By Lloyd Grove Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 2, 2001; Page C03

Hillary's Knight in Shining Anger

We hope VH1 caught Bill Clinton's latest alleged tantrum on video: It would make a great scene in a "Behind the Music" documentary about last month's star-studded "Concert for New York City" at Madison Square Garden. According to next week's New York magazine, the ex-president was furious with VH1 chief executiveand Clinton loyalist John Sykes after hundreds of firefighters and cops in the audience lustily booed his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.).

"A friend of Bill's tells us that Sykes was chewed out backstage just after Bill introduced James Taylor," the mag reports about the Oct. 20 incident. "Apparently, Sykes . . . was the one who had convinced the Clintons to take part in the first place. Bill said, 'We wouldn't have accepted your invitation to speak if we had known it would be this uncomfortable,' our source reports. 'He said it with real anger and finger-pointing.' Asked why Bill didn't defend Hillary onstage, the friend said he was too nervous that 'a fight would have ensued.'"

Yesterday spokespeople for Clinton and Sykes were at pains to convince us that whatever bad feelings may have existed, everything's hunky-dory now. VH1 spokeswoman Martine Charles said Sykes "had a great time with Hillary on Monday at a VH1 'Save the Music' event in Buffalo. She continues to be a strong supporter of 'Save the Music.' " Charles added that her boss's "relationship with Bill Clinton is fine."

-- Anonymous, November 02, 2001

Answers

prolly had to hire a hooker for Bill, to appease him. Hillary got to hold the hooker's coat.

-- Anonymous, November 02, 2001