"G-String Divas"

HBO presents

November 02, 2000

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Richey: How does a guy get a date with someone who is a dancer in club like Diva's when so many women are "anti-customer men?"

Ginger: Go to a singles bar if you want a date. Or go to the gym or go to the supermarket or go to a dating service. Strip clubs are not pickup joints. The girls become anti-customer, because it's tiresome to be asked out by customers on a regular basis. We are there doing our job, we are not there to be picked up. If you're looking for a date, that's the worst place to go. We'll tell you anything you want to hear as long as you're giving us money in the club. Don't be stupid.

John: Have you ever fantasized about any of the men you dance for?

Ginger: No, I usually forget them as soon as they put the money in my hand. To me they're customers. And, as a general rule, and as my TV show showed, I did break my rule overall. These are people who would not qualify to be in my personal life. As a general rule they allow themselves to be hustled and many of them are married and should be home spending the money on their wives; and if they're not married and they're spending their money on a stripper that shows how stupid they are. To me stupidity in a man is very unattractive. However, when I am working and when I am dancing for a customer or spending time in the champagne room with a customer, they are getting the best of me and I am doing the best to make them happy. That's my job and I don't want to know them on a personal basis. It's like a long run on Broadway. Every night I go on, and then the audience goes home and I go home as the star of the show.

Charla: How do you stop yourself from becoming attached to a customer? I know it is business but I know it can happen.

Ginger: Good question. Again, my relationship at Diva's, while it's nice to see certain customers on a regular basis because they're funny or we get along well, I get attached to a customer because of the income I derive from them. If I have a good regular customer who I make a lot of money from, it does become dangerous because it becomes very easy to rely on that person coming in. If you know you're getting a certain amount of money from one customer it can make you lazy, and you can lose your hustle. A regular customer can become a curse, as that regular customer eventually goes away because that's the nature of the business; it involves you into dependence on him and his money, thus losing your hustle.

Garry: Aren't you afraid you will lose customers by being so honest on the show?

Ginger: Good question! Yes. That's true. But my customers know that I'm on the level. I make my money by demanding what I want and by telling people what I want from them. Honesty is what helps me make my money in the club. You're right; giving out the secrets of the trade can be to my disadvantage. The truth is once I'm standing in front of them and my boobs are out and I've got my Ginger hustle going, that TV show becomes a distant memory.

Dale: Hey Ginger, I love a girl that can sing, where did you learn how to sing?

Ginger: In Catholic school. I used to like to sing the hymns. I was in musical theater in school. Plus, I've got a big mouth, so you've got to sing!

Ricky Wade: First off, I want to thank you for being willing to put yourself on the line with the HBO specials. You are beautiful and real and you seem like a wonderful person. Having said that, you seem to have a lot more self-assurance than the typical dancer (I've dated a few.) Where do you find yourself drawing that self-assurance from?

Ginger: First of all I'm a lot older than your typical dancer. I also attribute my self-assurance to the fact that I have a strong family background. I have a strong education and I've been exposed to many things in my life. I've had a positive upbringing and positive life. Coupled with my education and life I'm not they typical dancer. Many dancers in this business are young and confused and, sorry to say, not from the best families. They have a lot of addictions and a lot of self-esteem problems. Sometimes their self-esteem problems lead them into dancing. I went into it for financial goals, not as a lifestyle, as others do. Dancing was a job and when I left at the end of my shift it was like leaving the work at the office. I didn't let it interfere with my life.

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