Tattle: Brian Williams fibbed; Bobby Brown expecting
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams apologized for incorrectly remembering a story about being shot down over Iraq. Bobby Brown is expecting one child while Bobbi Kristina dies.
TRUE STORY: Brian Williams had a terrible Thursday.
Wednesday, the "NBC Nightly News" anchor apologized for a dozen-year-old story he's been telling. It went something like this, and I paraphrase:
"In 2003, I was in Iraq aboard an Army helicopter hit by rockets."
Thing is, he wasn't.
Williams was on a Chinook. RPG fire was nearby. But the rockets hit a copter flying 30 to 60 minutes ahead of the one the veteran newsguy was in, according to Stars and Stripes.
Whoops.
Twelve years and innumerable tall tales later, the most reliable fella on TV issued an apology that fairly oozed slime.
He emphasized that the event happened 12 years ago. Blamed his faulty memory for misremembering what would have been one of the most harrowing moments in his life - had it happened.
Williams added that his intentions were patriotic, calling his fib a "bungled attempt" to thank the soldiers who did land amid enemy fire, along with the soldiers who protected him during his 2003 visit.
Sigh.
NBC was apparently fine with the flighty mea culpa, as it let its star go onto its award-winning news program, look into the camera's eye and dish it out, with nary a statement of reprimand.
On the bright side, the Twitter hashtag #brianwilliamsmisremembers delivered some memorable photoshops of the anchor standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Abraham Lincoln, riding shotgun with O.J. Simpson and planting Old Glory on the moon.
Williams, you might remember, has local ties. His dad was a manager at Wanamaker's, and he himself worked for WCAU, then a CBS affiliate.
Sadder but true
The day after hearing that he would have to take Bobbi Kristina Brown off of life support, Bobby Brown turned 46, and the world learned that he's going to be a father again. Brown's wife, Alicia Etheredge, is four months' pregnant with the couple's second child.
Bobbi Kristina, 21, the only child of the New Edition star and the late Whitney Houston, was found lifeless in the bathtub of her home Saturday. Her "husband," Nick Gordon, and friend Max Lomas, who had recently been arrested and charged on weapons and drug offenses, including intent to distribute, discovered her and attempted to administer CPR.
The family may be waiting for matriarch Cissy Houston to arrive at the hospital to say goodbye to her granddaughter.
Maybe not that sad
Sony Pictures co-chairwoman Amy Pascal isn't leaving the studio. But she is leaving her job.
Pascal - whose infamy for green-lighting "The Interview," not to mention sending offensive private emails, is only slightly mitigated by her excellent hair and her support for Academy Award-caliber films "Zero Dark Thirty," "Moneyball" and "American Hustle" - hasn't revealed what her next gig will be.
Paying attention, Pantene?
Tatt-Wha?
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* Kris Jenner had no idea ex-husband Bruce Jenner wanted to be a woman. But she knows just how to make money off his transition. Tatt-pow?
* A 9-1-1 call emerged that supports the theory that Suge Knight intentionally ran over his victims. Tatt-it-gets-worse?
* Sports Illustrated will include an ad featuring regular-sized model Ashley Graham in its Swimsuit Edition. Tatt-a-plus?
- Daily News wire services
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