Theresa Caputo is arguably the most successful television “medium” working today.
The star of TLC’s Long Island Medium, known for her big blonde hair and her New York accent, is currently in the 10th season of her highly rated show. She’s released three New York Times best-sellers and often performs to sold-out crowds; her most recent Coachella Valley shows have sold out well in advance.
As of this writing, tickets are still available for her appearance at The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa on Saturday, Dec. 9.
Caputo has been in the entertainment news as of late after revealing “a strain” in her marriage to her husband—who is often seen on Long Island Medium. This revelation came after we spoke, so it did not come up during our recent phone interview.
Of course, Caputo has her skeptics, including many who say she’s a performer who uses a number of tricks and techniques to dupe people into thinking she’s a medium. However, Caputo said she indeed has the ability to connect spiritually with deceased loved ones—and that everyone else does, too.
“I believe everyone has the gift,” Caputo said. “I also believe everyone has the ability to connect with their own loved ones who have departed, and to sense and feel the souls of their family members. That is something that can never be broken—that soul bond. I just have the ability to connect with everyone’s loved ones. I didn’t realize I had that gift until my late 20s, and God has blessed me with that gift.”
While most faiths reject the idea of mediums, Caputo said she has reconciled it with her religious beliefs.
“It took me many years to embrace that, because I am a practicing Catholic, so I incorporate it with my faith,” she said. “I also worked to understand what the spirit wanted me to say and how to interpret my signs and symbols to complete strangers. It’s a little bit different when it’s your loved ones, but for a complete stranger, everyone’s life is different, and their life experiences are different. I had to learn how it fit to the person I was reading. For me, it’s just a knowing. It’s hard to explain something when you don’t do it intentionally.”
Caputo said she has experienced many difficult moments while doing what she does, and mentioned an instance that she said had happened to her the night before we spoke.
“I say that I make what I do look very easy, because this is who I am, but it is the hardest thing to do,” she said. “I did a show last night, and there was a man who lost his son; he was on his way to pick him up, and his son drowned and died before he got there. I almost cried, but I said to him, ‘I don’t think there is anything that your son could have me say to you that could make this any better. I just hope it gives you the peace in knowing that his soul is safe with God, and he’s at peace.’ That’s not something very common that I say to someone—that I don’t think there’s anything I could say or do for you to make it any better. That was really hard.”
When I asked if she ever wished she had a day off from being a medium, she laughed before answering.
“I always say to people, ‘Oh, you don’t feel like going to work? What do you think it’s like for me?’” she said. “For me, it takes more energy to block the souls. It’s just easier for me to channel them, and (that way), I’m not fighting the energy. It becomes exhausting to me when I have to fight it. It’s the same thing in life: It takes more energy to be negative than it does to be positive. It takes more energy to ignore someone, and if you walk into a room, and there’s someone in the room you’re not fond of, it takes more energy to block that person than to just walk up and say, ‘Hi, how are you?’ … It’s the same thing with spirits.”
When Caputo goes on tour, she is more interested in doing the show rather than selling things like books, she said.
“I don’t want to waste any time. I want to channel as many souls as I possibly can, so when I get on that stage, I give a very quick speech on what people can expect over the next couple of hours, and I just start with spirit communication,” she said. “At the end of the day, everyone is there to connect with and have this amazing experience. That’s what they are there for, and that’s what I want to give my fans and people who want to experience that spirits are still with us, in a different way.”
Caputo offered some advice to those who are trying to spiritually connect with their loved ones.
“Sometimes, we don’t know what to look for,” she said. “A lot of times, people will say, ‘I’m not able to communicate with my grandfather, and he’s not with me. We had such a strong connection and a bond. I should be seeing signs and symbols every day!’ What I stress to everyone is that there is no right way or wrong way to connect with your loved ones. That is something that only you will know, because your bond and relationship with them is different. Acknowledge the things that are odd, weird, different or simply a coincidence—things like, ‘Oh, that song on the radio reminds me of my grandmother!’ or, ‘That license plate is the year that my grandfather died.’ Anything odd or weird to remind you of them—I refer to them as little hellos from heaven. It’s their energy in getting you to notice and acknowledge what’s going on around you.”
Theresa Caputo will perform at 9 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 9, at The Show at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa, 32250 Bob Hope Drive, in Rancho Mirage. Tickets are $75 to $120. For tickets or more information, call 888-999-1995, or visit www.hotwatercasino.com.
Or instead of the $75 to $120 for a ticket, you can come to my house, and I’ll tell you your dead relatives are fine and send their best for only $50. And you won’t have to listen to that overdone New Jersey accent. Such a deal!