A Shot of Tequila
MTV's latest reality starlet is famous for doing, well, nothing. Get ready to see, and hear, a whole lot more of Tila Tequila.
Would you be friends with a girl named Tila Tequila? It doesn't matter, because she's already got more friends than she can count. Tequila, née Tila Nguyen, is famous for nothing more than having in excess of 1 million buddies on MySpace. At least, that's all for now. The 25-year-old is launching a music career, an Internet startup and a MTV reality show. The last is the most titillating. It's called "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila," and it sounds like "The Bachelorette" with a spicy twist. Since the former Playboy model is bisexual, she's looking for love from a pool of 16 guys—and 16 girls. Will she discover true happiness, or at the very least another 15 more minutes of fame? Tequila spoke to NEWSWEEK's Ramin Setoodeh. Excerpts:
NEWSWEEK: Did you meet the man of your dreams?
Tila Tequila: Are you trying to trick me? I'm bisexual. So I can't say if I end up with a guy or a girl.
Which group of suitors was better looking?
Oh, wow. When you have that many people, it's overwhelming. Everybody is so good-looking. There are so many different types of personalities. It ranges. But they're all really hot.
Who was better about sharing you?
Girls are very catty and dramatic. They don't feel like guys are the competition. The guys are so competitive toward each other, but at the same time, they don't know how to compete against other women. It was a strange learning experience.
How did you end up with a TV show?
When my name started getting out there, they approached me with a show. Then they found out I was bisexual, and they said, "Hey why don't we film that as a show?" It's hard to find love when you become a celebrity. You don't know who's dating you for you or dating you because you're famous.
But on a reality show, everyone only wants you because you're famous.
When you first start it's crazy party time. Once they start shooting for that many days, you really do start falling in love for real. You go through so much together and you're secluded from the outside world. I'm a down-home girl at heart. I'm from Texas. When you have a booming career, you want to have someone to come home to.
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Posted By: MrKay @ 01/22/2008 6:55:42 PM
Comment: One thing is for sure though, She is driven and she has made a bunch of money from her persistance.
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Posted By: Bullsfan @ 12/19/2007 10:08:38 AM
Comment: It's HILARIOUS she labels herself as a "celebrity" with a "booming career." Good luck with the hiv and bankruptcy by the age of 28. Ooooh, I got my laugh for the day!
Posted By: Numero10 @ 10/17/2007 5:37:25 PM
Comment: Hm, I thought I came to Newsweek.com to get some REAL news but instead I apparently wandered into some trashy low-brow celeb-sleaze website because wow, here I am reading an article chatting it up with a porn star. I guess gone are the days when kids in school could go to this site to read up on real newsworthy current events. It's lovely that someone famous for nothing other than being skanky on the internet and now has a reality show to further display her skankiness, has been deemed deserving of an interview with NEWSWEEK. Someone over there has lost their dang mind if they think this woman is worth 1 minute of our time. Good job Newsweek. Stellar reporting here.