Image Credit: Lifetime TelevisionIf you’re a fan of Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime, Sundays, 9 p.m. ET), chances are you adore Fred, the guardian angel-turned-legal assistant played by Ben Feldman. After Fred’s smooth karaoke rendition of “Baby, I Need Your Loving” in last week’s episode (watch it below, the track is available on the show’s soundtrack out now), we decided it was officially time to get to know Feldman — with an EW Pop Culture Personality Test.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This is one of our standard questions, but it’s particularly apropos here: What is your position on karaoke?
BEN FELDMAN: I despise, I hate, I’m terrified of karaoke, and I wish I wasn’t because everybody I know who’s awesome loves it. But it really scares the crap out of me. As did that scene. I’m not really a singer, and I have so many friends who are really great singers. You do a good job, and you’re awesome, and everyone’s like, “Alright, cool.” But you do a bad job, and it’s like a really awkward feeling, and I’m really scared of awkward feelings. Fortunately, I got to do it in the studio beforehand, so I was lucky. That song was handed to me the night before. At like 9 p.m., they sent me an MP3 of the song. They’re like, “This is what you’re going in to record tomorrow for inevitably millions and millions of people to hear.” I just listened to it like 30 times and did my best to imitate the Four Tops. What’s funny is that I hate karaoke, and thus far, I’m averaging a karaoke scene a season. They did one last year, and it was even more embarrassing ’cause it was rap. It wasn’t like a famous rap song, it was one of those rap songs that TV shows have in their back pocket if they need something that sorta sounds like a popular song but isn’t. I’m rapping, and I’m like lovingly staring into Stacy’s eyes but singing this ridiculous rap song and gesticulating like a lunatic. I’m not gonna do any more karaoke this season [Laughs], but I can almost guarantee that you’ll see it in Season 3. [He says the cast is "cautiously optimistic" about being renewed, and adds for producers who may be reading this that he'd love to do a film or guest on "shows that make my grandparents wince" during his hiatus.] READ FULL STORY »
