Dave interview from the Calgary Sun
Edward Johnson-ott
He's not gay -- and other revelations
By LOUIS B. HOBSON -- Calgary Sun
HOLLYWOOD -- Dave Foley is one actor who's not afraid of the Hollywood
gossip press.
He insists his past is an open book.
"What are they going to say? That I once had a closet full of women's
clothes? It's true," says Foley, who starred from 1989 to 1994 in the
outrageous Canadian comedy series The Kids in the Hall.
"Drag acts were a staple of The Kids in the Hall. I paraded my sordid
past on TV. There's nothing the press could come up with that would shock
me."
How about the rumours that he's gay?
"Most of Hollywood perceives me as gay already," says Foley, who been
married to Tabatha Southey for seven years and is the father of their
sons Ned and Basil Southey.
"They've got what they figure is a pretty air-tight case. I played gay
characters on Kids and regularly dressed as a woman. Then there's the
fact that (Kids star) Scott Thompson is openly gay.
"The fact I kissed him numerous times on the show makes me gay by
association."
Foley says he is cementing the gay rumour with his role in the teen
comedy Blast from the Past that opens Feb. 12. He plays Alicia
Silverstone's gay roommate.
"It is definitely my way of revitalizing my gay image. I also managed to
make Scott Thompson angry in the process.
"Scott is furious that he can't get any of the gay roles that have
recently become a staple of TV sitcoms and feature films."
Foley feels it's a conscious effort on behalf of producers to cast
straight actors in these gay roles. "It's their way of defusing criticism.
They can point out the actor is straight and doesn't really fancy boys."
Foley currently stars as station manager Dave Nelson on the NBC comedy
NewsRadio, which is in its fourth year.
"We're NBC's gypsies. They keep juggling us around."
NewsRadio is currently seen Tuesday nights on NBC.
"We don't know yet if we'll be picked up for another year. I'm the only
person on the show who isn't paranoid. With NewsRadio and The Kids in the
Hall, I've spent 10 years on TV always on the verge of cancelation."
The uncertainty with the status of NewsRadio is one reason Foley tries to
keep himself busy during each hiatus.
Last summer, Foley filmed the political satire Dick and supplied the
voice of Flik the ant in A Bug's Life.
"I have to work. I have two kids and a mortgage."
Copyright © 1999, Canoe Limited Partnership.
All rights reserved.
KdsInThHal
>married to Tabatha Southey for seven years and is the father of their
>sons Ned and Basil Southey.
this paragraph is just so weird/awkward in so many different ways.. <g> but,
along the lines of one of those many ways, i think it was the same publication
that said bruce was married (and also spelled his name mccullough..) so...
>the teen
>comedy Blast from the Past
the teen comedy?! uhh.. eh? how old are it's stars? plotline about teens?
nope..
mayhap the journalist is confusing it with ..."she's all that" (which looks
like a big stinking pile of cow (lawn!) dodo - yes, haha - ;) but that's just
my opnion..)?
where was i?
sarah
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J. Keith
married to Tabatha Southey for seven years and is the father of their
sons Ned and Basil Southey. "
Is is still married, or not??? I am so confused.
Jane
Tavie
>the teen comedy?! uhh.. eh?
I think if it has Alicia Silverstone in it, it's automatically a teen comedy.
And you know, I can't really disagree with that. <g>
Tavie (rhymes with GRAVY) Calycranstinsonhilmington
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"All the world is biscuit-shaped. It's just for me to feed my face." [It's so
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