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John-Paul Lavoisier: One Happy Guy
By Gabrielle Winkel
ABC Daytime hit pay dirt when it hired John-Paul Lavoisier to play ONE LIFE TO LIVE�s Rex Balsom. Not only is he a fine young actor who fits the requisite cute/hunky profile, he�s so personable and fun that he is often sent out to do various fan/charity events. Fans love him. The press loves him. Being a stickler for the truth, I had to ask him:
Soap Opera Weekly: Are you always so chipper?
John-Paul Lavoisier: I�m a relatively positive person. I don�t pick fights with anyone. It�s really really hard to get me bent out of shape, because I sort of take everything with a grain of salt.
Weekly: That�s really nice.
Lavoisier: I have a great job. I�m surrounded by nice people. I don�t let things really get to me. I don�t have a very stressful life. I try to keep the stress off my heart. I care about things � it�s not like I don�t care � but I don�t let things get me really angry, because it�s just not worth it. I�m happy to be alive. Listen, I�m very lucky. Bottom line: There are 6 billion people on this planet; the world does not owe me anything, including life. I�m just happy to wake up every day and do something.
Weekly: You must be happy that the weather is turning nice for golf.
(Note: On the actual day of this conversation, it was pouring rain.)
Lavoisier: Are you joking?
Weekly: I am serious. I�m not talking about today. Spring is coming, and that is perfect golf weather.
Lavoisier: Yeah, when I played a few weeks ago in Florida, I hit the ball pretty well. Which is surprising, because I haven�t really played since Thanksgiving and Christmas, when I went home to Pennsylvania. I can�t really count that because I didn�t play very well. The conditions were terrible. It was wet, and it was cold and gross. I cannot wait [to play again]. I didn�t even look at my clubs until I got to the golf course, and they were caked with mud because I hadn�t cleaned them. I was like, �You guys don�t deserve this.� This is terrible.
Weekly: Does one get golf clubs professionally cleaned, or is it pretty much wipe what you can yourself?
Lavoisier: I like cleaning them, and I like getting them dirty. I take them all and put them in my sink. I let the water run, I take a brush and I scrub them all. Then I take a golf tee and get in the grooves of all the heads of the clubs. Then I dry them. I enjoy cleaning them.
Weekly: Happy golfing!
What else is there to say about a guy who loves life and loves cleaning his golf clubs?