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


So, in 2013, a scandal erupted out of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's buddies allegedly closing traffic to the George Washington bridge in supposed political retribution against New York City leadership.

Somehow, actor Kirstie Alley was dragged into it May 1.
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    Here was the original headline that caused so much confusion

    via @nytimes
  • 02

    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."
  • 03

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

    via @kirstiealley


    In the end, she took it all in stride:

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