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[01 Aug 2003|07:11am] |
Chris Kirkpatrick
"You Killed Kenny!"
When I approached Chris Kirkpatrick late last night to begin his interview, I had no idea what to expect from him. At the most, I was really just expecting him to answer my questions and let me go home. Such as wasn't the case. The interview which I had scheduled to be for merely thirty minutes or an hour had lasted quite a few hours. So long that I fear I may not be able to post everything he's said save for a few tidbits here and there.
For the first several minutes, we talked of his family and of his friends. And seeing the way his face lit up at the mention of his wife, sexy singer, Willa Ford, leaves no doubt in the reader's mind that he is hopelessly and completely in love with her.
"Mandah's a dream come true. k O*leans forward* you gotta understand. I spent 31 years being terrified of commitment..*uses finger quotes* "the c word". the mention of marriage would send me running for the hills *laughs* and then i met her and she's my skinner, hotter, female, more evil self *grins* i love it."
We spent a good deal talking about his work soon after. "oh i'm on the out of work popstar tour *ticks off on my fingers* golf tournaments in jamaica, wayne brady, doing cartoon voices. showing up and leeching off justin's fame *winks* it's what i do. i do have an album i'm workin' on but it's not comin' out till after our next group album. which with the *nsync curse will probably be sometime in the spring of 2034"
Pretty soon however, our interview somehow turned into him teaching me how to work his pinball machine which Mrs. Kirkpatrick had kindly given him for their anniversary after six months of searching for it. I'm a sore loser, which Chris so kindly announced to the ceiling, "nooooo *falls to my knees when the ball slips past the flipper and the game informs you that you lost* not her? WHY HER? *looks at the celing* WHY GOD WHY???" When he settled down after my big loss, he showed me around his kids' bedrooms and even introduced me to his kids. A very smiley Christopher and a sleeping beauty who went by the name of Lily. I had hoped to meet Willa but he quickly informed me that she was busy.
After putting the babies to bed, we headed down towards the kitchen where on the way, he expressed the individuality of his bandmates.
"Lance wakes up and pees in the shower."
"we did this interview once where we were supposed to ask each other questions and joey got "if a plane lands on the border of canada and the united states, where do you bury the survivors?" and he's all *jumps up and down* i KNOW this one! you can't bury survivors in WATER!"
He introduced me to the world of his mother's baby food. I admit I was reluctant to try baby food, but after watching him practically devour it then thrust it in my face, I decided to give it a go. I don't know why they don't put his mother's recipe into stores. I'm pretty sure babies will grow up happier after eating it. It was wonderful baby food. We wrapped up the interview soon after but I had a great time hanging out with him and getting to know him not as Shauna, the reporter, but as Shauna the person. It felt a lot like hanging out with one of my own friends that I had completely forgotten I was there to interview him.
I hope to interview this pixi stic-lovin' baby-food eating, South Park Pinball machine-playing guy. It was... well it was "edumakational". Thank you.
Report by: Shauna
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