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Mollie Sue is now a newlywed and hopes to move to New York with Danielle as a roommate. The whole stigma over Mollie Sue not having a personality was a bunch of baloney! To date Mollie Sue was the most chipper, sweet and personable girl that I have talked to. Read on to hear about the fun the girls had when they got crunked and crazy!
What girls are you still in touch?
“Me, Sara and Kari write every here and there. But Danielle and I talk, twice, three times a day sometimes.”
What girl got on your nerves the most?
“I’d love to say Jade. By the time I left it was Nenna because I was so sick of her winning everything. (Laughs) Right away it was Gina but by the time she was leaving we started talking more. I took turns around the house; who was being annoying right now, who was has drama going on right now – that was the person I really tried to stay away from.
Will you continue to pursue modeling?
“Definitely. I am moving to New York next week. I am hoping Danielle will be up there.”
Any juicy details yet?
"We found out that Janice Dickinson told Furonda that she should put yogurt on her skin. So there was a thing of yogurt in the bathroom that she had sitting there for like 3 weeks. We told Furonda that Janice probably meant to keep it in the fridge. So we opened it and were crying laughing and chasing each other around the house with it. Even the camera men were crying laughing. It was pretty funny to find this rotten yogurt – and wondering why she had it in there.”
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Last week we watched as Mollie Sue became the fifth person eliminated from cycle 6 of “America’s Next Top Model”. For veteran watchers of the show, Mollie Sue’s look was reminiscent of former contestants Amanda Swafford and Nicole Borud all wrapped up in one stunning package. But any hope that Mollie Sue could take the competition to the end started to fade when we heard the foreshadowing speeches about a lack of personality, or the tepid, “the girl who just isn’t shining enough” label of doom. In this interview, don’t be surprised if Mollie Sue displays a *gasp* personality. In fact, instead of a dull monotone, she gave her answers in a voice that was suppressing laughter most of the time. At least when she wasn’t rehashing the pain of being in the bottom two with Jade, that is.
Were you a fan of the show? Had you seen any of the previous cycles?
Of course. I was a big fan of the show.
Did you identify with any previous contestant?
Elyse, she’s more like me taste-wise. Personality-wise, I’m more like Adrianne probably. Cycle One was my favorite cycle.
Were you fooled when Tyra fainted?
That was so odd because no one was running to help her! None of the camera crew stopped filming or anything. But then she shouted for the producer by name, and she wouldn’t do that - you’re not allowed to say that on TV, so we were all just wondering what was going on.
And the best part about it was after she got back up and she was so excited, she said, “We’re going to Aaa...ct this week!” We couldn’t hear her, so you can hear Danielle saying, “We’re going where?” (Laughs) And she said, “Acting school!” And seriously, our faces just frowned, and we went and sat back down. We were so ready for her to say something like, “We’re going to Korea!” or “We’re going to Paris” or whatever!
What did you think of Jade’s improv “rap”?
Honestly, she had talked so much about her poems, and her raps, and her this and her that; she said it everywhere how this was her thing, and she kept saying, “This is me this is me” – and then she comes out with it, and it was like, what are you saying? You’re not rhyming, and you’re being really mean! Like it was just the first thing out of her mouth about Furonda’s skin, and the second thing – because they had been telling Sarah that she’s a little too tall – she was like, “you’re not even supposed to be here, they don’t even want you here.” It was like, oh wow. We had made little jokes like, they shaved your head. Little things. But it got so bad.
And then afterwards, she wouldn’t do it anymore. She said, “This isn’t my kind of joking. This is mean. Who does this? This isn’t jokes.”
Okay, I’m going to read off some names, and I’d like you to tell me what you thought of them in a sentence or two. People love reading what you thought of the other girls. So...first off, an easy one:
Jade: Crazy out of her mind.
Gina: Gina was a hard one at first. Even Tyra called her the valley girl, the girl at the mall. She was just confused. Even in talking with her afterwards, she really wanted to represent Asians, but that’s not really what she represents. So it was really hard for her to back down from that. Every thing she did contradicted her initial reasons. It’s not as bad as everyone wants to make her out to be.
Furonda: Furonda is amazing. She’s one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. That first episode she comes in really strong, and all of us were kind of like, whatever. That was like, I plan on being this character, this is what I’m going to play. And once Tyra was really harsh with her, she just backed down and decided to just be Furonda. She was hilarious to be around.
Sarah, Brooke, Kari: Sarah was one of the ones - there were a handful of girls who were just nice to even exist. Sarah, Brooke, and Kari – they were so nice, it was like, “These people aren’t real.” Just really sweet, and half the time I hear Sarah commenting on the show I think it’s me, because we both have that low deep voice that comes across as really boring. But Sarah’s a sweetheart, and has her head on straight more than any girl I’ve ever met.
I don’t think you come across as boring, but I do think you didn’t get as much screen time. Some of the girls in their interviews mentioned that you were really funny in the house. We were kind of wondering, you know, where’s this person people are talking about?
Yeah, that threw everyone off. Like Danielle - she’s my best friend in the entire world. We talk every single day. And everyone’s like, “What?” Last night it showed us for a second just being us, and they didn’t – I even talked to her about it and she pointed out that they’re not going to show us together with her being funny and me being boring. It’s true! They can’t possibly show us together. We had nicknames for each other, and each week would be talking about, “What are they going to do now”...everything from us spitting water on each other to chasing each other around the house with rotten yoghurt we found. Every single day it was something. We were attached at the hip. So the only time you see us together is when we’re coming in to judging and we’re standing next to each other, or we’re sitting next to each other. She was the first person who gave me a hug, and that was the first time I saw people asking, “Why is Danielle crying? Danielle doesn’t cry, so why is she crying?” That was my only regret about the whole show.
How about Leslie?
She’s hard. There’s nothing I can say nice about Leslie. But of all people to say is boring, me over her, was kind of upsetting. We have had what, a minute of air time of Leslie since the show started? And it’s just like, why in the world? The panel from day one just loved her, that’s all it is. Right from her first interview, she had a great interview, so they just couldn’t say bad about her. I had a bad interview my first interview, so I was typecast as boring instead of her.
What do you think about Tyra now?
I read an interview where Tyra said, “The girls love me when they make it and they hate me when they’re voted off.” And it’s true! I can’t hate her because she gave me this opportunity. I wish she would have – I don’t know, I just can’t say I hate her. It’s so hard to say because of what she did. It’s a reality show, and I have to remember that. And I know that every girl has to be typecast. I knew that coming into it, but I never would have thought that [the girl with no personality] would be mine.
Was it especially hard to lose against Jade?
Oh my God. I wish I could say, “It’s okay, she deserves it.” The craziest part is the it shows Jade at the very end hugging me. She actually got very emotional, and she just looked at me and said, “It shouldn’t be you.” I was just shocked because she just gave me this, “It should have been me”. It was so weird and awkward. I think she really meant it. You go straight into an interview afterwards, I mean they just suck you right up into interviewing, and I was so angry. I was screaming about her. My entire thing afterwards was, “I can’t believe that I was next to Jade of all people and they picked her and oh my gosh – I mean I just flipped out.”
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TVGuide.com: When Tyra announced that Jade was staying and you were going, did you think, "Oh, no, this is just not right!" I did.
Mollie Sue: I seriously was about to step forward and grab that picture [from Tyra]. I was upset. Watching it again was weird, because I don't remember it. I just sort of stepped out of my body! But when Tyra held Jade's picture out, I was about to step forward, thinking, "There's no way they're giving her another chance! There's no way they're sending me home!"
TVGuide.com: You know they only kept Jade because she's a card-carrying crackpot, right? You are so the better model.
Mollie Sue: Oh, I completely understand. And it was my episode [to go], because it was commercial week, and I had already been typecast as the "boring robot." Even if I kicked ass with the Groundlings or the guys from Wild 'N Out, it didn't matter, because CoverGirl isn't robotic.
TVGuide.com: Did Tyra talk to you after you got eliminated?
Mollie Sue: No. The only time she talked to us was after her little fake fainting spell — and that's just like talking to us with the cameras on. She's not talking to us once those cameras leave! I know she's busy, I know it's crazy, but there's no "Let me show Tyra my personality" time at all.