From Bradley boy to "Playboy" writer
The first time Jason Buhrmester was set to interview Mariah Carey, he got stood up. Maybe, he thought, she misunderstood the time. He meant midnight his time - Eastern time. Perhaps Carey thought she was supposed to call him at midnight her time, Pacific time. So he waited until 3 a.m. to see if the pop songstress would give him a ring. No such luck.
Buhrmester did eventually get Carey on the phone, and she's one of many stars about whom he can say, "Yeah, I've talked to her." Buhrmester, a 34-year-old Bradley native who now lives in Brooklyn, New York, rambles off the list of celebs he's interviewed: Charles Barkley, Kate Beckinsale, Helena Bonham Carter, Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart. Buhrmester recently spoke to The Daily Journal about getting started at Playboy magazine. Who is nothing like your expectations of how they would be?
I would say Mariah (Carey), actually. I tend to go into things with a preconceived notion of kind of who the people are. I do a ton of research. I find out what they like to answer and what they don't like to answer, and I try to ask the questions they don't like to answer to try to get that information out of them. She's a lot smarter than I thought. She's open about things if you really kind of press her toward it. I was surprised. She was a lot of fun. (The Daily Journal)
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