In the UK, entertainment reporters have a reputation for being tough and heartless when it comes to reporting on celebrities. But you have to give them this: They're also horny sleazebags. At least one is. His name is Rob Grainge, and he works for the London Paper. Now that French first lady Carla Bruni is getting so much press for her tour of England and other endeavors, the London Paper is trying to get some renewed interest in Grainge's interview with Bruni last year, when she was still a simple model and celebrity. And it is interesting, as a case study in a reporter being unable to control his metaphorical boner while interviewing a pretty woman.
First, Grainge Googles Bruni and is blown away by her photos. He offers to walk her around his neighborhood! For journalistic purposes.
"Modelling is using the body and only the body."Which is my opportunity to say: "And you have a beautiful one, I might add."
"Thank you," she stutters, laughing. I'm clearly a sleazebag. Professionalism is dwindling. She then compares making music to the process of attraction.
"When you're attracted to someone, it's hard to explain, you can say you're attracted to this girl 'cause she is pretty, intelligent and charming..."
"You have all those qualities, Carla," I interrupt to gush. "Thank you, I'm liking this interview very much," she says. "You're almost like an Italian man."
Yes, a sleazy Italian man. The interview is cut short, and Bruni calls back 15 minutes later.
I dive straight in. "Your album cover is you sitting on a cushion reading a book in a frock. Were you wearing any knickers at the time?"
Way to get to the bottom of the situation, haha! Or should I say, way to get to the vagina of the situation, haha. Grainge's entire story reads like a buddy telling you how much that stripper really liked him at the strip club last night. At the end, Bruni gives him her number, but somehow, a romance never flourishes:
Unfortunately, Carla never did call. And when I texted her she didn't reply. The next thing I heard she was going out with the President of France.








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Ugh, reminds me of too many of my friends...
Do Italian men always seduce women with the "Were you wearing knickers at the time?"?
Question: Do Brits find the word "knickers" sexy in any way? I like panties so much better.
He shouldn't have asked her if she was wearing knickers, but rather what book she was reading. That would have shown he was classy--and might have given light as to whether she was literate. Win-win.
I did the same thing with Meredith Baxter Berney. She ended up having 40 pizzas delivered to my apartment as a joke.
Elizabeth Taylor STILL hasn't called me back.....
In my servicey way, I offer this: [www.thelondonpaper.com]
Mr. Grainge appears on the website as a participant in a worthy charity called Movember.
Regrettably, the mo' he grew helped others, but did not help him.
And this 'mo can understand why Ms. Bruni put him on the pay-no-mind list.
Sometimes YOU have to make the call
@IndianSlipper: I prefer "skivvies."
She's probably reading a story about pants, and where to acquire them.
The bum.
Perhaps, "Way to get to the front bottom of the situation"? Or, "Way to get to the fanny of the situation"?
It's very important to get to the vagina of the situation. I learned that the hard way.
@In Other News...: That's too much like tighty whities for me.
I managed to control myself while interviewing Starsky & Hutch.
I mean the man is obviously good at what he does.
@IndianSlipper: I hate the word panties. Knickers is much better as far as I'm concerned. Though I admit, I generally refer to them as underpants.
@FitnessMadeSimple: I only refer to them as knickers when talking about French knickers. They are the sexiest ones of all.
@flynnchick: Disagreed. Brazilian knickers are tops, period.
This guy's going to end up chained in Sarko's basement.
do you think any writer, in the history of writing profiles about starlets, has ever actually bedded the starlet?
@Malegirdle: you're kidding me, right??
metaphorical boner. i love that band.
@JMacNYC: I think we might need to define "starlet."
@Mike_Jahn: rhymes with "harlot"
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