C'mon, man, let it go...
Wednesday March 11 2009
Throughout the whole Jade Goody saga, one thing has been consistent -- the presence of Max 'Wormtongue' Clifford, the man who has roughly the same relationship with the truth as a mongoose with a snake.
Ubiquitous, unpleasant and always available for a quote, Clifford has been milking this one like a dairy farmer on speed.
And fresh from having a fantastic amount of ridicule and contempt poured on his head by the great Hunter Davies, over Clifford's claims that he had any part to play in the success of The Beatles, he is back to his old tricks again.
This time, he reckons there's going to be a movie about Jade Goody's life story and who will be organising it?
You guessed it: the great man himself.
But he's not alone on this one. According to one of Clifford's American contacts: "Hollywood loves a heartwarming, inspirational story, especially about someone who has turned their life around such as Jade."
Now, maybe this column is going soft in its old age, but as anyone who lost someone to cancer will tell you, the phrases "heartwarming" and "inspirational" seldom spring to mind.
Still, a tenner on Charlize Theron getting the part.
