Dita Von Teese: Queen of Burlesque on #MeToo
Going Mental with Eileen Kelly
Eileen Kelly
4.8 • 897 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Heather Renée Sweet, known professionally as Dita Von Teese, is an American vedette, model, businesswoman, and burlesque dancer credited with repopularizing the art form in the 21st century. Dita sits down with host (and self-proclaimed superfan) Eileen to reflect on her start selling lingerie in high school, creating the persona of Dita, her former marriage to Marilyn Manson, her present dating life, and her upcoming tour, which kicks off this New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.1 | Welcome to Going Mental. This is your host, |
| 0:06.5 | Eileen Kelly. I'm interested in the things many of us face, |
| 0:10.4 | but don't always talk about. On the show, not only will I be sharing more about my own |
| 0:14.9 | anxiety as in depression but I'm also going to be talking to a wide range of guests about their |
| 0:19.6 | own mental health journeys along with professionals we're going to help educate you and |
| 0:23.8 | me on the ins and outs of mental illness. Can't wait for you to hear what's in |
| 0:27.8 | store. On today's episode, I'm joined by Dita Vantes, born Heather René Sweet. |
| 0:41.0 | She's known as the most famous Burlesque dancer since Gypsy Rose Lee. |
| 0:45.0 | She's also a dancer, a model, a businesswoman. |
| 0:49.0 | She has performed strip teas since 1992 and is credited with repopularizing burlesque performance |
| 0:54.5 | earning the moniker Queen of burlesque. Dita was the first guest star in |
| 1:00.4 | history at the Crazy Horse in Paris, reviving their iconic cabaret, and she is also the author of the |
| 1:06.1 | New York Times best-selling book, Your Beauty Mark, The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glammer. |
| 1:12.1 | She has a lingerie line, a perfume line, and she leaves for |
| 1:15.2 | her upcoming burlesque tour which kicks off this New Year's in Los Angeles. I have to say |
| 1:20.6 | I'm a huge fan of her. I think I geeked out the most over this |
| 1:24.1 | episode and meeting her than any other one I've done and I'm really excited for you |
| 1:29.0 | guys to hear our conversation. So nice to meet you I was telling her I'm such a fan and very excited for this. Can you introduce yourself for my listeners please? We'll start there. I'm Deidvantes. I guess I'm mostly known as a burlesque star, but I also have New York Times best-selling book about beauty, eccentric glamour. |
| 1:48.0 | It's called Your Beauty Mark, and I have a lingerie line and all kinds of things. |
| 1:52.0 | Profume Business Extraordinary. Profume business extraordinary. |
| 1:54.0 | Glamour world things. |
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