Wally Wharton
12/22/04
Gene Ross interviewed her 12/2/03. I talked to her this morning. She wanted to know about Jim Holliday's funeral, so we reminisced for a few minutes about the Golden Ghost (Jim Holliday).
Wally: "Are you married now?"
Luke: "No."
Wally: "I thought for sure you would be now."
Luke: "How about you?"
Wally: "Yeah. Sure. Can you hear him?"
I hear barking in the background.
Wally: "I'm married to twelve pounds and four little short legs of a dachsund dog. We've been together over nine years. That's longer than any of my relationships. [Wally's been married four times.]"
Luke: "Do you still stay in touch with Nikki Sinn?"
Wally: "We're as thick as thieves. We just did this art exhibit at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery for the Day of the Dead. Our sign said, "XXX Porn Stars RIP. I had one of those naked coffee table girls. I took the table off, painted her up, tarted her up, and we had a life-size skeleton going down on her and another one reading a magazine with Trinity Loren on the cover. Then we had portraits of as many [dead] porn stars as we could get. Nikki blew up the headshots on computer. We knew kids would be at the festival. We wanted to focus on the head shots and emphasize that they were people, not just bodies. We had huge crowds. The director of the cemetery came up to us and introduced us to all these people. All kind of people took pictures. There were ghosts in the pictures when we got them back. You see these orbs floating around.
"We had all these candles with pictures of stars who had passed away on each candle. We had a huge official Bible. If there was any cleavage, we would put stickers or stars [to cover it up]. Some of the parents said to their kids, 'See Johnny. Porn stars are people too.'
"I'm still in a few movies [such as by her friend, the director Geoff Coldwater]. I still rent my house out. I'm hostess of the series The Negro in Mrs Jones. I bookend the whole thing. I'll come on between scenes. I'll have a pointer and freeze the action: 'Freeze! Notice the huge gorgeous black male phallus as it enters the pristine vagina of the young Caucasian.' We did a Christmas one.
"I'd like to track 'em all down and have my entire ouevre.
"I did an E! channel thing -- 101 Best Kept Hollywood Secrets. I was number 74. It was about my appearances on the talkshow circuit -- Geraldo, Montel Williams... They said to me, we want you to say that everything was scripted. That it was all a set-up. I said, it was a set-up but it was not scripted. It was my very own pearls of wisdom. I got to revisit that for a few seconds and they went on to 73.
"If you go to a bar alone, they think you're a hooker. I am alone. It's my choice. I have guys I see. Basically, I am a solo act."
You should take that copy of Hustler Erotic Video Guide with your photo layout.
"See, I'm legit. Look at me. I'm spread-eagled here. Not bad for 50, huh? I'm throwing myself a big party. My [50th] birthday is in two weeks."
Do you look a little like Shannon Tweed?
"Some people have said that. I'm the same weight. My tits haven't exploded yet [Wally used to work as a stripper]. I'm glad I got the silicone. I'm still naked in these movies. Nobody seems to mind.
"I just went to the Mondo Video Christmas party Sunday night. They had the remains of Titus Moody in a jar."
Luke: "Have you spoken to Bill Margold recently?"
Wally: "Yes. I pal around with Dino Bravo. He's always tracking [Bill] down. He and Toby Dammit and Geoff always go bother Bill Margold.
"One night, Dino called him up and said, Viper's dead. Bill said, no, Viper could not be dead. Our souls would know. Our souls would weep tears for Agemnon. It was really funny. We couldn't get it by him. But we tried.
"Nikki Sinn's husband Michael used to be Montana Gunn's boyfriend.
"I've always wanted to open an acting school for porn stars. Would that be a losing venture now that they're: forget the script, suck his dick, and go home.
"I've seen Randy West ---- more time than my four husbands put together.
"I'm painting now and I collect neon signs.
"Getting laid is last on my list but it happens once in a while."