THE “CLOWN PRINCE OF COMEDY,” JOEL CREASEY HAS FRATANISED WITH JOAN RIVERS, PRINCESS LEIA AND MARCIA BRADY – WITH A BOOK AND NATIONAL TOUR IN THE WORKS, HE TELLS MATT MYERS ABOUT ENTERTAINING THE TROOPS AND SHARING HIS BOYFRIEND’S UNDERPAN

FEATURE

DNA: I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here made you a household name. Were you prepared for that sudden fame?

Joel Creasey: When you come off the show, still in Africa, the first person you see is a psychiatrist who explains what’s happened in terms of your profile. So you get that support but, no, I wasn’t expecting that attention. When I returned to Australia there were paparazzi and people rushing up to me and it was all very exciting. Coincidently, I launched a stand-up tour off the back of it, which did very well!

What was the most difficult thing about that experience in Africa?

It was sharing space with others. Stand-up comedy is a solo sport and I’m used to calling the shots. I didn’t enjoy having to split responsibility among 14 others. There’s the lack of control and it can be really boring. If you’re not in a tucker [food] trial, there’s nothing to do all day. I never enjoyed school camp and yet there I was in this group environment. I found that first night overwhelming.

You made friends with Maureen McCormick [the actress who played Marcia Brady], but apparently her husband banned her from seeing you!

Oh my God! One night in LA, I took her to a gay bar in Santa Monica called Roosterfish and sent her home at about 3am. A few weeks later, Julia Morris tried to catch up with her but Maureen’s husband said, “You’re not hanging out with those Aussies anymore!”

Do you still have contact with her?

I do and I send her the odd email. I really miss her sometimes, but if I go over to the US again I’ll catch up with her for sure. She’s divine!

It’s nice to know that Marcia Brady turned out to be a fag hag, eh?

A total fag hag! She tweeted the other day how she hosted some big gay LA charity event.

Let’s talk about you and some other Hollywood women. Joan Rivers really took a shine to you, and you dedicated your new book to her.