Jerry Hall hunts for her perfect boy toy

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AP: Do you consider yourself a MILF? Do you even know what that means?

Hall: No. Never heard of it. What is it?

AP: It stands for mother I’d like to, um, be friendly with. You never heard that before?

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(Fuller politely explains the phrase.)

Hall: Oh. No, but we learned about cougars.

AP: What’s that?

Hall: Oh my. See, now we can teach you something. Cougars are older women dating younger men. It’s a book, and it’s a Web site and they voted me ‘Cougar of the Month.’ Isn’t that exciting?

AP: Yes. Congratulations. I guess Demi Moore is a cougar, but she’s very serious with Ashton Kutcher. What do you think of that relationship?

Hall: I think that’s ridiculous. Why be serious about anything?

Fuller: Yeah, that’s not the job of a cougar. A cougar doesn’t want to meet the family, doesn’t want to have a baby, don’t want to hang out with your friends.

AP: You don’t want any of that stuff?

Fuller: Done it all.

Hall: Listen. Meet their young little friends? Listen to that horrible music? No, no, no.

No, you can't keep three
AP: How real was your reality show?

Hall: There was no script. It was just (producers asking), ‘What do you think the guys should do? What do you want them to learn?’ It was kind of a growing, work-in-progress, which was exciting. We did it for five weeks. I had like three days off in five weeks. It was quite tiring, but it was fun.

AP: Did you grow attached to these guys?

Hall: I did. After five weeks ... the obviously flawed ones were gone. And they were just great guys, very impressive, very good at all the tasks I had them do. They had to be in a Vivienne Westwood fashion show, they had to write a poem about me, they had to paint a picture of each other nude and they were really good at these things. The last four or five were gorgeous. I couldn’t make up my mind. I did ask if I could keep three and they said no. It was sad.

AP: What do you think of other reality shows?

Hall: I’ve seen ’The Simple Life’ and I thought it was really funny and I laughed my head off. I think there’s so many reality TV shows because they’re not writing enough good scripts. People love them because they’re real and they’re funny.

Fuller: There’s something engaging about reality TV even though you want to feel snobbish about them. You watch one, and it’s like watching a game of football. You really get into it.

AP: What did your kids think about this show?

Hall: At first, they were a bit worried, but they thought it was funny because I was torturing all these guys. The big kids are like, ’Yeah, you go, mom. We’re proud of you. You’re fabulous.’ The little ones just wanted me to stay home and watch cartoons with them, you know.

No babysitting required
AP: How do you balance being a mother and a cougar?

Hall: I’m both. I love my kids and would rather be with them than anyone in the whole wide world. I have four great kids living at home. We have so much fun, but I like to go out too and have a bit of grown-up fun.

AP: Does a kept man have to baby-sit?

Hall: No, darling. I wouldn’t take him around my children.

AP: What are the difficulties of being an older woman in showbiz?

Hall: I don’t know. I’m definitely not into whining. Everything’s going my way. Life is just getting better. I’m just lucky, I guess. I’m very happy in my skin.

AP: When have you been the most happy?

Hall: Shortly after my divorce, I got really happy.

AP: Because of your gigantic divorce settlement?

Hall: Money helps. Also, not being married to a womanizer is a lot of fun.

AP: But now aren’t you a manizer?

Hall: No, I’m single. I’m independent. And I’m dating. I think if you’re honest that you’re dating, there’s nothing wrong with that.

Fuller: Manizer? You just made that up.

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