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05 Aug 2005 >>
Tacoma
News Tribune |
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Avril Lavigne Gets A Laugh
From Tabloids, Media Labels >>
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Nobody knows the real Avril
Lavigne.
The spunky, pint-sized
Canadian pop star – known
for a string of hits that
began with “Complicated” and
“Sk8er Boi” in 2002 –
suggested this, somewhat
whimsically, during a phone
interview weeks before
Monday’s headlining date at
the White River
Amphitheatre.
The subject of tabloid
rumors had come up (she
insisted she had no hard
feelings toward rival Hilary
Duff, by the way), and she
was recalling some of the
latest.
“I think it’s going across
America right now that I’m
an alcoholic,” she said,
laughing from her end of the
phone line in Italy.
She referred to recent
photos taken by paparazzi
that caught up with her
during a weekend of partying
and club hopping with
girlfriends in Los Angeles.
And other publications have
followed suit, reporting
that she’s an unruly and
frequent drinker.
“I never drank anything my
whole tour,” she insisted.
“Then I went to LA for a
weekend with my girls, and
we went partying. And just
because there were paparazzi
following me and stuff, they
got pictures of me drinking.
Just because of that …
they’re saying I’m an
alcoholic, which totally I’m
not. I’m the absolute
opposite; I’m a total health
freak.”
Lavigne said she’s managed
to keep a sense of humor
about it. “It totally makes
me laugh,” she said,
“because it makes me realize
how untrue those magazines
are. … That’s fine,
whatever. I’m so easygoing.
I have good humor, so I can
just totally laugh that off.
Whatever.”
She chalked it up to the
flip side of success,
something Lavigne has had
lots of since her debut
album, “Let Go,” made her a
household name. At 4.1
million copies, it was the
third-best-selling album of
2002; and follow-up “Under
My Skin” has fared similarly
well, having reached No. 1
on the Billboard 200 and
spawned hits “Don’t Tell
Me,” “My Happing Ending” and
“Nobody’s Home.”
But through her run, critics
have pegged her as a vacuous
pop creation – more poser
than punk, despite her
rebellious image.
Lavigne herself insisted she
has never aspired to be seen
as an authentic punk rocker.
“I think when I came out I
came out with a bang ’cause
I was so different,” she
said. “Everyone in the media
(was) putting labels on me.
… I think they just saw this
little delinquent – you
know, this little kid that
was always punching and
screaming. … And they saw
this edgy, little attitude,
and they’d kind of take that
word (punk) which actually
didn’t really describe me.”
But she said she has
definitely taken time to
appreciate the positive side
of her fame – like having
legions of fans copy the way
she dressed.
“It doesn’t happen as much
as it did when I first came
out; when I was wearing the
tie and all the bracelets
and the wife beaters”
T-shirts, she said. “Now
when I think back, I think
that’s kind of incredible to
have that much of an
influence on people. I was
17. I didn’t know what was
going on.
“A lot happened really fast.
And it wasn’t until it got
slowed down a bit that I
realized what an amazing
ride it was. You know, my
first record, I didn’t know
anything about charts … or
how hard it was to sell a
million records; and I sold
15 million copies of my
first record. …
“It’s really cool now to
look back. You’re like, wow.
I was a lucky little girl.”
Gavin DeGraw and Butch
Walker will open Monday’s
show.
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