The stand-up comedian and broadcaster on why she loves “bed-rotting” – and her personal version of hell.
Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we’re told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they’re given. This week. he talks to Em Rusciano. The singer, stand-up comedian and broadcaster, 45, is host of the podcast,Em Rusciano: “I remember being scared to go under general anaesthetic in case I spoke about maybe finding Madonna hot.”I’m 45 with three children. I’ve been married for 23 years.
In public, you’ve always been super-frank talking about sex and sexuality. Was it like that at home growing up? You’re Italian-Australian, right?She chucked the VHS tape on the couch, said, “Watch that” and gave me pamphlets about my period. I found out about periods the day I got one.But I was always surrounded by queer people, musicians and misfits. It was just that my parents didn’t talk about sex.SBS World Movies.
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