Our groundbreaking -- nay, just flirty -- interview with Deborah Gibson is over, and though pop music critic Sean Daly and I feel forlorn and deflated after watching her drive away, I'm left with one beautiful consolation:

Sean got the goodbye handshake. I got the goodbye hug.

My co-host is delirious with rage and envy. And I may never wash this shirt again -- which really wouldn't be a first, since I'm not sure it was washed when I put it on today.

We shot video of the interview, so expect to see that soon. The full podcast interview won't be available until Saturday, I'm guessing. In the meantime, here are some highlights:

ON DEBBIE VS. DEBORAH: "Everybody in my real life for the first 16 years of my life called me Deb or Deborah. The record company came along ... and they made up names. They wanted to go with 'Debbie G' ... go with just 'Deborah.' So by the time they came back around to 'Debbie Gibson,' I was like, 'Fine!' "

ON HER SQUEAKY CLEAN IMAGE: "I've never touched a drug. I've actually never been drunk in my life. I've never had a whole drink -- I don't like alcohol."

ON TODAY'S YOUNG CELEBRITIES: "It definitely is a different world. But it also is a little ridiculous. Too many kids are getting the message that if you buy the right $3,000 handbag and dance on the right table in the right club you'll have a career. The media is rewarding that behavior and handing people what appears -- from the outside -- a career."

ON HER 2005 PLAYBOY APPEARANCE: "It's funny for me to watch other people squirm when I was so comfortable with it. ... I came up with 8,000 creative ways of creating g-strings. Boobs and booty -- a day on South Beach."

Oh, I know you want the scoop on her frequent visits inside the Playboy Mansion, her latest flame and how she keeps her tanned skin so soft to the touch. You'll have to wait for the podcast for those details -- 'cause Daly sure can't talk with expertise about that last detail!