Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season 10 finale ofThe Masked Singer.
Donut has made us cry for the final time onThe Masked Singerstage.
He managed to beat outGazelle (who was not Constance Wu, a.k.a.
Donut on ‘The Masked Singer’.Michael Becker / FOX
It was justJenny McCarthy-Wahlbergwho correctly guessed he was none other thanDukes of Hazzardactor and singerJohn Schneider.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Hi John.
JOHN SCHNEIDER:I’m good.
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Do I sound like a Donut?
Well, now I am trying to imagine what a Donut should sound like.
Well, I guess like me, I don’t know.
It was truly such an honor to be the Donut guy.
I think that was the best one.
I got to see it in person, so I have to agree with you there.
It was a lot of fun.
There was a lot of costume.
It was really, really fun.
And people, they treated me so incredibly well there and I really needed it.
It’s a very fragile time for me, but I’m stronger for having doneThe Masked Singer.
Thank you for being so raw and honest on the show.
I never thought a Donut would make me cry.
It was one of the shows that Alicia wanted me to do.
And I said, “Baby, babe, come on.
Nobody knows I sing.”
And so I do think that she had a lot to do with it from heaven.
I know that she enjoyed it.
This is my first Christmas, my first New Year’s without Alicia right here by my side.
So this is a hard time.
So I’m excited about it.And I tell people if I didn’t cry, my ears water.
So I’m kind of an emotional guy, or Donut, anyway.
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Do you feel like it helped you heal?
What did you make of everyone thinking you were Tom Jones all season?
Isn’t that crazy?
Yeah, they did catch me though, eventually.
It was Tom Jones and then Engelbert Humperdinck.
I know of all of them.
They’re quite a bit older than me.
What a great comparison, as a guy who sings, that they think I’m Tom Jones.
That’s just wonderful.
What greater compliment would there be?
So I was delighted with that.
I was laughing because I know Robin and I know Nick [Cannon], actually.
I know Nick better than I know anybody there.
You mentioned your album, but you have so much going on.
There’s a book, moonshine, a movie… And I know Alicia would not stand for that.
So yeah, the new album isWe’re Still Us.
That is about taking charge of your own diagnosis.
She had stage 4 breast cancer.
So it’s a great read.
Then there’s my new movie, which is hysterically funny, and we need some of that.
It’s calledJingle Smells.
[Laughs]But that’s called Revenuers Reserve.
So, if you like moonshine, then check out it out.
Don’t hide yourself away.
Don’t stick your head in the sand.
Use this as an opportunity to speak to other people who are grieving.
Of course it hurts.
It’s going to hurt.
Very, very proud.
And she’s laughing and she’s dancing.
She called me her “forever 4-year-old.”
So, [she’s saying], “Way to go my forever 4-year-old.”
I mean, I really had an opportunity to sing some of the greatest songs of all time.
Look, we have to move on somehow.
They say that people die twice.
Once when they stop breathing, and the second time is the last time their name is mentioned here.
And that’s not just because I’m a celebrity.
Anyone can do that.
So I urge you folks, if you’ve lost a spouse, don’t let them go away.
Talk about them next time you have a donut and coffee, talk about them.
So that’s what I choose to do.
