I'm glad she came out and said this.

I hope everyone who had a coniption and threatened to stop watching the show b/c of this alleged "Osama like character" feels silly as hell. Go [!@#$%^&*]!!

Good for her.

I love this woman!!!

What does she mean by this statement?

"I am introduced in the article as "A woman who says," which is a bit of nastiness they would never inflict on a white author...

Good for her for calling the journalist and paper to task for printing lies....but she sounds a bit looney.

What does she mean by this statement?

"I am introduced in the article as "A woman who says," which is a bit of nastiness they would never inflict on a white author...

Good for her for calling the journalist and paper to task for printing lies....but she sounds a bit looney.

She's totally right.

Why would the article start off introducing her as some anonymous woman when she's a bestselling author of so many books?

Since you thought she sounded looney, please explain why, because I don't know of any times when any writer of any color was treated so shabbily.

The NYPost interview was trash. I'm glad she is fighting back. I admire the hell out of her.

And I'm with Ryan, I hope everyone who damned [!@#$%^&*] for the "Osama character" is eating crow right about now.

She's totally right.

Why would the article start off introducing her as some anonymous woman when she's a bestselling author of so many books?

Since you thought she sounded looney, please explain why, because I don't know of any times when any writer of any color was treated so shabbily.

She sounds like she's ranting...here since the day I have tried to tell my story in this country, I have been unfairly lied on and outrageously maligned by the press...hereor the New York Times and their hatchet job claiming that I didn't exist......hereand since we all know that I could give two camel humps about being popular with the mainstream-- to name three.

Isn't she a woman? She's not a mainstream author - I didn't even know she was an author, and I'm sure a lot of people didn't. I also didn't know she was a woman of color. Why is calling a woman a woman an insult? Because she happens to be a writer? An author? They wouldn't have called her a woman if she was white? If she was white, they'd say she was an author? Come on.

Isn't she a woman? She's not a mainstream author - I didn't even know she was an author, and I'm sure a lot of people didn't. I also didn't know she was a woman of color. Why is calling a woman a woman an insult? Because she happens to be a writer? An author? They wouldn't have called her a woman if she was white? If she was white, they'd say she was an author? Come on.

I don't know that calling her "a woman" had anything to do with race, but it was certainly dismissive. Even if you leave in the inflammatory Bin Laden stuff, consider the difference between these two introductory sentences:

"A woman who says she was the terrorist's unwilling mistress a decade ago and who is now a writer for hire for the NBC daytime soap Day of Our Lives..."

"Critically acclaimed novelist [s.W.S.N.B.N.], once an unwilling mistress of terrorist Osama Bin Laden, who is now writing for the NBC daytime soap Day of Our Lives..."

I think the rant is the result of being referred to only as "a woman who claims". By using those words, they subtly call into question the fact of her experiences. It's the same type of wording used in common place gossip. (Well, she *claims* she was sick when she called into work today.) Also, by focusing so heavily only on the Osama connection, they completely ignore her literary background, implying in the article that her only qualifications for her position is the "claimed" connection to Osama as opposed to the fact that she's already an accomplished author, facts that would have been well known to the reporter if they'd been any kind of reputable reporter and had checked their facts, written an inteligent article, and ignored the tacky need to sensationalism.

^ SO well said, Matt!

[!@#$%^&*]'s a total hero, you go girl! I love her personality. I hope she lands a HeadWriting gig in the next few years.

I think the rant is the result of being referred to only as "a woman who claims". By using those words, they subtly call into question the fact of her experiences. It's the same type of wording used in common place gossip. (Well, she *claims* she was sick when she called into work today.) Also, by focusing so heavily only on the Osama connection, they completely ignore her literary background, implying in the article that her only qualifications for her position is the "claimed" connection to Osama as opposed to the fact that she's already an accomplished author, facts that would have been well known to the reporter if they'd been any kind of reputable reporter and had checked their facts, written an inteligent article, and ignored the tacky need to sensationalism.

Very well put, Matt. That one clause set the tone of the whole article.

Matt you rock!

I think the rant is the result of being referred to only as "a woman who claims". By using those words, they subtly call into question the fact of her experiences. It's the same type of wording used in common place gossip. (Well, she *claims* she was sick when she called into work today.) Also, by focusing so heavily only on the Osama connection, they completely ignore her literary background, implying in the article that her only qualifications for her position is the "claimed" connection to Osama as opposed to the fact that she's already an accomplished author, facts that would have been well known to the reporter if they'd been any kind of reputable reporter and had checked their facts, written an inteligent article, and ignored the tacky need to sensationalism.

I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS "Valley of the Dolls" PICTURE!!!!!!

Neely O'Hara needs to be brought onto a daytime soap! LOL

I loved Anne and Jennifer.

I think the rant is the result of being referred to only as "a woman who claims". By using those words, they subtly call into question the fact of her experiences. It's the same type of wording used in common place gossip. (Well, she *claims* she was sick when she called into work today.) Also, by focusing so heavily only on the Osama connection, they completely ignore her literary background, implying in the article that her only qualifications for her position is the "claimed" connection to Osama as opposed to the fact that she's already an accomplished author, facts that would have been well known to the reporter if they'd been any kind of reputable reporter and had checked their facts, written an inteligent article, and ignored the tacky need to sensationalism.

I disagree, to an extent.

As a journalist, I can tell you, that writer needed to express, in some form, that Boof "claims" to be the ex-involuntary mistress of Bin Laden. Why? Well, as we're taught in school, we don't KNOW that's true. If there's no proof (is there?), then the reporter ethically can't state it as fact.

But then again, given the NY Post reporter's aim for sensationalism, I very much doubt she threw in the "claims" phrase for ethical reasons. And I also agree that the writer should have mentioned Boof's literary background. This was very sloppy reporting.

WHEN WILL IT END!