Alex Kuczynski Trashes Trashy Author
There's something scarily loose cannon-ish about our favorite plastic surgery patient Alex Kuczynski. In Austin, Texas recently for a reading and signing of Beauty Junkies, she found herself seated in the author's tent next to an "Ann-Margret look-alike (circa "Carnal Knowledge") in a low-cut top," who had written a book about "how for an entire year she said yes to every man or woman who asked her on a date, including a homeless guy and a 70-year-old salsa dancer." Later, Kuczynski refers to her as a "hussy," then leaves to buy cowboy boots without signing anything.
Turns out the Ann-Margret look-alike hussy was Maria Dahvana Headley, author of The Year of Yes, and Radar tracked her down to find out what she thought of Kuczynski's characterization of her cleavage:
Asked about the snub, Headley issued a mock-Times correction to Radar: "While Headley admits to said low-cut blouse, she says that her cleavage was administered as an act of support for sagging sales in the hardcover book industry. ... Headley has no explanation for Ms. Kuczynski's failure to sell books at this event, other than the observation that perhaps Botox is not as effective as bosom."
Oh, how clever. Too bad we hear that Headley is almost, if not quite, as offensive as Kuczynski herself. Imagine that.
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