A wise woman once said, “I’m sick of rumors starting. I’m sick of being followed. I’m sick of people lying, saying what they want about me.”

That woman was Liza Minnelli … well, the Liza Minnelli of her day, sorta, Lindsay Lohan. Well, she was at least a very famous celebrity who got hounded by the press from her youngest days in the spotlight. So it might as well have been Liza May Minnelli, daughter of the diva’s diva Judy Garland and Oscar-winning director Vincente Minnelli.

In a rare interview, Minnelli reveals that she is indeed over people lying and saying what they want about her. Because her life is “beautiful” despite all the “trash and tripe” about her out there.

For Interview‘s 55th anniversary issue, Minnelli graces the cover for the fourth time in her illustrious career, chatting with BFF Michael Feinstein in a lead-up to her highly-anticipated memoir. When Feinstein asks about the “biggest misconception people have about” her, Liza shoots straight from the prosthetic hip.

“They read trash and tripe and don’t know that my life is really beautiful,” the Cabaret star says. “It’s filled with loved ones, laughter, creativity, and emotional as well as financial safety. People weaponize crazy stories, it’s a friggin’ bore.”

The EGOT-winner (thought that G is honorary) goes on to talk about how close she is with her family and how much she loves her siblings, noting that her sister Tina’s kids came to visit her for a few days and “the press did not find out. Ha!”

Minnelli, at 78, is still working and not taking any guff. Her memoir, slated for 2026, will set the record straight, once and for all. Though she had always resisted writing her life story, she changed her mind thanks to all the rumors, the lying, the saying what they want about her.

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After “a sabotaged appearance at the Oscars,” “a film with twisted half-truths ” and “a recent miniseries that just didn’t get it right,” Liza’s coming out swinging. Because the only thing Liza loves more than a cabaret is kicking some ass.