{"id":17171,"date":"2021-10-16T08:49:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T08:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/cindy-adams-greatest-living-gossip-columnist-didnt-choose-gossip-it-chose-her\/"},"modified":"2021-10-16T08:49:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T08:49:20","slug":"cindy-adams-greatest-living-gossip-columnist-didnt-choose-gossip-it-chose-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/lifestyle\/cindy-adams-greatest-living-gossip-columnist-didnt-choose-gossip-it-chose-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Cindy Adams, Greatest Living Gossip Columnist, Didn’t Choose Gossip, It Chose Her"},"content":{"rendered":"

I worked at the New York Post years ago but only knew legendary gossip columnist Cindy Adams by her byline photo\u2014red lipstick, bouffant, oversized pearls. She was like the wizard behind the curtain, a columnist only referred to by her first name in the office, but who seemed not to even have a desk there. I was all set to finally meet Adams in person\u2014she invited me to talk about the new Showtime documentary Gossip at her apartment. It’s one of those fancy buildings with gilded decor in the lobby. But when I arrived, I was told there was an emergency, that her air conditioner had broken, flooding her home. So we had to talk about the documentary, her four-decade career, and, of course, her even longer friendship with Trump, on the phone instead. It\u2019s too bad, because Adams\u2019 famous penthouse Park Avenue apartment is wallpapered in hundreds of Post covers. Ninety-one-year-old Adams has been writing for the tabloid for more than four decades and she estimates her reporting graced more than 500 front pages\u2014\u201dthe wood,\u201d in tabloid-speak. In the documenary, Adams takes executive producer Jenny Carchman through her home, pointing out some of the most notable.\u201cGuiliani!\u201d says Adams, her hair perfectly coiffed in her signature up-do. \u201cHe\u2019s back in the news again!\u201d\u201cWoody!\u201d she says, pointing to an old cover with Woody Allen and Mia Farrow on the cover. \u201cI had dinner with him two nights ago.\u201dWhile the series is about the gossip industry\u2014including the Post\u2019s long-running Page Six, which… Click below to read the full story from Esquire
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I worked at the New York Post years ago but only knew legendary gossip columnist Cindy Adams by her byline photo\u2014red lipstick, bouffant, oversized pearls. 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