On September 8, DivineCaroline’s editorial team attended a Fashion’s Night Out shopping event at Macy’s in San Francisco, and the highlight of the evening was getting to meet Sonja Morgan, one of the stars of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York City. Sonja dished with writer Allison Ford about the charities she loves to work with and why men love a girl who cooks in a toaster oven. She was almost kind enough not to tell us the truth about Bay Area weather. Almost. In return, Allison was nice enough not to make a conference call in the middle of the interview. If you watched last season, you know how badly that would have ended.
Allison Ford: I love your hair! Who styled it?
Sonja Morgan: Arvin Tohardi, across the street at Cinta Salon. I was impressed, and I loved his shoes.
AF: How do you like San Francisco?
SM: That was a big hint. We are in San Francisco. [laughs] I’m a big supporter of the LBGT community. I love my gays.
AF: I know, you’re Queen of the Gays. So are you and Kathy Griffin going to have some sort of “Queen of the Gays” battle on Bravo? Is that going to have to happen? I would watch it. I’m just sayin’.
SM: That would be fun! We would fight over our gay friends! [laughs]We can’t leave out the lesbians, though. That’s the only thing you have to be very careful of doing.
AF: You’re pretty involved in a lot of charities...are you already involved in LGBT charities, or do you have plans to get more involved?
SM: I’ve been doing charity for twenty-something years, and I was honored back in 1986 for being a Singular Sensation with Mira Sorvino at the Waldorf-Astoria, as a single woman raising money for charities. It’s been a long time that I’ve been doing that. My umbrella of charities are children, artists, LGBT, and animals.
