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This is stunning
Karen's second trip to Scotland after her award-winning show at
the Edinburgh Festival eight years ago and she admits she loves
Scots fellas.
Skirt
She laughed: "I'm looking for a younger version of Sean Connery
while I'm up here. I need that rugged manly thing.
"The guy I have
a big crush on right now is Russell Crowe - he's the man - but Scots
can run him close any day.
"Let's face it, Scots are the only guys in the world that can wear
a skirt and get away with it because they are so good-natured and
have great legs.
"I'd take a Scot before David Hasselhoff every time - Baywatch boys
just haven't got the character."
Karen added:
"I do a whole thing now about Scotland being the only country where
men wear skirts - and how only they could get away with it.
"I mean, men wear dresses in the Middle East but you've got to be
careful if you take the mickey out of them because they'll just
chop your head off.
"I did a whole
our of the Middle East and it was so funny because my mum was convinced
I was going to be sold into sexual slavery. I was like 'Mom, we
can only hope.'"
Gorgeous blonde Karen's sun-kissed Pamela Anderson looks must have
the UK's best known comedienne Jo Brand choking on her cake.
She is also set to star again at this summer's Edinburgh Festival.
And Karen said: "I'm coming to Scotland to cheer you guys up - I
mean Jo Brand ain't much to look at or listen to.
"Jo's an acquired taste but I can assure you I talk about gender
relations rather than my period and woman's troubles - that's just
not me." Modest Karen played down her sexy image which, combined
with her razor-sharp with, has made her a hit in America.
She laughed: "I find it hilarious that people call me the Pamela
Anderson of comedy - I don't have the boobs.
"In my act I do a whole thing about being a blonde without a boob
job in LA and all the stuff about looking one way but acting another.
"Boob jobs are not big here at all but in the States it's big and
in LA it's huge - boob jobs are a dime a dozen.
"It's frightening. Archaeologists are going to get some shock when
they come across graves in LA in 200 years time and start digging
up all these lumps of silicon."
Karen will quite happily kick sand in the face of anyone who writes
her off as a blonde bimbo.
She said: "I think it's harder to break into comedy if you're a
woman - never mind an attractive woman.
"As soon as you get on stage people perceive you as a bimbo who's
not funny. But I do a lot of blonde gags to address it and once
you solidify with the audience you can go for it."
Rugged
The US circuit is an amazing conveyer belt of talent that has launched
the Hollywood careers of idols such as Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy,
Steve Martin and Jim Carrey.
But Karen is set to be one of the first women to break through after
landing a role in Place To Love with Hollywood hunk Andy Garcia.
And she said: "I filmed Place To Love with Andy last fall and it's
due to be released sometime this year.
"Loads of guys off the US comedy circuit have made it into Hollywood
movies so I'd love to start blazing a trail for women comics as
well. It's getting harder and harder for comedians to break through
now. People would stab you to get ahead of you if they could get
away with it." And she laughed: "Maybe I'll take a rugged Scotsman
back home with me to protect me and watch my back."
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