Kirstie Alley Was Weirdly Put in the Middle of Chris Christie's Bridge Scandal

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  Here was the original headline that caused so much confusion

  via @nytimes
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  Then some Twitter scamps muddied the water even further by adding Alley's picture

  via @phillipwinn
  
  The New York Times exasperatedly made a clarification:
  
  

  "An extremely unexpected player was drawn into the bridge scandal on Friday morning: the actress Kirstie Alley.
  
  A Twitter user named Philip Winn took the actual New York Times headline "Christie Ally to Plead Guilty in New Jersey Bridge Closings" and illustrated it with a photo of Ms. Alley, who has not been linked to the scandal in any way."

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  Kirstie, who again had nothing to do with this scandal, responded over twitter

  via @kirstiealley
  
  
  In the end, she took it all in stride:
  
  

  Gotta say Im kinda lovin my power right now ... I can add "Major Bridge Closer Downer" to my resume

  — Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) May 1, 2015

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