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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Marina Hyde

Pronouncements of Jordan Beyond Wit of OK! Magazine Subs

Poignant underachievement continues at OK! magazine, where the headline writers remain too adorably thick to understand the nuanced details of the copy contained therein.

Trumpeted all over this week's cover as a "WORLD EXCLUSIVE" - and one can only guess at the bloody bidding war they had to enter into to wrestle this one from the New York Times - are the words "Jordan: I'm having a baby girl called Crystal".

Given that Jordan is this week releasing her second novel, called Crystal - Philip Roth is said to be paralysed by insecurity - it would seem at first glance that giving her child the same name would be one of those publishing event / birth canal tie-ins we just don't see enough of these days.

And yet, does the interview inside back up this sensational revelation?

"I would love to call her Crystal," the expectant mother confides, "but I can't, can I? Not with my book."

What can one say? Other than that if staff at the publication ever need someone to come around and help them understand their own interviews, Lost in Showbiz is always available. Our rider demands in full: 38 scented candles (Diptyque only) and unlimited speedballs.

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