Warning: This article contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode ofThe Masked Singer.
Get out the popcorn and candy, because it’s Warner Bros. Movie Night onThe Masked Singer!
Only time will tell, of course.
Doll on ‘The Masked Singer’.Michael Becker/FOX
),Jenny McCarthy-Wahlbergwith Iggy Pop, andRobin Thickewith Gene Simmons.
In the end, Doll was unmasked to reveal Twisted Sister frontmanDee Snider.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Let’s start at the beginning.
Dee Snider.JC Olivera/Getty Images
Why doThe Masked Singer?
And I said, “No, this show will never work.”
[Laughs] Nine seasons later, they said, “Will you be on it now?”
“Yes, I’ll be on it now.”
I did the same thing withSharknadoby the way.
They asked me to be inSharknado 1, I go, “Oh, this will never work.”
And thenSharknado 6there I was in Romania dressed as a sheriff.
And apologizing to the director.
“You were right.
You were right.”
Well, that was really a bad call.
So I was glad to get asked to have another chance.
It was sort of a reverse jinx.
It just shows you nobody knows; nobody gets it right all the time.
I am proud to say I am a gay icon.
And I’m not gay, but to that community, that is not the point.
And believe me, you know, I got a lot of pushback on that.
And I was like, “Pumps, hey!”
I used to wear those like every night.
And my only complaint is… okay, I got two complaints.
Why Gayle King’s body?
I love Gayle King, I watch her every morning on CBS.
But I was hoping for something a little more svelte.
I could see where I was going.
So it was very precarious.
I’d be terrified of falling off the stage, I think.
And I had to pull back my natural performing tendency.
People say, “Wow, you were really moving on stage.”
There was gaps, there was wires, all kinds of things like that.
And we’re out of our comfort zone.
It’s almost like a sensory deprivation situation when they put that headpiece on you.
It is like, whoa, where am I?
What am I doing?
Where am I going?
I can’t see anything.
You know, so it’s tough.
But then here you are a few months later onThe Masked Singer, dressed as a literaldoll…
Damn you and your research!
I feel I could have been a really good judge.
And I go, “Here we go.
I’m back wearing the heels.”
I could have said no [to being the Doll].
But they were really enthusiastic about the costume.
I thought it was a bit of a hat on a hat actually.
I mean, with Twisted Sister and all that…
The clues were so strong.
But they didn’t get it.
The judges got close but they didn’t get it.
But yeah, I was fighting the tide.
I said, “Okay, they want me to get back into drag.
I’m ready to do it.
Let’s go.”
I would love to.
I have been doing radio and television hosting for decades now.
So I’m really good at that side of things as well.
So I would love to have that opportunity.
It would be amazing.
And I hopeDrag Racereconsiders me being a judge.
Get him on the phone."
Who knows where this will take me?
You made it further than most do with this double elimination format they’ve been using on the show.
Still, were you sad not to make it to another round?
Quite honestly I was shocked when they said my name.
And the audience response to me was huge.
So I was like, what?!
I couldn’t go with her because I was on the show.
I was originally supposed to go.
I was like, “Oh, I can go to Hawaii now?
I’m going to Hawaii.”
So I was very elated.
Apparently in Vegas they have odds on the show.
Do you know that?
I get all the emails about it.
Yeah, so I was the odds on favorite for being the Doll.
But I was also odds on for top three choice contenders to go all the way.
So I mean, I thought I was gonna go all the way.
You should have heard my [version of] “The Final Countdown.”
We were already rehearsing the next show.
I crushed “The Final Countdown,” but I never got to sing it.
What do you have coming up next that you’re excited about?
Well, while everybody else was out partying in the ’80s, I never did drugs and never drank.
I sat in my room.
My first fictional novel, calledFrats, is coming out May 22 on Red Penguin Books.
I’ve got a graphic novel calledHe’s Not Gonna Take Itcoming out in June on Z2 Comics.
And I should be starting production on that later this year.
So I’ve been trying to get behind the cameras, out of the limelight.
More just writing and creating from behind the scenes.
