Courtney Love tends to run to the press in spurts. It feels organic most of the time. I wouldn’t even guess that she had a publicist at all if Gothamist hadn’t recently disclosed that Courtney does indeed drag a very nervous one to in-person interviews. Last time we heard from Courtney, she was unironically talking about Miley Cyrus’ crap stylist and Katy Perry’s status as “damaged goods.” Courtney is still talking to promote her upcoming memoir, and she’s given interviews to Fashion magazine and Style.com.
In addition to promoting her book, Courtney is talking up her new and improved manners. She really wants a second chance even though she’s said this all before. Like that time she showed up drunk to an interview while claiming she wants to be trusted again. Or that time she talked up her sobriety while claiming Winona Ryder shoved pills into her mouth. Let’s do this again, shall we? Courtney is always fun:
Courtney’s wishful thinking: “I still get hit on by guys because they want to be cast in that Kurt Cobain biopic that’s been in production for years. I could give you some [actors’] names that would blow your mind, but I am so not sleeping with someone under 38.”
She wants a second chance: “Listen, if [Orange Is The New Black star] Natasha Lyonne can burn down a house and Robert [Downey Jr.] can go to prison for two years, I deserve a second chance. I know there is hope for me.”
On her secret facelift: “Nobody ask me about aging gracefully, pleeease. C’mom, I took advice from Goldie Hawn when she said I should get a facelift at 35!”
Her mystery billionaire: “I keep wanting to write this one chapter about a man that I was very much in love with but I just don’t want to name him. I used pseudonyms like Mr. Cat–this guy who was a billionaire and our relationship ended weird.”
Sex advice from Karl Lagerfeld? “In 2010, I was in the lobby of the Mercer and Karl said ‘What are you doing in a tutu?’ and I said ‘I have a new record out, this is my Gaga look–this is my meat dress’ and he goes ‘You’re never getting laid in a tutu.’ That was when I stopped wearing my kooky clothes.”
Her style is so authentic: “When I was younger and full of p-ss and vinegar and starting my band, I just wore what I wore. There was no contrivance … it was what I found and was my look. It was utilitarian, I could pack fast, and I was extremely, extremely picky about the dresses and shoes and little plastic tiaras and barrettes I wore.”
On her early grunge look: “I was on the prowl constantly for collar-cuff dresses … or, as the goths now like to call it, ‘the Wednesday Addams dress.’ I didn’t have time to use a primer on my skin, so my makeup ran. I could not afford a beauty parlor, so my hair was constantly candyfloss platinum with a brown streak. They were velvet generally, but sometimes they were WWII rayon and looked as though Carole Lombard might have worn it.”
More on Miley and Katy: “Mostly everything is contrived now. Miley Cyrus is not setting any trends – if you can’t start a trend, you’re screwed’ ‘I wonder who decided to put her in white mesh and a pair of pasties and a faux fur? It was dumb and trashy-looking. ‘Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry … It’s artless pop at the end of the day, and, yeah, I have listened to ‘Roar’ and ‘We Can’t Stop’ and I love ‘Wrecking Ball’ for a guilty pleasure, but these are songs written by men mostly for pop tarts.”
She’ll be in two films soon: “These are penance parts, they’re good films and good roles, but they are also to show the community that I show up and don’t take drugs.”
[From Fashion magazine and Style.com]
Oh Courtney. So subtle with her references to a mysterious “Mr. Cat” billionaire when we all know she’s alluding to her romance with Andre Balazs. Just say it!
I would agree with Courtney that Miley looked pretty dumb in white mesh and black pasties at the iHeartRadio festival, but Courtney’s own style is so historically trashy that she has no room to complain. Ever.
The facelift bit is interesting too. Courtney is 49 now, and having a facelift at 35 would account for her “refreshed” state while promoting The People vs. Larry Flynt, give or take a few years. When it comes to Courtney’s recollection, I think a loose timeline is important. What’s also amusing is this photo of Courtney in September. All I can see is Goldie during that crazy lip scene of First Wives Club. Damn.
Photos courtesy of Fashion magazine, Fame/Flynet & Pacific Coast News
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