For someone who describes herself as a “normal girl,” Tina Fey became a political powerhouse in the presidential elections. Even she is surprised by the reaction to her devastating impressions of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
“People started projecting politics onto me. There are people who hate me now because of that,” she tells Vogue magazine.
“The partisan nature of politics continues to appall me. I’m almost paralyzed by my inability to see things in black-and-white… I felt uncomfortable to be in that discussion,” she continues.
“The weird thing is, when Darrell Hammond or Will Ferrell or Dana Carvey did an impersonation of a president, no one assumed it was personal.
“But because Sarah Palin and I are both women and people think women are meaner to each other, everyone assumed it was personal,” she said.
Even when she is talking about a serious subject, like anorexia in the fashion industry, she manages to put a positive spin on the subject.
“People will say, ‘Oh, fashion magazines are so bad, they’re giving girls a negative message,’ but we’re also the fattest country in the world, so it’s not like we’re all looking at fashion magazines and not eating,” she observes.
“Maybe it just starts a shame cycle: I’m never going to look like that model, so Chicken McNuggets it is! And conversely, I don’t look at models who are crazy skinny and think I want to look like that, because a lot of them are gigantic, with giant hands and giant feet.”
“I feel like I represent normalcy in some way. What are your choices today in entertainment? People either represent youth, power, or sexuality. And then there’s me, carrying normalcy.”
Then, after a pregnant pause, she adds: “Me and Rachel Ray.”
For more, check out Vogue.
I love her. She’s so smart, funny, and real.