The wildly irreverent and damned funny Sarah Silverman returns to television with
The Sarah Silverman Program, which Logo helped to save from extinction when it opted into a financial partnership with Comedy Central. Now
Advocate.com has an exclusive interview with Silverman in which she chats up gay marriage, queer content on her show, her status as a "cunt tease" (we didn't say it),
Lady Gaga and more.
Silverman, whose humor is not for the squeamish, has challenged stereotypes and discrimination against lesbians and gays on her show and in her personal life, like when she famously vowed to not marry then boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel unless same-sex couples could wed. While Silverman and Kimmel have since broken up she promises to remain an unmarried lady until gays and lesbians can marry.
On the subject of marriage she told
Advocate:"I've been really annoyed by any liberal person getting married who says they stand for gay rights. How can anyone in good conscience get married right now? How is that different than joining a country club that doesn't allow Jews or blacks?"
Regarding
The Sarah Silverman Program's third season, premiering Feb. 4, Silverman says she's amped up the show's queer factor, including adding more of comedian Tig Notaro's lesbian cop character.
On being called a "tease" for kissing Jessica Biel at the VMA's Silverman said: I've never heard that one either, but I love it! Two of my best friends are lesbians - one from L.A. and one from NYC - and they would never call me that, because I think if either of them imagined me in a sexual way, they'd gag. We're like sisters. But yeah, I'm pretty much a lesbian in every way other than loving penis. I love Nanci Griffith, Patty Griffin, and Tegan and Sara. I play all sports - I have a b-ball, softball glove, and football in my trunk at all times. Plus anyone would tell you I wear cargo pants daily. When I try to dress up, I look like a tranny.
Read the full interview here.
