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Posted Oct. 14, 2009, 11:05 a.m. ET
Misquoting Mr. Mickey!
By Mickey Boardman
You know how famous people complain about being misquoted or things being taken out of context and how lame and self-absorbed it sounds? Well I’m here to tell you to cut the famous some slack!!! Being a minor local celebrity means that I sometimes get my attention-hungry mug in the papers and as a ‘fashion expert’ am regularly quoted on all sorts of headline-grabbing topics like the hot tubs in Britney Spears' Malibu beach house.
Well by coincidentally having my birthday celebrated at a party for Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz attended by the Queen of Pop Madonna, I’ve now had a teensy weensy taste of the fun of misquoting. New York Magazine sent a very cute young gay who not only DIDN’T sleep with me but wrote that “I introduced myself to one of her friends’ friends.” "Her" being Madonna. What does that even mean? I told him that I introduced myself to Madonna telling her we had a cute jet-set Irish gallerist friend in common. Mr. Mickey goes right to the source people!
The New York Times blog The Moment quotes me as saying , “I can die now. Madonna just sung ‘Happy Birthday’ to me.” Which frankly I don’t think I said and even if I did there wasn’t even a reporter from the Times at the event. And if I did say it I certainly would have said Madonna SANG ‘Happy Birthday’ to me since that’s correct English. If people believe the quotes they read about this they’ll think I’m some shallow low-level star-fucking faggot who doesn’t speak proper English. In reality I’m a medium-level shallow star-fucking faggot who speaks wonderful English. Thank God that’s cleared up!
Comments
but this is no news, mr. mickey! everyone knows NYMag rocks, and The Times sucks so bad no one should ever read it and they always make up their stories. I feel your pain, my heart goes out to you! Stupid Times, DIE
Posted at 12:12 p.m. ET on Oct 14, 2009 by Daniel
Yay Mickey! You can rewrite the rules of English for all I care, you're marvelous and I can't believe Pedro sung to you, that had to be amazing!
Posted at 10:52 p.m. ET on Oct 14, 2009 by Randall
Obviously you were misquoted. Anyone who knows you, knows you don't even like Madonna. Although you must like her a little because you did drop her name like five fucking times in just three tiny paragraphs. Happy belated B-day you shallow, (note inserted comma) star-fucking faggot. xoxox
Posted at 6:13 p.m. ET on Oct 15, 2009 by Freitag
Mickey, I feel your pain.
Not only has my name been misspelled under my photo in your blogs, there have been times when I've been interviewed that the reporter has been creative with my answers.
It happens to all of us. Even if you make a phone call requesting something simple, like changing the spelling of your name, and it doesn't happen. You start to shrug it off. What are you going to do? Spend your days whipping off angry emails?
Posted at 12:25 p.m. ET on Oct 16, 2009 by PJ
This is such a non-story that I have decided never to visit this website again. Ta-Ta.
Posted at 5:03 p.m. ET on Oct 16, 2009 by Dianne Bates
Mickey -
I say that all of the mo-fos can just kiss your cute and sweet booty. In my book, you are not a minor celeb. You are the top of the heap. Keep doin' what you do, babe. XO - Dale
Posted at 4:07 a.m. ET on Oct 19, 2009 by Dale from L.A.
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