NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2007
Chelsea Clinton Photo Causes NYC Ruckus
Ex-Pres Tells Restaurant Not To Use Daughter's Photo Without Her Permission
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Chelsea Clinton, shown here at a party at The American Museum of Natural History, March 18, 2007 in New York City. (Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, his wife Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), their daughter Chelsea, and the senator's mother Dorothy Rodham pose for photographers during a mock swearing-in ceremony for the senator January 4, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Former President Bill Clinton sent a letter to Osso Buco proprietor Nino Selimaj, demanding that he take down the picture from the walls of his Greenwich Village restaurant.
"I was surprised to get the letter because the picture has been there a few years," Selimaj told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "She's eaten here a few times."
The Sept. 18 letter from the office of William Jefferson Clinton says Chelsea is a private citizen and that although she may have eaten at the restaurant "this does not serve as an endorsement."
The letter, signed by Clinton counselor Douglas J. Band, says Chelsea "was not consulted prior to this picture being displayed, and thus, her permission was not given for you to do so."
"We reserve the right to exercise any and all options available to us if you refuse to comply," the letter says.
Selimaj notes that celebrity photos in New York restaurants are common: He also has pictures on his walls of him posing with former mayor and GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and New York Yankees star Derek Jeter.
"A photo of a celebrity in New York is as common as a hot dog vendor," he said.
Selimaj says the letter came as quite a shock.
"I was really, really heartbroken because I have four daughters and Chelsea is like my daughter," Selimaj said. "She doesn't want to be there. If that comes from them directly, definitely, I will remove it. If she really insists to remove it," reports CBS station WCBS-TV.
Customer Iris Elkabs says she thinks Chelsea should reconsider.
"She has a right," Elkabs said, according to WCBS. "If she doesn't like it, it should come down, but I think it should stay. It's a very nice photograph."
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- Can''t we just let the Clintons be the Clintons? Please?
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- Can''t we just let the Clintons be the Clintons? Please?
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- Can''t we just let the Clintons be the Clintons? Please?
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- Can''t we just let the Clintons be the Clintons?
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- Much ado about a decent celebrity photo in a cafe. Someone is a tad paranoid.
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- Much ado about a decent celebrity photo in a cafe. Someone is a tad paranoid.
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- Bill, I love ya, but you need to lighten up, buddie! Come on, we''ll go get a Big Mack together, just like old times!
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- again -- not newsworthy -- get a life CBS
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- Again, this is not newsworthy -- what is this? Fox? CNN? I don''t get it -- what passes for journalism these days is pathetic -- who would have thought the day would come with the National Enquirer would qualify as real news? CBS should be ashamed for following this pathetic story.
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- Again, this is not newsworthy -- what is this? Fox? CNN? I don''t get it -- what passes for journalism these days is pathetic -- who would have thought the day would come with the National Enquirer would qualify as real news? CBS should be ashamed for following this pathetic story.
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