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| Lawmakers in Catfight Over ’Sex Kitten’ |
| 2004-05-06 |
| All right. Admit it. How many saw the headline and just had to check this out? Debate in Canada’s parliament degenerated into shouts and catcalls on Wednesday when an opposition legislator committed what others saw as the sin of mispronouncing an Italian movie star’s name. Good to see that Canada’s in such good shape that this is all they have to worry about. The disturbance erupted when Jason Kenney of the Conservatives claimed that a former government minister had been "rubbing shoulders with aging Italian sex kitten Gina Lollobreegeeda" -- whose name is in fact Gina Lollobrigida. Politicians from the ruling Liberals, anxious not to annoy Canada’s large Italian community in the run-up to an election, argued that the mangled pronunciation of her name was an affront and an insult. Proving, once again, that liberals around the world know what’s important. "It’s Gina Lollobrigida, idiot!" bellowed Human Resources Minister Joe Volpe, prompting Kenney to say he was sorry for "offending the aging sex kitten community." It’s probably in Florida. Speaking afterward, Volpe made an apology of his own. "I’m sorry I called him an idiot. I should have referred to him as an imbecile," he told reporters. Ba-dum-bump. Volpe’s here all week. Lollobrigida, nicknamed "La Lollo," is 76 years old and was at the height of her fame in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in dozens of movies including "Trapeze" and "Beat the Devil." Classics all. |
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