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Tammy Lynn Michaels Finds Happiness
Actress shares her life with Melissa Etheridge

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K: How was working on the L Word? Was it fun?

T: Oh, yeah! Oh my God, it had to be one of the loveliest experiences I have had on a set. A bunch of really warm, caring women, filled with respect for the stories they were telling. It was incredibly enlightening. It gave me so much hope to watch all of these straight chicks dive at each other with lust and respect and understanding. It was awesome. It was really amazing. They’re such great girls.

K: Will you be back?

T: They asked me to be back this year. I will hopefully be doing two more.

K: Congratulations on your marriage. Any plans to go to Oregon or Massachusetts to get the legal papers?

T: We’ve spoken to many political leaders and advisors and their suggestion was not to go to San Francisco, but to wait for Massachusetts because it seemed to have stronger standing in the court. So since that was the advice, we’re kind of laying low and we’re going to wait and watch.

K: What was it like when Melissa proposed to you?

T: Oh my God, I was like life-stoppingly shocked. She and I had talked about marriage. She said, I’m not going to do it until it’s legal. But she sure as hell didn’t tell me when she changed her mind. I was just shocked. We cried! Two girls proposing, we sobbed.

K: Was she able to get the words out or did she bawl?

T: Oh she got them out in that little crackly voice of hers. And she had the ring made and everything. She picked out the diamond. She’s like one of those romantics that you watch on TV.

K: So, What else is on your plate these days?

T: I swear with Melissa and her career and me and my career, and step kids, I’m full.

K: What do you do in your free time, when you don‘t have the kids?

T: (She calls out to Melissa) “Honey, what do we do in our free time?” Okay, I’m not going to explain to you the gyrating motions that Melissa is doing with her hips.

K: What do you seen your next five years?

T: Definitely a baby.

K: Are you going to have a baby?

T: Oh, yeah. I’m going to have one in my belly… [Eventually] I would love nothing more than to have Melissa kick back and relax and have me do some of the work. That would make me really happy. The stronger my relationship with Melissa gets, the better I know myself and the more I know myself, the stronger I get. How much joy can somebody have in their little old life, ya know? I am so full. It’s like having a bakery with every single thing you want and it never ends.

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