The Deadbolt Interview - Post Celebrity Survival Strategies with Janice Dickinson and Holly Montag

Post Celebrity Survival Strategies with Janice Dickinson and Holly Montag
by Troy Rogers

Now that the celebrities in the jungle of Costa Rica on I'm a Celebrity get Me Out of Here! have weathered the storms of nature's fury along with the egos of their celebrity survivors, TV viewers have narrowed down the field even more after Spencer and Heidi departed for good and Daniel Baldwin was sent packing from the new NBC reality series. This week fans set their sights on the outspoken I'm a Celebrity villain and former supermodel, Janice Dickinson, who became one of the most oddly unique and memorable contestants in reality show history with her fiery personality.

Although Janice appeared to find her celebrity "A" game near the end of her run on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, giving her all in a spider web challenge with partner Patti Blagojevich against NBA great John Salley and actor Stephen Baldwin, fans of I'm a Celebrity cast their votes to send Janice packing from the show along with Holly Montag, the well-rounded, grounded and seemingly non-celebrity sister of Heidi Pratt (Montag).

The morning after both Janice Dickinson and Holly Montag got the fan heave-ho from I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of here!, we caught up with the two Costa Rican celebrity cast-offs to find out more about their celebrity survival strategies in an entertaining chat we won't soon forget.

THE DEADBOLT: I talked to you and Stephen before the show started and you told me that Sanjaya was going to do okay but Stephen didn’t think the same thing. Do you still feel the same way?

JANICE DICKINSON: Stephen is an idiot. Sanjaya is 19 years-old. Sanjaya could rule the world. What were you like when you wee 19? I don’t know, Sanjaya could be my son. Nathan Fields is 22. Boys will be boys. He’s singing 24-7, he’s lighter than air. God bless him, you know? Bring on Bollywood.

THE DEADBOLT: I also wanted to know what you thought of the challenges, because I thought you and Patti did really well on the spider web.

DICKINSON: It was mismatched, completely mismatched, against the women. There was a 7-foot NBA guy out there and Stephen Baldwin. You know, these guys have been pumping iron their whole life. Look at Lou Diamond Phillips’ guns. Forget about it. It was completely mismatched against the women.

THE DEADBOLT: What did you think before you went to Costa Rica? Was it what you expected? Was it better or worse?

HOLLY MONTAG: Oh, it was far better than anything I had ever expected. I went in just thinking that the challenge would be fun and it would be a great way to bring attention to a hometown charity that’s very important to me, and that was my goal going in there. And I came out with several lifetimes of knowledge. I think from just unbelievably amazing people that are moguls in their fields, and legends, and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. I couldn’t have even dreamed of it.

DICKINSON: Holly Montag was the most real.

MONTAG: Thanks, momma.

DICKINSON: I’m not your momma!

MONTAG: God momma.

DICKINSON: I’m not your God momma. God’s about religion.

THE DEADBOLT: It couldn’t have all been peaches and cream. What was the one thing that did get to you?

DICKINSON: Who are you talking to?

THE DEADBOLT: Holly.

MONTAG: The one thing that did get to me was Sanjaya’s little second wind that he would get, I think, every night when we were settling down and getting ready to go to bed. But it was ...

DICKINSON: Whoa! Explain the second wind.

MONTAG: We were all getting sleepy and all of a sudden he gets this burst of energy and starts singing and talking and he’d come over and shake my hammock and want to talk. And I was like, "Dude, it’s bedtime. Come on now, it’s been a long day." But it’s very endearing and it’s great in retrospect.

THE DEADBOLT: Janice, what happened with the argument you had with John Salley over the zucchini? How come we didn’t hear about the doctors saying you could have that?

DICKINSON: You really want the truth?

THE DEADBOLT: Yes.

DICKINSON: John Salley is on that show to promote a cooking show or branding his recent introduction into veganism. I’ve been a vegan for twenty five years, I know how to eat. I had problems on that show because of all my injections for Malaria. And eating rice for two straight weeks will plug anyone and anything up. The doctor ordered that I get green vegetables. It’s John Salley’s world and I’ll leave it at that.

THE DEADBOLT: I have to agree with you. He seems pretty harsh in the kitchen area. He doesn’t want anyone touching anything.

DICKINSON: He wouldn’t let me go near anything. I can cook. I can out-cook anybody in the world. Get me a show.

THE DEADBOLT: I really enjoyed your home movie and I wanted to know what you guys thought of Lou Diamond Phillips’ directing abilities?

DICKINSON: Lou Diamond Phillips has been wanting to direct for a long time.

MONTAG: He has directed.

DICKINSON: I beg your pardon?

MONTAG: He has also directed movies.

DICKINSON: Alright then, you tell the story.

MONTAG: You can go ahead.

DICKINSON: Lou Diamond Phillips is a wonderful director, theatre actor, he teaches young kids how to act. That was a one take. He had literally two hours to do the entire movie. He wrote it, directed it, and he came out like a gentleman, turned it in under budget. Can you imagine what he could do with a budget? The guy’s a gem.

MONTAG: I mean, people don’t realize that although it was light and fun, and it was a really enjoyable experience ...

DICKINSON: It wasn’t fun for me.

MONTAG: You were amazing in that. You had so much fun. You were brilliant.

DICKINSON: I was a dog. Are you insane?

MONTAG: Well, it was great to have my acting debut in a Lou Diamond Phillips, DP, Stephen Baldwin. I mean, you can’t even expect that. Nobody can expect that on their first film. And I think that even though it was fun in a kind of chintzy and cutesy [way], it was a real testament to his abilities. People don’t realize how hard it is to do all of that in your mind, in sequence. He shot everything in order in the film in a short amount of time and it was a blast. It was so funny to look at it, everybody was hysterical in it. It was fun. We were poking fun at ourselves and it was a great time.

DICKINSON: Oy vey!

-- Troy Rogers