THE WEST WING - CHENOWETH RISKS UPSETTING PARENTS WITH CONTROVERSIAL NEW ROLES

Former THE WEST WING star KRISTIN CHENOWETH is set to test her conservative parents again by playing a "suicidal prostitute" in a new movie and singing about dirty sex and bowel movements online.
The actress/singer has to be careful with the professional choices she makes after upsetting her mum with a swimsuit spread in FHM magazine.
And she admits her latest roles, in independent film Into Temptation and as part of a FunnyOrDie.com comedy skit about drug abuse, won't exactly thrill her religious folks back in Oklahoma.
She explains, "(In Into Temptation) I play, like, a suicidal prostitute. It was filmed in Minneapolis, which is beautiful, but it was bad weather... I was depressed. It was easy to play."
And she jokes that when her folks see the film, she'll insist she's not in it: "(I'll say) I wasn't there... It's one of the Olsens (twins)."
But, at least this time she's letting her folks know, unlike when she posed in a bikini for FHM.
She recalls, "I decided to wait until it came out to tell them and that was probably my mistake. My mom called me and she was crying and she said, 'Y'know, I can't go to 7-Eleven (convenience store) or church ever again.' It was so cute... I didn't do it nude or anything."
Chenoweth admits she has been offered a string of raunchy roles, and Playboy magazine bosses have asked her to bare all - but she refuses to show too much skin.
She adds, "I have a nephew that's 16 and I just think he's gonna see whatever it is I do... I don't see anything wrong with doing a swimsuit shot or anything but beyond that..."
Meanwhile, in her new FunnyOrDie.com spoof of hard-hitting TV series Intervention, Chenoweth sings a Broadway-style number while trying to force a gay man with a crystal meth addiction to seek help.
She says, "I was a little nervous (about it) at first... with the subject matter and singing, 'You make cash giving head, and you use it to buy Sudafed!' (I thought) 'Did I really want my young fans hearing me say that?'"