LeAnn Rimes: Its nice to have a husband who tells you youre beautiful all the time
LeAnn Rimes has given an incredibly exhaustive interview to the Daily Mail, I guess to promote Spitfire, her album which may or may not already be a failure (we’ll see!). You can read the full Mail piece here – trust me when I tell you that it is exhaustive. LeAnn talks about herself, how she feels and how she deals with every self-perpetuating controversy. You’ve heard most of it before, but I guess there are some new quotes in here too.
Her life with Eddie: ‘It’s definitely been a turbulent four years and to say I’ve been on several rollercoasters is an understatement.’
On Spitfire – her first album of original material in five years: ‘And I think the last four years of my life just came out through my music. I don’t think I expected the album to be this honest, but I found that the emotions just came pouring out of me. It was liberating and cathartic to write, but it wasn’t easy.’
On Dean Sheremet: Songs such as What Have I Done (whose lyrics include the line: ‘I broke the sweetest heart of the only man that’s ever loved me’) describe the regret at causing pain to a former love after falling for someone else. ‘And that was the first song I wrote a little over four years ago,’ LeAnn told MailOnline. ‘I actually wrote it about a friend, but it was almost foreseeing things that were going to happen, in a way. I was still with Dean at the time and he heard the song and knew it was about [Eddie and me] before I did. I said to him: “What are you talking about?”, but he was totally right.’
Writing about cheating: ‘Obviously, it was a very controversial topic to write about and as hard as it was for me to write the song, I think it painted a true picture of that situation. I wasn’t being hard on myself when I wrote it – that line about feeling pathetic was just true – but I wanted to describe a very stark moment in my life. You just feel in complete limbo and I felt guilty too; it wasn’t pretty at all. But I made my choices and I’m living with them. I know I’m not the first person to go through it and I won’t be the last.’
On Twitter: ‘I have considered staying off [social media],’ admits LeAnn, ‘but I’ve basically just learned to deal with the criticism. The people who do it hide behind a computer screen and don’t even show themselves and it’s interesting to have people judge you but have no idea about who you really are and what you’re all about. I did stop [tweeting] for a while but then I was like: “Screw this! I don’t want to stop communicating with my real fans”. The block button’s a great thing – if you talk crap to me, I’ll just block you!’
She still says she wasn’t anorexic: ‘People said I was [anorexic], but I didn’t have a problem with eating as I ate a ton all the time – I could eat my husband under the table! But I was going through a time when I just wasn’t sleeping – my mind wouldn’t shut off and my heart was breaking. Now I’m secure about my body, although I’m like any other woman and have my moments of self doubt. But it’s nice to have a husband who tells you you’re beautiful all the time. I’ll say to him: “I’ve gained a few pounds” and he’ll say: “Good!”. It just gives you another level of confidence. But being in this business, I’ve noticed that image-wise it’s definitely worse for a woman.’
Being a child star: ‘I was always one of those old souls I guess and working and travelling from a young age made me develop way beyond my years in some respects. But in others, I was still a real child. I always had my parents or someone around me so I had a real attachment to people and I always had to have someone around. The stage was where I felt most confident, but in normal life, I felt really out of my element.’
Her 20s were hard: ‘My twenties were hard,’ she admits. ‘They were very rewarding and challenging but I felt like there were two different “me”s out there. I had a lot of anxiety and depression – not just in the last four years but as a part of the whole crazy business I was in and I didn’t want to go through my thirties not feeling like a whole human being.’
She’s not a rebel: ‘This wasn’t a rebellion. I obviously fell in love with Eddie, but it wasn’t done with abandonment at all and it was tough for everyone involved. But growing up the way I did, I don’t think I had the tools to handle it the way I should have done.’
She’s teaching her step-sons manners: ‘I grew up saying: “Yes ma’am” and “No sir”,’ she says of a childhood spent in Mississippi and Texas, ‘but when I say it out here in LA, people think I’m crazy! But it’s good to have manners and I like teaching that to my stepsons too.’
God, she’s so self-absorbed, but at this point her narcissism is just funny to me. I don’t know why anyone would ever expect her to learn any life-lesson other than “LeAnn LeAnn LeANN is the most important person!!!” I think my favorite quote is “But it’s nice to have a husband who tells you you’re beautiful all the time.” Girl… he’s only saying that because he thinks flattery will get him a few nights away from Dong Watch Lockdown. There are thousands of waitresses to bang and so little time.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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