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Yeah, [the doctor] offered, but I was like, "Hell no! You're not doing that." My belly was big and my breasts are not there, but I just gotta get back on the program and lose it the natural way. There are people who love [plastic surgery] and want to cut and chop anything. I'm like, "Y'all are crazy!"
So what do you actually like doing?
Renting boats, jet-skiing and jumping off yachts. Buying motorcycles or driving fast cars. Grown-up toys. It's just getting to live life and have fun and provide vacations for our family as well as a lifestyle. I was 18 and had to be professional while everybody else got to be kids. So it's fun to enjoy things I missed.
You lost your brother in a motorcycle accident in 1992. Was it hard for you to get back on a bike?
It was the last thing we did together, so I got back on immediately. It was weird at first, but I definitely felt connected to my brother just by riding motorcycles. When you're on a bike, 80 miles an hour, no protection between you and the concrete, it can be a very spiritual place. I have four motorcycles, a scooter and, like, eight bicycles. I bought my father a chopper for his 60th birthday, so we cruised down in Shreveport where we were filming.
You started out in the business as a teenager. How did you stay so grounded compared to all the young stars going to rehab today?
Their timing was off! I got all that done before I got into the game. [laughs] When I first started performing, my mom was my manager. She was like home base. She's always been the one person who can talk me off the ledge. I don't disrespect her.
Plus no one can guilt-trip you like a mom.
Yes! I hope I have that skill when I have kids. I can give them that one look [menacingly narrows her eyes] and they'll straighten right up, because that's what my mom was known for.
What's it like hanging out with your mom nowadays?
I always beg her to cook when I'm home. "Mom, can't you whip up some wings or something"? Or I come over and try to just cook something healthy. I like to experiment, and she's always willing to give it a try.
You have called yourself a commitment-phobe before. Are you past that?
I'm working on it! I'm getting a little commitment therapy. I just never placed any expectations on a relationship to go but so far. Everyone is fallible. Somebody's going to make a mistake. But at the same time a part of me always wanted to grow up, get married and have kids. So it's like you're torn between two places.
