Lea DeLaria on Orange is the New Black, First Wives Club, Cubbyhole & more!

Hot Takes & Deep Dives

Jess Rothschild

Rhony, Tv & Film, Andycohen, Rhobh, Realhousewives, Bravotv, Vpr, Rhoc, Bravo, Popculture, Rhop, Pumprules, Bethennyfrankel, Lgbtculture, Rhod, Realhousewivesofnyc, Rhoa, Vanderpumprules

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Jess welcomes the best butch in showbiz — comedian, jazz singer & Orange is the New Black’s “Big Boo” — Lea DeLaria! Lea discusses her big break performing as the first openly gay comic on TV in America (on Arsenio), working with Goldie Hawn on The First Wives Club and how her life changed within 24 hours of Netflix dropping the first season of Orange is the New Black. We also chat about Lea’s friendship with Sandra Bernhard, rising to fame with RuPaul, why the Cubbyhole is her fave bar and a lot more!

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Hot Takes and Deep Dives.
0:16.5	This is Jess and today I am with one of the most versatile performers in show business.
0:22.8	You all love her as Big Boo on Orange is the new black.
0:26.4	She's been performing live for over 40 years, doing stand up, Broadway and live music
0:33.1	as a professional jazz singer.
0:35.2	She's currently on stage again starring in the reimagining of the Gogo's musical Head
0:39.8	Over Heels, Hi Lea Delaria.
0:42.3	Hi Jess.
0:44.3	How are you today?
0:45.8	I am so good.
0:48.9	Tell me why.
0:49.9	Why are you so good today?
0:50.9	I went to a thing called Open DiKnight at Trump Stamp Grannies here in Los Angeles.
1:00.2	It's the second Thursday of every month that they have it there.
1:04.8	And basically it's a lesbian piano bar.
1:07.4	And one playing piano and people go up and sing just like a piano bar.
1:11.1	Kind of like Marie's crisis.
1:12.7	They're calling it live karaoke because in LA they don't understand what a piano bar
1:18.0	is.
1:19.0	It's essentially it's a piano bar and it's all died to love Broadway and singing.
1:24.2	So I was right.
1:25.2	I hit right in.
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