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June 10th, 2008

Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones sell Clinton sex tales

Posted by: Bob Tourtellotte

bill.jpgGennifer Flowers and Paula Jones say they are just “two chicks chatting,” but in using the Internet to hawk stories of their relationships with former President Bill Clinton the women are dishing about old scandals with a new platform.

At http://www.genniferandpaula.com/, the ladies promise to talk about “the opinons on politics, sex with Bill and their perspective opinion of the presidential penis and how both feel about Hillary Clinton.” And yes, they do say “…perspective opinion…” But will anyone shell out $1.99 per tell-all segment?

The two women occupied the center of sex scandals that surrounded Clinton in the early 1990s. Flowers’ story was flowers.jpgthat she had a long relationship with Clinton, and Jones accused him of sexually harassing her in a hotel room.

Their Web offering comes at roughly the same time that U.S. magazine Vanity Fair has drawn fire for publishing an article that portrays the former president as jetting around “with a skirt-chasing, scandal-tinged posse,” Flowers and Jones may just grab some of the spotlight.

Actress Gina Gershon has blasted Vanity Fair over the article, which stated that aides recently worried the former president was getting a little too friendly with the star of “Bound.” The magazine refused to publish a retraction. 

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis)
     
  

June 9th, 2008

Gina Gershon calls Clinton tale, “outrageous lie.”

Posted by: Bob Tourtellotte

gershon2.jpgGina Gershon, speaking publicly for the first time about a Vanity Fair magazine article that implied she had an affair with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, has called the tale a wild fabrication.

“It was my day off and all of a sudden I read this thing. You know, it is such a crazy, outrageous lie,” Gerson said Monday on U.S. TV chat show “Live with Regis and Kelly.”

“I’ve met him three times, at events, at the White House or different places,” said Gershon, who has appeared in movies such as “Bound” and on TV hits such as “Ugly Betty.”

clinton-2.jpgLast week, Vanity Fair published an article that said Clinton’s “aides have winced” at, among other things, ”recent high-end Hollywood dinner-party gossip that Clinton has been seen visiting with the actress Gina Gershon in California.” The statement was largely viewed as implying Clinton and Gershon may have had an affair while his wife, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, was campaigning for president.

Vanity Fair has stood by the story written by Todd Purdum, and issued a statement saying the story does not indicate Clinton and Gershon had an improper relationship but only “examines the concerns of some of Clinton’s aides about reports of his behavior.”

Gershon’s attorneys demanded Vanity Fair retract the story, but Monday’s TV interview was the first time the actress spoke about the story herself.

“This disturbed me on so many other levels that I kind of gershon.jpgfelt like I had to stand up for myself and speak the truth,” Gershon said, adding that in today’s world of tabloid and gossip journalism, people often confuse rumors and facts.

Gerson also talked about people putting their focus on real issues in this U.S. presidential election year, and making an effort to learn about the candidates by watching them on TV and listening to their debates and speeches.