Here it is:
Still about B.S. and the pressures of young Hollywood being different than 20 years ago.
Error: "Lost In Your Eyes" was Deb's second #1. Her first #1 hit was "Foolish Beat".
from "Showbiz Tonight" May 1st, 2008
HAMMER: Well, let`s move on to another star that grew up in the spotlight, somebody that I have known for years. Deborah Gibson - Debbie, known back in the `80s, was instantly a huge star when her first album dropped. Well, she has sold more than 16 million albums, thanks to hits back in the `80s like "Shake Your Love," "Only in My Dreams," "Lost in Your Eyes," her first number one.
But more importantly, Deb was able to stay out of trouble. So I had to ask her about her experiences with the paparazzi when she was just a kid singing out on Long Island. And just what has gone wrong with today`s out of control young Hollywood stars like Britney Spears.
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HAMMER: From your perspective, having gone through a lot of that, having hit it so young, and being so successful so young, what do you think happened there?
GIBSON: You know what`s weird, I was actually thinking a lot about this. She`s like, 26 years old. So it`s about 10 years after her big burst of fame. And I remember my moment was 10 years after. It`s actually cooler to be 20 years into it than 10.
Ten years into it is a very odd transitional period. It`s like - I`m still kind of known for this one thing I did, but I`m wanting to transition into something new. And then, just as a woman, I think that that moment in time is an odd transition as well. Not quite, not a girl, not yet a woman.
HAMMER: "I`m not a girl, not yet a woman."
GIBSON: To quote Britney herself. It is an odd moment. And I remember having my fair share of meltdowns at that time. I just didn`t do them in public. I had those meltdowns in private. We all have meltdowns, you know.
And again, I think we are witnessing people becoming addicted to the media, following their every move even if it is a really down moment. I think people feel like, god forbid I am not in a magazine one week then my career is over. I think that is like an addiction in a way. That didn`t exist when I was starting, because, to be honest, those magazines didn`t care about anybody under the age of 25 back then.
HAMMER: Well, yes ...
GIBSON: Now, they follow teenagers around. As if they`re adults.
HAMMER: You look at that and you look at the way the paparazzi latches on to whether it is Britney and that has fortunately waned a bit for Lindsay or Paris or any of them. Are you kind of appalled by what you see? You live out there in Hollywood. I know you go down Robertson Boulevard, not so the paparazzi will see you, but you can go, have lunch at the newsroom or do some shopping. But are you just a little sickened by what you see?
GIBSON: It`s interesting. I mean, yes, on one hand, you`re right, like - look, a lot of celebrities` publicists tip the media off, "Hey, they`re having lunch at the Ivy." Or, "They`re going to the Ivy to break up with their boyfriend," or whatever.
And then, it`s like shock, horror, I`m on the news for breaking up with my boyfriend. You did it at the Ivy, you know. So I think on one hand, celebrities bring it on themselves. On the other hand - I don`t know which came first, the chicken or the egg.
I mean, back in the day, as I call it, we didn`t really give them anything to follow. I mean it was, you know, like me and the new kids at a bowling alley on Long Island, or something like that. There was no story there. There was just (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
HAMMER: Yes. They tried to create that whole Tiffany-Deb Gibson thing.
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GIBSON: They tried. Even that really didn`t get anywhere. So, yes, I didn`t give them anything scandalous to follow. But, they also were not as obsessed back then.
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Deborah and other celebrity judges are now picking the next singing sensation online. You can check that out at TotalPopstar.com. If you are just starting out in the business and you want it, you`ve to check out Deborah`s brand new camp for performing arts at CampElectricYouth.com.
