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married with a baby. So has she turnedJust because into she a won’t softie? be boozing Hell, her way no. happily through her next album doesn’t mean she’ll play it safe when it comes to content. In the past, some of Pink’s most popular songs have revolved around heartbreak and other drama. There was “Family Portrait,” which was about growing up with divorced Pink strides into the lobby of the Viceroy Santa Monica parents who were constantly fighting. Then on her Hotel looking every bit the rock star. She’s dressed in last album, Funhouse, she was brutally honest about tight jeans, high-heeled boots, and a low-cut black her temporary split from her hubby, Carey Hart— sweater. Her platinum hair is slicked back, and she’s saying things like “I’m gonna drink my money / I’m wearing aviators. Introducing herself as Alecia (her not gonna pay his rent.” birth name), she pulls off her shades, lifts an eyebrow, In spite of how solid she seems these days, Pink and says “So are you ready to do this?” insists she still has issues. “Everyone is like ‘Oh, After ducking into the hotel’s private library for our you’re happy now, so you won’t have anything to sing chat, the badass singer explains that she hasn’t sat about.’ But am I? How do they know down for an interview since having her daughter that?” she says, shrugging almost a year ago. “I’ve been in mommy mode, and I’m her shoulders. just starting to get back out there into the real world,” “Listen, I am 32, in G SINGLE she says, getting comfy on a leather couch. “I’ve been in TOP-SELLIN a monogamous the studio recording my new album, so now it feels like “So What” ’D relationship, and ERSON SHE everything is falling back into place.” REAL P E just figuring out that E TO PLAY IN A MOVI At 32, Pink pretty much has it all. After some LOV there’s a time limit on Janis Joplin highly publicized bumps a few years back, her G FACT your childhood woes. SURPRISIN marriage is solid, and she says she’s completely But at the same time, I Pink’s done with tattoos. obsessed with her new daughter, Willow. And this LEB CRUSH still feel like that little ODD CE year, she’ll once again prove how talented she is—her girl. So I think I have Sparks fly between her sixth album comes out this fall, and she will be Lauer when . plenty of material.” and Matt Today show starring in her first dramatic movie (keep reading for she’s on the Billy Mann, a music more details on that). Pretty damn impressive. “Yeah, producer who’s worked I’ve exorcised a lot of my demons,” admits the with Pink frequently, knows her next album will be infamously wild and outspoken singer. “But I’m still killer. “She’s so authentic and fearless. She says working on myself. I think I’ll be a work in progress exactly what she thinks and will continue to do that for the rest of my life.” And since she’s never one to so fans will always feel connected to her. Plus, she hold back, Pink has no problem at all revealing exactly challenges herself, which keeps her fresh.” Pwhich areas of her life she’s currently working on. Another way she’s switching things up? Later this year, she’ll show off her serious acting skills for the first time when she appears in Thanks for Sharing, alongside Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark STILL FEARLESS. Ruffalo. Pink, who plays a sex addict, says she was To some degree, Pink’s crazy days are over…especially terrified when she arrived on set. “The first day, I when it comes to recording. “I’m used to going into the was standing in front of Gwyneth and was like studio and smoking and drinking until three in the ‘Hmmm, maybe I’m just a singer. Is it too late to morning. But I can’t drink as much because I’m quit?’” she says smiling. “Thankfully, I understood breast-feeding. See this glass of wine?” she says my character. It’s not like I was playing the girl next pointing to some chardonnay the waitress has just door; she’s a sex addict. I was on lots of drugs as a brought over. “Before, I’d have like four of them. Now teenager and had friends die of overdoses, so one is good. Oh, and I quit smoking.” addiction isn’t a foreign concept. I get that.”

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us knew how to fight properly. We didn’t know how to listen.” The two were married in 2006 and then separated a few years later for about a year. They worked things out—but that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped fighting. “God, no!” she says loudly. “I saw this movie and the couple had been together for a long time, and they’re angry but they’re just sitting there silently. I’d never want that. I’d rather throw shit at each other. We fight passionately. I think when you stop fighting, it’s certain death. Now, we communi- cate better and have learned to allow the other person their emotions without taking it all personally. But we still fight.” When Pink got pregnant in late 2010, she says they were both ecstatic, although she admits pregnancy wasn’t as amazing as she had always imagined it would be. “I thought I’d feel like a goddess. They sell you on that shit…like you’ll never feel more feminine. Really, I just felt like a mess,” she says. “But I kind of enjoyed that FIGHTING FOR LOVE. too. Hell, yeah, I gained 55 pounds. I think my baby Unlike most A-list celebrities, Pink has no problem may be part cheesecake.” joking about her relationship and dishing super-juicy Now, busy being parents, she says she and Carey try details. When asked about what first drew her to to fit in couple time too…especially when it comes to Carey, she doesn’t even take a breath before saying, sex. “We’ve never had a problem with affection,” she “His looks. He’s gorgeous. Even when I fucking hate says. “But with a baby? It’s kinda gross, but you have to him, he’s so hot. Okay, more seriously? I love that no schedule it. She sleeps in bed with us, and we’re just matter who is in the room, he’s the same guy. He’s starting to think about putting her somewhere else… consistent, and I need that.” at least for a little while. Either that or we’ll have to Carey actually credits Pink with making him that resort to getting it on in the laundry room.” way. “She’s made me a better man,” he says. “She Spotty sex life and other residual issues aside, Pink taught me that I don’t need to have this hard exterior, seems truly happy. Of course, she’s gunning for even and she lets me show emotion. She’s amazing.” more. “I want my album to be really great, and I want to Thinking about it, Pink says the two have worked do an amazing tour,” she says. “I’m going to up the ante, hard for their relationship. “We’ve been together for 10 even if it means lighting myself on fire, covered in years. We’ve had highs and lows,” she says. “We both Velcro and sticking to something. I’ll do that, no prob. come from divorced homes, and I don’t think either of I’m always figuring out ways to keep life exciting.” ■

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