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Fergie’s gotta bisexual feeling or two

Newlywed pop star Fergie is known for her Black Eyed Peas and solo-career fame, and less so for that awful girl group Wild Orchid in the 1990s. (Anyone remember them hosting the lip-syncing ABC Family show The Great Pretenders?) This week, she spoke openly to The Advocate about her new role in the movie Nine and her highly-publicized bisexuality.

In previous interviews, Fergie has noted she's had sexual experiences with women, but now she talks about her bisexuality in the context of her marriage — and no, she will not be making a threesome sex tape.

In the new musical film Nine, Fergie plays a “voluptuous Italian whore who first stimulates the young libido of philogynist filmmaker Guido.” On whether she can relate to this role, Fergie replies:

Definitely. There will be teenage boys at my shows, so sometimes I’m seducing them from the stage. It’s not like anything’s going to happen — it’s very playful and flirtatious — but it’s funny because I’m 34 and they’re 14. So I get that about Saraghina.

Umm, creepy. Mothers, hide your little boys. Lesbians, cover your eyes.

Here's the trailer:

With co-stars like that, the movie will definitely be hot.

About the first time she got a gay following:

Well, come on, I toured with Cher and Cyndi Lauper in 1999 when I was in Wild Orchid. I love my gays so much, but I don’t think a lot of people know that, which bothers me sometimes. People don’t associate the Black Eyed Peas with the gay market, but our new record is a huge dance record, so people are starting to catch on. I want more gay love!

Wild Orchid

On the gay-friendliness of the Black Eyed Peas:

They’re completely gay-friendly. Are you kidding me? Look at how they dress!

On her gay marriage support in light of her own recent wedding:

I’m completely, 100% for gay marriage and equal rights. It’s crazy that everyone can’t get married. It’s unfair and ridiculous.

On her bisexual past and why it wasn’t a “trendy” thing for her:

The funny thing is that I was very open and honest about that from the very beginning, and everyone was acting like it was some new trend. Go back four or five years, people, and you’ll see the same answer.

On her hubby’s reaction to her attraction to women and why cheating on your boyfriend with a woman is so 2000 and late:

I’ve been very honest with him from the get-go. I think women are beautiful, I’ve had a lot of fun with women, and I’m not ashamed of it. The problem is that I also love a well-endowed man. But just because I enjoy women doesn’t mean I’m allowed to have affairs in my relationship. I learned through talking with my therapist that it is still cheating even if it’s with girls, so there is a rule there.

On whether her sexy seduction of various women in the video for “I Gotta Feeling” was her idea:

Yes, it was. That was fun because it was so naughty. It was a big tease, but it felt very natural.

On how being raised by Catholic schoolteacher parents and when she was first taught to accept gays:

At a very young age. I’ve been in show business since I was a little girl, so it was always very normal to me. My mom taught me that every human is God’s child. You have to live your own life and not judge other people. Love is a great thing.

On whether she got a lesbian vibe from Peppermint Patty and Sally, for whom she did voice-overs for Peanuts TV specials:

Yeah, I kind of got the feeling.

I gotta feeling that Fergie is pretty down with the gays and will continue to be open and honest about her attraction to women. But hopefully we won’t have to wait till “3000 and 8” for gay rights.

What do you think of Fergie’s interview and candidness about her bisexual history?

lscole2425's picture

I think she is just another

I think she is just another person, the only difference, she sings:)
Lauren's picture

I totally got the vibe from

I totally got the vibe from her. Ever since the video for Hey Mama. My GOD she looks good in that video ;)

Go here for my view on all things lesbian: http://allthingslesbeau.blogspot.com

Ed Would's picture

I think that if you could

I think that if you could have crammed any more Fergicious puns in that article I'd have to marry you.
LarterWilde76's picture

I knew Fergie was Bisexual,

I knew Fergie was Bisexual, but this article makes it seem like she cheated on Josh with Women and did not know it was cheating does it not?
Nash's picture

Bingo!

Cheating is cheating if you're in a commited relationship, doesn't matter if it's with a man, woman, horse or dog (EW). In light of the allegations against her hubby in his current cheating scandal with a stripper, maybe we'll see Fergie in the girl's clubs again . . . 

 

Nash

www.brokenbarrel.ca

heKNOWnow's picture

girls club again

I second that!
ilovecoffee's picture

You are right..

you are absolutely right. Cheating is something common in every relationship. You can't run from it.

"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have"

ida b's picture

Very funny. Especially

Very funny.

Especially loved this line:" I learned through talking with my therapist that it is still cheating even if it’s with girls, so there is a rule there." Good to know.

And it might be just me, but I wish celebrities would stop talking about how they love "my gays" or "the gays" as if we were effing iphones or something.

 

BAS's picture

Not just you

I hate it when people talk about how the "love the gays." It's especially bizarre from people who are talking about how they are part of the LGBT community. Also, it's kind of like...if you have to say you want a gay following, you probably don't have one. Just be supportive, but don't beg. It's not attractive.

rainbow_flowers's picture

agree

ye i like that they wanna support us, but when they say "my gays" and "the gays" its jus like wat u said, its like were an item or something
Anonymous's picture

meine katze ist asexuell.

new BEP album to promote?

or why we are talking about her sexuality_____ 

Sdqueen's picture

Beautifully Bi...

Now ladies, stop hating! A lot of people didn't know she was bi, myself included, and the article is about her sexuality and the movie Nine. I got an inclination she was interested from the video for "I gotta feeling" which excited me, but I was not sure. Well here's the confirmation. :) 

I love Fergie, got her solo album and all of Black Eyed Peas, and yeah I don't think people should refer to the community as the gays, although Kathy Griffin does it so well, but shes allowed too she has a genuine interest in the community...but yeah still love Fergie tho.

SdQ Out!

Libra's picture

"I learned through talking

"I learned through talking with my therapist that it is still cheating even if it’s with girls, so there is a rule there."

So we need therapists to learn that! 

"Only a fool speculates about the life of a woman!"

stardusty's picture

Cultural identification

I think everyone has the right to decide what their sexuality means for them, but in my own personal definitions of bisexuality, Fergie is biologically bisexual, but I don't know if she identifies culturally as bisexual?

Just the way she talks about it: girls are people to have "a lot of fun with", which I read as being just the physical side. She doesn't say whether she's has dated women, or thought about the emotional side of being attracted to women, in the past. And she learned "through talking with [her] therapist that it is still cheating even if it's with girls"? If she thought of her attraction to women as equally significant as her attraction to men, she wouldn't need a therapist to help her see that.

The clincher is the way she refers to "the gays" as another group of people, though. If she identified with the gay culture, she'd be one of us, right? Rather than just relating to us.

Anonymous's picture

I Want To Hug And Kiss You...

stardust.  I thought about that too.

Dayum you're brilliant!

=)

Second everything you said to the T.  

 

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peewee's picture

That "Nine" Trailer

...what did I just watch!?

It looks awesome, just can't put my finger on the awesomness that came out of that, haha.

Gemini's picture

Nine looks kick ass! 

Nine looks kick ass! 

 Fergie seems like she's trying too hard, but thats good right? I assume that celebrities dont usually try to get the gays.  Whoot, gotta love her, and the black eyed peas...my humps = <3

Artful Dodger's picture

She needed a therapist to tell her that!

"I learned through talking with my therapist that it is still cheating even if it’s with girls"

 

really?

Shauna Kaye's picture

as if i needed another reason...

wow i can't stand this girl! that was quite possibly the stupidest thing i've ever heard/read! i really wish she wasn't gonna be in Nine. she's the only "actress" in the movie that just does not make any sense to me. i'm really looking forward to seeing it, though... 'cause i LOVE Daniel Day-Lewis! : )
shadowcat's picture

ha!

that's exactly what i was thinking! 
Rosaura's picture

Lol I loved that

Lol

I loved that trailer..I like musicals so i'd probably watch it..

Si la vida me enseño a quererte,

Asi me enseñara a olvidarte.

ElusiveJ's picture

In a world populated by

In a world populated by bisexual celebrities who don't go in for monogamy and/or might be bi for publicity (Tila Tequila, Megan Fox, etc.) it's nice to have a lady celeb who is a pop culture icon, sexy, bi, and monogamous! Don't get me wrong, I'm very supportive of my poly friends, but the sex-crazed, slutty bisexual woman is a stereotype that I come up against so much more than I want to. And I'm not just talking about the assumptions of straight men either.

FOJOLICIOUS's picture

being raised by Catholic schoolteacher parents...

Quote:
On how being raised by Catholic schoolteacher parents and when she was first taught to accept gays:  

At a very young age. I’ve been in show business since I was a little girl, so it was always very normal to me. My mom taught me that every human is God’s child. You have to live your own life and not judge other people. Love is a great thing.

 

Well, her Catholic schooteacher parents aren't like any Catholics of that generation (schooteachers especially -- sadly) that I've ever known/met, lol.  That's incredibly liberal that they "taught to accept gays" (kinda sounds funny worded that way for some reason).

Being taught that "ever human is God's child" & to "not judge other people" is pretty standard stuff, be it Catholicism or any other religion or just the everyday secular motto "treat people with respect".  It's too bad that people of certain religions preach one thing but don't have the actions to match.  Sadly, I know a lot of Catholics who will say they "do unto others as they would want others to do unto them" but they're selective about who they're going to treat as they wish to be treated.  Since homosexuality is a HUGE no-no in Catholicism, well...

Younger generations seem to not care so much about church doctrine.  Just my & my friends' experiences.

Just my recovered Catholic 2 cents *w*

Galaxyglue's picture

Fergie, Fergie oh my

Fergie comes across as somewhat of a tool in this interview. She makes more than one idotic comment. She certainly doesnt come across well in my eyes.

 "I think women are beautiful, I’ve had a lot of fun with women, and I’m not ashamed of it. The problem is that I also love a well-endowed man."

Is this any better than a man saying he married his wife because of her big boobs? Geez.

 "I learned through talking with my therapist that it is still cheating even if it’s with girls, so there is a rule there."

Really Fergie? really ?!? You needed a therapist to tell you this?  Please.

"I love my gays so much,"

 "my gays" ???  That is ignorant. She doesnt own us.

 

 

FOJOLICIOUS's picture

Loves a big penis

Quote:
"I think women are beautiful, I’ve had a lot of fun with women, and I’m not ashamed of it. The problem is that I also love a well-endowed man."

 

Is this any better than a man saying he married his wife because of her big boobs? Geez.

 

He married her for her brains.  I'm sure of it.

OliviaKelly's picture

Fergie is the sex

I liked how honest she was in this article. And I know that some of you are asking why she needed a therapist to tell her cheating with a girl is wrong. Well to some it doesn't seem wrong. Most guys don't care if their girl sees another girl. I dated a guy who didn't care if I saw girls. But, it is cheating. I'm glad she's in Nine, that movie's gonna be ridiculously sexy and I can't wait.

"Shit Mrs. Mary I ain't the only one that don't got no root."