People: Nov. 10, 1997

LIKE MATT DILLON IS COOTIE-FREE

Think about it. If you were as perfect as CAMERON DIAZ, would you want to palm strange bathroom doorknobs? The model cum actress, 25, despite being Matt Dillon's girlfriend, is deeply germophobic. The star of A Life Less Ordinary hasn't worked since shooting that film last winter, instead devoting much of her time to scrubbing her Hollywood home scrupulously. Along with her floors, she says, she washes her hands "many times" each day and uses her elbows to push open doors. "I'm not scared of germs. I'm just aware of them," Diaz says. "I'm not into...

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