It seems like just yesterday that the dance-happy darling of daytime TV was mired in the worst of times -- the demise of her sit-com career and her relationship with actress Anne Heche. Today, for those who've been living in the dark, DeGeneres is not only glowing with health and happiness, she's the face of Covergirl make-up. Judging from appearances, her happy feet are dancing through the best of times.
Ellen can call me, I realized, but I can't call her. But I was able to get hold of Yogi Cameron as his clients like to call him. Given that the first male supermodel turned yoga instructor turned Ayurveda therapist has seen Ellen through good times and bad, including her stint on "American Idol," I was hoping he'd enlighten me about his client's dramatic change of fortune.
Like Ellen, Alborzian has walked away from a to-die-for gig to live life more consciously. Once the chiseled face of Guess Jeans and the ripped body in Madonna's "Express Yourself" video, this tall, dark hunk left the material world soon after meeting Nelson Mandela more than a decade ago. Rather than repeating success, he made a conscious decision to immerse himself in the study and practice of yoga and Ayurveda, an ancient healing tradition created by Indian sages over 5,000 years ago.
I'd first heard of Yogi Cameron from another glowing beauty, Access Hollywood's Maria Menounos. When I interviewed Menounos last spring, she waxed euphoric about the good yogi's teachings and writings. Coincidentally, his book, "The Guru in You," hit bookstore shelves at the same time as my own. We've both been known to blog for The Huffington Post.
What follows are questions and answers from our recent phone conversation. I'd suggest you sit back, relax and enjoy the interview, but if you could hear Alborzian's delightfully deep British accent, you'd undoubtedly sit taller, breathe deeper and focus on the here and now.
Deadline.com reports there was a heated bidding war for the comedy before NBC landed it. It will be executive produced by DeGeneres and written by Don Todd, co-creator of "Samantha Who?"
De Rossi last starred in ABC's "Better Off Ted," a comedy that the actress hoped would get a wider audience than did her critically lauded series "Arrested Development," which had a cult following but couldn't seem to catch on with a broader audience. "Ted" folded after two seasons.
As she was set to kick off "Ted," the actress noted in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that the cast and producers of "Arrested Development" were planning a big-screen reunion. That hasn't yet come to fruition, but with her new NBC comedy, De Rossi could be back on the small screen in the fall.
Her newest project is from Warner Bros. Television and DeGeneres’ studio-based production company, A Very Good Production.
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