# Tatu on Jay Leno **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581 "2003-02-26T05:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cruktar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d9b06d/32.png) [@Cruktar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cruktar)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/1 "2003-02-26T05:42:00Z")
The Russian pop band, T.a.t.u., was tonight’s musical guest on Jay Leno. For those who don’t know, the band’s singers are a young lesbian couple, who have been a little bit controversial in their openness about their sexuality and relationship. Towards the end of the song during a break in the vocals, the girls turned to face each other, and, in the split second before the camera cut to the band, it looked like one was leaning in towards the other. A few seconds later the crowd cheered more loudly. So…was it a kiss? ---
**Author:** ![lethean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@lethean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lethean)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/2 "2003-02-26T05:44:29Z")
most definitely a mini makeout session ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/3 "2003-02-26T06:21:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lethean \* > \*\*most definitely a mini makeout session \*\* I’ve still got two hours until the end of Leno, but the makeout sessions seems to be their claim to fame. ---
**Author:** ![Cruktar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d9b06d/32.png) [@Cruktar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cruktar)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/4 "2003-02-26T06:43:51Z")
I think you’re right, **Troy.** Nothing stokes up publicity like teenage lesbians making out. I can’t help but wonder if they’re having the opposite influence with regard to the gay rights movement than what they’re going for. It seems that they’re doing more playing into American male fantasies than drawing positive attention to a lesbian relationship. But that’s got the makings of another threat in itself. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/5 "2003-02-26T07:02:29Z")
Both of them have boyfriends. Both of them are over 18 (now). Lets not get to …ahem… sucked into the Tatu story. It’s a great marketing gag, but the truth is there if you just go looking for it. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/6 "2003-02-26T08:39:45Z")
What an… odd… performance. Nothing sexy about it, that’s for sure. If I hadn’t heard of them before, I would’ve said “Oh, look, a lesbian singing duo,” and switched to Letterman. I missed the supposed makeout session, but I did notice several shots of background players that seemed a little lengthy. They kinda looked like they were drugged. But their music was unique, I’ll give 'em that. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/7 "2003-02-26T08:44:31Z")
NBC didn’t show a damn thing, at least on the west coast. I wasn’t even sure what was going on until Arsenio tried to plant a big wet kiss on Jay Leno. What a gyp. Did the east coast viewers get to see anything? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/8 "2003-02-26T09:18:17Z")
Has there been a promotional video released for the song _All the things she said_ in the USA? - I saw one on TV here in the UK the other day and it was quite surprising; showing girls (of what age it is difficult to tell) dressed in school uniforms, kissing and caressing one another in the rain. This was on a Saturday morning kids show, which rather surprised me. ---
**Author:** ![reoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@reoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reoch)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/9 "2003-02-26T11:22:04Z")
I SO knew that was a kiss!!! ugh…damn censors…You say they’re over 18? well in that case, I think the brunette is hot!! Ok, I’ll stop there. I do remember seeing a video exactly like how you described it Mangetout…wow. Reoch ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/10 "2003-02-26T11:29:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*Has there been a promotional video released for the song _All the things she said_ in the USA? - I saw one on TV here in the UK the other day and it was quite surprising; showing girls (of what age it is difficult to tell) dressed in school uniforms, kissing and caressing one another in the rain. This was on a Saturday morning kids show, which rather surprised me. \*\* Reportedly that video was made back in 1999-2000ish (when their Russian career was taking off), which would make them a lot younger than the 17/18 they are now. The UK’s “The Sun” got a bit high and mighty about them and their “perverted” creater for a while, but they seem to have got bored of that now. Not before they showed a picture of the brunette with her lady lumps out, though. ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/11 "2003-02-26T17:20:52Z")
URL to pic of lady lumps plz k tnx ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/12 "2003-02-26T17:51:12Z")
I thought he was dead! ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/13 "2003-02-26T19:59:56Z")
I did a search on info from these two a while ago. Tons of pics of them kissing and whatever. One, count 'em -one-, site that only detailed their music. They’re a band that’s based around their make-out sessions for publicity, it would seem to me. Stuff like that generally ticks me off; musicians who are built for an image, not for their music. Sigh Video killed the Radio Star. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/14 "2003-02-26T20:46:53Z")
I’ve got no problem with the lesbian makeout thing; I’d probably march in favor of tennage lesbians making out before I’d march about the death penalty or something. But their music _sucks_. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/15 "2003-02-26T20:52:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\* > But their music _sucks_. \*\* But have you heard their cover of The Smiths’ “How Soon is Now?”? It is _interesting_. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/16 "2003-02-27T03:03:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\*I’d probably march in favor of tennage lesbians making out \*\* Talk about a cause to rally 'round. Only now I got “running thru my head, running thru my head” a distorted version of The Who’s “Baba O 'Reilly” \*Don’t cry… Don’t shade your eyes… It’s only teen-age les-bians… Teenage lesbians, Oh yeah, it’s phony Teenage Lesbians…\* ---
**Author:** ![Cruktar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d9b06d/32.png) [@Cruktar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cruktar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/17 "2003-02-27T06:36:21Z")
I think ‘phony teenage lesbians’ may be my new MSN screenname. Thanks, **JRDelerious.** I wasn’t aware that they both had boyfriends. It looks like the publicity machine worked pretty well here in the Midwest, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/18 "2003-02-27T13:36:06Z")
I opened this thread thinking “Wait a sec, I thought Hervé Villechaize was dead.” ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/19 "2003-02-27T14:29:05Z")
T.a.T.u. was on Jimmy Kimmel last night, and they most definitely made out. Jimmy was very insistent on that. There was also some mutual crotch grabbing, and some skirt flipping. There was also some serious lip synching, but who can sing with all that making out to do? It was a very odd situation. Jimmy first had them over on the couch, where they proceeded to not be interviewed, due to their very little English. The dark haired girl was intently staring at Jimmy, took his jacket off, and wrote something obscene in Russian on his hand. Very odd indeed. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581/20 "2003-02-28T00:23:51Z")
Yeah, the kiss is fake, they lip-sync’d, it’s fake fake fake. The brunette’s cute. tho’. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tatu-on-jay-leno/157581.md?page=2)