JOHN WATERS

RORSCHACH TEST

Ego Nwodim on Brat, BBLs, and Her “Daddy” Lorne Michaels

August 5, 2024

In this week’s Rorschach Test, the SNL star best known for playing Lisa from Temecula appears as a different character—herself—to sound off on a number of hot-button topics.

RORSCHACH TEST

Johnny Knoxville on Dick Pics, Divorce, and Getting Hit in the Balls

April 30, 2024

In this week’s Rorschach Test, we asked the “Jackass” stuntman and prankster to sound off on the topics heavy on our minds: world peace, MILFs, and concussions.

OPENING

Seth Bogart and Macy Rodman on Transphobes, Bath Salts, and Locker Room Dick

December 14, 2023

“Art, especially galleries, are so fucking boring.”

CLUB

An Oral History of The Cock, NYC’s Sexiest Sloppiest Gay Bar

October 16, 2023

“I covered myself in shaving cream, stuck a broom up my ass, and started sweeping.”

PARADIS ICONS

A Taste of Paradis: Fran Lebowitz, in Conversation with John Waters

March 23, 2023

“I’m very envious of the Pope.”

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John Waters and Brontez Purnell on Dirt, Scams, and Sensitivity Readers

June 17, 2022

The King of Filth spoke to the divine writer about his debut novel “Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance.”

Life Lessons

Life Lessons From Divine

June 3, 2022

“I don’t mind people gaping, because I know if they stop gaping, then it’s all over.”

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Escape From New York: An Unpublished Essay by Cookie Mueller

March 4, 2022

A recently discovered essay by the writer, actor, and muse was recently found on a discarded floppy disk.

Mel Ottenberg and an Anonymous Fashion Luminary Fall Into a Met Gala Scroll Hole

September 16, 2021

“They may hate, but we love.”

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That Time Bette Midler Read the Drag Superstar Divine for Filth

June 24, 2021

“I wanted to punch her right in the face.”

15 Minutes

Juno Birch on Self-Love, Good Looks, and Bingo Wings

April 12, 2021

The Manchester-based artist and self-proclaimed alien touches down on Earth just long enough to answer some questions from the writings of Warhol.

Angelyne Interviewed by Paris Hilton? That’s Hot

February 17, 2020

Hollywood’s beloved billboard blonde knows no one will ever play Angelyne as well as Angelyne plays Angelyne.

Ricki Lake Revisits (and Revises) Her 1994 Interview Cover Story

December 27, 2019

The John Waters muse revisits—and revises—her 1994 cover story for this magazine, shortly after the launch of her seminal daytime talk show.   

John Waters Weighs In On Lizzo, Tinder, and Santa Claus

December 4, 2019

We caught up with the infamous raconteur to ask his thoughts on a myriad display of semi-random topics, from Donald Trump to Disney+.

That Time John Waters and Andy Warhol Unknowingly Parodied JFK’s Assassination at the Same Time

August 21, 2019

That Time When is Interview’s weekly trip through the pop cultural space-time continuum, where we return to some of the most overlooked moments from issues past. In this edition, we revisit our 2014 interview with John Waters: filmmaker, artist, and savior of the sinful. John Waters is no stranger to transgression. With the nicknames “Pope of Trash” […]

Amy Sedaris Answers 19 Questions From a Few of Her Famous Friends

August 13, 2019

The delightfully inscrutable titan of comedy answers questions about her most memorable neighbors, her pet rabbit Tina, and what she’d serve to a coven of witches.

Contemporary Art Hates John Waters

October 4, 2018

You know John Waters, the raunchy, riotous film director. But do you know the hilarious, icon-bashing visual artist who’s been setting ablaze art galleries for the past three decades? This fall, Baltimore’s most famous (and twisted) native son hosts his first art retrospective.

The secret history of Jayne Mansfield’s bizarre connection to the Church of Satan

November 2, 2017

Before her tragic death, the Old Hollywood star turned towards Satanist Anton LaVey to capture the attention of the press. A new documentary explores her insatiable hunger for publicity.