Dan Rather’s
Model Update
Ex-anchor quite bored.
Freed from his news desk, Dan Rather now has time for less weighty matters—like a book party for The Official Celebrity Handbook. Contentedly swirling a whiskey at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club, he said, “I don’t consider myself a celebrity, and I don’t think anybody in my business does. But I do follow the stuff from time to time. I was just reading a profile of Kate Moss, about how she was a prodigy at 14 and an icon at 30. But she’s too skinny.” Okay, so he’s not going to be on the model beat at 60 Minutes. Will he get to say “I’m Dan Rather” in the beginning of every show? “Don’t know, don’t care. I’m not into titles. I like to work stories. If it works out, fine; if it doesn’t, I’m fine.” So, you keeping busy these days? “Nope.”
—Janelle Nanos
Intelligencer: June 13-20
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