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Jan 7, 2008 2:31 pm US/Pacific
Naomi Campbell Interviews Hugo Chavez
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The 37-year-old supermodel spoke to Chavez in her role as contributing editor to British GQ, the magazine said.
AP
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he likes Prince Charles and
thinks President Bush is crazy, in an interview with Naomi Campbell in
the British edition of GQ magazine.
The 37-year-old supermodel spoke to Chavez in her role as
contributing editor to British GQ, the magazine said. Excerpts were
released Monday.
Chavez, who lost a referendum last month that would have greatly
expanded his powers and institutionalized his version of "21st-century
socialism," gave Campbell his views on a range of subjects.
He said President Bush was "completely crazy. But he's on his way out."
"We're seeing the fall of the empire. ... Like the fairy tale, the emperor is naked," he was quoted as saying.
Asked to name the world's most stylish leader, Chavez chose Cuba's Fidel Castro.
"Fidel, of course! His uniform is impeccable. His boots are polished, his beard is elegant," Chavez said.
Campbell asked if Chavez would appear topless in photos as Russian President Vladimir Putin has done.
"Why not?" he said. "Touch my muscles!"
The Venezuelan leader asked Campbell if she knew Prince Charles.
"I like the Prince," he said. "Now he has Camilla, his new girl. She's not as attractive, is she?"
GQ said Campbell would interview other high-profile figures in politics, sports and entertainment.
The full interview with Chavez is in GQ's February issue, to be released Thursday.
Campbell wrote that she had hoped to get a sense of "Hugo Chavez the man."
"I found him to be fearless, but not threatening or unreasonable,"
she wrote. "I hope Venezuela's relations with America will improve in
the immediate future."
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