When referencing Molly I do not mean the synthetic drug. I'm referring to the actress by the name of Molly Culver. I first was introduced to the actress on the late 90's guilty pleasure show V.I.P. that I used to religiously watch on syndication when it aired on the weekends. The show featured Pamela Anderson as Val Irons who finds herself being thrusted in the world of bodyguarding after a random star meets her at a hot dog stand she worked at and invites her to a Hollywood premiere. The star gets threatened at the premiere and uses Val as his personal shield. To save face he tells reporters that Val is his bodyguard. Meanwhile a struggling bodyguard agency which Molly as Tasha Dexter is part of somehow runs into Val at the same hotdog stand after they see the story on the Hollywood premiere. They have the idea to hire Val as a figurehead in the hopes of reviving their dying agency which it hilariously does.
Tasha Dexter is the no nonsense former KGB agent whose hobbies include gun shooting and sharpening her many knives. Tasha and Val were often at odds with each other throughout the series. Tasha would get pissed whenever the police would credit Val for solving cases. Val is the happy go lucky character that dumbed her way out of many situations and the show often played into their frenemy relationship.
I grew to love Molly's character as the series progressed and Tasha quickly became my favorite character. I even picked up one of her character twerks. Whenever someone would refer to Tasha's background in the KGB and ask if it's something she picked up at the KGB, she would famously reply with the word "maybe" trying to be mysterious. I would use that line a lot when Dom would ask me about stuff and I even got him using it to mimic me.
I've had a chance to reacquaint myself with the series since Roku TV has all the episodes available. I remember being so bummed when the show was cancelled after it's fourth season. But I imagine it got expensive to produce after a while. They had a lot of celebrity clients guest star as themselves over the years including Jay Leno, Morgan Fairchild, Marie Osmond, and Erik Estrada (used to have a mad crush on him).
I believe what drew me to Tasha Dexter was her no nonsense approach to handling conflict. She could hold her own in a bar fight. Her dominant personality is what drew me to her as a gay man. It's that whole complex I joked about in the past in my infamous Star Jones roasts. Basically my attraction to Molly is due to her character's no nonsense personality. Tasha was strong enough to take no flack from anyone but there was a shortage of eligible straight men that wanted to deal with the drama.
Molly Culver's career however didn't really take off after the show ended. She's had very few roles after that and no breakout role which is a shame. But she had her greatest role from what I read being a mother to her only child, a son Sonny.
When randomly searching on Molly Culver, I came across a random site that hosted an interview that her son did on his Mom. It's a voice recorded one that sounds like something that may have been done for a school project.
https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/molly-culver-interview/
It was such a short and sweet interview where Molly reiterated that the most important event in her life was the birth of her son. Towards the end she teases that she hopes Sonny has lots of grandbabies which reminded me of my favorite show Half & Half where Phyllis would tease Mona about wanting grandbabies. Speaking of Phyllis and Mona, both actresses I believe had a reunion on a Netflix comedy Family Reunion that Telma Hopkins occasionally guest-starred on. I still haven't seen the episode yet but I'm almost at the end of that series and I believe that episode is near the end of it. It's a cute show though it's not one of my faves.
But I'm happy to see that Molly Culver seemingly is in a happy marriage and raised a family. Her son was born in 2006 and is actually a young adult himself now. Time does march on.
I'm so glad I'm able to watch V.I.P. again since they only released Season 1 on DVD years back. I've been watching an episode on Saturdays and I get to share it with Dom...LOL. Watching the show definitely takes me back to my late 20's when I was living single in my first home in the Northwest burbs of Illinois. The whole cast had great chemistry but I'll always have love for Tasha Dexter.
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