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John Wayne Bobbitt: From chopping block to auction block
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Nov. 9, 1999 |
Bobbitt promoter Robert Yates has put up for auction graphic photos of
his client's penis reattachment
(comes complete with medical records!) and subsequent enlargement
surgery. "These are natural PICS of John, many poses," trumpets the item description.
"These shots give close ups of the fresh scar tissue and stitches left behind from the
enlargement surgery. These PICS are must see." If interest seems a little flaccid at the moment, Yates is confident that bidding will
perk up once Bobbitt's Japanese fans -- who, Yates maintains, regard his client as
something of a folk hero -- get a load of the offer. (Goal? The $50,000 bail Bobbitt
needs to get out of jail after being arrested last week for shoving around his new gal
pal.) Hope Lorena gets a cut. - - - - - - - - - - - - Are you listening, Charles
Atlas? "I was not only picked on physically but intellectually -- people used to kick copies
of George Sand in my face." -- Robin Williams, dredging up the details of early childhood trauma in the
Times of London. - - - - - - - - - - - - The artist currently known as
"Honey" Who among us hasn't passed at least a few minutes pondering what close personal
friends and relatives of the artist formerly known as Prince call him? Time magazine to the rescue. Mr. Unpronounceable Symbol's wife,
Mayte, tells the newsmag that when she wants to capture her hubby's
attention, she'll simply stand in front of him. And if that's not an option? "I call him 'honey,'" she confesses. Phew. Now you can all go party like it's 1999 with a clear head. - - - - - - - - - - - - But he creamed 'em in the
swimsuit contest ... "I haven't won Miss Congeniality every year in the U.S. Senate." -- Sen. John
McCain on his temper before he "mellowed." - - - - - - - - - - - - The envelope, please
... It can't be Naomi Wolf -- she got the alpha female nod from Glamour
magazine back in '94. And Donna Shalala, Barbara Boxer and Pat
Schroeder have all been Glamour Women of the Year before as well. In fact,
all four will convene at New York's Lincoln Center Thursday night to help
crown this year's winners. Amy Reiter Amy Reiter's column appears daily on the People site, Monday through Friday.
Got a hot tip? Tell Amy! So who could be the "Beltway political hotshot" my Glam source tells me will be honored and accompanied by her hubby at the Glamourous event? Tipper? Hillary? Madeleine? Cokie? Nope. They, too, have all had their turn donning the tiara. Still, anyone putting money on Linda Tripp is just asking for trouble. - - - - - - - - - - - - From Monkey Business to Wolf business Friday night, at the first staff reunion for his 1984 presidential campaign, Gary Hart shared a little hard-won advice for the world's most famous beta male. (Carole King was there, but Warren Beatty failed to appear.) "Someone should tell Al Gore that Washington is not very kind to alpha males," he said, referring to himself and the Oval Office's current occupant. Or to men who let women who are not their wives pick out their ties ... - - - - - - - - - - - - The muse How do you spell chutzpah? I'd spell it Whitney Walton. Walton, a Louisiana social worker, dialed up celebs including Billy Joel, Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones, Art Garfunkel, Buck Henry and Paul Schrader and charmed each one into believing she was a friend, a muse or, in record producer Richard Perry's case, the woman of his dreams. Henry told Vanity Fair, which details Walton's exploits in its December issue, that "hundreds of people" were duped. Joel, who rehearsed song lyrics with Walton, says he's considering writing a musical about the ballsy caller. Chutzpah: the musical? Has potential ... - - - - - - - - - - - - A butt only a mother could love? "Once and Again" star Billy Campbell has no problem getting nekkid for sex scenes -- "It's a body. I don't think there's anything wrong with the body" -- but his family is a little freaked out about seeing their boy in the buff onscreen. "It's sort of like one of those shockers," Campbell's half-sister, Paige Easter, says on an upcoming "Extra." "'They really are having sex. Oh my God, my brother really does this.'" The actor's mom, Penny McGee, agrees. "When you see your own kid doing that," she shares, "it's just kind of a little uncomfortable." Campbell's response: "She's seen my butt before. Mom, what's your problem with my butt?" That's the way you talk to a mother?
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