what happened when I saw how unprepared that guy was, because he actually said to me, "You used to be a headline guy." And what was funny is, in New York the very next night, I was doing a sold out show at the Beacon Theater, 3,500 people and I'm looking at this guy like, "What are you kidding me?" Because I'm not doing the (Madison Square) Garden this isn't good enough? Like what's the problem here? And I got nutty. At CNN you don't get personal, you just ask the questions. I knew he was coming from a personal place rather than a professional place and that's when I destroyed him. Jenny PezDeSpencer: When you first started, did you have people tell you that you needed to tone it down if you were ever going to make it? Andrew Dice Clay: Oh, a thousand times but it would just go in one ear and out the other. I always marched to the beat of my own drum. That goes all the way back, I couldn't care less about what people think or say. Jenny PezDeSpencer: I did do some research and I noticed there was a pretty huge gap in between The Adventures of Ford Fairlane and Blue Jasmine. Was there a reason? Andrew Dice Clay: Nah, nah, I was out of the limelight for a while. I got two sons so, I had a break up and that was more important to me. And now they're [his sons] cooking... My personal life was always more important to me than my professional life. I brought up the best guys and they're in a band called Steel Rebel, they are opening up for (the final) Ozzfest this year. Jenny PezDeSpencer: I read that you and your former wife Valerie Vasquez were divorced in 2014, but that you are still together. Can I ask why you're still together if you got a divorce? Andrew Dice Clay: 'Cause I love her and you know, when you argue there is always the threat of divorce. Ya know, so why not just take that out of the equation, so you can be happy? Jenny PezDeSpencer: Is that (Valerie) who Natasha Leggero's character on your Showtime show Dice is based on?
with Valerie that is coming to Fox, and they absolutely went nuts for her. Natasha is talented and she is really cute, but ya know, Valerie is a gorgeous woman, an animal, that's why we were together for 7 years. I just got "done" with her 2 hours ago. We're the night life, we come alive at night. I hear the world a lot better at night. Jenny PezDeSpencer: Do you think Entourage helped you get back in the public eye? Andrew Dice Clay: Doug Ellin, who created the show Entourage, knew. He was a fan sinceÉ he actually wrote the foreword in my book. The minute he saw me when he was a kid Ð he was a giant Dice fan Ð he knew if he put me on that season that, you know that was it. He said, "Wait til you see what happens," and that was the fuse. He lit the fuse and that was it, a full-blown career again. Jenny PezDeSpencer: Do you think you are going to be doing any movies soon? Andrew Dice Clay: Well, I got the uh, I'm doing the John Gotti movie (Gotti) right now and it's very exciting. Kevin Connolly (Entourage) is directing it. Ya know, to work with John Travolta is unbelievable. He is playing Gotti and they gave me an incredible role. I am excited to start that in about three weeks... They don't even want me talking about it. It's very exciting and I am telling you what I can, ya know. It's just another great opportunity to work with these incredible actors, and Travolta is somebody I've followed since he was Vinnie Barbarino (Welcome Back Kotter), in Grease, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty. It was just amazing when he called me and said, 'Dice you have to do this film with me,' ya know? And I'm like, 'John, I'm on tour; there is a lot of things I have to cancel out.' I'm playing amphitheaters; I'm going out with Guns 'n Roses and doing some of their shows. We're doing stadiums ya know, so yeah. And to do Dodger Stadium... 50,000 people a night, and I think my boys [Steel Rebel] are doing some of the shows with them. It's just an exciting time.
Andrew Dice Clay appears at the Silver Legacy on Friday August 12, 2016 at 8pm. To get your tickets go to www.silverlegacyreno.com/event/ shows/andrew-dice-clay. Read the full interview online at www.renotahoetonightmagazine.com.
Andrew Dice Clay: If Natasha looked like Valerie she would already be a mega-star. I'll just put it to you that way, I just did a cooking competition Reno Tahoe Tonight 27