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What’s up dudes?!

Yeah that’s right, I say dude… all the time and to everyone. I have called my mom dude, I have called David Cronenberg dude, and now I have called Debbie Gibson dude. I blame one of my best friends Mike Stewart. I’m not from California nor is he, we are both hardcore Newfoundlanders but we say dude and I’m ok with that. Moving on.

Deborah Gibson is good people. Her Momager Diane is also super cool. The weirdest part of this trip was being in Deb’s closet trying on clothes for yoga time, I was literally in her closet surrounded by her clothes, everything from jeans, shirts and dresses to things that go under jeans, shirts and dresses and had to laugh at the fact that I was… IN DEBBIE GIBSONS’S CLOSET.

What she is doing with her camp is really amazing; trying to give young kids the tools necessary to survive in the business. For the most part when a record label finds a young talent, they put them in a bubble and the kids learn nothing and are spit out when the fame is gone. Deb is taking kids early and showing them what it takes to develop their talents and it’s really an admirable thing. She isn’t making money from this camp, I mean one day if it spreads to a HUGE camp all over the world I’m sure it could make moolah, but right now it’s not about the money and it’s rare to see something so honest.

Her mom Diane is a very interesting lady and I had some amazing chats with her about the business and other young pop stars that have parents that get almost as much press as their kids. Diane has been behind the scenes of Deb’s career for 20 years and there has been no Mr. Spears or Mrs. Lohan type headlines, and equally no young pop star train wreck in the Gibson world. At first I think Diane wasn’t sure what to think of me and the crew, she was way guarded and I have to say I was a little scared of her. At one point I come out of the bathroom (the one in DEB’s Bedroom which I was TOLD I could use) and Diane kinda gives met the stink eye and I thought I was gonna get ass whooped with her bad ass Long Island accent and high heels, it really wasn’t until the last day that she opened up, but it’s cool, it’s her job to be on guard for her daughte -, I like her a lot!

She also told me that one of Deb’s albums that they put out independently cost them about 2 MILLION bucks. Trying to compete against major label money and power cost them a fortune and the album flopped. Something Deb says she’ll never do again. (no shit right!)

Other things I learned that you won’t see in the show… she has never had work on her body done, except botox once on her forehead and HATED it, and because she’s self conscious she wears her bangs in a way to cover up (such a girl). Deb has barely drank alcohol in her entire life but seems to be starting to let loose a little and is not afraid to have a drink now and then… but her real vice is coffee, she loves and needs her coffee fix. And she did NOT get the Ghost Whisperer gig she auditioned for and she doesn’t really care… on to the next one. I also have yet to see her playboy issue… really.

Hope you enjoyed the show,
Whitest legs ever… dude.
=matt