Playbill:
"I wish the paper all the best," Heilpern told the Post. "I don't want to be too negative about the 12-year-old owner, Jared Kushner, but as my ma and pa from Manchester, England, used to say, 'That boy couldn't run a chip shop.'"
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For heavens sake, I live in Oklahoma and I knew what that meant. John Heilpern insinuated that Jared Kushner is a child. I've read about the Kushner family and that is not a family I would want to somehow be related to. They fight for all intents and purposes "to the death".
Ivanka Trump is making a mistake by marrying into that family. Not a nice "starter" marriage.
theater is wonderful, but new york society gossip is a quintessential turn-off.
does anyone care other than the 17 people involved anyone has ever heard of... and the 10,000 no one has?
Coming across as a little bitter, Heilpern? And I'm sure the Observer hopes the door doesn't smack you in @ss on your way out.
The boy's 12-years-old or is an adult and has owned something for 12 years? Wording matters.
Yeah, I was confused by the headline too.
It is unfortunate that one had to google Jared Kushner's name to get the point of this story.
I think a point got lost -- Jared Kushner is pushing 30 -- he isn't 12. The pic that accompanies this might even be an older pic.
I didn't know Matthew McConaughey was a movie critic.
That's Kushner in the photo, not the movie critic.
He looks like McConaughey.
A 12 year old?
I think Kushner is smart, and his dad is having a tough time at the moment, but seriously, since when is buying a newspaper a good business move anytime in the last 5 years? He spent 10 million bucks, right?
*shakes head*
ummmm.... folks, he's 28 not 12.
WTF is this about?
Sarcasm, old world style
LOL 'That boy couldn't run a chip shop.'"
I think he is smarter than that and wish him well, but read my post above. 10 million bucks for a newspaper? That's not necessarily a smart business move, although the NYO is a great read!
Yeah, but the 12 year old owns the paper....And however he got it, he gets to run it...besides critics get their jobs often the same way a kid inherits his daddy's money...without reference to real skills.
The anti-intellectualism in here is getting so deep we'll soon need hip waders.
Then again, this post got you your first fan: Me, a proud intellectual.
Where is it?
It's easy to hate a billionaire. I do. Your "chip shop" comment doesn't fly in America. We call them fries. Cram it.
apropos of nothing, it's a good time to remember the tragedy of 9.11. Read this story and share with friends: http://thehappeningstory.blogspot.com/ .
But then his ma and pa from Manchester, England wouldn't say that, now would they?
Yeesh.
" ... comment doesn't fly in America. We call them fries. Cram it." And as we say where I come from, "Did your mother raise you in a barn?" I'll take a pass on reading anything recommended by someone so lacking in manners.
But do we call them french fries or "freedom" fries? Decisions, decisions....
Jared Kushner the "12-year-old owner" was born in 1981.
no, really! i'm shocked to learn that! i thought the NYO's owner was REALLY 12 years old and heilpern was making a true statement, not a sarcastic one! go figure! you mean, he's NOT 12??? i'm shocked, i tell you, SHOCKED.
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