Muck Raking: Claire Stansfield
This month, Alti's alter ego, Claire Stansfield, reveals her innermost secrets to K. Stoddard Hayes.
Official Xena Magazine: Issue 22
Full name given at birth: Claire Caroline Stansfield.
Nicknames: ‘Satan’sfield; Clairsie, which is awful!
Favourite word: (long pause) Oh, I just want to say f**k! It's the first word that came to mind! I'll say Olivia - that's my sister's name.
Hometown: I was born in London, England, but I'm from Toronto. We moved there when I was four.
Current Residence: Los Angeles - in the Hollywood Hills.
Croutons or Bacon Bits? Both!
Favourite Salad Dressing: Anything with creamy mayo!
Shampoo or Conditioner? Both!
Have you ever gone skinny dipping? Hell, yes!
Have you ever gone skinny dipping in New Zealand? No, but I've gone swimming there. Danielle [Cormack, Ephiny] and I did all of the beaches in one day. I only had one day on my trip left, and I said, “I haven't even been into the water,” and she said, “Come on!” We did four great beaches. We were in our bikinis and all we did was beach hop!
Do you make fun of people? All the time.
Favourite Colour: Blue.
Have you ever been convicted of a crime? I got caught drinking in the park when I was 15! The police took us in but they didn't actually book us. They just called our parents.
One pillow or two? One.
Cotton or feather? Cotton. I'm allergic to feathers.
Have you any pets? I have a dog who I love to bits, but he's getting old. I just spent a thousand dollars for the vet to tell me he was fine, but I didn't care. His name is Dino; he's a mix between a black Labrador and Doberman.
Favourite music? (long pause) Jeez, I am such a music fanatic! I listen to so much music. My favourite right now is a dub house mix, a deejay remix. New stuff comes out all the time, but taking something old and putting a different spin on it; I think it's great!
Hobbies: Filmmaking, yoga and (giggles rather sheepishly) eating.
Which toothpaste do you use? The old school white Colgate only.
Favourite food? That changes too. Right now I love Indian food, but I liked Italian a year ago.
Favourite town to take it easy in: Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
Favourite ice cream flavour: Frozen yogurt with Oreo cookies. I like cookies and cream but I don't like ice cream, I like frozen yogurt. It has more of a 'whangdoodle' - a little twang to it. It doesn't have too sweet a taste.
Favourite non-alcoholic drink: Water.
Adidas, Nike, Reebok or other? Adidas.
Favourite perfume: A new perfume by Ghost.
Favourite subject in school: Physical education.
Favourite sport to watch: The LA Lakers (basketball).
What is your most humiliating moment? (groans) Oh, I have a bunch! My most recent one was when I got up on stage at the Slanted Fedora Star Trek convention and said, “F**k the Star Trek fans; where are the Xena fans?”, and the whole room went dead silent! The promoter looked at me like, “Are you kidding me?” That was embarrassing! I'm like, “I think I'll leave that out tomorrow.” It was bad! I thought they would think it was funny!
What is your craziest or silliest idea? “Let's go bare-back riding naked.” Luckily I was only 11 with my best girlfriend. We'd been swimming late at night, and we said, “Let's go riding!” Bad idea!