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Deluge of denial
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Oct. 13, 1999 |
Apparently, I'm not alone. Party gal Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has set off royal alarms by tattling to the Tatler that she and 17-year-old Wills haven't done the nasty. "That is so far from true. I am a drug addict, not a pedophile," the 27-year-old former royal intimate and recovering coke-head clarified in the society magazine. (Never mind that she recently dispensed the following advice in British GQ: "If you can't hang out with children, at least hang out with people who act like them.") But Palmer-Tomkinson may have taken a page (behind closed doors?) from ol' Gary Bauer. Turns out almost no one had heard what she dubs "the mother of all rumors" until the little lady herself saw fit to dispel them. "I've messed around with lots of friends -- both young and old -- by the pool, with everyone playing striptease and debagging one another," she explained, using a slang term for ripping off someone's pants that I, for one, plan to incorporate into my daily vocabulary. "But then the disease rumortism kicks in, and instead of 10 people clowning around, you have only two. And then suddenly it becomes really serious and before you know it, you're branded a sexual deviant." Prince Charles, who distanced his sons from Palmer-Tomkinson after sensing something awry (perhaps he found the time when she allegedly ripped off her bikini top and invited Wills to "have a proper look" somewhat irksome?), is said to be furious. But I'll wager it's nothing a friendly old debagging wouldn't cure. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - President Die Hard -- not "Under no circumstances will I ever run for president of the United States! No way." -- Bruce Willis, making clear his lack of interest in political moonlighting on David Letterman's "Late Show." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Someone gives good Clinton Monica Lewinsky's father and Jerry Seinfeld are waiting for their apologies. Variety reports that Dr. Bernard Lewinsky, like the Mormon Church, isn't too happy with some of the language in NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," and he wants to hear the words "I'm sorry" -- pronto. Lewinsky's beef? One character's description of a blow job as "getting a Lewinsky." "There is a family behind this name, and I think it's disgusting they would even consider saying something like that," fumed the father of the famous presidential debagger. "Why don't they say he got a Clinton job, rather than use my name, and see how the White House responds to that?" Amy Reiter Amy Reiter's column appears daily on the People site, Monday through Friday.
Got a hot tip? Tell Amy! Meanwhile, Seinfeld wants a certain presidential candidate to stop dropping his name. (That means you, George W.) While it's true that Jerry did throw a little cash the Bush campaign's way, a friend tells the New York Daily News that Seinfeld "gives money across the board because he supports the process. He's tired of hearing that he's for Bush. He hasn't made up his mind whom he's going to vote for." Serenity now! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - And she hasn't done the nasty with Wills either! "My mom once got so angry that she phoned up a radio show to deny I was a man in drag." -- Donna Summer on the rampant transvestite rumors that have dogged her throughout her career. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Juicy bits Back from beyond ... Joe Piscopo: The "Saturday Night Live" alum will appear alongside Seth Green (aka "Austin Powers" adolescent-in-chief Scott Evil) as a tough-talking pooch on Nickelodeon's new live-action comedy "100 Deeds of Eddie McDowd." Just so long as he lets that Doug Whiner routine rest in piece. Benny Hill: Seven years after the naughty British bloke passed on to that comedy show in the sky, his show's headed back to American TV. That joke about a shapely woman turning around to reveal an old hag's face sure is funny coming from a dead guy. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Just a hair too late for NetAid, the quintessential '70s band is releasing its first new album in 11 years and touring together for the first time in 25. "We're seizing the energy for all that it's worth," commented Neil Young, "and we'll ride it for as long as we want." Or as long as their aging bodies hold out. Back in touch with the fuzz ... O.J. Simpson: The man who provided background vocals on one of the most famous 911 calls of all time sang the lead this week after dialing up the Miami police to get help with a drugged-out gal pal. "She's loaded out of her mind and in her Mustang driving around town somewhere," the Juice told the dispatcher. "She needs to be stopped." At least she wasn't driving a white Bronco. Tommy Lee: The erstwhile Motley Crüe drummer surrendered to authorities Monday on charges that he incited a race riot at a North Carolina concert in 1997. He was released on $5,000 bond; a trial is scheduled for November. The bright side: Pamela Anderson has one more Tommy hurt to debag and bury in her wacky nude wedding ceremony on New Year's Eve.
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