Yeah.
My mom was protective, but she just said, "It's your choice—you ruin your career or don't." If you realize how lucky you are to be sitting in the position you are, then you just don't drink, don't do the cocaine.
I am very, very pale. I've had men tell me I resemble old-fashioned Hollywood glamour pin-ups like Veronica Lake or Jessica Rabbit.
[Laughs.] The cocaine!
"The cocaine!" I call it "the weed." I'm drug dumb. I don't know shit about drugs. I just don't do that because I would never do anything to—God forbid—ruin my career. I value my career.
There must have been drugs and alcohol around, though, right?
I've been in situations where I've been petrified of putting my purse down because I was traveling the next day and I knew that there was stuff on the counter. I'm just overly paranoid.
Awkward budding sexuality was a big part of Dawn's character on Buffy. How smooth and comfortable was your own entrée into sexual activity?
Would you like to know what kind of condom I used? [Laughs.] Seth Green says I've been the same person since he met me at 14. I guess I've just always had sex on the brain. A lot of people thought that I was having sex before I actually was, because of the way I held myself. I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18. It wasn't a crazy, massive thing.
It's a good thing—that could have been painful. When your body filled out, were you comfortable being curvy?
It's been really hard. There are tabloid magazines that call me fat. That's hard to accept, but it's also hard to think about the girl who's not as thin as I am and who looks at me as a role model—if I'm not skinny enough, then what chance does this girl have? That shit bothers me.
I've heard that you don't work out. Ever. How do you keep it together?
I always feel like I'm gonna do a Nutty Professor and just explode, like my knees are gonna get 500 pounds. [I don't work out but] I'm always moving. The only time I'm ever literally still is when the camera's rolling. I probably have ADD, I don't know.
You're supposedly quite flexible, too. How limber are we talking?
[Michelle puts her leg behind her head.]
Oh my!
They both stay up there. Pretty flexible, double-jointed everywhere. Yeah, I could've been in Cirque du Soleil. [Laughs.]
You do have the face of a 12-year-old gymnast.
For my dirty-old-man fan base.
You also have some of the palest skin I've ever seen. Do you feel fetishized a lot?
You mean by creepy little girl sites? You're dirty! Do you have a fetish? [Laughs.] No, I am very, very pale. I've had men tell me I resemble pin-ups, old-fashioned Hollywood glamour pin-ups like Veronica Lake or Jessica Rabbit, which is very flattering.
And do you have any fetishes?
Why are you obsessed with creepy shit?! I think I have a rash from the paint [used in the photo shoot]. Seriously, my skin is burning hot.
That's just my questions getting under your skin. And here's another one: Can you say something sexy in Russian?
Even saying "I love your lips" [Michelle says it in Russian], it's not really sexy.
You're trying to sell it short.
You really are liking the kink, aren't ya?
Have you ever taken the Mercy nurse outfit home?
Clearly you haven't seen my Mercy nurse outfit.
WATCH MICHELLE’S BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO:
ADDITIONAL CREDITS: (STYLING) Anoma Ya Whittaker. (HAIR) Creighton Bowman for Exclusive Artists/Kérastase. (MAKEUP) Fabiola Arancibia using M.A.C. Cosmetics at the Wall Group. (SET DESIGN) W.A.R.S./We Are Rocket Science (SOFA) Bocca by Studio 65. COVER, SEVENTH, AND NINTH IMAGES: Earrings by Giles & Brother by Phillip Crangi / mask by Agent Provocateur / jacket by Cushnie Et Ochs. FIRST AND EIGTH IMAGES: Necklace by Delphine-Charlotte Permantier / swimsuit by Oye / skirt by American Apparel / tights by Falke / ring by Jessica Kagan Cushman / bracelet by Gara Danielle. SECOND IMAGE: Earrings by Giles & Brother by Philip Crangi / dress by Shipley & Halmos / tights by Falke / boots by Rock & Republic / bracelets by Lia Sophia. THIRD IMAGE: Necklace by Giles & Brother by Philip Crangi / dress by D&G / shoes by Sergio Rossi. FOURTH AND TENTH IMAGES: Dress by Agent Provocateur / tights by Falke / jewelry by Gara Danielle. FIFTH IMAGE: Sunglasses by Dolce & Gabbana / necklace by Delphine-Charlotte Parmentier / swimsuit by Oye / skirt by American Apparel / ring by Jessica Kagan Cushman / bracelet by Gaga Danielle. SIXTH IMAGE: Glasses by Alexander McQueen / dress by Shipley & Halmost / bracelets by Lia Sophia.
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