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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Oliver Marre

Hack attacked

Kelly Osbourne
Kelly 'butter wouldn't melt' Osbourne. Photograph: Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage.com

Kelly Osborne has been arrested for slapping a gossip columnist. Zoe Griffin writes for the Sunday Mirror and had described Osborne's boyfriend as stupid for not knowing what an earthquake is. Allegedly, Osborne slapped her in revenge.

Diarists everywhere need to look over their shoulders. Not long ago, the Evening Standard's diary editor, Sebastian Shakespeare, had manure tipped over his car (and - accounts differ - also possibly his person) by an aggrieved celebrity who had appeared in his column. He's never named and shamed the person in question.

So, Lily Allen's engaging with this site in the comments section in fact marks her out as rather mature - happier to reach for words than fists and big bags of poo.

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