Loving: Sandra Bernhard

I know that a lot of people who even acknowledge Sandra Bernhard's existence hate her, but I've always been a big fan. I think she's ballsy and hysterical and I think it's totally awesome that she was pals with Richard Pryor back in the day. I loved her recurring role on Roseanne and her guest spot on Will & Grace generated one of the best lines of the whole series.*

But her recent digs at former BFF Madonna have me pumping my fist in the air.

According to Page Six, a fan at a recent show in Toronto asked Bernhard if she was still friends with Madge. The pair had a prolific (and sometimes puzzling) friendship in the late 80s and early 90s. The reasons for their split were never clear, but both women showed some class by never getting into any details. But in the years since, Madonna has become...well, a little crazy and from most accounts she's a very unpleasant person nowadays. And Bernhard couldn't hold back any longer, I guess.

To answer the fan's question, Bernhard went off on some five-minute long performance that, supposedly, mocked Madonna's touting of world causes. She also made a dig at celebrities who brag about their extensive work out and diet regimens, namely Madonna and her new waify pal and fellow Anglophile, Gwyneth Paltrow. "Yeah, why don't you rub some salt in the wounds of the people who have to work 14 hours a day?" said Bernhard. To which I say, "HELLZ YEAH!" Or even in the wounds of people who have to work 9 hours a day as a desk jockey, go to school to better themselves, take care of their families, and fill in the rest of their waking hours working toward their actual dreams. Sure, when such celebrities point out that they achieved their physiques through such rigorous practices, they're acknowledging that they have an advantage in the form of time and wealth. But they are still part of the current standards of "beauty" and...yeah. *stomps foot* Bernhard hit the nail on the head with that one.

* Upon finding Will and Grace in her apartment, she snaps, "What are you two Kate and Leopold-looking motherfuckers doing in here?"