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Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Dita Von Teese, 52, admits she WANTS to feel 'objectified and sexualised' and says the subject still feels 'taboo' after stunning fans with her racy Diamonds and Dust burlesque show
Dita Von Teese has revealed the moments she 'wants to feel objectified and sexualised' after stunning fans with her latest show. The burlesque star, 52, has been taking to the stage in her Diamonds And Dust show, which features 'high glamour, bold women, and dangerous games' at the Emerald Theatre in London. And speaking to Fearne Cotton on her Happy Place podcast, Dita shared that she feels there is still 'taboo' around feeling sexualised and desired, and admitted the moments she feels most objectified, haven't been when she's on stage. She said: '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 and 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 does those people want a picture?'' '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?'' Dita Von Teese has revealed the moments she 'wants to feel objectified and sexualised' after stunning fans with her latest show 'Anything like that I feel objectified. 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.' Credited with re-popularising burlesque, Dita, born Heather Renée Sweet, is an American vedette and businesswoman. A vedette is the main female artist of a show derived from cabaret and its subcategories of revue, vaudeville, music hall or burlesque. In January, Dita left Lorraine viewers swooning in a plunging gown as she revealed the 'most outrageous challenge of her life' on the hit daytime show. The model opened up to Lorraine Kelly about her time on The Masked Dancer. Dita starred on the ITV competition back in 2021 and dressed as a beetroot in a green and purple dress with a mask the shape of the vegetable. She revealed to Lorraine how she had suffered with vertigo from riding a mechanical bull and subsequently found dancing on the show difficult. Dita said: 'I had vertigo from riding my mechanical bull, I was riding my mechanical bull, swinging my head around and I triggered a vertigo thing and it was a problem for a year so I'm doing The Masked Dancer with this head and the lights on the floor were crazy, it was outrageous. 'It was one of the biggest challenges of my life but it was funny and I loved it,' the dancer added. The show was filmed during the Covid pandemic and Dita stayed at Claridges during the filming. Dita said: 'It was my favourite, besides doing the show and laughing throughout, it was right when the pandemic started and it was a full lockdown here and I was the only guest at Claridges.' She enjoyed a mostly empty hotel and 'special treatment' during her stay. 'I had it all to myself, I'd come wafting down that staircase in the mornings in my nightgown. There were like five people working there and I just had special treatment and they were like sure, you can stay there, because I'm a friend of the hotel,' Dita added.
Daily Mail
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Kelly Osbourne showcases her slender frame in a knitted dress and sports a voluminous blonde beehive as she joins partner Sid Wilson at gala
Kelly Osbourne showcased her slender frame in black knitted dress as she attended the Diamonds and Dust gala night with her partner Sid Wilson on Thursday. The TV personality, 40, who is the daughter of rock legend Ozzy and TV star Sharon Osbourne, looked incredible as she attended the event at London's Emerald Theatre. She wowed in the off-shoulder garment that she paired with strappy black platform heels, a crossbody black leather Chanel bag and silver earrings. Kelly completed her look by styling her ice blonde locks into a towering beehive with a sweeping side fringe that further accentuated her tiny frame. As she left Dita Von Teese 's new show, Kelly was seen holding hands with Slipknot DJ Sid who wore a black and white oversized shirt, black trousers and New Balance trainers. Kelly has been open about her 85lb postpartum weight loss after welcoming her son, Sidney, two, with Sid and has denied having used Ozempic to help her shed the weight. The TV personality who is the daughter of rock legend Ozzy and TV star Sharon, looked incredible in the off-shoulder garment as she slipped into a pair of strappy black platform heels She revealed she 'rapidly' lost the weight by cutting out 'sugar and carbohydrates' and not by using Hollywood's favorite weight-loss drug. Kelly's outing comes after she shared a snap of herself earlier this year looking dramatically different, reigniting speculation that she's had plastic surgery. The star took to Instagram to post a couple of glamorous shots after getting her hair and makeup done, with her face looking smoother and more chiselled than ever. Captioning the photos, Kelly revealed she'd been all glammed up for her plans to be cancelled at the last minute, lamenting: 'Sat through glam only to find that my day had been cancelled. #alldressedupandnowheretogo'. However, her followers were distracted by her noticeably slimmer and tauter appearance, which highlighted her sharper jawline, voluptuous lips, and lifted brows. They raced to the comments to admit they could barely recognise the star and accused her of getting heavy cosmetic work done that had made her look as though she'd had a 'full head transplant'. They commented: 'Is Kelly Osborne in the room with us?'; 'WHO IS THAT?? Wft....'; 'Gifted a new head for Christmas….'; 'totally different head'. 'Who's face is that?'; 'Full head transplant'; 'Lots of money and a good plastic surgeon and we can all be this beautiful'. 'Wow amazing what tons of plastic surgery, ozempic and money can do'; 'Is this the same Kelly Osbourne or..'; 'New face, who dis?' 'Where is Kelly?'; 'can't imagine how many surgeries, fillers, botox injections, skin treatments, etc. were involved in this transformation. When you no longer look anything like yourself, what exactly did you accomplish?' 'Teenage Kelly would not be happy about this'; 'What in the millions dollars worth of plastic surgery is this'; 'Is she AI?!' Kelly has undergone many changes in her appearance over the years. In 2020, she revealed that she had quietly undergone gastric sleeve surgery two years before, leading to a jaw-dropping 85lb weight loss. She also previously admitted to having injections to change the shape of her face, and make her jaw look 'skinnier,' after suffering with TMJ (temporomandibular joint dysfunction). However, Kelly has repeatedly and furiously denied that she has had any cosmetic procedures besides Botox. Last year, she declared that she was a 'huge fan' of plastic surgery, but insisted that she was too scared to get anything done after seeing her mother go under the knife so many times. She told People: 'I am a huge fan of plastic surgery. What it does for people is amazing. It can change people's lives and give them the confidence they've been lacking, and make people feel beautiful in the way they want to feel beautiful. 'But I've never done anything but Botox. I'm too scared. I've always been in the camp of if you think it's broken, fix it. You don't have to be stuck with a nose you hate for the rest of your life. So yes, I'm a huge fan.' She explained the root of her fear, saying: 'I watched my mum go through every recovery from everything she's ever had done, and it looks awful'. They raced to the comments to admit they could barely recognise the star and accused her of getting heavy cosmetic work done that had made her look as though she'd had a 'full head transplant' Sharon, 72, has undergone a range of procedures including a gastric band, full facelift, tummy tuck, an eyelift, breast implants, abdominoplasty and Botox. While she has branded her 2021 facelift the 'worst thing she ever did' after the procedure left her 'looking like a cyclops' and 'Quasimodo'. Back in March last year, Sharon shocked the public after she made her return to UK reality TV on Celebrity Big Brother. The star couldn't hide her weight loss on the show as she revealed doctors 'can't figure out' why she hasn't been able to gain weight back after she stopped using Ozempic months ago. 'The doctors can't figure it out,' she said. 'But I think it's just because I'm getting older and as you get older you lose weight anyway and shrink and shrivel off.' On why she decided to start receiving Ozempic injections, Sharon said 'everyone was doing it'.
Daily Mail
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Steps star Faye Tozer shows her ex-husband what he is missing in a gold backless gown as she attends the world premiere of Dita Von Teese's Diamonds and Dust show
Faye Tozer showed her ex-husband what he is missing in a gold backless gown as she attended in the world premiere of Dita Von Teese's Diamonds and Dust show on Thursday. The Steps star, 49, who split from Mick Smith late last year, stunned in a glitzy sequin dress which featured a modest slit up the side. Faye - who plays Miss Kitty LeRoy in the show - added inches to her statuesque frame as she slipped into a pair of sparkly gold sling back heels. For Thursday's premiere, she was gracing the stage with Dita herself as they elegantly paraded around the stage in a series of dazzling outfits. The nineties pop legend and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant appeared to be living a seemingly idyllic life with Michael and their teenage son in a quiet village near the northeast coast. But MailOnline was told the 'Strictly curse' had struck again and Faye moved out of the family home in South Tyneside just weeks before Christmas. The Steps star and lead actress for the show, 49, who split from Mick Smith late last year, stunned in a glitzy sequin dress which featured a modest slit up the side The nineties pop legend and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant appeared to be living a seemingly idyllic life with her now-ex Michael and their teenage son in a quiet village near the northeast coast But Faye seemed to be happier than ever on Thursday as Dita brought a new theatrical experience featuring 'high glamour, bold women, and dangerous games' to the Emerald Theatre in London. Dita, 52, put on a dazzling display in a glitzy silver bejewelled and sequined gown for the world premiere. She stole the show in a stunning silver gown, which featured a bejewelled bodice and a sequined wrap skirt. She paired the look with silver strappy heels and diamond drop earrings, with her signature black tresses styled in a glamorous 1930s style. Also in attendance on Thursday was former Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson, who opted for simple-yet-chic. The reality star and campaigner stepped out for the premiere in a draping black shirt maxi-dress, as she accessorised with a Louis Vuitton handbag and gold earrings. Another reality star spotted on the red carpet was Married At First Sight UK's Ella Morgan. Ella looked glamorous in a black satin halterneck gown, featuring a plunging cowl-neck, as she carried a gold metal handbag. Meanwhile Boy George made an appearance sporting a striking bright pink hat adorned with stars as well as eccentric black trainers with rope laces. Great British Bake Off star Candice Brown was among those at the premiere. The baker stunned in a bright pink and red satin figure-hugging gown, which featured a racy cut-out at the bust. Model and DJ Lady Mary Charteris put on a daring display for the evening as she stepped out in a very sheer knitted dress, complete with beaded cut-outs. Underneath her dress Mary's bra and pants were on show and she had a red and light pink skull scarf tied onto her dress. Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova meanwhile looked incredible in a pair of black satin shorts with a matching velvet bralet and blazer. Another Strictly star out in force was Aljaz Skorjanec, who arrived on the carpet in a burgundy suit. Credited with re-popularising burlesque, Dita, born Heather Renée Sweet, is an American vedette and businesswoman. A vedette is the main female artist of a show derived from cabaret and its subcategories of revue, vaudeville, music hall or burlesque. In January, Dita left Lorraine viewers swooning in a plunging gown as she revealed the 'most outrageous challenge of her life' on the hit daytime show. Wearing a black midi Vivienne Westwood dress, the burlesque star, 52, dazzled on today's ITV show. Her glamorous off-the-shoulder attire was made of gathered fabric at the top and had long, slim sleeves and buttons along the front. The model opened up to Lorraine Kelly about her time on The Masked Dancer. Dita starred on the ITV competition back in 2021 and dressed as a beetroot in a green and purple dress with a mask the shape of the vegetable. She revealed to Lorraine how she had suffered with vertigo from riding a mechanical bull and subsequently found dancing on the show difficult. Dita said: 'I had vertigo from riding my mechanical bull, I was riding my mechanical bull, swinging my head around and I triggered a vertigo thing and it was a problem for a year so I'm doing The Masked Dancer with this head and the lights on the floor were crazy, it was outrageous. 'It was one of the biggest challenges of my life but it was funny and I loved it,' the dancer added. The show was filmed during the Covid pandemic and Dita stayed at Claridges during the filming. Dita said: 'It was my favourite, besides doing the show and laughing throughout, it was right when the pandemic started and it was a full lockdown here and I was the only guest at Claridges.' She enjoyed a mostly empty hotel and 'special treatment' during her stay. 'I had it all to myself, I'd come wafting down that staircase in the mornings in my nightgown. There were like five people working there and I just had special treatment and they were like sure, you can stay there, because I'm a friend of the hotel,' Dita added.
The Guardian
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Diamonds and Dust review – Dita Von Teese and Faye Tozer's saddle-sore wild west burlesque
Somewhere in the noughties, Dita Von Teese was just about the most glamorous woman on earth, curled up in a giant martini glass, trailing feathers and jewels, a throwback to 40s and 50s glamour; Bettie Page with a great sense of spectacle and a knowing wink. Her latest show, Diamonds and Dust, feels like it could have been made back then, in that this wild west-themed floor show comes without much of the innovation, subversion, irony and identity politics that have happened on the burlesque scene in between, including in Von Teese's own work. The show is actually led by Faye Tozer from Steps. She's a likable front woman, playing saloon owner Kitty LeRoy, her story of hardscrabble life and multiple husbands interspersed with acts combining burlesque, circus and dance. It's gorgeous girls draped in pearls and lacy layers (teasingly removed), with a bit of lasso brandishing, a cowboy swinging from a chandelier (Magic Mike vibes) and Tosca Rivola proving herself talented on the cyr wheel. But the overall effect? I think the word is basic. Pretty young women taking off their clothes in not-that-interesting ways. Von Teese's whole appeal is retro, and her obsession with period glamour is taken to deliciously detailed levels, but there's retro and there's retrograde. Or is that the point, that it's a throwback? There's something Tarantinoesque about the setting, a fetishisation of American pop culture and iconography. But I also couldn't help thinking of the return to stereotypical femininity seen in tradwives and Maga women in push-up bras. The real point of it all, of course, is Von Teese herself (beware, she's not performing in every show). She appears at the end of each half, a vivid, otherworldly presence smothered in diamante, with sparkling red lips and tiny corseted waist. At 52 she's the absolute doyenne and holds the stage with regal charisma. Whether in statuesque pose or exultantly riding a contraption that's a cross between a bucking bronco and a pink velvet Chesterfield, she's untouchable, and therein lies the appeal. There is no doubt she's worth seeing, and it's important to say this could be a perfectly fun night out, but artistically, it feels like a step backwards. At Emerald theatre, London, until 28 September
Daily Mirror
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Dita von Teese admits regret over not having kids as she explains what happened
The Queen of Burlesque opens up exclusively about her incredible career, her very rocky romance history - and her candid thoughts on why she never started a family As the undisputed queen of burlesque, Dita Von Teese has been entertaining audiences in little more than a corset for three decades. Now she's bringing a new show, Diamonds And Dust, to London. But despite her remarkable career, the humble 52-year-old, who has performed for international royalty, A-list celebrities and billionaire entrepreneurs, says she never anticipated global fame at the beginning of her journey. 'I carved out a space for myself when I first started performing burlesque shows in the 90s when it wasn't really a thing,' she says. 'Then I was headlining shows in Vegas and the Crazy Horse in Paris and London and travelling all over the world and I'm very proud of that. 'I never thought I'd be globally successful. Never, ever. Not even once. It's been a crazy thing to watch, but that journey keeps me motivated to keep continuously evolving and changing people's minds about what a burlesque show is and making the whole burlesque movement even bigger.' Helping her with that goal is none other than Taylor Swift, the one person who Dita would love to join her on stage this summer at the West End's newest theatre, The Emerald. The unlikely duo joined forces in 2022 – in giant Martini glasses – when the 14-times Grammy Award winning singer songwriter invited Dita to appear with her in the video for her single Bejeweled. 'If I needed a stand-in one night and she was in London, I'd definitely give Taylor a call,' says Dita. 'She could definitely pull it off.' 'Taylor is a super-smart girl,' says Dita, whose ability to seductively blend golden era Hollywood glamour and attention-grabbing stunts – like appearing in a giant powder compact or on a bucking bronco refashioned as an oversized lipstick – catapulted her to international stardom and the covers of magazines including Playboy and Vogue. 'We spoke on the phone first and she said she knew all about what I do and that I was an amazing performer, then she told me about the concept for the video, which was a sort of burlesque reinterpretation of Cinderella, where we both end up rotating in chest-high Martini glasses wearing just diamanté-studded bustiers. 'She said, 'I want you to appear alongside me in this video because I want people to know what you do.' She was extremely savvy and intelligent, and she just led the entire video shoot. It was amazing to watch her. I really enjoyed talking to her and getting to know her on that set.' In her personal life, Dita has been with her partner, designer Adam Rajcevich since 2014 – seven years after her tumultuous divorce from goth rocker Marilyn Manson. The controversial musician faced sexual assault and domestic violence allegations until California prosecutors dropped all charges in January this year. Dita is delighted that her life today is a million miles away from the media circus it had become when she and Manson, real name Brian Warner, were together. 'I can look back on my divorce and laugh about it now,' says Dita, who was born Heather Renée Sweet in West Branch, Michigan. 'I can be like, 'Whoa. Remember when you divorced the rock star?' It was crazy, but you learn stuff from every situation. I got sick of having relationships in the public eye and I don't want to be part of one of those celebrity couples that slings s**t at each other on X.' Dita is rarely photographed with her other half today and enjoys a discreet existence in her Tudor revival mansion at the foot of the Hollywood Hills. Adam is happy to pick up the domestic slack while she's in London choreographing and starring in her new show. 'The most romantic thing in my life right now is just that I can go off and do my thing, and I have someone who will take care of my kitties and call me every morning and send me video updates. That's super romantic to me. It's not like, 'Oh, you're gonna have to just take care of yourself,' or, 'Why aren't you here?' It really means a lot.' The star – who also appeared on screen in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and on The Masked Dancer – looks at least a decade younger. A passionate advocate of clean living, minimal alcohol and even more minimal exposure to the UVA rays of the sun, she was disappointed to have to answer accusations from ITV viewers that her beauty is anything but natural, when she appeared as a guest on Lorraine in January. 'I was like, 'I have had no work done. I haven't even had Botox,' then I started going, 'Does my face look weird? Does my face look puffy? Do I look like I've had some injections?' Because honest to God I've not had any work done. I was like, 'I haven't even got started on any of that yet,' and I thought, 'Wow, it's weird to have people accusing you of having plastic surgery when you just haven't.'' But she didn't engage with her critics. 'I just left it alone. Somebody else said to me, 'Just look at it as a compliment.' People will never be satisfied. If you say what you did, they'll be mad. If you say that you didn't do anything, they think you're a liar. I don't know what to say. It's complicated.' Dita has also grown tired of decades of questions asking her to justify her decision not to have children. 'Looking back at my life, I think, 'When would I have done that?'' says Dita, who has two sisters, Sarah and Jena. 'I do remember one time about 20 years ago Madonna telling me not to let motherhood pass me by and I remember thinking, 'Oh, well, I guess it has though.' Do I feel like she was right? I don't know. I'd just got divorced and then life happens and then suddenly you're like, 'Oh, here we are.'' The future for Dita may not involve motherhood, but it may well involve a new continent. 'After the fires, I'm definitely considering saying goodbye to LA,' says Dita. 'Do you think the UK will take me?' she asks. 'I can totally see myself in the British countryside. Maybe not London, but perhaps Ireland or Scotland.' But whether in California or Cowdenbeath, she has no intention of hanging up her corset any time soon.
