Uma Thurman's Parents Unknowingly Hire Spitzer's Hooker Booker

She went from booking call girls for Eliot Spitzer's favorite escort service to booking yogis upstate - for Uma Thurman's parents.

The actress' Buddhist folks last summer unknowingly hired Tanya Hollander - accused of arranging sex romps for the call-girl ring that serviced the former governor - to manage their upstate yoga center.

"We're extremely troubled to learn of her problems only now, and especially troubled that she withheld what's clearly pertinent information about her background," said Birgitte Thurman, Uma's mom.

"Clearly, had we been aware, we might have hired someone else," she told The Phoenicia Times.

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Comments

[Swerinjer2]

And because of America's childish knee-jerk morality she'll have to make a public statement when the only crime is guilt by association. America is a repulsive society of pea-brained witch-hunters.

[raker]

I though that was a photo of Harrison Ford and what's her name. Yikes.

[Posterella]

The Thurmans are good people who do great things to help preserve the Tibetan culture and provide Buddhist education. It's an unfortunate situation that they hired someone who was not forthcoming about her past. I'm sure they will deal with it fairly. The headline tying Uma in some misleading way with prostitution is completely unfair. Is it worth it to smear a nice, completely innocent person to create an eye-grabbing headline?

[Formeralaskangal]

Is she doing a good job? If she is able to do the job then what is the problem? Perhaps she should be allowed to start over and make a fresh start of things.

[robbor]

the Thurmin's are playing the embarrassment and shocked card which is weird since they are Buddhists. Maybe they're not Orthodox Buddhists, just kind of brush the surface Buddhists.

[Clare53]

HuffPo - your headlines are worse than the Enquirer's.

[Checquoline]

So?

[tryharder2think]

for starters -

this is coming from the NY POST(they aren't known for their thoughtful dialog)

The elder Thurman is one of the foremost authorities on Tibetan Buddhism in the US.

[andvoodoo2]

Maybe, but he apparently has never heard of Google. If he had, he'd have found 353,000 hits for Tanya Hollander - all detailing exactly what she's famous for.

[andvoodoo2]

Aw, who cares who else she's hired?

"The actress' Buddhist folks" sound a little uptight. Perhaps they should try yoga.

BTW, a quick "Google" search of her name turned up 353,000 hits. I'm POSITIVE people like the Thurman's, who I'm sure have serious security concerns, if for no other reason than their famous daughter, checked her out and knew about her past. If they didn't, they are mo.rons.
I'm betting they knew and were hoping no one else put two and two together. That, and maybe they were hoping she could do more for them than just book guests into their yoga center.

[Rubyfoo]

"Uma's Hooker Ties" is not a classy headline for Huffpost's home page. It's supermarket gossip rag stuff, misleading, and not worthy of what I hope you guys aspire too. She has no "hooker ties," but maybe you guys do, metaphorically speaking of course.

[HatingTheGame]

What would Bhuddha do?

Tantric anyone?

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

"Looker's Folks' Snookered by Hooker Booker."

Why do I have to do everything around here? ;-)

[MathIsTruth]

I think you meant to say:

"Hooker Booker Snookers Looker's Cookers"

Perhaps you made a mistooker?

[amdezurik]

and so what? so all sex is bad? Piece of advice to the Thuman's...grow-up

[firelord5000]

Look pretty grown up to me, or matters concerning illegal activities are not grown up?

[amdezurik]

when they act like the world is ending just because someone ELSE is having sex, yeah prettry darned elemetary school...

[jonlester]

A new career in a new town...

[we-r-doomed]

Don't lean so heavily on Dad, your opening his eye