Ke$ha Talks About Puking in Paris Hilton's Closet, Breaking Into Prince's House

Entertainment January 20, 2010 AT 9:58AM
Ke$ha Talks About Puking in Paris Hilton's Closet, Breaking Into Prince's House Credit: Jon Furniss/WireImage.com

She may only be 22 years old, but L.A.-born, Nashville-bred Ke$ha (real name: Kesha Rose Sebert) has some wild stories. The "Tik Tok" singer opens up to Us Weekly senior music editor Ian Drew about Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton almost ruining her chance at fame (she once appeared on The Simple Life with the BFFs), breaking into Prince’s house and the necklace she believes gives her psychic powers.

"Tik Tok" is your first song, and it's a mega hit! What’s that been like for you?
It's really weird... When I wrote "Tik Tok," it was just another song I’d written and I didn’t even know if it was that good. I tried to re-write it a few times. And then I just kind of started playing it for people and they were like, 'Oh, this is a party jam!'

How does it feel to hear your first hit on the radio?
It's amazing. It's everything I’ve worked my balls off for since I can remember.

What is it about partying that inspires you so much?
I write about everything. I write about guys I’m stalking, and I definitely write about partying just because I wrote this record in a period of my life where I was focusing on experiencing stuff and writing about it. It pretty much was my job for four years... Everybody in my band gets along so well, and it’s not about getting f---ed up or getting drunk or anything like that -- yeah sometimes we’ll drink, but we’re always having a good time.

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You worked on the single with Dr. Luke, who has produced tunes for Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry. How did that come about?
He called me out of the blue when I was at home in the middle of filming The Simple Life when Paris and Nicole were at my house. Nicole actually picked up the phone and hung up on Dr Luke. Truth. 

What happened next?
He called back, and Nicole was like, 'This is serious.' I moved to L.A. and started singing back-up to Paris and doing background vocals.

So you stayed friends with her after The Simple Life?
No, honey, we are not friends. We’ve just been connected on one too many places and levels. I don’t have anything against her. I think she’s really nice, but we’re just very different. I'm just not that kind of party girl. I’m a whopping good time and have been to a few pretty badass parties in my day, but it’s never about what I’m wearing, what brands I’m wearing... I think what’s sexiest is a girl in an old T-shirt and cut-offs. It’s funny and confident and sexy. You don’t necessarily have to be wearing spandex and a push-up bra and 10-inch high heels. I just don’t think it’s necessary.

I heard you threw up in Paris' house.
I barfed in her closet. I ended up going to her house for a party, and I thought it was a bathroom. I was dancing too hard. And it turned out to be her closet.

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Did you two get in a fight?
No, we never had a fight. We’re just so different, you know? We come from opposite ends of the spectrum. I grew up in the valley, broke, running around barefoot and moved to Nashville and played music and really poured my heart out. Very different.

What about Nicole Richie?
They were both really nice, I just don’t think we would hang. Nicole was hilarious. I really liked her, but it’s just kind of like, what does an apple and a penguin talk about? 

Besides Paris and Nicole, everyone is saying you are this year's Lady Gaga.
We’re both blonde! But anytime anybody’s going to compare me to a strong, talented, successful woman, I’ll absolutely take that as a compliment. 

Was it true you born at a party in the San Fernando Valley in 1987?
My mom had a bunch of people over because she was about to pop and then all of a sudden her water broke and out I came. Then she had to be taken to the hospital, so I just stayed with her best friend and hung out. Life of the party from the very beginning.

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Your mom seems cool.
She's a badass. The only thing I asked for for Christmas is... my mom found my placenta and she crushed it up in a blender and made it into a necklace that I wear everyday. It's supposed to make me psychic.

Is it true you broke into Prince’s house to get him to work with you?
I did sneak into his house because I wanted to give him my demo. So I got his address and I drove up there in my grandpa’s Lincoln town car, parked it right in front of his house. I paid the gardener $5, he shoved my ass under the gate, and then I walked up and the door was unlocked, so I took the opportunity to let myself in. I ended up walking in on him in the middle of band rehearsal. He just kept on playing because he was in the middle of a set. He just gave me this look like, 'Who are you? Why are you in my house?' And then I waved my little homemade demo wrapped in a giant purple bow and set it on his table." 

Are you seeing anyone at the moment?
I’m as single as a fox in the middle of the forest! And I desperately want to hang out with the fat guy from The Hangover, so if you could make that happen that’d be greatly appreciated.

Zach Galifianakis is your celebrity crush?
Yes. I like his awkwardness and his beard.

What do you think it is about your sound that has caught on?
It’s not pretentious, it’s not too serious, it’s just fun. When there’s a recession and times can be hard, dancing is free. I want to make people dance.

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  • February 23, 2010 - 5:01am KLV

    Rihanna and Courtney love love her too.

  • January 29, 2010 - 8:58am onthemark

    Ready for commitment to the local loony bin! LaLaLand is full of them, I am sure they'll be able to get her into one.

  • January 28, 2010 - 9:01pm Kittie6

    I may be an old granny but I like Ke$ha. "Your Love Is My Drug" is my favorite, but TiK ToK is so catchy. Ke$ha seems to be a person who doesn't put on airs; what you see is what you get. Adam Lambert likes her, if that means anything.....

  • January 28, 2010 - 3:11pm k@t#y

    i have no idea who she's but she is kinda cute :)

  • January 28, 2010 - 3:11pm T. Earnhardt

    Hi Elizabeth, nice to see there are others out there that feel the same way! You know, I think if someone, like her, for example, would just come out without a 'getup' as she is doing, and just sing if she has the talent, the fame will come. Real people are tired of the wacko's coming out trying to be famous. It gets old! I mean, look at Jessica Simpson. Sometimes you just need to know when to hang it up.

  • January 28, 2010 - 3:00pm lalapaloooooza

    looks like a walking ad for STD's

  • January 27, 2010 - 9:21pm WHO?

    WHO THE HELL IS SHE? ANOTHER NOBODY LIKE KHATE GOSSELIN!

  • January 27, 2010 - 7:07pm j

    has the industry been demystified with the reality era?

  • January 27, 2010 - 6:20pm Elizabeth

    Agreed Kim & T. Earnhardt! It's so sad this is what popular music is becoming. Her lyrics are trash, she can't sing without autotune, and she looks like she hasn't showered in months.

  • January 27, 2010 - 3:59pm T. Earnhardt

    Also agree with Jen below with her comment. Is this what "music" is becoming? Get a brillo pad out and give this girl a good scrubbing and clean her up. 22 years old? She is on a collision course with that type of attitude. Lady Gaga is a trained musician, and even she gets to the very extreme but she does it in her own original way. This one here is just another fly by night wannabe that MAY just have some talent but needs to present herself in a totally different manner. Good luck. And get the stupid dollar sign out of your name. You won't be getting any of my money.

  • January 27, 2010 - 10:29am Jen

    She's awesome! I may be her for Halloween!!

  • January 23, 2010 - 7:27am Jet Set

    She is a poor girl who can't sing live. She used always an auto-tunes for singing!! It's pity for her!

  • January 22, 2010 - 1:24pm Jessica

    Umm I'm pretty sure that if all of you took time out of your day just to read and comment ono this interview then obviously she did something right. I think Ke$ha's a very interesting person who seems fun and easy to get along with. Quit complaining because she's carefree and you are all there for the labels; it's pathetic.

  • January 22, 2010 - 11:14am Jul

    Come right out and say it, Ke$ha, you hate Paris and Nicole. You think they're spoiled little rich girls and feel like you're better than them. I'm guessing most of what she's saying was coached by a savvy PR person from her label to create 'the image'. She comes across as a phony.

  • January 22, 2010 - 3:55am coolguy

    she dont care about Americans, Tik Tok is a hit on the world, she is honest and simple, I like her.

  • January 21, 2010 - 12:43pm Kim

    I'm guessing she is the young, teenage, trashy version of Lady Gaga

  • January 21, 2010 - 12:39pm Anna (LindsayLoFAN)

    Well, I have no problem with Ke$ha, but I have the same opinion on this as I have on people calling Miley the next Britney: It's not true. They're not the same person, each one is different and comparing them to each other just isn't possible because, like I said, they're DIFFERENT.

  • January 21, 2010 - 5:01am MiMi

    I think Ke$ha is awesome!!! Her voice is beautiful and different. If you listen to her other songs as well, you see all her songs are different than what you typically hear. (look up Dinosaur! its my fav and Blah,Blah,Blah). I'm not trying to start an argument because most of you here don't like her cuz of what you said. (i don't have time to come back on this website and check for updates). but i do want to show my support for her. i'll admit that a friend gave me her songs that he downloaded for free, but i went out and BOUGHT THE CD! even tho i already had the songs. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH I LIKE HER!!!!! and i agree with her, her music is fun. and i can't wait for the day i wake up feeling like p.diddy so i can get to meet her!!! XOXO KE$HA!!!

  • January 20, 2010 - 11:01pm J Baker

    Oh my God, I'm just shocked at her revelations. What a bunch of bull. These actors, gangsta rappers and singers are the phoniest bunch of pukes on this planet.

  • January 20, 2010 - 9:28pm J

    Umm. First of all, there's no way only her mom went to the hospital, and she stayed at the party with her mom's friend. Her mom would have gotten in huge trouble, they HAVE to check out the baby just as much as they have to check out the mom. I have worked in the OB unit of a hospital. Second, her mother "found" her placenta? So it was just laying around her house for 22 years? I mean maybe I could believe if she had been born at home, and somehow like it was left in a sheet, and the sheet was put in the basement or something and forgotten, but if she was really born at a party they would have thrown that nasty thing out ASAP. And even if the story is true, that's just nasty. Third, every chance Kesha gets she talks about how she writes so much music but the thing is, her album is co-written. In several interviews I've seen of her, she's bragged about how she wrote her album "all by herself" , but then in others she's like "my mom wrote some songs" . She can't even keep her stories straight shes such a liar. She will do and say anything just to make people think she's more than a piece of talentless trash.

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