Ben Stiller – Zoolander himself – speaks to Parade magazine about the journeys that changed his life.
Which includes a trip to the Holy Land.
My dad and I took a father-son bonding trip to Israel when I was about 16. We got a car and drove across the country. We went to Jerusalem and Masada. I’ve always loved history, so it was great exploring that part of the world.
I went scuba diving in the Red Sea, and my dad took the resort course to learn how to dive, too. I always give him credit for that because he wasn’t really the scuba diving type. So we ended up diving in the Red Sea together. They also had a Jet Ski by the beach. You’re supposed to start on your stomach and then pull yourself up, but he never pulled himself up; he just went around with his feet dangling off at about 40 miles an hour. He was into it.
I met a girl on that trip and we had a whirlwind romance. Is it blasphemous to say we ended up making out near the Western Wall? It might be. But we did.
Making out near the Western Wall? That’s almost as bad as this:
