Bootleg Betty
Bette Midler And Her Bedazzled BadAssery!
By Mister D
July 22, 2025
Oh, daaahling, Bette Midler isn’t just a badass—she’s a bedazzled, feather-boa-wearing, glitter-dusted supernova of FABULOUSNESS! Picture this: a pint-sized powerhouse prancing onto the stage of a steamy 1970s NYC bathhouse, serving vocals hotter than a summer in Vegas, all while surrounded by towel-toting hunks. That’s right, the Divine Miss M kicked off her reign at the Continental Baths, because nothing screams “I’m an icon” like serenading a crowd that’s half-dressed and fully obsessed!Her voice? Honey, it’s a sequined sledgehammer—part Broadway belter, part rock ‘n’ roll vixen, capable of turning “Wind Beneath My Wings” into a sob-fest or vamping up “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” like she’s leading a disco army. Grammys? Tonys? Emmys? Pfft, Bette’s trophy case is so stuffed, it’s practically auditioning for Hoarders. She’s sashayed through films like The Rose and Beaches, making us bawl our eyes out while she winks at the camera like she invented drama. And at 80, she’s still serving lewks and laughs in The Fabulous Four (2024), because retirement? Not in Bette’s glittery vocabulary!
Over on Social Media, her fans are practically building shrines, calling her the “camp queen supreme” for tweets that sling shade sharper than a stiletto and hype her New York Restoration Project like it’s the hottest club in town. Bette’s out there planting trees, saving the planet, and probably tossing in a one-liner about compost that’d make you snort your martini. She’s the gal who’d show up to your dive bar karaoke night, steal the mic, and turn it into a sold-out Vegas revue by midnight. Badass? Oh, darling, Bette Midler is the campiest, glampiest, most divine diva to ever werk this mortal coil!
That’s badassery!
