Bernadette Peters Says She’s ‘So Proud’ to Be a Gay Icon

Bernadette Peters He has the distinction of being a gay icon.

“I’m proud to be a part of this and that I was chosen for this, selected for this,” Peters, 76, exclusively told Fox News. our weekly last month. “People ask me why I feel this way.”

“Gay people are very sensitive and have very beautiful souls and beings,” the Tony Award winner explained, adding, “Because I think that’s what he had to do as a young person. You really have to figure out who you are. But we all do.”

“I think being gay is a little bit harder,” he added. “I think it’s getting easier, but definitely. It’s been hard. So I think whatever I bring to a song connects with them … they recognize it.”

When asked what life lessons she would give to her version of the 90s — a decade she started with Woody Allen1990 film by Alice And She received her second Tony Award for her performance as Annie Oakley in the 1999 Broadway production annie grab your gun – Peters said she would be less “apprehensive” and “a little more adventurous”.

“I don’t know if she would have understood if I told her then, because you have to live a bit of life to get to where you are now,” she explained. “And for me, life means growth. And so I hope to grow more, learn more.”

Peters is traveling across the country to promote Breyers’ Carb Smart — a retread of her popular ’90s ad campaign for the ice cream brand. She explained We Filming those original exaggerated commercials was “so much fun.”

“It was well written, well shot, well conceived,” she said. “I was eating ice cream, you know, what could be better than that?”

Peters said of that time period We There were “nice clothes” in style and “a lot of nice shoulders.” Currently, Peters says she focuses on self-care rituals as part of her daily routine.

“The best thing I do is meditate every day,” she said. “I think that’s a really great way to get into a great place. Also, I have my animals. So early in the morning I hug my two dogs and say ‘good morning’ to them and kiss them, which already puts you in a great mental state.”