on quaaludes and horse antibiotics. I foolishly made a disparaging joke about Will’s skit. I was like, ‘Really, dude? A hat salesman who’s afraid of hats? That’s the best you can come up with?’ And he lunged at me with a letter opener. I remember thinking, ‘This guy’s a genius. It would be an honor to be killed by him.’”

While the Paula and Paris disses may be attracting the most attention, it’s her tough talk on body image that had me smiling:

“When I was growing up, to have a good body you actually had to have a good body. You know what I mean? You had your shape, and whatever your God-given shape was, that was your shape. But now — and this is what these young Hollywood ladies seem to do — even if you don’t have a great body, you can lose a lot of weight and get super skinny, get a fake tan and fake t-ts, and you’re in the game. Just get super-duper skinny. Some women are the real deal, like Jessica Alba. She has an amazing, gorgeous body. But for some of these other chicks, the closest they can get to a body like that is to remove everything that’s there and add a little something on top. It’s like the ladies you see in Playboy.”

Oh, dude: She just slammed the very magazine interviewing her. Nice.

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    • Submitted by
    Dorothy Snarker
    on December 6, 2007 - 9:00am.
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    lunakiss's picture

    Right on,Tina!

    Submitted by
    Miss Ketina (752 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 9:53am.

    You know what? It is the exact reason she wanted to be interviewed so she could slam Playboy.

    A True Genius. There are some Geeks that are born sexy. 

    I'm in Vibe this month...pick up a copy..check me out and then put it back on the stand. thanks.

    peace imani (Imani Coppola's Black & White album from her mypsace page)

    Nea's picture

    Okay.

    Submitted by
    Nea (198 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 9:54am.
    The sound you now hear is me officially jumping in on the Tina Fay Appreciation bandwagon.
    Nathiest's picture

    Paris Hilton, She needs to be ignored

    Submitted by
    Nathiest (449 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 10:02am.

    LOL um...yea I was starting to, but then you Tina had to bring her up in your payboy interview. Paris Hilton hated becouse you are told to hate her, or becouse that is how you truely feel? I do not, not hate nor like her. Oh and yes Jessica Alba “had" an amazing, gorgeous body.

    -Nathiest

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    Tina ROCKS!!!!

    Submitted by
    A Muse (244 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 10:06am.

    more power to outspoken women like her!!! ;)

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    chefgirl's picture

    super sexy and smart= lethal combination

    Submitted by
    chefgirl (96 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 10:12am.

    "Paula Abdul “was awful” on Saturday Night Live. Paris Hilton is “a terrible role model and a terrible young woman.” Jessica Alba “has an amazing, gorgeous body.” It’s like she is quoting from the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident."

    hilarious!!!

    "Oh, dude: She just slammed the very magazine interviewing her. Nice."

    that alone is worth falling in love with her!

     

     

    luva1putt's picture

    Goddess of Geeks

    Submitted by
    stormy (185 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 10:37am.
    Would it not be great if all little girls wanted to grow up to be like Tina?!?
    dypole's picture

    In defense of Playboy

    Submitted by
    dypole (230 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 10:41am.

    I love Tina Fey, through and through.

    However, I want to comment on the hate everyone is apparently feeling towards Playboy. I always think Playboy falls victim to the exact same line of miconceived thinking as Hooters: the superificial reason to be interested (naked women/busty waitresses) is so exalted that everyone forgets the other great aspects of the magazine/restaurant (well-written articles/delciious, delicious wings). I mean, it's not as if Playboy is just a bunch of pictures of naked women and nothing else, and Hugh Hefner certainly doesn't force the girls to do anything (unline many of his counterparts), so why is everyone ragging on Playboy so much?

    And come on: do you really think it could be THAT bad if they actually printed the very insult Tina Fey said against them?

    "Out of the box is where I live." -Starbuck

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    Mrs. Fey...Mrs. Stephanie Fey....Mrs. and Mrs. Tina Fey....

    Submitted by
    venus sans furs (53 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 10:53am.

    Tina Fey is a very cool straight woman and I do wanna be just like her when I grow up. Not to sound incredibly trite, but Playboy does usually have some really good articles and makes for better reading than many magazines out there. Their writers also seem to have better music taste then Blender or Rollingstone, which quells my rage at music journalism a bit.

    Alba was only hot in her Dark Angel days.

    I can, and would like to, go my entire life without seeing Paris Hilton's *slang word for female genitalia*

    netgirl1983's picture

    Is it me or...

    Submitted by
    Chantal (281 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 11:10am.

    Does Tina have a little Lucy Lawless look going on with the glasses and pink shirt?

     

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    snookapoo's picture

    Tina Fey

    Submitted by
    Melissa (5 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 11:16am.

    Tina Fey is one of the most witty and funny people I've ever seen.

    I am so glad to see her on this sight.

    She is adorable and seems like a down to earth person.

    I hope she keeps up the good work.

    Lemona's picture

    LOVE Tina Fey

    Submitted by
    Lemona (170 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 11:27am.
    I still have the "Sexy Librarian" issue of Bust with her on the cover.

    She's smart and hilarious and unafraid to be mean.  I love her for it.  Unfortunately she broke my heart on the lesbian date episode of 30 Rock when her character Liz Lemon told the beautiful blonde lesbian she was set up with by Jack Donaghy that she was only interested in men...  

    Even with that 30 Rock's been the most lesbian-friendly show on network TV for the past two seasons, I think.  I loved the quote in a recent episode that "You can't be gay for one person, unless you're a lady and you meet Ellen."
    sublime493's picture

    :swoon:

    Submitted by
    delaWHERE? (37 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 11:29am.

    Like I needed MORE reasons to love Tina Fey.....

     Oh, how i love her sass.

    Slym's picture

    Now Hear Ye All This!

    Submitted by
    Slym (1023 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 4:35pm.

    I'm going to muster up as much subtlety as I possibly can in an effort to repond to this post and keep whatever little dignity I have (when having to deal with anything Tina Fey) in tact.  So here goes... (takes deep breath)...

    TINA FEY!!  TINA FEY!!  YAY! YAY! YAY!

    There if that wasn't subtle then I don't know what is.  And just to round it off.....

    TINA FEY ROCKS MY DAMN SOCKS!!!

    If you all will now excuse me, I need to go stare stupidly at this lovely woman for a few hours recover a bit - Tina just has that effect on me.

    BrownEyedGirl's picture

    Go Tina

    Submitted by
    BrownEyedGirl (151 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 12:01pm.

     Tina Fey is AWESOME.

    She is number 2 on my list of all time Idols.

    And how awesome is it that she criticised playboy in her interview for playboy!!!

    And im glad that she doesnt pull her punches about Paris (ooh, get me, alliterating) or Paula (oh yeah, you can never have too much alliteration). She is honest, smart, funny, a genius. A role model. Who doesn't love Tina Fey!?!

    ~I've been watching your world from afar, I've been trying to be where you are, I've been secretly falling apart...~

    notl33t's picture

    Oh Tina!

    Submitted by
    notl33t (117 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 12:15pm.
    Hilarious, outspoken and complex. Awesome. Thanks for putting up the best parts of the interview so that I don't run out and buy Playboy. You really helped the rest of us dodge that bullet, dorothy snarker.
    gooby's picture

    "It’s like the ladies

    Submitted by
    gooby (318 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 12:35pm.

    "It’s like the ladies you see in Playboy."

    Oh SNAP! :D

    I LOVE Tina Fey. LOVE HER!

    sapphicbeats's picture

    let me...

    Submitted by
    dj shiva (129 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 2:24pm.

    ...jump on the tina fey bandwagon.

    i love a smart girl with glasses and plenty of snarky wit.

     

    jennifer from pittsburgh's picture

    Fey

    Submitted by
    jennifer from p... (1167 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 2:43pm.
    It's so refreshing when someone calls it as they sees it, instead of skirting the pantiless issue. I honestly can't think of another celeb I'd rather sit down with and have a raucous conversation with than Fey!
    Now, I wonder if her dad called her up to tell her that she's on AE again.
    Pyewacket's picture

    Cookie jars.

    Submitted by
    Pyewacket (643 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 2:47pm.

    So I guess Lorne Michaels had a cookie jar collection he had to get rid of in order to go more GE Corporate.  Poor guy.

    That aside...there is nothing I could say about Tina Fey that has not already been said...other then the fact I wish there was more of her that was bicurious then her shoes.

    And to the AE cyber kingdom at large...so when are we going to see a Tina Fey interview here?  Afterall...she pimped the site on Conan just this season...so I think it is time for the favor to be returned!

    carolinagrrrl's picture

    WOW

    Submitted by
    carolinagrrrl (241 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 2:55pm.

    Best. Straight. Woman. Ever.

     

    SO amazing. SO refreshing. SO talented. SO adorable.

     

    Love. Love. Love. Love. Love Tina Fey!

     

    Have I made my point clear, yet?

     

    "Whatever people consider to be normal, it never is." -Ashley Davies

    imthey's picture

    All Hail Tina Fey!

    Submitted by
    imthey (372 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 4:15pm.
    The world could use more women like Tina Fey in it!  Tina Fey rules!  
     
    It's nice that in this place called Hollywood that there are women like Tina Fey in it to show the world how an intelligent, attractive, real woman with talent can get ahead and not compromise herself... Tina stays true to who she is and speaks her truth and the world is better for it! 

     

    "Think Sideways"

        I M THEY

    fallonash's picture

    Paula Abdul

    Submitted by
    fallon ash (108 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 4:23pm.

    I was in the audience the night Paula Abdul was on (dress rehearsal, not when Amy replaced her in the live show), and I don't remember her being particularly terrible. Of course, that might have been out of the exhaustion/excitement of standing in line all night and meeting Tina and Amy in the process. I don't remember Paula as being spectacularly great, either...

    Tina Fey, on the other hand, is spectacularly great. Every time I think I can't adore her more, she goes and says awesome things like these. That comment about great bodies at the end is so fantastic. Go Tina!!

    panacirema's picture

    i love tina fey! i

    Submitted by
    Katherine (162 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 5:31pm.

    i love tina fey!

    i seriously think she can just about do no wrong.

    omg, inbd

    Utopian's picture

    Love her

    Submitted by
    Utopian (40 posts)
    on December 6, 2007 - 7:51pm.

    I Love Tina Fey.  I also think Dorothy Snarker is incredibly witty as well, and she has excellent taste, but I digress.  Tina is the coolest, sexiest straight woman ever!  Does anyone remember that episode of 'Will and Grace' where Karen had to get glasses?  She finally accepts it and tries on a pair at the end.  She asks Rosario how she looks and she responds, "You look just like the lovely and talented Tina Fey".  Swoon...

     

    Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. Winston Churchill

    LL's picture

    so why is everyone ragging

    Submitted by
    LL (51 posts)
    on December 7, 2007 - 1:45am.

    so why is everyone ragging on Playboy so much?

    That's what I'd like to know. I don't have any problem with the magazine.

    TehMorp's picture

    Jessica Alba

    Submitted by
    TehMorp (24 posts)
    on December 7, 2007 - 5:36am.
    Yes, it's true that Dark Angel was when she was at her hottest, but she was so hot then that she'll always be getting hotness residuals from me...and if they ever run out, I'll just watch some Dark Angel and be like...."...So...Hot..."
    truetor's picture

    I Love Tina Fey too!!!

    Submitted by
    truetor (56 posts)
    on December 7, 2007 - 6:27am.

    just like you all said there are soo many reasons to love her. she was the whole reason i used to watch SNL. i love her just speaking her mind and not holding back. she is the role model that all those teen and tween girls should be looking up to. Tina Fey is smart, talented, funny, sure of herself and succesful without having to resort to exposing herself or doing a stint in rehab. and she is famous for her talent not a sex tape like so many of the names we hear lately.

    i vote Tina Fey best role model and best straight woman on TV!

    "Do something scary, the payoff is AWESOME!!"~ Lucy Lawless

    cave0408's picture

    Always Liked

    Submitted by
    cave0408 (53 posts)
    on December 7, 2007 - 8:12am.

    I have always liked her on SNL - but I never really knew why.  All I ever say her do was the news - but i still liked her.

    NOW I KNOW WHY!!! 

    She is my HERO!!

    hakinney's picture

    Swoon indeed

    Submitted by
    HK (41 posts)
    on December 7, 2007 - 1:04pm.

    Everything on TV should be as smart as 30 Rock.

    You can catch Tina Fey on The Food Network as a judge on the Iron Chef holiday special featuring Cat Cora cooking with Paula Deen. That's a whole lot of reasons to watch.

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    Tina

    Submitted by
    Jen (7 posts)
    on December 7, 2007 - 6:34pm.

    Amazing.

    Cute, funny, and smart.

    She's my new hero.

    luna81de's picture

    You just gotta love Tina

    Submitted by
    luna81de (37 posts)
    on December 8, 2007 - 7:20pm.

    You just gotta love Tina Fey! It's great that she says what she's thinking without holding back.

    Quote:
    Oh, dude: She just slammed the very magazine interviewing her. Nice.
    LMAO.

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    So, would it be weird if I

    Submitted by
    not only but also (249 posts)
    on December 15, 2007 - 1:56am.

    So, would it be weird if I bought Playboy for this article? 

    OK...this article and the Adrianne Curry pictures? 

    Not Only But Also


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