SPIKE LEE: I’M POOR!

Spike Lee offered a lengthy interview to Britain’s Sunday Observer, and explained to the reporter that despite a Manhattan townhouse, Martha’s Vineyard home and kids in private school, he is not wealthy.
He told me he had always intended his kids to go, as he did, to state schools. “But my wife put the kibosh on that,” he said. Lee balks at being described as wealthy. “It’s not rich rich,” he told me. “Rich is Spielberg. Lucas. Gates. Steve Jobs. Jay-Z! Bruce Springsteen. I’m not complaining. But that’s money. Will Smith. Oprah Winfrey - that’s a ton of money. Compared to them, I’m on welfare!”

The interview took place before Barack Obama’s election so Spike didn’t hide his feelings when asked about the Clintons and Cindy McCain.

“Who’s going to be the vice-presidential pick?” Robin Burgess, the session co-ordinator and Blanchard’s wife, asked.

“As long as it’s not Hillary,” Lee said.

“You know,” Blanchard said in a wondering tone, “we got friends uptown who say they can’t stand Michelle. I mean, what about McCain’s wife?”

“Stepford wife,” Lee muttered.

“I used to like Bill Clinton,” Blanchard said.

Lee shook his head. “They showed their hand,” he said.

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5 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    January-6-2009 @ 12:20 pm

    Racist idiot, has no clue how good his country has been to him.
    Always playing the race card.

  2. MikeC...
    January-6-2009 @ 12:43 pm

    ALWAYS about race with him….ass hole.

  3. hotbitch
    January-6-2009 @ 2:33 pm

    WTF??? Where is there ANY mention of race in this post? I love how some folks just always have to start some shit…….

  4. MikeC...
    January-6-2009 @ 6:52 pm

    Not talking about this post–talking about him in general as a person who nearly always brings race into his conversations with the media. Got it???

  5. Sade
    January-8-2009 @ 8:17 am

    what has that got to do with this post thou?

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