September 18, 2007

Zsa Zsa Gabor Is Not Dead!

Zsa Zsa Gabor is still alive! Yes, many people thinks she's dead, and I have to keep correcting them. And no, it was Eva Gabor that starred in "Green Acres", another fact I am obliged to remind people.

So what's new with Zsa Zsa? Well, in a life that has been one unbelievable tabloid story after another, the drama just continues. Vanity Fair decided to get to the bottom of it, so they sent a reporter named Leslie Bennetts to meet Zsa Zsa and her 8th (or possibly 10th?) husband, Prince Frederick Van Anhalt. It's an amazing story of fame, royalty, and scandal that is so complex, you MUST read it yourself, but here's my Reader's Digest version.

Zsa Zsa, who's age ranges from early 80's to somewhere near 100, was in a car accident two years ago that left her disabled. She's holed up in a crumbling mansion and doesn't like to go out much, so people think she's being held captive. The reporter went to her home, got a a very short interview, then was brushed away, but allowed the reporter to finish the interview by telephone. The photo on the right was taken during the interview, click it to enlarge. That may be the very last professional photo to be taken of her.

Excerpts from the Vanity Fair article:

Indeed, reaching Zsa Zsa on the telephone proves almost as difficult as seeing her in person. The prince finally threatens once again to leave her, and she reluctantly gets on the phone. I ask her about Cindy Adams's claim that the prince prevents her from seeing people. "That was a stupid article," Zsa Zsa says. "I don't know why she wrote that."

I ask Zsa Zsa what makes a good husband. "A nice faithful man," she says. Then she hangs up.

But, here is what Zsa Zsa has to say about her step-grand daughter, Paris Hilton:

With that kind of family history, Zsa Zsa might be expected to forgive Paris Hilton her transgressions—but no. "I think she's rather silly," Zsa Zsa says with a lofty arch of a well-plucked eyebrow. "She does too many things for publicity."

If any of Zsa Zsa's old crowd were alive to hear this, they might choke to death in paroxysms of laughter. After all, Zsa Zsa made an entire career out of courting publicity, often through her uncanny knack for coming up with attention-getting answers to the questions of television interviewers. On being asked, "How do you keep a husband?" she replied, 'Shoot him in the legs.'

The fear of being shot in the legs didn't stop the Prince from shagging Anna Nicole Smith. He claims they had an affair over a 10 year period and met up secretly 30-40 times. That's why he thought there might be a chance he could be Danni Lynn's babydaddy.

The Prince also claims that he got robbed and stripped by "a lesbian gang" and got photographed naked and tied to his steering wheel. He tried to tell Zsa Zsa he was robbed by aliens, but she's not THAT senile. She told him to say it was humans so they don't think you're crazy.

And finally, besides the discrepancies of Zsa Zsa's age, number of husbands, etc., there are some fishy things going on with her only daughter Francesca. The Prince claims the daughter is bilking them out of millions in a phony real estate scam, Francesca claims she's only trying to keep the Prince from stealing everything.

The stories just get juicier and juicier, so like I said, Zsa Zsa is NOT dead! There's more to come!

As if I needed yet another coffee table book, I simply couldn't pass up one called "Gaborabilia: An Illustrated Celebration of the Fabulous, Legendary Gabor Sisters". It's lots of fun with some amazing photos, trivia and even recipes! I even created a little parlor game where I would name a movie and make people guess if it was Zsa Zsa or Eva. But don't feel bad, the authors also found several examples old magazine photo spreads with the wrong Gabor sister named!

Posted by lavenderlounge at 10:04 PM

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