Jack in the City

AfterElton has a fabulous interview with Miss Mary Jack wherein she comments on her departure from the show, friendship with Christian, relationship with Dale, plus crybaby Ricky and everything else you'd want to hear about from Jack:

AE: There was no way you could get treatment and still compete?
JM: The problem is — and they didn't show on this on the show because of time constraints — but I had been to the hospital once. There are very few antibiotics that treat this staph infection and I'm allergic to two. The one that works for me is an IV treatment that is very strong and is administered over a two hour time period. I would've had to have been gone four hour a days and it wasn't not appropriate for me to stay.

AE: What are you doing now? Are you sticking with fashion?
JM: During the hiatus I made a whole line of menswear. I don't really know where I'm going to take that. It takes a ton of money to turn designs into production. I'm kind of just enjoying what comes along with being a D-List celebrity. If I made it to the finals, then I would've been on the B-List. [laughs] I guess I'm on the G-List because of all the gays. [laughs] I've been asked to attend a lot of charity events but at the end of day I need to make a living so I've got to get some source of income soon.

AE: Since I had to wait a whole extra half-hour for our interview [Jack was running late] can you give me some scoop on your cameo in the Sex and the City movie?
JM: It's funny — everyone thinks it happened because of the Sarah Jessica Parker challenge [Parker appeared in and helped judge one episode]. But it actually happened because I had a friend who knew the casting director. My friend called up and said they were looking for a gay guy with a good body and that I should go meet the director.

AE: And what's up with Ricky? Why does he keep crying? Were all of you secretly teasing him when the cameras weren't around?
JM: The thing is he's crying in all his interviews, but we never really witnessed it. He did cry with the one client who lost the weight, but as designers we were watching it [the episodes] and going "My God! He's crying all the time." He's an easy crier, I guess. He seems to cry at the drop of a hat and always be wearing a hat.

[Photo: Frank Louis]