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Clumsy New York Socialite Goes to Paris

broken vase 2NYPost – Which New York socialite went into a shop near her five-star hotel in Paris and accidentally broke something, causing a huge scene? After police detained the philanthropist, she was thrown out of her hotel.

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35 comments to Clumsy New York Socialite Goes to Paris

  • GuyIncognito

    Minsley Tortimer

  • Plastic

    If it was an accident why throw her out? Just let her pay for it. The French are snooty about their art, thinking it’s the best. They don’t like Americans anyway, that’s the real reason they put her out. Mistake is a mistake no matter who this woman is. Let her apologize and pay for it.

    • Inquiring Mind

      Plastic, stay civilized. If you have anything, any issue, with French people, do not bring it here. Such generalities are never good (snooty… don’t like americans…)

      Thank you very much

      • Heywood Jablowme

        How many French people does it take to defend Paris? None. It’s never been done before.

        Why did the Frenchman cross the road ? To surrender, of course !…

        I’m on fire, I tell ya’!

        • Catiebug

          Har har… how easy to forget that we Americans won our independence from Britain because of France’s help (and they gave us our precious statue of liberty). So before we start calling them Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys, let’s remember our history. And they didn’t exactly roll over during the German occupation of Paris in WWII… there’s a reason we refer to “virtuous” rebel groups as “La Resistance”.

          I’ve been to France… never had a lovelier time abroad. Maybe they hate Americans who are jerks? Same as Americans hate Americans who are jerks… hmmm.

          OK, off my soapbox now… no guess.

          • La Perla

            Ohh Catiebug! You deserve your very own soapbox! Eloquently put!

          • frenchy

            haha. god doi we luv america right here in france … just check 2 our radios, our tv shows, our gossip rags …
            all american stuff … god knows we are into you guyz … so stop the stoupid hating cliché … ;)
            what we hate as catieburg puts it is jerks … wherever they come from ;)
            1 LUV PEOPLE … xoxoxfrenchy
            (did I mention my favorite tune is your national anthem? haha …)

          • Sundaeg1rl

            Actually, it’s not France that’s the problem, because I love France and the French (bonsoir, mes amis!). I think it’s just Paris – I’ve never met anyone who has had a good time in Paris. ‘Expensive and up its own backside’ is the phrase most used by people when they come back from Paris. And they are ALWAYS disappointed.

          • P

            Well, Sundaeg1rl, now you have not only met someone who had a good time in Paris, but also my niece. You really need to get out more often.

        • Charlene

          Funny…that’s how the rest of the world (wrongly) sees Americans. Rude, arrogant jerks who think they are better than anyone else.

        • Inquiring Mind

          Thank you!

          In just a few words, you gave us all a clear answer to the question G.W. Bush had asked the world: “Why do they hate us?”.

    • MizFabulous

      Plastic, 2 years ago I spent 3 weeks in Paris. Believe me, I am ALLLLLLL American…specifically, Southern American. I went to France with my high school and college French. I tried my hardest to use my French as much as possible. When I did, they would often answer me in English. And I would answer them back in French. Doing that TOTALLY earned their respect…and actual COMPLIMENTS about my French. Go figure that a girl from South Georgia would actually get COMPLIMENTS about how good my French was and how LITTLE American accent I had! (Kudos to my high school French teacher!) Anyway…the entire time I was in France, EVERYONE was so nice and so friendly to me. NOBODY was rude at all, except in the Metro. Honestly, people in subways are rude the world over! French people do NOT hate Americans…they hate “UGLY Americans”. Rude, loud, rude, entitled-acting people. Yeah, well, I hate those people too, really. If you go over there and (1) don’t be loud (2) don’t be rude (3) don’t expect everyone to speak YOUR language in THEIR country (yeah…these are the same people who rant about how immigrants MUST speak OUR language…LOL!) (4) at least TRY to speak a LITTLE bit of their language (5) be nice and (5) smile, I PROMISE you that the French people will treat you like GOLD. If they don’t it’s YOUR OWN FAULT.

  • DavidB

    No idea but none of the names cited strikes me as a “philanthropist”. I can understand a problem in a store, particularly if she didn’t want to pay for breakage, but I don’t understand why the hotel would evict her. After all these high end hotels are also the resting place of third world dictators who are killing millions. Typically a high end concierge would be patting down the ruffled feathers. It only makes sense if there was more “bad behaviour” at the hotel itself.

  • This will not be blind for very long. Since it says “Philanthropist”, half of the upper east side of NY already know who it is. I will get back to you on this.

  • Dlovely

    I’m going with either Emma Snowdon or Emily Brills.

  • h00bydice

    Forgive me, but could someone please enlighten me: What the heck does one thing have to do with the other? She accidentally brakes something down the street prompting her to be unceremoniously booted from her hotel? I’m going on a hunch here and presume that someone philanthropic-minded would immediately volunteer to reimburse the shopkeeper. So, what gives? There’s something missing from this story.

    Perhaps I just don’t understand the French, mais, ne mal comprenez pas, j’adore les Français.

  • a. s. Notch

    New York Socialite/Philanthropist– First one that comes to mind is Ivanka Trump??!!

  • MollySue

    I agree, there’re huge swathes of the story left out. Even if she was obnoxious in the shop and the local constabulary were called, that really should have no impact on her hotel stay. Unless paying for the damage at the store nearly wiped out her credit card and couldn’t pay a bill at the hotel or the hotel and shop were owned by the same company?

    Oh and I’ve been to Paris and found that people in shops and cafés were generally perfectly polite, bordering on pleasant.

    And if we’re going to get into WW2 – the key to understanding just how quickly the Germans rolled through northern France lies in WW1. Unless you’ve been to Belgium and northern France and seen graveyard after graveyard after graveyard of young boys and men who should have been around to father men and women old enough to fight in the 1930s and 40s, (not to mention the legacy of the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918), then perhaps broadcasting a lack of awareness of history might not be the best idea?

    • Candy

      Millions of allied soldiers died because the American government cowardly sat back and waited to see if they could negotiate with a victor instead of getting involved in WW2. As a result, no American should ever criticise the French for their actions during the war because what their government did was far, far worse.

  • Oh Please

    Hello, It’s a gossip site……

    • Mango

      LMAO Oh Please. Agreed. *claps hands* Attention everyone! Back to the sleazy topic!

      Incidentally, I got nuthin’ and I have to agree with DavidB; why would a hotel evict the clumsy cow for some offense she committed in a high end store? Where is the connection?

  • Divide by Zero

    I’m guessing that the thing that got her kicked out was the “causing a scene” bit. Accidents happen all the time, and generally things get sorted pretty quickly. I’m wondering if this person flew off the handle for whatever reason (perhaps she decided it was their fault). Sadly that’s something I’ve seen all too often, working in customer service areas.

  • mook

    my guess: Liesel Pritzker

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