Like everyone else who watched last week’s episode of Will & Grace we were very worried about Miss Coco now that she has had to sell her Bar to Jack. With great intrepidation we reached out to her ….. after all we are In Miami ,and she has made it clear in no uncertain terms, she thinks we are all Florida gutter-trash. Anyway we made the call, and decided not to mention the Bar ‘s demise after all.
QG: it’s good to talk with you again and I am happy you have been released from Jail after your recent stay. We are sorry we couldn’t visit you and all the other fabulous Women Behind Bars in L.A. How was it for you?
Miss Coco: It was wonderful! I got to work with great people like Mink Stole and Traci Lords and stay home for over a month! I even fell onstage the day we filmed the show! How lucky can I get? And I went down hard! Of course, when I do anything, I give it my all. I don’t fuck around!
BACK TO LONDON
QG: We have actually reached out to you to talk about your forthcoming trip to London to bring your one-woman-show HAVE YOU HEARD to the And What? Queer Arts Festival for 4 days in March. Can you tell us a little bit about what your Brit fans can expect this time?
Miss Coco: This is my Best-Of show so I have put together some of my favorite stories from over all these years. I’m celebrating my 30th year working as Coco. Oh dear, just hearing myself say that makes me exhausted. I swear, if I do ever come out with my own perfume, I’m calling it EXHAUSTED, and that will be followed up by a flanker called MY FEET ARE FUCKING KILLING ME.
QG: You won’t be alone there in London as we have already talked with two very good friends of yours PEACHES CHRIST and LYPSINKA who are excited to be bringing their shows to this wonderful festival too.
Miss Coco: Who?
QG: Rumors are rife that when you are in London you (a married lady) will be hanging out with a whole bunch on Naked Boys who will be Reading?
Miss Coco: Yes, I’m excited to be a part of something that celebrates both the written word and the body and love how they feel in my mouth. I’m a naturist so this is perfect for me. Sadly, I won’t be getting naked, but I imagine the is what the audience will appreciate most about my being there!
QG: It’s been two years since your last Sell Out Tour in Britain, but we were wondering about the timing of this one. Is it a coincidence that you are hurrying back now that we have TWO SPARE ROYAL TITLES at Buckingham Palace that we are looking to fill? Would that suit you?
Miss Coco: No, I love the Royal family and I enjoy the history, but I imagine my being a Queen from the Bronx they probably wouldn’t appreciate my frequent use of the eloquent expression, “Whaddaya fuckin’ kiddin’ me?”
QG: We hope that your husband Rafael doesn’t take the Brits rejection of Europe personally and that he’ll still be there in London with you.
Miss Coco: He will not be able to join me on this trip because of work, but he loves London and he loves going for high tea with me. We have many British friends in Spain, so we just tease them when we’re there and make sure to point out all the trashy, drunken Brits that invade Southern Spain.
BEARS AND YEARS
QG: Miss Coco we have never doubted your versatility but even we are surprised that you spent this Valentine’s Day with a bunch of years. Is this a new side of you?
Miss Coco: Did you mean “bears” but write “years?” Girl, get your shit together! I love bears! And I love getting older too! I’m going on 55 and that is a bunch of years, and I’m grateful for all of them!
QG: And before you jet off to London you will be starring in the 7th Annual Stonewall National Museum & Archives Gala in QUEERGURU’s neck of the woods in the winter in Fort Lauderdale : I do hope they feed you first
Miss Coco: I never eat before a show. They may not be the case at the naked reading event.
QG: Before you go off and pack …(and what do you wear when you hang out with Bears?) …. can we ask if we can expect to see you in your home-from-home this summer in PTown at all?
Miss Coco: I think you have a thing for Bears! One very sexy guy did wear a kilt with my face on it and when he asked me to sign it he got a fluffy when I did. I was very proud! It’s the little things, and in that case, a not so little thing that brings me joy!
Miss Coco: Oh, and I’m not returning to Provincetown as I’m staying longer in Spain this summer where I’ll watch Brits buy frozen white bread imported from England rather than buy beautiful and freshly baked, delicious Spanish bread and I will no doubt ask them, “Whaddya fuckin’ kiddin’ me?”
QG: Safe Travels.
Miss Coco: Thank you, I can’t wait! I love my British friends and fans and baked beans with my eggs… is divine. Oh, and I also adore Earl Grey tea (hint hint).
Labels: 2020, And What Festival, interview, London, Miss Coco Peru
