Monday, Dec. 28, 1998

Rebecca Romijn

By Joel Stein

Rebecca Romijn-Stamos is host of MTV's House of Style and a model for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's next swimsuit issue.

Q: I heard you and [Full House star] John Stamos had your first date at Disneyland. Did you make out in the park?

A: No, we didn't.

Q: Because Disney police will nail you.

A: We got nailed. We got a little tipsy.

Q: They serve alcohol in the park?

A: We found our little way of sneaking it into our big cup of Coca-Cola.

Q: You changed your name to Romijn-Stamos. Why? It's a beautiful name.

A: It is. I love the alliteration of it. But for me it's part of being a family, everyone having the same name.

Q: Is he John Romijn-Stamos?

A: No.

Q: Well, what's up with that?

A: Maybe I should talk to him about that.

Q: Aren't we as a society past the swimsuit issue? Doesn't it make sports seem like a stupid, male-only obsession?

A: Yeah. But what's the other male-only obsession?

Q: I spend so much time defending sports as a valid form of entertainment. Then this issue makes me come off as some dumb guy who likes sports.

A: As well you should. That's how I view guys who like sports anyway.

Q: You were in that Tommy Hilfiger ad where you were in the Oval Office. And the White House got Hilfiger to pull it. Did you feel censored?

A: Kind of.

Q: Were you wearing a thong?

A: I was wearing leather pants. I don't know what I was wearing underneath.

Q: Because Monica was, you know.

A: Oh, was she wearing a thong?

Q: You thought I was just asking you because I wanted to know.

A: Yeah, under the pretense of it being part of the interview. You know, if we ever do Tommy Hilfiger lingerie, I'm throwing that one out there.

--By Joel Stein