
I was like, what's happening right now? There was a case of booze. I have a dog, Poppy, a Pomeranian angel sweetheart, she's my best girlfriend but that's it."īE: Oh sure, I live in NY! What do you think happens there? When I went home to Kansas and did a show at Kansas City all my high school girlfriends showed up in a party bus. It's weird that I keep playing mothers, because I don't have any children of my own. How was that experience?īE: "It was a super fun experience. Certainly my own bitterness about not getting a career going for many years." My mom was a single mother and my dad left her, so a little of her experience. Barb ended up being a combination of a few different women in my life. Was or is there anyone as bitter in your life?īridget Everett: Oh, absolutely. Windy City Times: In Patti Cake$, your character, Barb, is a failed singer who resents and spews venom at her zaftig aspiring rapper daughter, Patti. Via telephone, the NYC-based Everett talked naughty moms, thirsty gays, and the most colorful way she's had her music described…

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She garnered acclaim for her dramatic chops as a Jagermeister-swilling, toxically resentful single mother in the acclaimed dramedy Patti Cake$ co-starred with Toni Colette and Molly Shannon as a mom gone wild in Fun Mom Dinner and stars in/co-wrote I Love You More, a new, semi-autobiographical Amazon series from Sex And The City's Michael Patrick King and director/comedian Bobcat Goldthwait.

This year has proved a true breakout time for the 45-year-old, zaftig Kansas native. She's attained cult status and a significant LGBT following in NYC thanks to performances at Joe's Pub, while she's reached larger audiences via touring, the Comedy Central special Gynecological Wonder, albums and appearances on buddy Amy Schumer's series Inside Amy Schumer.

( Sitting on a face is not outside the six-foot-tall performer's repertoire. Singer-comedian-actress Bridget Everett likes to call her act "alt-cabaret" thanks to its mix of raunchy song, storytelling and audience interaction. This article shared 2493 times since Wed Aug 30, 2017
