“I had to be coaxed into it.
My dear wife stayed on me,” the celeb under the mask tells EW.
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode ofThe Masked Singer.
The Venus Flytrap on season 8 of ‘The Masked Singer’.Michael Becker / FOX
The Venus Flytrap has caught a bug onThe Masked Singer the music bug.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were you familiar withThe Masked Singerbefore you got the call to be on it?
And, she’d be like, “Boy, you should do it, George!”
George Foreman.Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
That kind of thing.
But I had fear all the way.
So did you tell her you were doing it or did you keep it a surprise?
I couldn’t keep it a surprise from her because there’s nothing I can do without her help.
[Laughs]
Did you have to be talked into doing the show or was it an immediate yes?
No, I had to be coaxed into it.
My dear wife stayed on me.
“I love it, George.
You would love it.
You got to take part in it.”
And she has had so many great stories about it.
So she kept on telling me, “You do it.
You’re just gonna have to do it.”
That kind of thing.
Sounds like she’s going to enjoy the big reveal tonight.
Has she seen you in costume?
She’s never seen me in the costume at all.
So I’m gonna blow her mind.
I hope I don’t blow her ears.
Did you have any idea who might be up on stage?
Oh, I was clueless.
But it was so much fun, it was like being a kid.
I really enjoyed myself and the people, the staff on the program.
They became my family for a few minutes.
Tell me about your song choice.
Why did you want to perform that song?
Well, I picked a lot of songs.
Really a few, but we finally settled in on one that I thought I knew real well.
IthoughtI knew real well.
When it was time to sing you realize, “Man.
Yeah, all of a sudden you turn into like, what am I doing up here?
That kind of thing.
It really made me want to do a record now.
What would you want that to be, do you think?
You’ve had several guest starring roles and appearances on TV over the years, and nowTMS.
Do you have a favorite memory?
I’ll go back so far as television appearances in the golden days, onSanford and Son.
Whenever it replays people call me up like, “George, I just saw you!”
And of course, for a while I had my own television show, calledGeorge.
And that was a lot of fun.
How doesThe Masked Singerrank for you?
You know, it was really fun, but it was work.
It was work to put on a costume.
What was the best part of the experience for you?
The idea that people believed that I could sing for a moment.
I couldn’t believe that.
It’s like, “You sound good, George.
Sounds good, George.
That was surprisingly wonderful.
You also seemed to really get a kick out of the judges' guesses.
[Laughs] It just was wonderful that I was on television again.
What’s next for you?
Yeah, I want to get into a recording studio and do some songs now.
I know it’s work, too, don’t get me wrong, but it can be possible.
It’s possible now.
That’s what I’m thinking about.
And I love television.
I’d like to do more television now.
Maybe somewhere down the line to re-do [Masked Singer] again.
And last for a little while longer.
