Rosie: Our first guest has one of the most beautiful voices around. This is her new cd NEXT. Please welcome Vanessa Williams!!!!.
(Vanessa sings Who Were You Thinkin' 'Bout?)
R: I loved that!. We are going to chat with her after this. NEXT is the cd.(comercial break)
R: Back with Vanessa Williams. I adore that song and the new cd NEXT. That was great!, what a beautiful performance!
Vanessa: Who were you thinkin' 'bout?
R: Its a good one you know, ever breakup with someone you live that in a message machine. There you go!
V: Absolutely!!
R: Now, I understand our mutual friend, Roberta Flack, she tried to get you to this wacko-cuacko nutrisionist.
V: And, didnt you loved her?
R: Yeah!, shes good.
V: Ita a way of life though. I dont go with her. I have another lady in L.A. called Sally. She is a iriologist. She looks thru each eye and says your stomach lining is not doing well and yhen you have to do the muscle test thing in the eye, its bazar, but it works.
R: Now, do you find that it works, cause im new to this, it only like my third week.
V: I've been on it for two years now and its a lot of vitamins, but they are vitamins that your body needs, but the tough thing for me is I love bread, pancakes, wafles any kind of bread product, giving up white flour was the biggest thing.
R: Well, that happen to me this weekend. She send me the list of what Im not supposed to eat.
V: And its all that you like!
R: Basically I can only eat red snaple.
V: With no butter and no oil.
R: Thats it. Every food in the world is in the try to avoid if possibble list.
V: Its tough, its a way of life.
R: Well, you were very tired,like me, thats why you went?
V: Yeah! skin, you know, energy, trying to flush my body.
R: Well, you have 3 kids, you must be very tired.
V: Yeah!.
R: How are the kids?
V: They are great, they wanted to come today but they had school picture day and I try to make them play hooky for school picture, but you can't miss that.
R: Can't miss that. With that with the horrible fake laser stripes in the back.
V: I know.
R: It's scary.
V: They'll be here soon.
R: How old are they now?
V: 10, 8 and 4. A 6th grader already. She'll be in junior high next year, middle school, aghhh!
R: Thats scary!
V: Scaring me!
R: Is she going to do trick or treat or is she to old for that?
V: Well, the oldest had bought a beautiful crush-velvet kitty cat outfit. Then she decided she wanted to be a spice girl, so I said: Melonie why dont you be kitty-cat spice? She goes: MOM!!!
So, Im getting her a big wig with little ears a little kitty-cat outfit and platforms.
R: And she went for it?
V: Yeah, Kitty-Cat Spice.
R: Tell her Im going as old spice!! Im putting a little after shave on me. That will be it!!. Now, I saw Soul Food this weekend, a wonderfull movie!!. You are so great on it.
V: Oh! thanks, Thankyou!!!
R: You are touring now? Are you going to be acting soon again?
V: Im touring with Luther, He says Hi!
R: Who I adore! Where's Luther!! His throat went right?
V: We started August 31st, so we've been touring for the last couple of months and its been great and life in the bus, well we got the girls bus, its like a dormitory on wheels, me and the girls we have a little lounge and the buncks. its like you reverted to childhood inmediately. When you got six girls in pajamas, eating popcorn and watching movies on a bus. Judd, our driver, we were coming from Boston, and Judd said: hey girls!, David Bowie's bus is coming on the left side and we were like: David Bowie!!!, David Bowie!!!!! We pulled the windows, we were like lets flash him!, so we get ready.
R: So, you mooned him?
V: We were ready to moon him, we waited, and he was like in a toll booth, never caught up with us!.
R: Really?
V: We called him on the radio and they said: oh! David he is in the back eating sushi. We were like: Oh! forget it!
R; Who is he kidding? He was in the back going; Look! Vanessa Williams bus! get up close so I can moon her, Please I want to moon her!!
V: I know.
R: You have a driver named Judd?
V: Judd! Where is Judd?
R: Now, do you ever sneak up behind and go: poor judd... (song)
V: He is a sweet heart.
R: Thats from Oklahoma for those people who are theater musical iliterates. So you are on tour now, are you going to Europre to tour?
V: No, we are doing Singapore and then Japan and then we are doing more dates in Vegas and Atlantic City.
R: Do the kids stay here? that must be tough, they got school.
V: They come in the weekends and stuff. They get up and sing a little background during soundcheck and they've got their little drumsticks. Everyone takes care of every body, Its nice.
R: So, do you think they have aspirations to be performers, can you tell at this age? or is it to young?.
V: They've got a little star appeal, but I dont know what it is, but they all light up when they know that there is a camera or a mic available.
R: They are great kids. I saw them when we did that special last year, your special.
V: And they loved Elmo.
R: And with your singer, what is the guys name?.
V: Rob Mathes, musical director.
R: And he also sang a son with Vanessa during rehersal. He blew me away that guy!. He is going to be a big star. Rob Mathes look for him. Hey! in the mean time go see Soul Food and buy her cd NEXT cause you'll enjoy it and remember: who were you thinkin' 'bout?. Vanessa you know I love you.
V: Thankyou so much
R: Well be right back.
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