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BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
JOHN HILL
IS GOONING ON TOUR AND GEMMA IS A FAT C**T
John Arthur Hill has taken hilarious and hysterical to the next level and beyond.
As the co-host of Andy Cohen Live on SiriusXM’s RadioAndy channel 102,
John has entertained morning audiences for almost a decade. Aside from also
hosting his own show “The John Hill Show”, a weekly live morning show, he
has dipped into his Broadway talents while creating and producing pop-culture
original music including “Gemma (Pretty Much I) (I Live NY/Tiffany Pollard)”,
which seems to be about ugly shoes and the fact that Gemma is a fat c**T.
John Hill is a writer, performer, host
and the funniest person I’ve come
across in a very long time. He is on
tour this summer with his latest
stand-up show in L.A., Austin, Dallas,
Provincetown, Nashville and New
York.
John Hill uses his humor and
creativity as a means to push open
the heavy, groaning doorway of
life itself. Speaking to him felt like
an enforced visit to an imaginary
realm in the best possible way. His
personality and his response to my
questions orgasmically captured the
essence of a vibrant kaleidoscope.
PHOTO CREDIT: DEXTER BROWN

INTERVIEW
can understand what I’m saying. Because
I’m not saying that Gemma is a fat cunt.
It’s just an homage to this epic read. The
video starts with that. A bunch of straight
guys made that video with me. They were
like, what is this? Instagram just found it
and they shadow banned me for bullying
and harassment. Because they were
saying that I was bullying Gemma. Which
I was, but now people can’t even find the
song. Because I’ve been shadow banned.
Well, you have a really good voice.
When I first heard it, I was surprised. I
thought, “This guy can really sing”.
At least I’m not disappointing my mom.
She paid a lot of money for voice lessons.
Well, tell your mother it paid off. Just
for that song alone.
She actually came to see the show in
Austin last week. She had a great time. I
was very nervous, but she loved it.
So what’s gooning?
Oh, do you not know what gooning is?
I wonder if you could describe the
inspiration for some of your songs. For
example, why is Gemma a fat cunt?
This song is based on a legendary quote
from the iconic Tiffany Pollard (I love New
York). To me, she is this generation’s
John the Baptist. Whenever she speaks,
she inspires my Conservative Christian
upbringing roots. I was so inspired by that
epic read that I had to immortalize it in a
Christian gospel pop rock Christmas song.
That song has been out for months and by
the way, it starts with a clip so that people
I don’t. I was going to look it up and
then I said, “You know what, I’m just
gonna ask”.
Oh, I’m so glad I get to be the one to tell
you. It’s so filthy. Gooning, there is an
urban dictionary definition for the word
gooning. And just like the Gemma song, I
was so inspired by the poetry of that urban
dictionary definition that I immortalized
it in a song. Gooning is masturbation
so intense it sends you into a state of
psychosis. It’s like masturbating and then
edging, but it’s 10 times beyond that. You
don’t orgasm but you prolong it so long
that your expressions become psychotic.
You can’t think. You can’t operate or
function in a daily life. There’s this whole
community online of these guys who just
goon all day long. Their eyes go cross.
Their tongues hang out. They can’t
function. The facial expression is what it’s
all about. They’re crazy. There are people
that make it their kink, their fetish. The
gooning community, by the way, is very
supportive.

Can you recall a moment that changed
the entire trajectory of your life?
Getting sober. I was such a mess. When I
was a writer at Watch What Happens Live,
I was there for years and years and years. I
was a TV producer. I was on Broadway for
many years. And for most of those years, I
was a tapped out, gooned out mess. It took
me a while, but I finally decided it was time
to clean up my act. Get my life together.
And it took forever, but when I finally figured
it out, I feel like my life totally changed for
the better.
Are you still thinking straight every day
of your life?
Well, that’s debatable. I got sober and clear
headed, but also sick and twisted in the
mind. I’m able to function, but yeah, my
music comes out as “Gemma is a fat cunt”.
What do you hope the audience that
sees you will take away from the show?
What do you hope they’re thinking
afterwards?
I hope they’re thinking, “Where can I get this
guy?” I just want them to laugh. I want them
to have a good time and I want them to tell
their friends to come see me and the cities
that they live in because I need people to
come to my shows. I want them to take
away that we live in a sick society. That
social media is killing our minds. And while
we are going down in flames, just smoke
them while you got them.
What does your soul look like?
On the outside, I may look like a guy
blending in, but on the inside, my soul would
look like a Birkenstock wearing, flannel shirt
wearing lesbian at Lilith Fair in 1998.
PHOTO CREDIT: DEXTER BROWN
What are your biggest challenges in your
careers?
The biggest challenge right now is
establishing myself as a solo performer with
my own voice because most fans know
me as a package deal twosome with Andy
Cohen because of our morning radio show.
Other than that things are very good at the
moment!

You do a lot of things. How do you find the time for it? Do you do it
all together? Do you multitask? What’s your deal?
I think I figured out as I got older that I cannot sit down and write
something on a laptop. So I can do all of the things that I do if I get to do
them the way I want to do them. Lot of times I’ll prep my new social media
video on a hike. I just really look focused if I sit down. Really, I think the
answer to your question is Celsius energy drinks. That is my main source
of hydration. As long as I have about eight a day, I can pretty much crush
every task I have.
So, being the attention whore that you are, is there anything that I
left out that you want to talk about?
Maybe what do I look for in a
potential boyfriend. That
would be supportive, darkhaired,
dark eyes, cool,
funny guy. Possibly a
stoner, even though
I don’t smoke pot.
I don’t mind a
Scorpio. And also
the inside soul of a
lesbian like me.
PHOTO CREDIT: TROY HALLAHAN

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BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
Angelo Ellerbee
“Before I Let You Go”
Multimedia marketing and public relations guru Angelo Ellerbee, whose
career helped launch or heighten some of the iconic masters including
Dionne Warwick, Kool and the Gang, Melba Moore, Michael Jackson,
Mary J. Blige and James Mtume, will be unveiling the fourth in a series of
motivational books titled “Before I Let You Go” (with a foreword written by
the Grammy winning legend Dionne Warwick).
A portion of the proceeds from “Before I Let You Go” will benefit the Newarkbased
WOW Community Center, a nonprofit organization that provides
outreach and support to the LGBTQIA youth. The book shares wisdom to
help others achieve their life goals, both professionally and personally.
I spoke to Angelo about his writings and the message he hopes to share.
The book will be available on August 24 via HOV Publishing.

INTERVIEW
What inspired you to write this book?
It’s a template to my life and career….
Really, I wrote the book for everybody.
I wrote the book for the LGBTQ +
community, the people who have AIDS,
the homeless, the shutouts and the victims
of domestic violence….And for people to
fall romantically in love with themselves.
I wanted people to understand that we all
go through trials and tribulations in our
lives, but God gives us so many chances
to make a difference in life. I love the
book because I wanted people to start to
understand what community is all about.
And they say that it takes a village to raise
a child and I say it takes a community to
keep educating, promoting and delivering
excellence to our community. I think what’s
going on in this world is crazy. I think
that as a collective, we all have to come
together and understand the importance of
giving back. We’ve got to give back. We’ve
got to stop being so selfish. Life is not a
given–it’s a gift.
How does your profession relate to
community?
I share that in my book. I talk about my
sexuality. I talk about the disappointments
because of my chosen lifestyle and
what’s in my community and PR…and the
music industry. I speak of all of that. So
it’s all about the challenges that I had to
go through to get to where I am. When I
started out, it was very, very difficult. I came
from a family that understood and had an
appreciation of what my selected lifestyle
was going to be.
You were very lucky.
I was. I had a very caring mother. I had
four sisters and a brother that loved me
unconditionally. My mother and my oldest
sister once said to me, “All I want you to do
is respect yourself and to walk with dignity.
I want you to walk with respect. I want you
to walk with confidence.“ When they told
that to me at 10 years old, I lived that. I just
lived the way that I chose to live with all the
things that I’ve just mentioned to you. What
goes into my lifestyle is one of the reasons
that I say that I was met with challenges.
I know that the LGBTQ.+ community is met
with challenges. I know that the homeless
person is met with challenges. We go on
and on and on, but these challenges, we
cannot be fearful of them. We have to do
whatever we have to do to survive. But
I want you to do it respectfully. One of
the things that I am doing with the book
“Before I Let You Go” is I am giving two
dollars off of each book to the Ellerbee
Foundation, based out of Newark, New
Jersey for the LGBQIA community. I don’t
want these kids in the streets because
mothers and fathers are not understanding
their children’s lifestyles. I don’t want
them in the streets trying to sell their
bodies. So what I’m doing for one year
is we will select four candidates who will
go through our program. We will house
them and feed them for a year. We will
find schools, particularly in areas of their
concerns career-wise, so that they can go
through that. I wish that I can do 24 kids a
year. Whatever the book raises, I have to
match it. This is my community. And other
communities have been so supportive of
my career over the last 55 years that I have
to give back. I’m not taking it with me.

ack. This book is a way for me to
give back. I give stories and examples,
encouragement and all those things that
someone who is being challenged needs
to have.
You’ve got a point.
I have to give it back to people who have
given it to me. Going back into the book,
I give an example of my rough times.
If I could make it out of low economic
beginnings in Newark, New Jersey, from
the ‘68 riots and with a mother who had
an eighth grade education and was a
waitress…If I can make it from there, if I
can build my empire from the basement
of my house to where I am at today, it
says a lot about faith and belief and trials
and tribulations and how you find your
way out. I always tell people if you see a
detour in the street and you have to get
to a destination, you will always find your
way around the detour and get to your
destination. Your faith and your belief is
what takes you where you need to be.
Angelo, you’re not dying or
anything…..
No, no, I’m not dying. I guess for me,
we’re here today and we don’t know if
we’ll be here tomorrow. It’s just really
important from my heart that people
understand the experience of loving
themselves and giving that back to
someone else. I was very fortunate to
be mentored by Grammy winner James
Mtume. This man took me in when I
knew nothing about music. For someone
to take me in from a fashion career to
a music career and work with me for
two years and trained me….There was
nothing private–everything was open. He
was more like a father image to me than
my own father. So, just in the namesake
of him and how much he gave to me, I
believe I need to surrender some of it
back.
That’s beautiful.
So it’s all about “Before I Let You Go.”
I have been very blessed the past 67
years of my life to go through all kinds
of things from racism, prejudice, my
sexuality, being black…I had to give

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