Her Bank Account Isn’t As Fat These Days, Either
The Duchess of York, dubbed the “Duchess of Pork” in her heftier days, is close to signing a $1 million deal as a Weight Watchers spokeswoman, the New York Post reports.
But her biggest problem has been “an overspending disease,” Sarah Ferguson said Wednesday on “PrimeTime Live” as she kicked off a U.S. tour to promote her new autobiography, “My Story.”
A $10 million deal with Revlon, which would have wiped out her debts, recently fell through.
Fergie, who appears on “Oprah” today, said she never fit into the royal family: “The firm, the gray men, the institution, it chokes me.”
And after her split with Prince Andrew, she joked, “They wanted me to move into a house with the bathroom outside.”
Loose talk
Six-foot, 7-inch drag queen RuPaul, on his/her fashion challenges (in TV Guide): “I’m so visible I can’t wear the same thing twice. And let’s face it, I can’t exactly shop off the rack.”
He’ll have his cake and ice cream in Bowles
Prince Charles turns 48 today.
Well, we say that if the shoe fits, wear it
By the way, Fergie insists in her book that there was no toe sucking going on during her infamous, photographed topless romp with John Bryan, saying they were simply “playing at Cinderella.” Regardless, she writes, “The queen was furious.”
We’re getting a little bored with her games
Princess Diana, meanwhile, is the star of the 1997 edition of Trivial Pursuit, with a record 27 questions dealing with her. Explained question writer Brian Highley: “She leads such a trivial lifestyle.”
It’s the same old story, rags to britches
Designer Calvin Klein has signed up a London beggar to show off his duds on the catwalk next to Kate Moss. “I’m just happy to have got off the streets,” said Shaun Yates, who did time for deserting the British army. “I’d never really heard of Calvin Klein before and certainly never wore his aftershave or boxer shorts.”
A bind is a terrible thing to a waist
Rosie O’Donnell may be one of Glamour magazine’s 10 “Women of the Year,” but the comedienne-cum-talk host says glamour is completely absent from her real life. “Fashion means absolutely nothing to me,” she said. “I’m actually quite happy in sweatpants.”
Why, how charming - a muppet, of moi!
And speaking of O’Donnell, among the studio full of Rosie look-alikes on today’s special edition of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” (3:30 p.m. on KHQ-6) will be a “Rosie Muppet” custom-made by Jim Henson Productions. Afterward, O’Donnell will take her whole audience to a lunch hosted by New York’s Fashion Cafe.
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