It Sounds Like She’s Getting Even Drippier

Thu., June 26, 1997

Compiled By Staff Writer Rick Bo

You’ve probably heard about Farrah Fawcett’s spaced-out round of appearances recently on the late-night talk show circuit.

There’s more. According to People magazine, after a rambling appearance on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” Fawcett overheard two women in an NBC ladies’ room gossiping about her.

The former “Charlie’s Angels” star confronted the women and asked them back to her dressing room, imploring: “What is it? Is it that I’m not who you want me to be? … I have to figure out what people want from me.”

And when the women explained that they were simply disappointed that Fawcett - who played an abused wife in the TV flick “The Burning Bed” - would pose naked in Playboy, she reportedly burst into tears.

Loose talk

Janeane Garofalo, upon losing her train of thought (on the “Late Show With David Letterman”): “I’m so Farrah right now. I just lost my mind …”

Boy wonder? They’re not exactly robbin’ the cradle

Chris O’Donnell turns 27 today.

To err is human, to be unforgiving is diva-like

Faye Dunaway can’t seem to shake her reputation as a diva - and playing opera legend Maria Callas in a Hollywood stage play probably won’t help. “I’m someone who feels life in an intense way,” she said. “I’ve always been demanding of myself. It’s about perfectionism and it’s always, always about the work.”

To the ‘Victor’, it appears, has gone the spoiled

Speaking of difficult, Raquel Welch has reportedly been a holy terror in Broadway rehearsals for “Victor/Victoria” - throwing a mirror at her hair stylist, cutting a custom gown in half when it didn’t fit right and walking offstage when she spotted an unfamiliar dancer, saying she didn’t work with understudies. Her new nickname: Vicious Victoria.

The reception must’ve been a real mob scene

And speaking of raging bulls, Robert DeNiro, 53, was quietly married last week to a 42-year-old former flight attendant named Grace Hightower in a private ceremony in New York. Among the guests: Harvey Keitel and Joe Pesci.

Well, at least maybe he’ll be happier now

Veteran actor Rod Steiger has filed for divorce from his wife of 11 years, Paula - whom he recently credited with helping him through a decade of clinical depression.

At this point, she could use some Frank advice

Kathie Lee Gifford has been urged by buddy Anita Bryant to stand by her philandering hubby, Frank Gifford. “Anita called Kathie to say we’re sorry and we love you,” said Bryant’s husband, Charlie Dry. “Anita and Kathie are both extremely religious people, so they prayed together.”

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