Interview w/ Mikey Minden: The Man Behind Erika Jayne
Hot Takes & Deep Dives
Jess Rothschild
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Jess is joined by the man, the myth, the DSLs: Mikey Minden. As Erika Jayne's creative director & choreographer Mikey Minden is responsible for the looks, moves, lighting, makeup & general artistry in her music videos, photoshoots & appearances on RHOBH. We chat about Mikey's career as a child dance prodigy and his work with The Pussycat Dolls, Usher, Kim Kardashian & Pink. We go deep on his artistic influences (Bob Fosse, Madonna, Paula Abdul), friendship w/ Wade Robson, the Erika/Christina Aguilera connection, Paris Is Burning, fave Bravo shows & a lot more!
Original release: July 27, 2020
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Hot Takes and Deep Dives. This is Jess. Now, this is a special situation |
| 0:20.3 | because I had an exclusive interview with Mikey Minden about a year ago. It was last summer. |
| 0:26.8 | I feel like maybe not everybody heard it last summer, so I am putting it out again today since we are |
| 0:33.7 | listening. We are all in a different time and place in our Erica Jane Journeys. And I just feel |
| 0:39.7 | like we need to hear Mikey's story one more time. He talks a lot about Beverly Hills. He |
| 0:45.2 | alludes to Leah's outfits on Roni. I just feel like it's a really interesting interview, particularly |
| 0:51.3 | given the new light of what is playing out on Beverly Hills with regard to Erica. All right, |
| 0:56.8 | here we go. Welcome back to Hot Takes and Deep Dives. And I can't believe it, but I'm finally |
| 1:03.6 | sitting with a man that I've been trying to get on the podcast for quite some time. Please welcome |
| 1:09.2 | the one, the only, Mr. Mikey Minden. Hey, Mikey. Oh, hi. Thank you so much for that fabulous intro. |
| 1:17.7 | I'm so glad that we, like you said, are finally here sitting down, getting to take a deep dive into |
| 1:25.0 | all things you want to know about Mr. Mikey, motherfuckin and Minden. I mean, where are you right now? |
| 1:32.8 | Like, are you just home in LA? I'm actually on set right now. It's something very cool, but I'm |
| 1:38.5 | actually on a rooftop looking over the skyline of Hollywood proper. So I have a great view. I have |
| 1:47.2 | the sunshine out, the winds blowing and me and you are finally getting the chat. I love it. I |
| 1:52.7 | guess just, I mean, listen, we're going to get into where I really want to go deep on Beverly Hills |
| 1:57.2 | and Erica Jane, but I am really curious. Like, let's just, I want to know like your background. |
| 2:03.8 | I mean, did you grow up as, as like a, just a very gifted dancer? Like, how did you get into dance |
| 2:10.0 | and choreography? Like, so I was born and raised in the heart of Los Angeles, California in the |
| 2:17.5 | entertainment business capital, as you guys, I guess you could say. And I started off at the age of |
| 2:22.1 | seven as a child actor, singer and dancer. And at the age of seven, I had four agents and a manager. |
| 2:30.4 | And I started going out for all types of jobs for the whether it be commercial, TV, film, live shows, |
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