Madonna’s longtime manager Guy Oseary and Jimmy Moore at Montreal’s Bell Centre
I remember once sitting next to New York drag legend Lady Bunny as we were watching renowned Montreal female impersonator Jimmy Moore doing a drop-dead impersonation of Madonna, when Lady Bunny leaned into me and said, “Wow, she looks just like Madonna! It’s all in the eyes.”
That’s pretty much also what Madonna’s longtime confidante and manager Guy Oseary told Jimmy Moore, who wows audiences with his onstage impersonations of such divas as Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Lady GaGa and – especially – Madonna.
Frankly, the man IS Madonna.
Madonna performs at Montreal’s Bell Centre on Aug 30, 2012. (THE GAZETTE / Tijana Martin)
And Moore (read his autumn 2011 POP TART interview here) was welcomed into Madonna’s VIP gold section when the Material Girl headlined Montreal’s Bell Centre this week. “I was already going to the show but was invited to the VIP area by a longtime fan of mine from some 12 years ago. I arrived [in Madonna drag] in a limousine, drank champagne, posed for tons of photos with Madonna fans for over an hour and everybody went crazy!” Jimmy tells me.
Then Madonna’s manager Guy Oseary saw the commotion, came out and told Jimmy, “You look gorgeous!”
“And Madonna’s [fashion designer] also came out to meet me and they made me feel special,” Jimmy says, smiling happily. “It was a beautiful night and Madonna is living proof that you can do whatever you want to do, if only you work at it.”
Jimmy Moore headlines nightclubs in Montreal’s Gay Village each week, and Madonna headlines the Plains of Abraham tonight. Not to mention it’s Gay Pride in Quebec City this weekend too. Happy Pride!
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