Lily Allen Hates The New York Times
Lindsay Lohan's pAArtying pal is pissed!
The Fear singer took to her blog to air her grievances against the NYT.
Says Lily:
"The New York Time are cheap skanks
Heya,
So, something has been really bugging me and I have to get it off my chest. A few months ago Ambrosia my press agent and friend called me very excited saying the New York Times asked if they could do a piece about me for the cover of their Arts section. It goes without saying The New York Times is an incredibly prestigious publication , so of course we were all very excited at the prospect. The plan was that a NYT reporter would fly in from New York, hang out at my house for a little while do the bulk of the interview there, to make it feel more relaxed and then we’d go out for dinner after. The reporter could not have been more lovely, she was called Milena and she did indeed come over to the house, I showed her round, she helped me pick out my outfit ( an ISSA patterned all in one, louboutins, hoop earrings just in case you were wondering) . Then she got out her Dictaphone, we did an interview for an hour, hour and a half and then went out for dinner. We went to this restaurant called the Wolsley and ordered a bottle of wine Iwasn’t really drinking at the time , but I was having so much fun with Milena and I felt so relaxed and chilled I decided to let my barriers down a little. Anyway, we ate diner, I had Wiener Schnitzel she had Duck and we shared a pickled cucumber salad thing , some friends dropped by for a drink at the end of the meal , it was a lovely evening. I actually left Milena with my friend Louis in the end, as I had to go and meet someone else for another previously arranged dinner, I knew she was in London alone and she and Louis seemed to get along so I felt happy leaving her in his care. I gave Milena my email address and contact details and said if she thought of anything else she needed for her article all she need do is ask, and I bid them both farewell . Thinking back , I did feel a little awkward about her paying for dinner, but she insisted.
Earlier on in the day a photographer whose name escapes me came round to the house to take a picture to accompany the NYT piece, they wanted one picture of me in my home setting. Seeing as the piece was so intimate and the biggest part of the interview had been conducted at my house. It is unusual for me to allow photographers into my home but these seemed like special circumstances and after all TNYT is one of the most respected news publications in the world.
The article came out little over a month ago and it was great, a really nice piece with a picture of me sat on my sofa, on the cover of the arts section.
The next time I saw Milena was in New York a couple of weeks ago, I played a gig at the Bowery Ballroom and had an after party at the Spotted Pig, we had a drink and I thanked her for the article as it was very complimentary ,it’s not often people write nice things about me.
Now I want to be clear, this has nothing to do with Milena she is a reporter and that is all. The reason what I’m about to tell you is so hurtful is because I had a really nice time with her and I feel that I will only ever feel badly about that day in London from now on .
When you read magazines such as NOW, People ,US weekly, Heat, More etc they print pictures that they buy from other magazines for instance, I’ll do a shoot and an interview with SPIN magazine or Observer Music Monthly and they might syndicate those pictures or sell them to other magazines. These magazines will then print those pictures alongside a whole bunch of quotes lifeted from previous interviews. This can be incredibly misleading and tedious as I would never sit down and do an interview with most of the tabloidy magazines. I’ve been trying t clamp down on this more recently, and now, when I do a photo shoot , I get the magazine to sign a contract saying they wont syndicate the photographs without my consent. I don’t do this because im a snob, it’s more because the more credible magazines are unlikely to take me seriously and work with me if it looks like I’ve been doing interviews with whoever will listen.
Now, last week, when I was in LA I got this email from Murray Chalmers , who does my press in the UK
“this is exactly why i want everyone to use photo contracts! i dont know who these at home pics were done for but they have been sold to OK which is a pain in the arse as it looks like we have done OK…”
there was then a link to OK’s website with the tagline “ World Exclusive, At home with Lily Allen”. Needless to say I was mortified, in fact I was in tears, 6 photos of inside my home for everyone to see, and a made up interview that was very misleading. All this because I’d let the NYT photographer into my home. I was furious and got on the phone immediately.
I assumed we had one of these contracts in place, but the American PR agency assured me the NYT have an unwritten agreement with the PR’s and nothing like this has ever happened before, they were as upset and angry as I am.
In the end I got an apology from OK,but the NYT refuse to accept what they have done is morally wrong. Everybody assures me this is completely unheard of for the NYT to act in such a cheap and disgusting way.
I found this on an email trail, its an explanation from the NYT
I am sorry to say that we have no record or recollection of your client
or her representatives ever requesting any restriction on our
exploitation of the photographs. Indeed, it is not our general policy
to accede to such restrictions, so it is certainly not something we
would have agreed to without a written agreement confirming such
arrangement.As the copyright owner of thousands of photographs, a significant part
of our business, like most news organizations, is the syndication of
photos to third parties. This is very standard in the news business and
I'm sorry that it comes as a surprise to your client. Under the
circumstances, we are unable to provide you with the assurances you have
requested.I do hope, however, that our correspondence sheds some light on this
issue for your client's future arrangements.
Uuuuurrggh , so patronizing, and gross. The world has become a dark place when The New York Times considers OK magazine to be “the news business”. Sorry if that made for tedious reading but, I think the NYT have behaved really badly and I wanted to vent . It’s one thing posing for a picture fro TNYT and wholly another letting OK into your house, and I didn’t even get paid ☹
Lil x"
[Image via WENN.]
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Meh.
Lily snap out of it!
okay so wait, is she mad that they used her pictures and made up this interview or is she mad cause they didn't give her any money for her to go buy more blow?
I agree with her. If I did an interview for one magazine/newspaper I wouldn't want another to buy the photos and piece together and "interview". It is misleading.
I agree with her. If the New York Times did this, shame on them. They are not as respectable as they used to be. Nothing is anymore. That's the shame of it!
is there someone left that she doesn't hate
She's not embarrassed to be seen drunk as a skunk but she's upset about people seeing pictures of her house, via OK mag? Go figure.
Oh jesus she is a hot mess. Brilliant music, but a hot mess.
Re: M*I*A*R –
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DEAR YOU HAVE A HATER ON THE SURVIVOR THREAD!
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KISSES!
LOL she's a retard and i certainly didnt read all of that garbage.
The most surprising part of this rant is that the NYT had anything nice to say about her at all.
Everyone knows Lily Allen is a TALENTLESS SKANK who gets by with her outrageous party antics.
Every one knows that the New York Times is a disgrace! It's the worst newspaper in the world!
I would be pissed too! Lily has every right to be pissed off!
Lily hates everybody!!!
NYT is about to go broke. They needed the money!
That's kinda crappy of the new york times to do that. I would not have expected that of them and Lily has every right to be angry.
Slow news day, perez?? seems like you just cut and paste.
That was completely unreadable.
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THE TIMES IS RIGHT — SYNDICATION *IS* A HUUUGE PART OF PUBLISHING, AND SHE AND HER PEOPLE *SHOULD* DAMN WELL KNOW THAT!!!
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THERE'S NOTHING UNETHICAL OR WRONG ABOUT IT, EITHER. IT'S A VERY COMMON AND LEGIT BUSINESS PRACTICE!
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IS IT UP TO YOU, MISS ALLEN, TO WATCH OUT FOR YOURSELF — THE TIMES, LIKE EVERY PERSON OR ENTITY, IS CHARGED WITH WATCHING OUT FOR ONLY ITS *OWN* BEST INTERESTS.
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I'D BE MAD AT MY PEOPLE, IF I WERE YOU, **NOT** SLAGGING OFF THE MIGHTY AND POWERFUL NY TIMES AND JEOPARDIZING FUTURE PUBLICITY FROM THEM!
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ROLL HEADS! BUT KEEP THOSE R'SHIPS WITH BIG MEDIA OUTLETS ON THE MOST RESPECTFUL OF LEVELS!
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Re: LeonA's gHO$t_LG – Thank you for the heads up Dahling!! Kisses!
id be pissed off too if a publication took pictures inside my hope without permission then sold them to a red top
This chick is a mess!
Eh.. I like GaGa better..
Lily is such a bitch
Re: M*I*A*R – I like her in that picture…
jebus! can she fuck off already!
Re: SheHasBigBoobs – ummmm no. It actually has some of the best and most distinguished writer of both the conservative and liberal viewpoints. I am not saying anything political here, but if you read the STYLE of the writing it is far superior then most publications.
Boo fucking hoo…is she fucking serious? Spoilt brat.
I WISH TO GOD FOR THIS TO BE MY WORST PROBLEM.
Re: LizardKinG – I really don't like her. I don't like many people, lol. But you I like.
Fuck. I'd be pissed too.
lol
She's right! I know for a fact when Avril would do press (especially in england) that quotes would be either misleading or fabricated altogether, so people like perez hilton could use it as ammunition to say "look at her she's a douchebag" then people read it thinking it must be true, when perez hilton is NOT a journalist, but a guy with a blog like thousands of other people, the bigger problem is when legitimate news agencies are taking the "news" from perez hilton or the national enquirer etc.for the truth.
BOOHOO! You're a d-list celebrity. In 5 years, after the semi-fascination with your "bad girl" persona has worn off, you will be forgotten.
I like Lily - and she is well within her right to be pissed. Fuck the NYT.
i totally agree…OK is horriblee…and seriously Perez you should stop talking about Lily…
silly allen needs to SHUT THE FFFFFFFUCK UP ALREADY!
FUCKING BASTARDS!
That's absolutely horrible.
I'm all with Lily on this one, but honestly, she should have been more careful with that shit regaurding the reselling of photos.
The NYT is a rag. It'll be out of business in the not too distant future I think.
I agree with Lily on this one
Somebody should let her know that the NY Times is in desperate financial straits and will take money from anyone that offers it. I agree with her that it is incredibly shabby behavior.
You do it to yourself…you drunk bitch!!!
Look in the mirror and repeat after me……..I'm a LOSER!!!
Ugh - how annoying!! I totally agree with her. I didn't know this sort of thing was commonplace either and I'd too would be really offended to be tricked like that.
I think they took advantage of her. and that sucks….
i'm right there with you Lily! I'd hate for a photog to come over, take pics of my home for my favorite mag and for those photos to be sold to a slice of shit mag that i HATE along with a fake interview. thats horrible. there isnt any honor or respect in publication any more. sadness!
Aww thats lame oF NYT! P.S I like Lily Allens new album alot! Good stuff!
This bitch is a waste of life!
I love her music but she is a real bitch! I still feel bad for her, I wouldn't expect this from the New York Times.
WAAAAAH! WAAAAAAH!
Srsly, get over it. She is very blessed and should be thankful this is her biggest problem. Maybe she should check out the BBC and read about the fighting in Sri Lanka or Pakistan. Then she could see what real suffering is. Love her music but she can be so lame sometimes.
i actually get her point and agree…shames on you NYT!
you could tell she felt bad saying this by all the time she spent writing nice things about the nyt reporter who actually did the interview with her
she is totally in the right.
that is very low of the nyt
it's because they are straight broke.
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LG ADORES THE NYTIMES! SO FAIR AND FACTUAL. LG'S MIDDLE AGE SON WORKS THERE AS A GOPHER. A MOTHER COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD!
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Hey, at least she's being talked about and people are seeing her name…that's the lifeblood of the entertainment business. "I don't care what they say about me as long as they spell my name right!"
If they were writing sh!t about me all the time, I wouldn't like them either.
She has some very valid points. I would be VERY pissed. You cant trust anybody these days.
Ooh come on… pleeeeaase! you have to stop it… I mean if you hate that chick just stop talking about her! it's embarassing! furthermore you're not objective at all and all you're doing is actually showing the whole world the fascination u got with her…
i don 't read anymore lilly's article for 2 weeks now… I just leave u these comments 4 u 2 understand… pf
oh my word, what a baby! hahahaha…waaaaaaahhhh
I don't like her music, but I like her personally. I don't understand why Perezerrrs hates on her so much. She's 23? 24? She like to drink. I loved to drink when I was 23! We all party at that age. She's followed by photographers while she parties. I think what the NYT did was terrible. Shady shit.
Ummm. Can she please write in english?
I LOVE LILY ALLEN!!!
Her record sounds amazing, it's definitely one of those cds that you can just play straight through and love every single song.
These bitches pullin this shizz - pretty damn shady.
VERY FUCKIN TEDIOUS INDEED TO READ. BUT ANYWHO WHO THE FUCK ARE THE NEW YORK TIMES RIGHT
I NEED TO STOP readin blogs for a while–stupid shit
Who would even bother to read that? Why does she think anyone would care?
That being said, I love me a good crazy. Crazies and wierdos are my peeps
I have to say I completely agree with her.
And I think telling the whole story ad not just rambling about the bad was VERY classy. I'm actually impressed. +1 lilly -1 perez/katy/gaga/sheep
doesnt she have anything better to do than ramble about dumb shit? jeez
Maybe the Times hates her right back. Besides, who gives a fuck what this skank thinks?
this bitch
IS HILARIOUS
TO THINK SHE'S RELEVANT ENOUGH
IN AMERICA
THAT WE WOULD WANT TO READ ALL THIS
NO ONE FUCKING CARES ABOUT YOU LILY.
YOU'RE NOT LADY GAGA OR KATY PERRY
OR BRITNEY.
I STOPPED READING AFTER THE FIRST FEW SENTENCES.
A very intelligent reply from Ms Allen, she has risen considerably in my estimation - smart cookie!
she's right! It is misleading! you go lily!
what a whingeing little brat. boo hoo. theres a little bit more going on in the world that is genuinely upsetting than lily not getting paid for someone using her pics. shes in that world. so its ok for one set of readers to see pics of you at home but not another that she considers lower rent? what a hypocrite spoilt bitch. get over yourself asshole.
Wow that is awful! I mean out of the kindness of her heart she allowed them into her house and then they exploit that kindness and make a profit out of her. That's pretty disgusting behaviour by the NYT!
looks like she's wearing that cute bambi (w/ the slit throat) dress!
Much love for Lily… & much love for Alan McGee
Perez, I reckon you should read your @replies on twitter from Alan McGee… the man is a genius & he fucking HATES you - especially when you slag off our Lily! Prick.
AFTER seeing her virtually nude and seeing her tiny little (man boobs) on this blog I don't know how anyone can care what she does again, EVER?
Right on Lilly Allen! I hope everyone read the whole thing…it was a long one. But it should open peoples eyes to what the media does to people. If one was interested in printing it, what would stop them from selling the pictures to adult novelty companies (thats dildo companies for you dummies) or putting it in porn….somehow that doesnt seem right. And they only do it because the consumer wants to read the crap. And on an even sadder note I am actually on this site contributing to the nonsense.
Arent the New York Times, OK Magazine, Daily Express etc etc all owned by the same media group? OK is terrible for claiming to having exclusives and when you read the magazine its recycled crap
I don't blame her for being upset, but it is her fault for not expressing her wishes in writing.
I agree with her. It was a sneaky, nasty thing to do. Especially since the PR agency assured her that the NYT had an unwritten agreement not to do that sort of thing, and it had never happened before. SHADY and nasty. Just shows that a well respected paper like the NYT can be 'bought' like any other cheap skank, and that they care more about $$ than their own reputation and integrity.
The last sentence of that long, long, long diatribe is the real reason she is pissed.."I didn't get paid". Whoever wrote this for her needs to hire an editor. Skip the business about what you ate and splitting the salad, etc….and dumping the reporter so you could go eat dinner again with someone else.
I don't blame her being angry, poor thing…that's really fucked up that they sold her pictures like that
i can totally see where shes coming from. must be a hideous feeling, an invasion of your privacy like that. very annoying and frustrating for her. she actually tries so hard. poor lily.
yeah…the NYT was slimy…and 'OK' billing it as a 'World Exclusive' after the NYT piece? What self-aggrandizing, bullsh*t hype merchants…
i totally expect this sort of thing from her.
i still love how a while ago she was totally okay with having people illegally download her shitty music then when she realized this would mess with record sales she BACK TRACKED on her original statement and practically begged people to go out and BUY her album so that she could be numbah one pop stah evz!!!! dumb. she's so dumb. i hate her. despise.
i love the line "i was in tears - six photos of me inside my home for everyone to see". fuckwit. you let a photographer take em - where they ever gonna be private?
I have mixed feelings about the whole issue like many other people on here because she has a point but she is also the one who failed to make sure that she was covered when it came to the pics. She chose to "ASSUME" that the NYT would honour her pics and not share them. She has to know that especially right now that everthing and everyone in any bussiness is fair game. Everyone is so hard up for money right now that there isnt anything sacred anymore. She is really foolish and nieve to believe or think that she isn't just another source to make money like so many other celebs and she need not take it personal because it really is just bussiness. She is pretty self absorbed and that is one of the reasons that a lot of people don't feel badly for her when she whines about another "hard done by" situation. She is always crying or carrying on about what someone has done to her. GET OVER YOURSELF HON. What do you think the rest of the civilized world does to get through this thing called life????? We deal with it all. If she really thinks that it is all just being done to her and no one else then she needs a seriouse wake up call. Not only that, there are so many other issues in our day to be concerned with……. yeah??
This is when I wish someone like her had children so that thay could seperate themselves from such self abosbtion and finally have the experience of really caring for someone else outside of "themselves". I know that now, after having my kids, I look back and I realize how frigen self absorbed I was. I didn't have anything else to show me how to balance out my woes. I am just saying that she needs to stop and worry about something else with more meaning for a change and maybe she wouldn't be so centered on herself. Just sayin'.