00:00One of the stories that I really love is your history with Lenny Kravitz because my first
00:05introduction to you, Gina, as a kid, as a nine-year-old was the Again music video.
00:09I loved it.
00:10I was like, who is this?
00:12She's so cool.
00:13Her outfits are so...
00:14I just felt like you were the coolest girl in the world in that music video.
00:16I love that song.
00:17I love that music video and just knowing kind of the lore and history behind it and the
00:20relationship that you guys had way back in the day before you even starred in the music
00:24video.
00:24It's so sweet.
00:25I also didn't know he went by Blue Romeo back in the day.
00:28Romeo Blue.
00:29Romeo Blue.
00:30That was his name in high school.
00:31I didn't know who he was and I was new to the school because I was coming from the Valley
00:36and going to Beverly High.
00:37I'm like, oh my God, this is going to be a bunch of snobby people.
00:40But I get to be at the cafeteria and I'm like, ooh, chocolate donuts.
00:44That's amazing.
00:45I'm like, ooh, look at this pizza.
00:47It was really good food.
00:48So I'm like, okay, so far so good.
00:50But I remember one day in the cafeteria, there was this skinny guy, cute, but very skinny,
00:56you know, playing his guitar in the corner.
00:59And I remember going, thinking, he's really good.
01:02And obviously he was super cute.
01:04And we became friends and he went by the name of Romeo Blue was his stage name then.
01:09Obsessed.
01:10But then, yeah, but then we weren't big enough yet to be on the main stage.
01:14So we were in the pit chorus, but we're like, one day, you know.
01:16Wow, and then one day in his music video.
01:19I know, truly.
01:20By the way, that's my second music video I did with him.
01:22Wait, which other one were you in?
01:24The other one wasn't really shown because it was too, what's the word they used?
01:31It was like too naughty.
01:32Risqué?
01:32Too risqué at the time, which is so funny.
01:35I know, because now.
01:37Anything goes down.
01:38It's almost not risqué enough for music videos now.
01:40Exactly.
01:41He'll use it sometimes.
01:42I've seen it.
01:43He'll use moments of it in his concert.
01:45It was that song, Blues for Sister Someone.
01:48Oh, okay.
01:48That, you know, my other friend, Jill Goldman, who also went to high school.
01:52It was one of the first videos from the first album.
01:55And she was just like, I'm going to shoot a video.
01:57It's like, yeah, why don't you do this one?
01:58And then it was a really crazy story.
02:01They were like, well, you know, she said, you should just do it.
02:03And he said, yeah, do it.
02:05But it was about a prostitute who lived in a bathroom stall, a junkie.
02:09And it was, Jill did a really good job directing it.
02:12And it was pretty visceral and it's pretty out there.
02:15But they wouldn't show it on MTV at the time.
02:17Oh, my God.
02:17Because it was too much.
02:18Wow, that's kind of like a badge of honor.
02:21Yeah.
02:21To be too risqué for MTV at the time.
02:23Yeah.
02:23They're like, you're not Teen Mom, so we can't use this.
02:26Yeah.
02:26Well, she did a good job.
02:27But it stayed true to what the heart of the song was about.
02:32And then when, then, oh, my God.
02:38What's it called?
02:39Again?
02:39Again.
02:40Yeah.
02:40I just remember Lenny calling me like a few days before.
02:44And he was just like, where are you?
02:45And I was in, I guess I was in New York.
02:48Or was I in LA?
02:50One of us, we were on different coasts.
02:51He's like, I need you to come here.
02:53And I was maybe coming anyway to go to a wedding that I was not excited about going to
02:58because my ex-boyfriend was going to be there with a date.
03:02And I thought, how do I navigate this?
03:04You know, it was too.
03:05And I said, well, he said, I need you to, you need to come out here and just do this
03:09video.
03:10Like, I'm like, when are you doing it?
03:11And it was the same weekend.
03:12And I said, well, okay, I'll do it if you come and you're my date at this wedding because I
03:22need support.
03:23And he's like, baby, I'm there.
03:25Now that's a mic drop to your ex.
03:27Wow.
03:28Yeah.
03:28Wow.
03:29How did your ex react when he saw you walking with Lenny Kravitz?
03:31I don't know.
03:32He was cool.
03:33I don't think he, I think he knew that we're friends.
03:36It's funny.
03:36I was going to ask for your advice for anybody listening who's going to go to a wedding with
03:39an ex, but I don't know if only you can call Lenny Kravitz for that.
03:43Well, it was kind of like, okay, you want me to do the video?
03:45Yeah.
03:45I need you to go to this wedding with me.
03:47And everyone's like, we had to leave at like a seven in the morning.
03:50And people were like, there's no way Lenny's getting up.
03:53He was right on time.
03:54He's like, all right, let's go.
03:56Someone who was very respectful, we hear in your book, is Tom Cruise, who was kind of
03:59like the first time you ever had to film a love scene.
04:02And he was very receptive to your feelings about filming that love scene.
04:05A dream.
04:05He was a dream.
04:06And then you accidentally broke his nose.
04:08I didn't break it.
04:10Yeah.
04:10So what happened with Tom Cruise?
04:14He was my very first love scene.
04:16And I have to say, he was very protective and very sweet and such a gentleman, such a great
04:21guy, really, truly, in real life.
04:24And definitely on this set.
04:26And I think I had the great idea of like, oh, you know, maybe we start, you know, you're
04:32under the covers and then you realize you're going down on me and then you pop up and then
04:37whatever.
04:37And he's like, oh, that's a great idea.
04:39We're just trying to make the scene work in a fun way.
04:43And then by accident, he kind of tickled me once.
04:45I said, don't do that.
04:46I said, seriously, don't do that.
04:47Because like I, you know, I had a big brother who tickled me.
04:49I really go insane.
04:51And I think he, you know, maybe he thought, oh, this will be a great reaction.
04:55Oh, my gosh.
04:55Like, you know, and so he probably just did touch me.
05:00And I just, I, I didn't mean to.
05:02I had a literally a knee jerk reaction.
05:04I was traumatized by the tickle.
05:07I had a big brother who would pin me down and tickle and do the loogie thing.
05:10It was disgusting.
05:11So I, and I kicked him in the nose.
05:15I didn't mean to.
05:17I just need him.
05:18And I was like, oh, my God.
05:20I just broke his nose.
05:21Oh, my.
05:21I mean, and he was like, no, no, no.
05:24My fault.
05:24My bad.
05:25You warned me.
05:26He owned up.
05:27He told me not to tickle.
05:28No.
05:29And he was trying to make me feel okay.
05:30But I could tell the poor guy was in pain.
05:32Did you get any coconut cake after it?
05:34Doesn't he love to send out the coconut cake on Christmas time?
05:37Oh, yeah.
05:37He does send out the coconut cake during the holidays.
05:39Okay, maybe next year, Gina.
05:41Maybe next year.
05:43Maybe this is before he sent out coconut cake.
05:45Oh, probably.
05:46I bet you the coconut cake came after that.
05:48I bet he liked me now.
05:48I'm sure he loves you.
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