The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast - Carmen Electra - Setting The Record Straight, Marriages In The Spotlight, Baywatch, & Playboy

Episode Date: September 18, 2024

#753: Join us as we sit down with Carmen Electra, an American glamour model, actress, tv personality, singer, dancer, and sex symbol. From her breakthrough with Prince to gaining fame on her acclaimed roles on MTV, Baywatch, and Playboy magazine. In this episode, Carmen opens up about her career defining moments & exposes the truth behind her idolized Vegas wedding, relationship with Prince, the thrilling moment she got the call from Playboy, & her rise to stardom on Baywatch!  To connect with Carmen Electra click HERE To connect with Lauryn Bosstick click HERE To connect with Michael Bosstick click HERE Read More on The Skinny Confidential HERE To Watch the Show click HERE For Detailed Show Notes visit TSCPODCAST.COM To Call the Him & Her Hotline call: 1-833-SKINNYS (754-6697) This episode is brought to you by The Skinny Confidential Head to the HIM & HER Show ShopMy page HERE to find all of Michael and Lauryn’s favorite products mentioned on their latest episodes. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace Head to squarespace.com/SKINNY to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code SKINNY.  This episode is sponsored by Fatty15 Fatty15 is on a mission to replenish your C15 levels and restore your long-term health. You can get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to fatty15.com/SKINNY and using code SKINNY at checkout. This episode is sponsored by Purely Elizabeth Visit purelyelizabeth.com and use code SKINNY at checkout for 20% off sitewide. This episode is sponsored by Range Rover Evoque Explore the Range Rover Evoque at LandRoverUSA.com This episode is sponsored by JLO Beauty Head to JLOBeauty.com/SKINNY and get a special gift of four free Masks and free shipping. Produced by Dear Media

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Aha! Baywatch was over and yeah like there was a moment where I was single and I this is so crazy I was with a bunch of my friends. I'm leaving the club and Dennis Rodman

and his crew is coming in and they took my coat off like literally like, stay. I'm like, no, no, no, we're going to go. Threw my coat behind the bar and then said, what do you want to drink?

And I'm just like, okay, I guess we're here. Come in, come hither, come join us for the one, the only, the iconic Carmen Electra. You may know her. I'm sure you know her. She is an American glamour model, an actress, a TV personality, a singer, a dancer, and of course, an iconic sex

symbol. We talk about Prince, gaining fame, MTV Baywatch Playboy, Dave Navarro. We even talk about Dennis Rodman. She really goes back and reflects on her evolution throughout Hollywood, which I think is really cool and sort of tells a story in this episode. If you're someone who has followed Carmen Electra for a long time, I think you'll love this episode because it's like through her lens. Carmen Electra, welcome to the Him and Her Show. This is the skinny confidential Him and Her. How many people in this office do you think have or had a picture of Carmen Electra on their wall? Two out of three, three out of three.

Taylor behind us already. Does it count if you had more than one? I love that. I love it. I think he still does. I mean, really? Big fan. I love that so much.

He's only wanted to take pictures with three people that have come on the podcast. And you're going to be number three. He already told us. And that's out of like 750 of these. He doesn't care about anyone but certain people. Okay. Carmen Electra, you are here on the podcast. We want to get the lay of the land with you. We want to get your story. You were born in Ohio. Okay, talk to us about what your childhood was like. I grew up with really supportive parents

and they really wanted me to, well, my mom said when I was born. I came out dancing. And I was always moving, so dance was kind of like the obvious place for me. And so she put me in classes. They would work extra jobs. My dad, my dad is like a real guitar player. He discovered Bootsy Collins. He's played with the Ohio Players. Like, he was funky he he was

into the blues so they just worked extra jobs so I could study and I when I was nine years old I auditioned for the school for creative and performing arts and that probably was the best thing ever because you're kind of learning you know whatever you're I mean it's almost like college so you you can start from the fourth grade to the 12th grade and you're with like all these diverse people and it was always taught like we you know we if there was always a chance for everyone so if we put on the sound of music they would be like everyone was considered no matter what your race or color is and that was beautiful to me and that was kind of where I learned I think to be open and and just I don't know I I had fun there. When you're nine years old and you're already performing,

is that crazy to look back on? I mean, nine years old is young. Well, I started dancing when I was five. By the age of seven, I had over 100 trophies because I was competing. And then I was also auditioning for the gymnastics team, but it was kind of like, are you going to choose ballet? I kept spreading my ankle, you know, because it gets serious when you audition for the team,

and I made it, but I had to make a choice, and just because I had been studying classical ballet for so long at that point, I think it was easier because our school I mean I majored in dance my minor was vocal music and drama so you are very talented in a lot of different areas it's was it's not just dance well I will definitely say though I've always been really shy. I got over my shyness.

I was going to say, I wouldn't peg you as shy. I know. You can't shut me up now. When I came to Los Angeles, I just wanted to be a dancer, maybe for Janet Jackson or artists. And that's what I came to do but for some reason I kept getting putting in the middle. What do you mean by the middle? What does that mean?

I went to someone brought me into Capitol Records and I got signed to a demo deal and it was me. You know what I mean? It was so scary. And then I auditioned for a group that Prince was putting together. And when I auditioned, I didn't get a response. So I just thought, great, though. I've got this capital deal.

And they'll keep me in L.A. And I'm going to meet a lot of producers. And, I mean, it is scary, though, when you just go in and, like, sing this, and da-da-da-da, because I've been studying more, like, in my childhood for musicals, you know? And it's a whole different tone.

So you thought you wanted to be, like, a background dancer for Janet Jackson. And then someone, yeah, artists like that. I wanted to tour. I didn't have to be in the front. I was cool being a part of a group. Weren't you with the Pussycat Dolls for a while? We're not there yet.

We're not there yet. You can't jump ahead. I'm just contextualizing all this together. Yeah. So when you meet Prince, what was that was that like like what was he like if you were to describe him you know I was 18 years old and we went to his house and he was kind of standing in a doorway looking like really sexy and I was I was only I felt nervous, you know, what's happening here. And so I just auditioned.

Like, it was funny. He went to the piano and literally started playing Do, Re, Mi. And I was in The Sound of Music twice at a dinner theater. I played Marta and Brigitte. And so I kind of knew it better than he did because I was performing it and so he thought that was cute and funny and oh then we had to play pool which I suck at playing pool I was like why but he was asking me about my dance world and how much he really appreciated the dedication

that goes into ballet you know a lot of your toes are bleeding in your pointe shoes and you can't stop don't they break the feet in ballet too sometimes so that you can is that true or is that not true i think you can break a lot of things or really mess some of your body up but i mean i know a lot of dancers that went on to Joffrey and got an injury and they were just done. Which is so wild that you work your whole life to get there and then you get an injury and it's over. I know.

I felt horrible for my friends. And then I thought you should have come out to LA because it was always New York or LA. So if you're going New York, it will be Broadway, you know. And LA is more like Hollywood. And I also had a friend dancing on Broadway and she had a knee injury and that was it.

And so I felt kind of lucky in a way that I went to LA. Because it was a different scene in LA, I feel like. Totally different scene. What happens after you and Prince are singing Do Re Mi? Like, what is the relationship? I mean, does he fall in love with you? He's got to fall in love with you. I don't know.

I mean, he was just kind of being him. And then he wanted to see me dance. So I went full out you know dancing and every kind of way and I felt like he was like okay cool you know because I came in with like a certain style of dance like we just dance hard you? And he liked that a lot. But then I heard nothing. Nothing. So the girl that, it was her band,

she kept saying, I thought you were amazing and I want you in my group, but he's not giving an answer. And so that was, okay, fine. That's cool. I'm cool. Okay, I'm going to move on. I was able to stay in la because of capital

and recording demos so i was in a hotel the haunted roosevelt hotel that's where you're saying yeah that's what they put me up it was so scary it really is haunted everyone used to hang out at the rose what was the club that was in the Roosevelt back in the day oh there was a good club popping but this is so maybe it was Teddy's yeah

there was one with clowns or something too I remember I don't remember that one this is so you're living at the Roosevelt Hotel and you're working

for Capitol Records and then at what point does Prince call the friend that I was out that I was able to spend more time to I I was like I have two weeks to figure something out and it was kind of magical I kid you not just boom going in we're signing you to a demo deal and then next thing you know, I'm at Prince's house and I'm auditioning. And that was weird, but I was fine with it.

Okay. He doesn't want me. I'm going to continue doing this. And he was able to get in touch with me. I remember, I think at that point, I may have been staying at the Holly. Wait, what's that hotel?

It's like a very it's a cheap hotel so like for a minute I was at this hotel what do you call the Holiday Inn get it out the Holiday Inn and so you know I was like eating candy bars they don't you know there's they don't have food But I would go wandering around. I just, I've always been like, I'm a wanderer. I call it putzing around. I go wandering.

Yeah. Yeah. I do it. I mean, I've done it in Italy. I just go. I like to just go sometimes. Oh my God. Michael is a...

I'll just roam. I'm a good roamer. I like a roam. I love a roam. I don't mind a roam, but it's kind of a slow... No, you do mind a roam. He likes a good roamer. I like a roam. I love a roam. I don't mind a roam, but it's kind of a slow roam. He likes a planned out roam. Oh, I just would leave and whoever was with me didn't even know

I was gone. I should just do that to you. Bye. Bye. I just like looking at the culture, looking at the streets, the fashion. And there was so many different things and I I don't know

I have a habit of doing that I'm putzing you gotta putz around but I think when you kinda just snap back or something you're not really

drawing a lot of attention so see Michael you know what I mean I don't mind the roaming around it's just the pace of the roaming

is a little slow I'm slow that's why I go by myself I like shopping by myself i like shopping by myself because literally i turn into a zombie you know my eyes are spinning and i'm just like looking at stuff and you know i think sometimes too when you're really creative no offense michael shopping alone is really good unless you're with someone that shops like you. So you'll go to completely different departments, but then you'll kind of check in and then go away.

Then you're in try and close, you know, I mean, how much fun? I mean, shopping is really fun, isn't it? It's the best, but I think back in those days, I would just be looking because I couldn't afford a lot of things. So you were sort of daydreaming about it. Oh, yeah. I mean, I was going into every store and just looking and paying attention. So does Prince call you back? He gets a hold of me at the Holiday Inn. He wanted me to come over and watch like an old movie.

And I said, no. I'm here to work. Okay. You thought it was like a, he was a kind of. No, he wasn't. He wasn't asking to come over to eat popcorn, Michael. If that's what you're wondering. Watch an old movie.

Well, I don't know what he was actually meaning. But it wasn't to work on music. So I said no. Yeah. And then later, later on, he got a hold of me and he knew i was recording and he said i want to hear your demos so i said okay yeah he loved he was so funny he said we could use these as coasters or frisbees because Because, you know, he's got that great sarcasm. He's hilarious, right?

So he didn't like them? No, no. And he goes, I want to sign you. Hmm. Okay. But I already signed a contract. So I told him that I don't want to have any problems. I signed something with them.

He goes, don't worry, I'll get you out of it. Did he? And he did. Wow. He did. He's Prince. He's Prince. And so when you sign with Prince, what happens in your life?

Is that a moment that it sort of took off with your career? It was this moment where he's like, was kind of nervous about it and he said your flight's going to be leaving at this time there'll be a car to pick you up and i was still kind of going i don't know if was so early I flew by myself packed up my I had the smallest bag and he would say do you have a lot of clothes I'm like of course I do but I really didn't I just had a couple like pieces, you know. So when you go with him and you fly, where do you guys fly? Where do you go?

Where do you travel? I flew to Minnesota. Why Minnesota? Because that's where he lives and records in Paisley Park. That's his creative place. Do you think that he picked that place because it was out of L.A. and New York and he didn't have distraction? I know he loved L.A. and I know he loved New York, but I'm not sure. I can't answer for him, but I felt like he kind of maybe just liked going home, you know? Yeah. And people didn't really bother him so much.

Like a sanctuary. Yeah. So he had a house. And then it was a short, quick couple seconds to get to Paisley Park. But I think in the end, maybe he was living at Paisley Park. I had heard that he burnt the house down for some reason. But I really wasn't involved in his life at that point. So I don't know. When you say he moved back to Paisley Park like he moved in that area they just made it like he's got a bedroom in there and he already kind of had that an office and a bed and literally it was magical like

like Willy Wonka you know what I mean oh you got the golden ticket and then go in and it was just so beautiful like his house was like perfect paisley park i mean his house was beautiful too okay so both were like but i think some people like just automatically now say he lived at paisley park got it he kind of did because he would record all the time but at that point he had a house too. So when you fly out to see him what do you guys do? Is he immediately teaching like teaching you how to record or did he let you have fluidity with your creativity? Well I came in there was a purple limousine that picked me up at the airport and his brother Dwayne, was driving.

And I really loved his brother a lot. He passed away. But Dwayne and I had this closeness that was really special. Just he called me on this phone. I'm back in this limo. I haven't, I don't think I've ever been in a limo. So it was just like so much. And he calls me back there and just said I want you to buy something white and a white headband and so we found that like they just took me to some place

that I didn't I didn't know where I was at it was like it was a big adventure to just go like that but he's really kind and wait is he asking you to buy a white dress and a white headband to like marry you no not at that point no I think I think he just he has these visions I don't know that's what he wanted and I was totally fine with going shopping. Let's go. So what happens when you actually get there? Are you immediately thrown into recording? No, I was living at his house for a moment.

And did he fall in love with you? Yeah. I don't want to like speak for him, but, you know, eventually. It just took me a while. know I was really young and but he was madly in love with you it seemed like it I could say it seemed like it for sure so what point of your career when you look back do you feel like it really started to take off because this is a huge moment to be from Ohio and now Prince is and now I'm living in Minnesota it's wild yeah so is this a is this a moment that you look back on that you think really started everything that's happened for you I definitely it would definitely

was like the rooted part even like what coming from a dance world I mean I learned a lot from him I would always watch the way he worked he was an amazing dancer right oh yeah he could do the moves he he was good at the moves yeah yeah no he was high energy all the time always recording and then all of a sudden he was like we were working on songs together and you know and that was cool i mean i was very nervous but we recorded a song like that never i don't think it ever came out it's one of my favorite songs that we recorded and it was called Carmen on Top and it was so funky the music was so funky you gotta re-release it you have to re-release I can't do that I mean I don't yeah I don't own it I mean I have it on a cassette but petition to get that. What is your next sort of moment in your career that happened that you look back on that was something that sort of shaped everything you've been through?

Was it Baywatch next? No, it was MTV. MTV. Yeah. And what happened with that? I auditioned for Singled Out. Jenny McCarthy was doing it. And then she had gotten her own comedy sketch show on MTV.

So they were looking for, you know, someone to fill in for her. And I'm like, you know, one of my friends, I'm a goofball, I'm fun. I, like, I don't know, I'm a dork and all those things. But I was really shy. And I had to just take it in and go well if I'm gonna go here for this audition I need to be like on fire and I got the part and it was just like I couldn't believe it and it was a blast that was was more like, I would say my school had a college vibe.

Prince had a college vibe. I didn't go to college. But MTV was like when you party and it's wild. It just kind of threw you into it. Oh, it was fun. It was fun. All those spring breaks and interviewing. I forgot about all those spring break shows on the MTV.

That's like the era you think that because you put yourself out there with mtv and threw yourself into the deep end that it took away your shyness because i would not describe you as shy no it completely did something changed and i'm happy for that so i learned a lot there yeah and then i learned things like because you'd be nervous. Sometimes you're running, you're going live. You know, they'd have me on red carpets interviewing. I remember it was the Howard Stern premiere. They flew me out there. For the movie, you mean?

Yes, in New York, private parts in New York. And, you know, I'm interviewing people. And, you know, it was a huge red carpet and the big it's such a big deal I mean I got to interview so many people it was really cool you're doing podcasting before podcasting was out I interviewed Eminem in the early days and I mean there was just I remember he used to go on Stern too back in the day. I remember those interviews. All the time.

Is that nerve wracking? I feel like that would make me nervous. I love Stern. No, I love him. I love Howard. I was going on there super early in these wild little outfits. And then he always had me come back. And we had fun.

I wonder why. We always had fun. No, I love Howard. You always had fun. No, but... No, I love Howard. You have to have a good personality. It's not just about the way you look

to go on Stern. You gotta have a good personality. He's not gonna invite you back over and over. He's gonna, you know, play with you

and if you don't play back, you're never gonna get out of there. Right. You'll be stuck in there because like, Baba Booey comes out and then no, no, no. But I loved it.

I don't, you know, it was fun for me. Did he ever give you tips on how to interview when you were on the red carpet? No. No tips? Nope. I think Howard should have you back on and you guys should share a bunch of tips.

He did a book recently all about interviewing. I read the book, but the book is not tips on interviewing. It's interviews. In fact, I think you were in there. He transcribed interviews. Oh, I love that. So tell us about the behind the scenes at MTV. This is pre-Baywatch.

Tell us about what it's like. Is it catty? Is it fun? And you mentioned that it's kind of like high school, but what's the behind the scenes? Like college. College. Yeah, because every Friday

when we finish shooting, we'd go to karaoke and drink. You know what I mean? And everyone was like in that mode. Like people would dress up as strange things. And it was just to bring the high energy levels up and you

know because it was the spring break shows too right was that oh yeah yeah I mean a big stage remember what I walked out when lit was playing I was only gonna walk out and then all of a sudden I just started dancing and I remember that and it became like this iconic moment for the time. It was like at a beach, right? It was in Cancun. That's right. It was in Cancun.

Well, it was great. We went, you know, okay, we're going to Jamaica. And sometimes I wouldn't even know. Like, yeah, even Destiny's Child when they were young. I interviewed all the girls. That's wild. I know. That pulled a lot of i know there's so many things but the rule became if you mess up it's punk rock and i was like oh my god that that should be the rule

of everything because i never wanted to mess up you know but then i didn't care anymore great it's punk rock let's go so it was cool to sort of not be perfect yeah you know what's crazy about mess ups were great about like MTV during your time is that they're like right now there's like you're sort of like competing with the world because of social media so there's like all different kinds of influencers and entrepreneurs and podcasters but when you were doing mtv in my head there was like three top girls and it was like to me it was like you jenny mccartney jenny mccartney mccarthy mccarthy and pamela anderson like those were the three there wasn't like a ton of you guys that i remember is that is how it felt like Like, behind the scenes? It did, yeah.

Like, there's the... Are those the three that I'm... Am I saying that right? Yeah, I think, yeah. Okay. I would say at that time... I mean, that's pretty cool. Because now it's like... It's like so much...

And then when I was... I think Baywatch saw me on MTV and had me come in to audition when Pamela was leaving. But there was a lot of other girls that came along as well so I never wanted to feel like because she to me is just like the queen of Baywatch like I never wanted to feel like oh my god like I'm stepping into her shoes now but there was a lot of other girls brought in at the same time. And I love that.

I was like, yes, the more girls, the merrier. The better. When you were asked to audition for Baywatch, what does that look like? Is it just, is it boring? Like, are you just in a, like a box test reading or is it a whole production? They have this, they have this office where everything could happen there. So I went up to do my reading for the audition. David Hasselhoff was there.

Yeah, and I got through that part fine. And then they said, here's the red suit. Go put that red suit on. I was like, really? Okay. I left my high heels on to come up and they said, you got to take those off. I was like, God, did I shave my legs? I'm like, whoa, this is wild.

But I did it. I did a little twirl. And then they asked me if I could swim. And I said said of course I said okay we're gonna go down there was a pool in the office where we would do a lot of underwater scenes because you're not going to be able to get that in the ocean so there's a lot like when you see everyone swing on top and then they go under it was in the pool there so yeah I just remember standing on the edge of the pool and saying whatever kind of prayer I said I have no idea in my mind and then I just thought I'm gonna everyone always said tuck your chin I did that I think my dive was probably amazing from the dancing and there wasn't a long

it's so different when you swim in a pool as opposed to the ocean it's so different so I made I got the part I was like wow this is great so it just kind of went to this to this and then there's also a great connection with playboy but at the time i was going on to the show i had done playboy already i'm with a celebrity pictorial but then i had this team around me i remember it singled out all these men showed up in suits and they were like you need an agent and we had this grand meeting and it was so cool that things were happening and I said you need a publicist and you need a manager so we sat and we interviewed people and I think at that time my publicist was trying to tone down the sexiness because we were always in the suit

although that's even not even who i am i loved it well you loved the sex i loved it but they were kind of like no yeah i did the one of the first covers of maxim when it came out i remember that and i was like in these leather pants everything was like pretty covered you know so when playboy approaches you are you like fuck yeah or did you have to like go through oh no I was really excited I mean I just remember the first time I went in I had to you have to shoot a lot and and they offered me to be a playmate or to do a celebrity pictorial. And I looked at the contracts,

even though I probably don't do that now. Someone look at them. But I was kind of on my own on that, you know, in the beginning. And so I looked at what the playmates would do and the money. And then I looked at what the playmates would do and the money, and then I looked at this contract, and I was like, no, I'm doing this one. I'm going to do the celebrity pictorial. So they just don't pay the playmates as well as the celebrities?

I think that they paid well, but not as much, so it didn't make sense to me. What are the responsibilities of a playmate compared to just if you... I really don't know all that, but I mean, I've heard, you know, some of the girls would have to live there. I didn't want...

We had Crystal on the show. I didn't want to live there. I mean, I like to go to the parties and that was fun. I think that you've always done a really good job of separating your...

Like, that was really sort of strategic. I kind of felt like what I want to do, and then as things were happening, the pictorial would be something that felt more the direction I wanted to go in. When they tell you... Although I love all the playmates. I have nothing against it.

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Are they like, you have to be this tan, you have to shave this way, you have to have... No, they would do that all there. So they say it's up to you what you want to do.

They had great body makeup that should come out again because they're not making it anymore. You should make it. You should start a business. I know. That's the business. I know. Body makeup.

I know the formula because I still have the bottles. Oh, yeah, honey. And that was like a secret. That was a good like. And they always lit everything well well even though we were outside there's nothing worse than bad it took a lot of time for them to light so i think because all these things they would do looked very magical and you're by the water so people would from all over the world would want to come in i remember coming out of my trailer and the one piece got smaller and smaller over the time,

which was totally fine with me. But everyone's taking pictures and everyone will watch everything. I'm like, okay. You know, that's wild. When you started doing Baywatch, was that, I'm just going to guess, one of the hardest gigs you'd ever done

because you have to get in and out of the water and there's acting. It was definitely. And I have high respect for the people that stayed for all that time. I mean, for me, the things I would, you know, we were expected to do most of our stunts because people had been complaining at that point.

They didn't believe anyone was doing their stunts. Well, there was a weird point in Baywatch where like the body and the person didn't look anywhere near like the people. You know what I mean? Yeah. So they were like, no, you're going to do everything. We're doing everything. Those old 90s and like 2000s era splices there's moments though where i felt like i could celebrate because they would say or the script would say you're tandem surfing

i don't know how to surf you know what i mean okay we're tandem surfing okay so that means you know and we kind of learned it in the episode but going on the water and these are professionals that would like literally like push you in the air, like your acrobatics, like all the ballet and all the acrobatics and things came into handy. But it was really scary. But making it through and like literally I just felt like I did this it was so I'm looking back like I could fall off we could anyone could fall off from a high level and I just remember I waved at the camera boom that was it so you had it was one of those moments oh yeah I even had the flu I got two tickets on the way out because we had to shoot where there were waves a little bit

so it was way out and I was like speeding on the way don't ever speed on PCH you're going to get a ticket you know I got a ticket on the way and on the way home but I had the flu but I did everything I was supposed to do

were you not this is maybe a stupid question but were you not scared of sharks being so way out I would be petrified they would discuss them you know and sometimes that there were I don't know we were just supposed to do what we had to do yeah I wasn't not gonna not try things but is every single guy on the cast hitting on you at this point? There was a guy that was, he was a little flirtatious, but the thing was,

is I, I was engaged to be real from Cypress Hill at that time, and I don't think people really know that. I didn't know that.

Yeah. I know, it's funny. It's just something that never came up. And I, his family's my family. and if it wasn't for him and his whole family I don't know if I would have been able to get a car to go to auditions you know and so I just like their family is my family to this day.

Because that means you were just, you were not interested in anybody else at the time. You were just... No, I wasn't. But, you know, these hot bodies are flirting. But, you know, if I'm with somebody, I'm with them. You know? I bet a lot of people have a lot of questions about the behind the scenes on the Baywatch set.

I felt, I imagine it was like Melrose Place. Well, what I OK, I was very green going into acting and I didn't really realize. And my my partner, my love interest was David Chokchi. But I didn't know if it says kiss like you don't have to use your tongue I didn't know that's kind of a an overall role of acting unless it's some type of specific movie where it would require that

we didn't need to require that on Baywatch you know I didn't know so I just tongued him down and I no but everyone loved it I mean so I just tongued him down and I poor guy and no everyone loved it how terrible for him

I mean everyone loved it everyone and then I kind of cringe when I see it because I'm just you know I would not know

that either I wouldn't know that if I was called to kiss someone because I would want to make it look real right yeah

acting yeah but I figured it out later when I started working on other movies that oh you don't have to do that i was like great whatever maybe it just made it the scene even better i'll take it as that but i was a little embarrassed that i just went let me ask you this was he like whoa whoa whoa stop that no of course not. I don't think he was. No, not at all. I think he was okay.

He lived. He's like, let's shoot another scene. I was just like, you know, later on, like, oh my God, should I be embarrassed or is it like hot? I think it's cool. Okay, good. Yeah. What do you mean?

Okay. I've accepted it. If someone calls to kiss someone, no one's kissing without tongue if you're like with someone, are they oh no but there's certain scripts that you it doesn't require that at all and I don't think sometimes they just look at it as like this one didn't require that like you just go like like a brush oh you don't have to like just lips moving and blah blah blah but I like went tongue deep.

I've heard some actors and actresses actually fuck. So, I mean, yeah, I've heard they actually. I've heard some of those rumors too. They actually fuck. I don't know if it's true or not. They actually fuck in the real scene to make it look real. I have a feeling we were thinking of the same movie, but I'm not going to because I don't really know. I'll tell you off air.

It looked like it. Yeah, there's a couple... What movie is this? I can't remember. It was a big movie. It was a huge movie. It was a huge... A big, big movie.

Big movie. And also, Ben Affleck really showed his real dick in Gone Girl. Really? That's his real dick. Go look at it. It is. As soon as this is over, I can't wait to tune in. Wow, now we're gonna go back and look at body parts.

Taylor, go get me Gone Girl, please. Great. I don't know if I want to see his. It's pretty big. It's down his knee. Good for him. It's big. You also see Mark Wahlberg's real dick in Deuce,

no, not Deuce Bigelow, in Boogie Nights. I don't think that's real. You don't think so? No. I'm going to Google it. You think it's prosthetics? It is good for him. Prosthetics?

Yeah, prosthetics. Taylor showed his dick on this show, so you never know what's going to happen, right? I hope you're not showing your dick on this show, Taylor. Wait, who should? Taylor. She's just joking. Don't worry, Carmen. She'll take one off.

I'm not afraid of it. She's maybe seen one. Whatever. Okay, so at what point do you break up with the Cypress Hill? What did you call him? His name's Be Real. Be Real. Insane in the membrane.

Okay, I know who that is. When she sings that. I don't. I listen to Bossa Nova. You got no street cred, Lauren. Oh, they're bad. Yeah, I was learning the rules of the street. He taught me the rules of the street, you know.

Because he was a blood, you know. No, I didn't know that. He was a blood. Like a real one? So I was with gangsters all the time. Wait, he's a real blood? You do not know Cypress Hill? Yeah, but like, you know, I think they just, you know, maybe coming out of that because, you know, the music.

Because he got, he did so well with the music because of his, like. Legit, he was a blood. You weren't scared. Taylor, hold on. No, I wasn't scared. Are you eating something back there? What does that smell? Me?

I smell popcorn. Yeah, we smell popcorn. I smell popcorn. One time he opened like Kung Pao Chicken back there. No, but it was badass because he really taught me the laws of the streets. What's the laws of the street? What do you mean?

There's a lot of them. I mean, it's just kind of what to look out for. I mean, I'm on this beef episode. This is wild. Check this out. A lot of people don't know this either. There was a series called Beef

and it was like West Coast, East Coast, Cypress and Cube. And it's, you could find it. And I had watched them before. But the thing was, is that like Cypress took in the song for Ice Cube to listen to. And it was like, throw your set in the air. Like throw your set. You know what I mean?

And so he didn't end up putting it in the movie but what they felt like was he copied the song and it was like put your hood in the air or something like that so there was this huge beef i'm with b at the time he gets a not not even a text at that point. He had like a Skygram. And it said, watch out for your white bitch. You guys broke up. Were you single at this point? Baywatch was over. And yeah, like there was a moment where I was single. And I, this is so crazy.

I was with a bunch of my friends. We walk into a club. Well well we're leaving the club sorry I'm leaving the club and Dennis Rodman and his crews coming in and they took my coat off like literally like stay and like no no no we're gonna go through my coat behind the bar and then said, what do you want to drink? And I'm just like, okay, I guess we're here. I'm going to get my typical sex on the beach that I stole. That's my... That's your drink order?

I don't even know if people know how to make it anymore. But I've always, that was always my little cocktail drink. What's a sex on the beach by carmen electra tell us how to make oh my god i would have to look it up because i never have really made it i just asked the bartenders i feel like it's got like peach schnapps and it's got a bunch of things in it but it tastes sweet okay it tastes sweet and you can get really tipsy quickly. So Dennis Rodman sees you at the bar in your hot outfit ordering a sex on the beach? I was walking out with my friends. We were done.

We were like leaving the club. And they were coming in. And you always had like this huge entourage of people. And so they like stopped us. And then I don't know my coat. Like give me your coat. And it was sewn behind the bar and I'm just I was like I want to go I don't want to be here but we exchanged numbers and he was always trying

to call me and never answered him back oh they always fall for that and then this is the way to get a guy I don't know what happened I like I was invite he invited me to go to a bulls game and i just went i just went by myself and he fell in love it felt quick if uh yeah it was quick it was very quick i don't even know how to explain it how long were you guys together before you got married i don't even know i don't think it was even that long you know at before you got married I don't even know I don't think it was even that long you know at this point but you made some headlines I remember that oh it's crazy I couldn't look at like I was on the news every day about that people all my friends were there we it was because it because it was in Vegas I didn't want to do it I didn't want to do it. I didn't want to get married in Vegas.

Why? Seems kind of fun. No. No. It's not fun. Why? Tell me where you. If you could envision.

I was in my regular clothes that we were out that night in. And then I had a calendar shoot. And I needed to leave that next morning. And he kept waking me up. He was having people come to the bed. Wake me up out of my sleep. and all my friends happened to be there it was just one of those times where all of his cool friends were there and all of my girlfriends were there and he was sending them up to me and I just remember finally he he picked me up and I'm standing on the bed so now we're even height because I'm

four two and a half and he was crying come on please mama marry me and I was I was deep I will always have like this love for him I don't even know there was a connection that's what happened right away when I first first went there, he's like, you're never going to leave. So when you get... And even like, I would say like Michael Jordan, like I got to do things that none of the other girls got to do because I don't know why. I mean, when they won the last championship,

I knew it was going to be my fault if he didn't win. If they, you know, if he didn't win if they you know if he didn't if Rodman didn't play good it goes back on you and so wait what? oh it oh don't you know that

about sports? no they had an athlete and if they don't play well let's hope she doesn't at this point and they don't play well it's the girlfriend's fault

or the wife's fault like sports people they love their athletes. Okay. So he wins. What happens if he wins? Oh, it was a huge celebration. I was-

What do you mean what happens if they did? No, I'm saying to her, what happens if they win? And it was on the last dance, you know? It was on the last dance. What is the last dance? Oh my God. Oh my God. It was, it's the documentary.

Michael Jordan asked me to do it. You guys. Oh my God. It's a necessary watch. We're going to have to brush up on some cultural things around here. It's a necessary watch. Okay. Watching how Michael Jordan grew,

how the team came in. And it was Rodman, Pippen and Jordan. And I mean, they had already won a million rings, I would say. So when he went. I got to go back. Like, this is just Michael Jordan being nice because, you know, he runs it. You know, Michael Jordan runs a show.

So security grabbed me. They brought me in. Champagne's flowing. Everyone's just, ah. And then he went to a room and it was only the basketball players. And I was, Dennis pulled me in. You guys were dating or married at this time?

We probably were married, I would say. Yeah, we were married at that time. I got to kiss the trophy. I was the only girl allowed in there and that was their last championship you know

it was really special I just was shocked that's wild I know how cool is that yeah that's cool who wouldn't want to be

in there no that's cool yeah so there's a picture and me and we're kissing the trophy you might need to like post that again on Instagram and do a TBD

as I'm listening to you talk and Lauren kind of alluded to this earlier there's a lot of stuff going on right now but I feel like it's harder to pick out iconic moments nowadays

because there's so many moments and there's so much visibility yeah but like you were a part of a lot of very memorable iconic moments that a lot of people can look back on

and say like oh I remember that time because like that moment or even the Baywatch or even the stuff at the spring break like there wasn't as many i mean maybe there were things going on but you didn't see as many things it was wild because i just kept feeling this like a current you know it just kept moving it was very bizarre do you get addicted to like it's like these moments that you've had do you get addicted like it's like gets better and better do you get addicted or no like were you like ready I wouldn't say addicted it just would feel it feels good when you get a job and you audition you know and then I

was able to take care of myself find it you know amazing because I had these jobs and my life changed a lot but it oh my god we were so wild it was fun it sounds like a blast he was a blast yeah he's he also seems and this is just from like seeing him on television he seems very quiet but confident yes and but he's a tourist thing I mean we're both I'm a double tourist and he's a tourist when's your birthday april 20th 420 okay so i'm on the aries cusp but a double tourist okay i think my moon is in cancer when but cancers are great i like cancers a lot so and my venus is in gemini oh i'm a gemini oh you, you are? I love Geminis. You never know what you're going to get.

I know. That's why I love them. I need to be entertained. That sounds familiar. I need to be entertained. That sounds familiar. Because the Gemini is like this. And then they're also very, I feel like very intelligent people.

I've dated a lot of Geminis. B-Roll was a Gemini. Prince was a Gemini. Oh. I think Prince and I have Geminis. Beaver was a Gemini. Prince was a Gemini. Oh. I think Prince and I have the same birthday, maybe. June 7th? No, never mind.

Okay. Never mind. Disregard. I don't remember a lot of birthdays, but that one I remember. So, are you with Dennis at this time that Baywatch has already ended?

To give a timeline. It's ended, so it was starting to air. So, how do you decide? So, I like literally, I mean, I remember when I'd fly home, I'd cry.

Why? I don't, I didn't want to, I was missing him already. I mean, it was very real. It was very, people thought it was like a joke

and like a whole press thing. Because it just took up all the press. But it wasn't. At what point? It was like everywhere. And then, but like it got more difficult, I think, after he was playing for the Bulls.

You know? Because there was a structure there. So what happens? Do you, like, you obviously, you guys break up. Well, no, we were still together. I mean, like, I was kind of pushing away when he played for the Lakers, but then he would do things. This is what he would

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Maybe. Michael, that is like, that's gnarly. He's, the way he plays on that court, he's not stupid. I think that when he's drunk, he's just, ah, party guy, right?

But no, he's not. He's a very intelligent man. Do you think maybe he thought you were a good luck charm? I think that maybe they felt like I was.

So that's why he wanted you. Because I was trying to always wrangle him in, like, no, you have a game. You know? It was hard. wrangle him in like, no, you have a game. You know, it was hard.

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auditions. And I remember I was like, just send them here and I'll study them. And Dennis would throw them out the window. He would throw my script and I was like,

no, you can't do that. So they were kind of like, you kind of need to come back. But I also think like, it's not bad that you starve hollywood a little bit with your presence and you go kind of behind the scenes and then they want you even more and at the time did you want to continue to pursue acting of course oh my god i was getting these great scripts so what was the next audition that you felt like was the next sort of piece to your puzzle i would have

to say i shot i yeah we were absolutely not together anymore. I needed to. It sounds intense. It was intense. I literally had to, I moved and I changed my number. Yeah. That sounds like I could imagine that that would be. Because he was just like.

Suffocating. Always would be there. And it just kind of got weird. We got arrested in Miami. I mean, I love my mugshot though. I'm not going to lie. But at that time,

you just didn't know if your career was going to be done. Why did you love your mugshot? Like, what's, is the light right? Like,

what is your angle right? I don't know. What makes a good mugshot? Just in case I need some tips. I, you don't need mugshot tips. I don't know.

I just can look into my eyes when I see it. It's like cute. No. I mean, my eyes are intense. So Taylor's Googling it right now. Oh, you need to see it. Someone painted it. And then it's in a deck of cards.

It's like with Tupac and Biggie. And I'm the queen of hearts and I was like, that's so gangsta. I mean, it is pretty gangster. Oh my God. I'm not going to lie.

When I found them, I found them randomly and I'm like, oh my God, I got to keep these somewhere. I need to relive it all the time. You could frame it.

Because it was not a fun, it wasn't fun. It wasn't fun. Well, I think when you're with someone who's so intense and they were so cool though when I got in there and everything got dropped in two seconds because it was ridiculous so when what was your next audition for your next moment in your career I started auditioning for movies and then I remember I was in Italy shooting this. It's like they do a movie every year.

I was in Cortina. And it's like the Christmas movie. They do it every year. And they bring people in, like someone from the United States. But everyone's speaking Italian. And it was really fun. But before that, I auditioned for a scary movie. But I didn't hear anything.

And literally, my manager called and said they want you and I said okay I gotta leave I'm doing this movie it worked out on time I flew from Italy straight to Canada and I'm just working with the

weigh-ins on the movies they know what they're doing. I mean, yeah, they're funny. And they know funny. And so it was perfect. I mean, there was a lot of surprises when I got there. The script was different.

Well, I went with the flow. I just went with the flow. Were they stabbed? Oh, yeah. Oh, that was in there, though. That part was in there. Scary movie was another iconic moment you have no idea like i remember we were about to do we did a worldwide tour for it so i was kind of out there by myself but you know we're you know everywhere you know with this movie

premiering it everywhere in the world but I remember coming back and it was I wanted to go see it just like a regular person you know hiding the energy and it would be it was sold out so you have to order before and I went with a couple friends we slipped in and we're just like this and just to hear like the response well it would just brought back that genre. And it was fun. And I think when I did that, people kind of went,

oh, she's fun. And she doesn't take everything so serious. And that's really kind of how I am anyway. I think that too, it's self-deprecating. I think it was a good thing to do. And girls to this day they still

on Halloween will like create it and I love that. I'm like oh my god that's the sweetest thing ever. I love you guys that do that. It's really cute.

I was just with with Katy Perry and there was a couple people in there. A guy said I became a lifeguard because of you. We'll hear that from random people all the time.

That's really sweet. The whole entire cast. What are you doing and working on right now? What are the things that are important to you at this moment? I have something I can't talk about that's coming out that won't be really fun and then i have i'm doing a disney movie that's cool yeah can you say which one or is it not that's i don't

think i can say it yet but it's a completely different kind of movie like what the type of movie that i really want to do what did you just do with katie perry you were telling us off air? Oh, oh my gosh. At Club Evita, I hosted the night and she performed and it was lit. And you have a Baywatch thing coming out, yeah?

Did you talk about that? Oh yes, the Baywatch, of course, the Baywatch documentary. Yeah, that's exciting. I can't wait to see that.

Tell us about that. What can we expect? I mean, I think you're just going to hear things on the other side. You know, everyone,

I think everyone has their story and everyone's going to hear things on the other side you know everyone i think everyone has their story and everyone's going to open up there's never before seen footage that people like would shoot bring their cameras that's cool and we all go pretty deep i feel like i said that there's like really exciting moments like if you accomplish something that felt really even diving off of speeding boats with rescue cans and not like literally hitting everyone or like it was like one two three we're in you know and we're on a speeding boat and I was like here we go we're gonna do this but when you see those clips like we're just doing the best we can. Like, we literally could have knocked another cast member out. I feel like if you did the show now, there would be a lot of more regulations around it than there was at the time.

I feel like there were a lot because one of the creators and directors is a real lifeguard in real life. So we had a safety team. You learn how to do CPR. I could save a life with that. Were all the guys pretending like they needed to have CPR by you? I feel like some of the friends of them would just go, who do you want to have a scene with? And then they would just be drowning,

and then you'd pull them in and you know mouth to mouth and I will say on this positive note there was always and then when you hear

that theme song it was kind of like I don't know such a good theme song but then Kelly Slater was on it who was you know

this iconic surfer I wish I was on when he was on he's so gorgeous pretty eyes he's gorgeous yeah and I just who is, you know, this iconic surfer. I wish I was on when he was on. He's so gorgeous. Pretty eyes. He's gorgeous. Yeah.

And I just, I love surfers. I love seeing those things because I got a chance to kind of learn it, but then... You did reality television, too, before anyone. Was it before the Osbournes? No, it wasn't before the Osbournes. Okay, so it was around then though. Yeah.

Right? Same team. Were the Osbournes the first ones to do it? I think the Osbournes were the first. I'm dying to interview Ozzy Osbourne. I feel like he started reality television. I love that family so much. If all you talk about Ozzy Osbourne is reality television, I'm going to jab a dull knife in the neck. I see all kinds of things because they are constantly on social media.

And it's hilarious because he's just who he is. I think that they did start the like Kardashian type of show. For sure. But you were not. In a rock and roll type of way because everyone was like what how did you decide to do reality television and why did you want to do it and did you even know that i didn't want to do it at first but it was the same people i'd worked at worth with at mtv and they just really wanted to do this thing like a a kind of like just trying it out and it was called a love story

and they followed me to get pussycat dolls and they followed us around and that one I felt was really cute and then they want a personal meeting it was all intense they wanted to do the wedding show called till death do us part by the way the first ones to do that wedding show called Till Death Do Us Part. By the way, the first ones to do that. You're the same. Yeah, our show was called Till Death Do Us Part. But I mean, we did things that were really outside the box. I mean, we shot in a morgue with blue veins.

Who shot it? Oh my God, he's iconic. David LaChapelle. You know know you inspired me from that show to i remember thinking oh i want to do a joint bachelor because i think we created that yeah because i remember that because we were so cool about everything and i was i think the one that was being crazier he was very he was very like on his best behavior and I remember he was looking for me and I was getting a lap dance from a girl and making out with a girl in a hot tub he was like this is the best part he was very like composed did you like shooting reality television I like doing that because I felt like it would be okay we're doing the cake tasting today

yeah he was also on tour so I would be doing a lot of stuff there then he would come back and then he would be doing yoga and getting a colonic which was hilarious right wow that's like really our wedding was so abstract. It was very abstract. And everyone was there. It was really sweet that everyone was there. And we walked out. I mean, you know, the band got up and played. And everyone was there.

It was cool. You've lived a wild life. Oh, I know. It's a wild life. It is. And I feel like we only scratch the surface. I love it, though. I don't want to be boring.

No, who does? Never be boring. Definitely not boring. Before you go, can you share with our audience, because I feel't want to be boring. No, who does? Never be boring. Definitely not boring. Before you go, can you share with our audience because I feel like they would be mad at me what your beauty,

wellness, health, diet, fitness secrets are? Well, I would say back in the day, I only drank sodas. Only.

And there is even like a funny footage of Dave and I and where he's saying, you have to stop drinking these Cokes. You drink half of them. I go to pick it up and it spills. And I look down, I go, but there's two cigarette butts right here. We were like, we had like great chemistry, you know, I feel we did. And we were funny like that. So then it was like, okay, I'm going to stop drinking these Cokes when you stop smoking, which would be so much easier for me.

But in the long run, I'm a water fanatic. I tricked my brain into loving water. Okay. And I feel like it was one of the best things I've ever done. Is the way you look the way you do from dancing? Because you dance a lot. Yeah. Although, I'm so sore from Evita.

I knew you were going to say that. I'm not going to lie. I saw it. You're moving. Oh, my God. Well, it was just like the energy was so lit. Just hosting the event. And then I just was up there dancing

like just what I love to do or you know I mean for a lot of people that have really supported my career and I could feel it and Katie was lovely and she said something really sweet to me tell us you gotta tell us oh I don't know we have to watch it you have to watch it us. You got to tell us what she said. Oh, I don't know. We have to watch it.

You have to watch it. I don't want to repeat it, but she was lovely. What she said really, it was like a heartfelt thing. And I just now, I'm more obsessed with Katie than ever. It's pretty iconic. You know what? And she's so tall and gorgeous. And I'm five, two and a half.

So it's like, wow. She's just got this presence about her. I don't know a lot of people that we've personally had on this podcast that have had such a long career. I mean, you really have had a long career. You've done a lot. Yeah, you've done a lot. You've done a lot.

Yeah. Where can everyone find you? Pimp yourself out. Tell us where they can go support what you're doing, your Instagram handle, all the things. Well, obviously that, which is my name. I hate when people say their name. Why?

Isn't that weird? Why? When? Like when they say at Carmen Electra? Your own name. Like you're speaking and then you say your own name. Like third person. I don't know.

I feel weird. I'll accidentally do it if I'm trying to figure something out, but, and I don't blame anyone for doing it. It's just something that feels weird to me. Okay. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, it's third person.

It's third person. It's weird. Yeah, it's a little weird. It's weird. So where can they, where can they? I mean,

it's Carmen. Listen, I don't judge anyone that does it but I just I don't know Taylor don't get too excited he's gonna ask you

for a picture thank you for coming on the show thank you