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Holly Woodlawn: 'I have daily milk baths with my pussy'

Sunday, January 18, 2009


The legend that is Holly Woodlawn has deigned to send a few words to the world of Madame Arcati. One of Warhol's great Superstars, the reinvented woman who got all the attention in the 1970 movie Trash, she resides in West Hollywood and boasts that her living room is one of the town's great secrets. "I'm coo coo for Coco, bananas for Gabbana, love Lacroix, and I do adore Dior!" she says, as well as going doolally over the delivery boys from the Yummy.com grocery store she can espy out of her window. Her responses are an example of stylised ellipses ...

Q. Holly Woodlawn! I can't believe it. If you could talk to Warhol's spirit through some old bitch medium, what would you like to say to him, and what would you like him to say to you?

ME: "WHERE'S THE TWENTY BUCKS YOU OWE ME?"
HIM: "OH HOLLY, YOU'RE SO GLAMOROUS."

Q. How do you describe yourself on your tax return?

WHAT TAX RETURN?

Q. I understand you live in West Hollywood. Tell us something about your home - for instance, the chairs - is there a colour theme? And your toothpaste - what brand is it? Tell us what and whom you see every day.

MY HOME IS MY TEMPLE. CURRENTLY MY LIVING ROOM THEME IS PUERTO RICAN/EGYPTIAN. MY NORMAL DAY STARTS WITH A MILK BATH WITH SADIE (MY RUSSIAN BLUE CAT). AFTER THAT IT'S MOSTLY EATING CHOCOLATES IN BED.

Q. Lou Reed sang about you in Walk on the Wild Side - he sang (like you need reminding), "Holly came from Miami FLA, hitch-hiked her way across the USA, plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs, and then he was a she..." What did you feel when you first heard these words?

N/C

Q. Omg! You're a Scorpio. But aren't Scorps quite secretive and intense? Are you, Holly?

WHAT A FOOLISH QUESTION. SECRETIVE? NEVER. INTENSE? ALWAYS.

Q. Holly, now look. Sex. When was the last time? Don't hold back. Tell us what happened if you feel inclined. Alternatively, share a sex fantasy with your public ...

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

Q. Is there anyone in your life who talks to you as a mother would, as in, 'Oh Holly, please tidy up' or 'Holly, don't do that, puh-lease!'?

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.

Q. Do you read all the Warhol books, like Bob Colacello's Holy Terror book in which you appear a few times?

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.

Q. If a young person came to you now and told you they wanted a transgender op, what would you say to them by way of advice?

THE KIDS NOW WHO WANT TO HAVE THE OPERATION HAVE LOTS OF ACCESS TO SUPPORT GROUPS. THEY SHOULD USE THOSE SERVICES. GOD KNOWS I NEVER HAD THAT WHEN I NEEDED IT IN THE 60's.

Q. What's this I hear about a back problem? What's wrong and would you like a Madame Arcati massage?

DARLING, I JUST TURNED 62. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? I'VE WAITED TABLES...I'VE GO-GO DANCED THE YEARS AWAY...AND FINALLY MY BACK SAID 'FUCK YOU'.

Q. Would you like to attack a public figure, like the Pope or Michael Jackson's mother? If so, whom?

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.

Q. And finally, Holly, do you keep in touch with other Superstars or Warholstars like Joe Dallessandro (who is getting a special film award in Germany soon)?

SURE WE DO! IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME.

Thank you so much for your time Holly. You are much adored here in the UK among the cognoscenti and if there's anything else you want to share with us, you know where to put it. MA xx (I wanted to ask about Candy Darling but there are so many questions)

Holly's website here.
And Holly's on MySpace, click here

Holly ... "Charlton Heston beware ... "

Holly, her lesbian husband and Eddie Murphy

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