Dita Von Teese wants to be 'sexualized and objectified' at times and hopes her show feels 'sexy'
Burlesque star Dita Von Teese, 52, "wants to be sexualized and objectified" at times, and she loves it when people who aren't familiar with her show rock up and find it "sexy and hot".
Dita Von Teese "wants to be sexualized and objectified" at times.
The 52-year-old burlesque star admitted it would be "nice" to be "objectified for a minute", despite it being a taboo subject, and she loves it when people who aren't familiar with her show rock up and find it "sexy and hot".
Speaking on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, she said: "I know it's really taboo to say, but sometimes you're just like, 'I just want to be objectified for a minute. Wouldn't that be nice?'
"I want to be sexualized and objectified sometimes.
"I think I'm also so used to having a theatre full of women that are there maybe because they read my book or whatever, or they follow me and then sometimes, especially this happens in Vegas, when there's people that don't know me, they don't know what my show is about.
"They are just walking into it and they're just like, 'Yeah, this is hot' and I'm like, 'Oh good. I'm glad that it's still sexy and hot too.'
"I like to create a show that feels if you have never heard of me, you're still going to be like, 'That was so much fun. I've never seen anything like that in my life.' "
Dita admitted the times she does feel objectified aren't when she is scantily-clad on stage.
The star - who was previously married to rocker Marilyn Manson - isn't a fan of someone who sees her pose for a picture and then also asks for a snap when they don't know who she is.
She explained "Interestingly, the times I feel objectified are never to do with being on stage or doing what I do.
"It's always other weird things in life that you're just like, 'Oh, God, it's so weird to have somebody asking me that question,' or maybe somebody will recognize me, for instance, and they ask for a picture.
"I'll pose for their picture and then somebody else will be like, they don't know who I am, they just are like, 'Why do those people want a picture?' "
Dita also admitted people sometimes put their hands on her, which leaves her feeling "objectified" for the wrong reasons.
She said: "And they'll be very aggressive and like, 'I want one too,' and you're just like, 'Oh.'
"That's where you feel objectified when people put their hands on you or, 'I need this too,' or 'Can you do this?'
"Anything like that I feel objectified."
