Belinda Carlisle
The Howard Stern Show
July 17, 1997
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BC: Belinda Carlisle

HS: Howard Stern

RQ: Robin Quivers, co-host

GD: Gary, Howard Stern Show producer


HS: Belinda Carlisle used to be in the Go-Go’s…….You got to here a funny story, Belinda Carlisle is out there with her 5 year old and her husband, so how did the conversation get started I wasn’t there.

GD: I wanted to explain to them what was going on so, we have a green room, so when the two clowns walked in I didn’t want them to be shocked, so I said these two guys on now, rap guys, they’ re called Insane Clown Posse, and they’re in clown make up so don’t be shocked when you see them. So Belinda’s husband says to the 5 year old, wow you’re going to get to see some clowns.

HS: Not like these clowns…..these are insane clowns…….

RQ: These are not children’s clowns.

--Howard and Robin discuss Robin’s shopping trip where she was looking at wedding dresses-

HS: Belinda Carlisle used to be the lead singer of………wow look at you, still looking good, you look better now than you did you did when you were 20. I saw a picture of you the other day back when you were 20 and with the Go-Go. Your better looking now, I swear to God. God damn you held up well. Too many women just sour. Umm you must be so happy.

BC: Happy? Yeah.

HS: God…..

BC: Thank you Howard.

HS: What are you working out?

BC: Uh not really.

HS: I gotta have you, lets have an affair.

BC: Alright.

HS: Who’s out there, your husband?

BC: He is out there some where.

HS: Mason.

BC: Morgan.

HS: Morgan Mason. Rich…..so is he living off of you, cause you have the Go-Go’s money.

BC: There is no…..I spent all the Go-Go’s money.

HS: You really spent it all?

BC: Yeah.

HS: God you look great…..God you look great….God, Lord you look great….Doesn’t she look great?

RQ: She look fabulous….calm down………its time to do an interview…….you have to put that aside

HS: Oh I’m not going to interview her………Can’t believe you brought your kid and your husband.

RQ: I was just telling him to be professional.

HS: OK…..I’m sorry, so where have you living, England.

BC: Yeah I’ve been living in London, for 8 months.

HS: Doesn’t that cost a fortune.

BC: Its pretty expensive.

HS: and you have to pay taxes in England…….Do you have friends in England?

BC: Yeah I do.

HS: And you like living there?

BC: I love loving there actually, I was in France for 3 years before that. Which was…..

HS: Yeah the French are pretty disgusting ….

BC: I have a tough time HS: and you didn’t speak French

BC: I learned, but I had a tough time.

HS: And if you don’t speak French..

BC: Forget it.

HS: And all the horny French men who are so brave at molesting women and grabbing their asses, but when it comes to war they can’t fight. But they’re good at going after defenseless women…..They must have loved you cause you’re so hot.

BC: Ahh. No they didn’t like me at all

HS: Really, why?

BC: I don’t know, probably because I was American.

HS: Every American I speak to who goes over there……I was just over there for a couple of days while I went to the Cannes Film Festival …..and I got to tell you something…more rude and obnoxious you can’t find, on this planet, you know what I mean. There are Pakastanises taxis drivers who could damn well write etiquette books compared to French people……. Did you shop for a wedding gown before you had an intention on getting married.

BC: I never conceived my self getting married so I eloped.

HS: And would you ever get together with girls and go wedding gown shopping, if none of you wanted to get married? ………. Have you ever heard of any thing so bizarre?

BC: No I’ve never done it myself.

HS: So you’ve never heard of girls getting together to go wedding gown shopping, so what was Robin doing?

RQ: Setting a trend.

BC: Are you getting married?

RQ: No..

HS: Well there is talk of it.

RQ: No I’m not. I’m not getting married!

HS: Have you ever heard of women getting together to shop for a wedding gown.

BC: Actually I have. I think I can recall some friends going into department store and looking, back when I was in high school.

HS: These are 40 plus women.

RQ: Some women never grow up.

HS: But nice try Belinda, a little female bonding between you and Robin…….So you moved to England and you’re not with the Go-Go’s any more. You tried a reunion , but those bitches you can’t get along with them.

BC: I get along with a few of them. ….. We gave up on that.

HS: You did, was there a lot of fighting on the reunion?

BC: Afterwards…..there was. HS: What happened? I thought you guys matured or something.

BC: One would have thought…………. they didn’t really have a problem with me. It was a lot of fighting with each other.

HS: What is it a women thing? Is it a band thing? What is it, a period thing? Is it a……

BC: Hormonal thing?

HS: I don’t know what it is. Is it that annoying guitar player, what’s her name?

RQ: Jill?

BC: Jane, Jane’s great. No we get along great.

HS: And I know you get along with the drummer, Charlotte

GD: Charlotte’s not the drummer, Howard, Gina the drummer I think is the pain in the neck.

HS: Gina the drummer, so what was the problem with Gina?

BC: I have no problem with Gina, but there was some problems with Gina and Charlotte.

HS: I see.

RQ Really, Charlotte seemed so mild mannered.

HS: And drummers are sooooo hard to replace. You can’t find another one.

BC: It just didn’t work out so we decided to move on. Stop beating a dead horse.

HS: You husband must have a lot of money from his father, James Mason. Is that what’s going on here. Do you guys just like hang out all day.

BC: No my husband does work. And he does earn a living

HS: Producing movies? BC: He’s heading a film company out of London.

HS: And you can make money doing that. Most guys fail at that.

BC: No its a well established old British film company, called London Films.

RQ: What were you doing in Paris.

BC: It was the South of France…….I don’t know what I was doing, I’m still try to figure that out myself.

-------Howard talks to Robin’s boyfriend on the phone for a few minutes, continuing a chess game-------

HS: You are as good as married Robin……….Go get that dress……Belinda didn’t realize what a genius I am, even at chess.

RQ: Where you impressed?

BC: I’m very impressed.

HS: She is so in love with me.

BC: Yeah.

HS: Dump that husband of yours. I’ll run off with you. God I’m attracted to you. God you look better than ever. You’re like a little bit tan, you’ve worked on your body. There is no baby fat…..I was looking at a picture of you at 20, chubby,

BC: Yeah, I was a big girl.

HS: I mean your beautiful now, chiseled , no more babies for you I hope….

BC: Ummmm…No I don’t think so.

HS: Good, don’t ruin you body, you know what I mean, your breasts held up pretty nicely through the first one.

BC: Yeah, they did all right.

HS: Yeah they did, so many women get flab jacks afterwards, they do………and your legs look great. I see you keep crossing and uncrossing you legs like Sharon Stone.

BC: Trying to get comfortable.

HS: Well there is nothing wrong with that, get more comfortable…..I never met your husband, let me see if he’s a good looking guy. Can he come in?

BC: No he’s back at the Hotel room, no my son is with me today.

HS: It must be cool to have a rock star mom.

BC: He thinks all moms are…

HS: Do you walk around the house singing and stuff and playing your albums?

BC: No.

GD: Howard, I thought that Belinda’s personal assistant was her husband, cause he was so good looking. And he also had the kid with him, and I just got confused.

HS: I bet you he’s dumb.

GD: Who?

HS: The husband. You probably just married a good looking dumb guy. And now you’re frustrated cause you want some one to talk to at night.

RQ: She’s sticking with him.

HS: Are you sticking with him?

BC: We’ve been together for 13 years.

HS: Its more than the Go-Go’s. BC: Yeah it is more than the Go-Go’s…..

HS: But you’re here to say that you’re happy and you put out a new record.

BC: Yeah I have, actually the album was out a year ago, in Europe and it did really well. And now they’re releasing it here.

HS: Let me here a little of this. Here we go.

---"In Too Deep" begins to play----

HS: Who wrote this song.

BC: Rick Nowels.

HS: Rick Nose

BC: Rick Nowels.

HS: My name should be Rick Nose.

BC: N O W E L S

HS: Howard the Nose, do you think my nose is too big?

BC: I like big noses. HS: I’m getting it fixed, I going to have a little nose like you.

BC: No, don’t

HS: What’s it like being good looking, it must be great, when you look in the mirror when you’re trying on cloths and go Oh God I’m good looking.

BC: Yeah (laughing)

HS: Do ever look at your self naked in the mirror?

BC: That I try to avoid.

HS: Oh I doubt it… I’m sure its a very pleasant sight. I’m sure…..Do you ever dress up in outfits for your husband?

BC: I have. I haven’t for a while. You know.

HS: That’s so great……Like what do you put on?

BC: (laughs)

HS: Like what kind of outfits do you put on. High heels?

BC: Back a long long time ago, I guess so, yes.

HS: Heel, garters.

BC: Yeah.

HS: Like a bra thing or like a boustie.

BC: Boustie type thing I guess.

HS: And no panties, just the boustie, and you like unbutton the buttons and you’re completely nude.

BC: (laughs) yeah that’s it.

HS: God damn I live that, and do you do like a little dance for him.

BC: Of course.

RQ: Do you do any of those fantasy things?

HS: Like what is a fantasy thing, Robin?

RQ: You know they are some couples who will go to a bar, and the woman will pretend he’s a stranger.

HS: Or like when your in the bedroom do you like pretend your like a seemtress .

RQ: Or delivery boy BC: Pizza man, he’s the pizza man.

HS: Really, you play pizza man?

BC: He delivers the pizza, and he’s wearing his white Domino’s Pizza outfit. And I answer the door and…

HS: You don’t really do that. Do you ever play games like that, sexual games?

BC: Yeah, aaaah, of course.

HS: Yeah really? Like what, give me one. I want to do that.

BC: I feel really uncomfortable talking about my sex life.

HS: You do?

BC: Yes I do.

HS: Why, why is everyone so uptight? We need to help each other, we’re all married, Robin’s almost married.

RQ: I am not almost married.

HS: Jackie, Fred we have to help each other out. Why doesn’t anyone discuss this stuff, I can’t figure it out. Like I should go home as the pizza man tonight.

BC: Yeah that’s a goo idea.

HS: I feel stupid doing that. You really play games, help me out what do you do? Give me one scenario.

BC: One scenario?

HS: Yeah. I don’t get it. What’s everyone up to.

BC: Well what ’s wrong with you sex life.

HS: I’ve been with the same person for 23 years.

RQ: I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it, he’s in it.

RQ: Do you ever do that, where you pretend to be another person.

BC: No, not really.

HS: You just think of new positions.

BC: Well, yeah, you have to, we just try to be a little bit creative.

HS: Well never mind your sex life, I know your uncomfortable with it.

BC: Thank you very much.

HS: God, you look terrific.

BC: Thank you.

HS: What are you wearing, a skirt?

BC: I’m wearing a skirt.

HS: Can I see what you are wearing? Do you mind standing up so I can look?

BC: Just a skirt.

HS: What kind of shoes? Cute. You should be wearing heels.

BC: Heels?

HS: You’ve got good legs, nice feminine legs. God I’d like to see your treasure trail.

BC: Treasure trail?

HS: I’d like to follow the hairs from your belly button all the way down.

BC: Haaaa.

HS: All right I’m sorry.

BC: It’s OK.

HS: I find you sexual. OK there I’m honest. I’m not sexist, I just find her sexual.

RQ: You’re not finding her sexual, you’re becoming sexual.

HS: Right I’m sorry. OK let’s listen to the rest of this song. I had to stop the song cause I had too much to say.

---"In Too Deep" begins to play again—

HS: You sing like a princess you know.

BC: Hmm. ---Song stops again---

HS: Do you take your husband into the studio with you.

BC: He has been around at times but not usually.

HS: Take the kid, so he can see how great you are.

BC: Occasionally. (laughs)

HS: Try to impress the kid.

BC: Yeah

HS: what do you wear when you record? Do you were sexy clothes, to get you in the mood?

BC: No that’s something I don’t think about.

HS: Ever record nude.

BC: No, haven’t done that.

---"In Too Deep" plays again---

HS: I like it when you dance on your videos, you know I kind of dig that. You know. You’re not still hanging out with that yenta Diane Keaton, are you:

BC: I haven’t seen her in a long time.

HS: Yeah she is so over.

HS: Did you see my movie?

BC: Yes I did. I was there the first day it opened in London.

HS: No kidding. Oh yeah.

BC: And it’s number 4 in the UK right now. And I also have something here for you from Variety. About the Chec Film Festival.

HS: You saw that thing. We won the people’s choice award, the fist film festival we were able to enter.Did it say we got a thunderous standing ovation from the audiece at the screening.

BC: Yes it did.

---"In Too Deep" plays again

HS: OK everyone go out and get Belinda Carlisle " A Woman & A Man" , we love her on the show, she’s been a friend for a long, long time. And "In Too Deep" and go out and check them out at your local record store. Thanks Belinda, it’s great seeing you.

BC: Thank you, nice seeing you too..

HS: I mean it’s really great seeing you, you know… 


Transcript by rwcar4
July 17 ,1997

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