A Royal Pain
Ladies, now’s your chance. Poor Prince William has broken his index finger and may need some mothering. The break actually happened four months ago in a Rugby match, but doctors just refractured the royal digit because it wasn’t healing. The cast didn’t stop Wills from becoming a godfather last week, to Prince Konstantine Alexios of Greece. The lucky baby’s other godparents include the crown princes of Denmark and Spain, and the crown princess of Sweden. Talk about a European Union.
Straw Strikes Out
Despite stiff competition from several other baseball players, Darryl Strawberry may go down as the world champion of self-destruction. Last week police in Tampa, Fla., arrested the Yankee outfielder after he allegedly offered $50 to an undercover policewoman for sex, then was found with cocaine wrapped in a $20 bill. Strawberry, 37, appeared to be on the verge of another comeback, this time from colon cancer. After overcoming tax evasion, spousal-abuse charges and a few battles with substance addiction, Straw may have finally gotten one thing right: as he reportedly told the Tampa cops, “This could ruin my career.”
Did Puffy Get Huffy, Or Is It a Bad Rap?
Sean (Puffy) Combs calls his record label Bad Boy, and last week he lived up to the name. With the help of two men and a champagne bottle, Combs barged into the New York office of record executive Steve Stoute and broke his arm, police charge. Combs was said to be angry about a new video by the rapper Nas (whom Stoute manages) in which Combs hangs, Jesus-like, on a cross. Puffy reportedly had asked to have the scene cut, but when the video debuted, he was still hanging with the homeboys. Police charged him with second-degree assault and criminal mischief; Combs’s lawyer said Puffy “will be vindicated.” The song’s title, by the way: “Hate Me Now.”
