“Keep it Cute” Vivian Jenna Wilson Rides for Interview x Boy Smells Pride

Last night, girls and gays descended on The Eagle LA for the second annual Interview x Boysmells L.A. Pride party. Inside, Doja Cat rubbed shoulders with leather daddies while Hollywood divas including Symone, Isaac Cole Powell, and The Queen of Melrose sipped citrus-flavored cocktails in a Citrush-scented room. As the night was getting rowdy (think tongue kissing and topless bears) rumors circulated that Mariah Carey would be crashing the party to debut her latest track. Of course, the evening’s hosts, Interview editor-in-chief Mel Ottenberg and It girl Vivian Jenna Wilson, knew all about Queen Mimi’s pending appearance, so when they cruised up to the party in a stretch limo, Boysmells Citrush Sniffers in tow, they were keeping it calm, cute, and cunty.

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VIVIAN JENNA WILSON: Oh, we’re doing an interview?

MEL OTTENBERG: We can, should we?

WILSON: Sure. Let’s just keep it cute.

OTTENBERG: What is your beauty regimen?

WILSON: I’m a natural girl, honestly. I wear a lot of chapstick. I feel like that’s kind of cliche. It’s like, “Oh, just some mascara, chapstick.” I’ll wear some concealer if I have acne, which is pretty rare, because I take this thing called estradiol, which removes your acne.

OTTENBERG: Estradiol?

WILSON: Estrogen. HRT.

OTTENBERG: Got it.

WILSON: It’s great for the skin.

OTTENBERG: Your skin is glowing, babe.

WILSON: Well yeah, because of Laurel [Charleston, makeup artist]. She’s so good.

OTTENBERG: Honey, she did a great job. The eyeliner is like Brigitte Bardot, but kind of ravey. And your hair is unreal.

WILSON: Well, yes.

OTTENBERG: Can you give us a lazy flip? Since we’re in the limo? Do you know who Cousin It is?

WILSON: Oh my god. [Laughs] I get this comment at least twice a day.

OTTENBERG: You know it’s a compliment? She’s fucking major.

WILSON: I prefer the red guy from DH—Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared.

OTTENBERG: I don’t know what Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared is.

WILSON: It’s a my generation thing.

OTTENBERG: It’s like that level of cunty, but—

WILSON: It’s not really cunty. It’s kind of just a giant upside-down mop who’s red. That’s the best way I can describe it.

OTTENBERG: So what’s your style, Vivian?

WILSON: I dress like a German goth aunt, but one who’s too lazy to actually try to be goth. It’s this very in-between place that’s kind of futch-esque.

OTTENBERG: Okay.

WILSON: Basically I dress in all black and have long hair.

OTTENBERG: So what you’re wearing tonight to the Interview Boy Smells party kind of matches your style. 

WILSON: It’s very me. 

JULIAN RIBEIRO: What do we think is going to happen at the party tonight?

WILSON: Someone’s going to get wasted and it’s not going to be me.

OTTENBERG: I’m definitely not getting wasted. People are definitely getting wasted. People are dancing. Poppers might be present.

WILSON: These gays, you never know what they’re up to.

OTTENBERG: Yeah, these gays—

WILSON: They’re scheming. They have machinations.

RIBEIRO: Debauchery.

WILSON: Honey, degeneracy.

RIBEIRO: Don’t trust them.

WILSON: Both Sodom and Gomorrah. That’s satire, don’t cancel me on Twitter. Thank you. 

RIBEIRO: Do you feel like people in your comment section get you or are they not understanding the vibes?

WILSON: I don’t read the fucking comments.

OTTENBERG: Rule number one.

WILSON: I read them sometimes and mostly it’s just variations of “yasss” and “slay,” but then I go viral and conservatives get mad at me—like once a week. 

OTTENBERG: Do you have a wind machine in your apartment?

WILSON: Okay, so I called it a wind machine and everyone was like, “What the fuck are you talking about?” It’s technically my mom’s and I just borrowed it. It looks like a leaf blower, but without the giant pipe thing. I was like, “I don’t know what the fuck this is, but it’s a machine that produces winds.” Then everyone was like, “Actually, that’s a fan.”

MEL OTTENBERG: Who’s your beauty icon?

WILSON: Like who I want to look like?

MEL OTTENBERG: Who’s inside you because they’re just so cunty that you can’t believe it.

WILSON: Probably Alex Consani. I think she’s stunning and she’s also Model of the Year. 

MEL OTTENBERG: We at Interview magazine are mesmerized by the glamour and beauty of Alex Consani.

WILSON: Everyone is. She’s stunning. The body is so tea.

MEL OTTENBERG: When I interviewed her she was brand new.

RIBEIRO: She said something interesting, though. She said she’s never stayed out past 3:00 AM.

WILSON: Ever?

RIBEIRO: Ever. 

WILSON: I cannot say the same.

RIBEIRO: I’m descending at 11:00.

WILSON: Well, that’s coconuts. My circadian rhythm is always fucking up.

RIBEIRO: Does your body wake up without an alarm clock?

WILSON: Absolutely not.

RIBEIRO: I’m a tweaker. I have to get up at 5:00 in the morning or else I’ll die. 

WILSON: Lovingly, you should get that checked out.

RIBEIRO: Yeah. Can I say something gross? I play PS5 from 6:00 to 6:30 every morning.

WILSON: I love that for you. What game on the PS5?

RIBEIRO: Don’t make me say Fortnite out loud in this limousine.

WILSON: Okay. There’s a streamer named F1NN5TER. She asked me if I wanted to play Fortnite on the stream, and I said no. [Laughs] I would play Fortnite with her, is the thing.

RIBEIRO: You guys should stream.

WILSON: I would prefer to play a different game because I don’t get it.

RIBEIRO: If you stream, what game would you play? 

WILSON: I’m probably going to do streaming. I really enjoy it. TikTok lives are super fun. I feel like I would just do a little Valorant, a little Marvel Rivals.

RIBEIRO: I play Marvel Rivals.

WILSON: I play Black Widow. 

RIBEIRO: I play Rocket Raccoon.

WILSON: So I’m the problem, you’re not. Insta-lock Black Widow is bad.

RIBEIRO: Yeah.

WILSON: In the trenches. I’m good at her, though. And she’s cunty.

WILSON: You play two games?

RIBEIRO: If I can get two games of Fortnite in, go to the gym, and shower before eight in the morning, how could you have a bad day? 

WILSON: I don’t like the gym. I get my exercise because I just fucking walk everywhere.

RIBEIRO: In L.A., that’s really a workout.

OTTENBERG: Nobody walks in L.A.

RIBEIRO: Let me pass this Citrush Sniffer.

WILSON: I’m just going to smell citrus for two days after this. 

OTTENBERG: Oh, it’s very citrusy.

WILSON: I don’t actively use perfume that much.

OTTENBERG: All of that’s about to change tonight, at The Eagle.

WILSON: I love how my first real experience with perfume is about poppers. I got to live.

OTTENBERG: I used to do lots of poppers, but now I just hit the Boy Smells Citrush sniffy stick. I like this little stick. I feel really refreshed. 

WILSON: I’m not calling it a sniffy stick.

RIBEIRO: When’s the last time anyone was in a limo?

OTTENBERG: I have no idea. Prom?

WILSON: Like 10 or 11 years. It’s not something I ever thought I’d be in again.

RIBEIRO: Can I take your photo on this iPhone 4?

WILSON: Oh, it’s cute. It’s retro.

RIBEIRO: It’s giving Chinese. I got it on eBay.

WILSON: My phone’s actually Chinese. My friend bought it from China.

OTTENBERG: I went to China last year. It was the best food.

WILSON: I went to China when I was little. You could eat bugs there. It wasn’t great, but it was something I did.

OTTENBERG: I’ll eat bugs if they’re in front of me. If someone’s like, “These are fried cockroaches,” I’m cool. Actually grasshoppers, maybe not cockroaches.

WILSON: Yeah. I don’t know if I would eat crickets. In-N-Out is my favorite.

RIBEIRO: I went before I came here.

WILSON: I get real cheese, all the vegetables, no pickles, and animal fries.

RIBEIRO: That’s hot.

OTTENBERG: What are animal fries?

WILSON: It’s thousand island dressing with cheese and grilled onions.

OTTENBERG: That sounds really good. Maybe we’ll have it tonight after the party.