With the exception of the trash bags who dated Jon Gosselin and Tiger Woods, no woman has gone from relative obscurity to household name quite like Gabourey Sidibe. Thankfully for the 26-year-old, her sudden rise to fame is solely based on talent. Thankfully for us, that talent is forever immortalized in “Precious.”

Not only is Gabourey a lock for one of the five Best Actress Oscar nominations, I’m of the opinion that she also deserves to win. Although Gabourey has one stipulation for her golden guy — but more on that in a minute.

The other factor involved in turning Gabourey into a megastar has been the handful of charming, hilarious and totally adorable soundbites she’s given over the last two months. From “The Tonight Show” to acceptance speeches, to meet Gabourey is to fall in love with Gabourey.

And that’s exactly what happened today when we met up at the Duracell Smart Power Lab in New York City. After donating some energy to their New Year’s Eve fund, Gabourey sat down with PopWrap to talk about her crazy year, which ice cream topping Justin Timberlake is like and that aforementioned Oscar caveat.

PW: OK, so what was more awesome about 2009: getting a Golden Globe nomination or having Justin Timberlake announce your nomination?
Gabourey: OK, here’s the deal with that. The way I feel about the Golden Globe nomination versus Justin Timberlake announcing it, it’s like the nomination is That’s How I Roll from Cold Stone Creamery and Justin saying my name is like cherries on top of That’s How I Roll from Cold Stone Creamery.

PW: So what will you do when and if you finally meet him?
Gabourey: Oh, I’m going to pretend to be cool for exactly 10 seconds. Like, when I met Lance…

PW: On the “Jay Leno show,” yeah, we all say [laughs]. 
Gabourey: How awesome was that?!? I just screamed but then I thought “calm down so you can be friends with him.” So with Justin, I’m going to fake being cool for as long as I can so I can possibly be friends with him, maybe more! [laughs] See, I feel like he’s not going to friend a fan.

PW: Um, you’re peers now!
Gabourey: Are we? Oh please, I’m so not on Justin’s level!

PW: Does he have a Golden Globe nomination? I don’t think so!
Gabourey: True, but he’s got like a million Grammys!

source: nypost.com