Once the frenzy surrounding Willa Ford's first week as new lead singer for the Pussycat Dolls calmed, Saturday afternoon found us doing what girls do best: chatting on the phone.
You've officially been a Pussycat Doll for a week now. What's the worst part?
They put me in a champagne glass. And I have constant bruises. I kept getting this bruise on my thigh and I wondered where it was coming from. There's a part in "Foxy Lady" when I thrash around. Turns out I was hitting my hip with the mike!
Do you have a favorite number?
There's a new rock section with "Foxy Lady" and "A Whole Lotta Love." I love that.
Describe the scene in the dressing room before showtime.
[Giggling] Well, Darcy, the bathtub girl, is on first and she's always the last one ready. And if anyone says, "Oh, I forgot my earrings" or something, it's usually me.
Where do you like to stay, play and dine?
I love TheHotel at Mandalay. It's not so much old Vegas; it's sleek. And we do the show till about 1 a.m., but I'm loving Pure. I love a good steak; I love Morton's, I love Pink Taco. But every night after the show, it's Denny's.
I have to know: which Denny's?
On Trop and Decatur. I totally know what each girl orders, too.
I'm so there! Any gambling?
I play Let It Ride. I always double my money and leave.
You hear that, Caesars? At the risk of taking a stiletto boot in the mouth, I have to ask, what have you done to overcome the anti-Willa websites over your romance with Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter?
I don't think I even did anything to overcome them. When you're 13 or 14, you don't have a license. So what do you do? You sit at a computer. My music isn't for them, really. It's for the older high-school and college crowd. The college girls really get it and understand what it means to be a "bad girl."
And the little girls?
They grew up! Now they're fans!
Your last scheduled performance is on August 13. What's the plan after that?
I'm here to figure that out. This is my time to figure out what I'm doing next.
Anything else you want to tell the world, Vegas, me?
We really want to establish our own identity. The Las Vegas Pussycat Dolls stage show is completely separate from the touring Dolls. Is there any way you can work that in?
No.