Sue Simmons F**k-gate Update

Quick update on the Story That Changed the World (NYC newscaster saying the f-word on the 11 o'clock news): Gawker has the video of the Today show's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Klobt discussing Sue Simmons' shit-talking and how in this Orwelian world we now live in we're all in danger of being caught telling someone to fuck off. Notice Kathie Lee talking about what a good dinner date Sue is. That's the reference to my blog post that shook the New York media world.

Just So You Know, This Blog is Now Kind of a Big Deal

Tim Gunn is a big fan

I just thought my four regular readers should know that See Tim Blog is now, officially, kind of a big deal. A mere half hour after publishing yesterday’s post about NYC newscaster Sue Simmons saying “f**k” during an 11 o’clock news teaser and how it has really made me rethink my fantasy dinner date with such a loose cannon, someone at the New York Times whose job it is to see what the retards online are saying about the previous nights’ big stories happened upon my blog and linked to it. (Thanks, Emily S. Rueb, editress of the Times’ City Room Blogtalk blog roundup!) Click the above image to see my name in lights.

And I hear from a reliable source (my boyfriend, who only occasionally makes shit up) that Kathie Lee Gifford, on the Today Show was just decrying “the bloggers” for giving Simmons a hard time. “Trust me,” she insisted. “She’s a great person to have dinner with.” That’s an indirect reference to my blog, which is sooo much better than a direct reference! (Less tawdry.)

So a clarification is obviously in order. I still love Sue Simmons like I love my luggage. I love her all the more for her cussin'. She can float the f-bomb by me any day. And I’m totally gonna take her to my next bar fight. In fact, I’m going to ask that she start my next bar fight.

NYC Newscaster Sue Simmons Will Cut You

Identifying who you’d rather have a beer with is a perfectly acceptable way to choose the man or woman who will be the next President of the United States. There’s no question about that. But what about when you’re choosing which local newscaster you trust the most? It’s not so cut and dried and apparently.

See, I’ve always loved Sue Simmons, the co-anchor of the 11 o’clock 4 New York news (“I’m 4 New York!”). I’ve just always had that special feeling about her that, you know, here is someone I would love to party with. You know, have some wine, a steak dinner, a banana split, and then some shots. (She could choose what kind, I trust her.) Not only that, I could also rely on her to totally and completely deliver unto me the nightly rundown of power outages, high gas prices, random shootings, train delays, and outraged citizens that make up the nightly news. But after seeing this clip on the teevee last night, I’m thinking that Sue Simmons may not be the best person to take to a bar with all that booze and glass at her fingertips. I’m sure she wouldn’t cut me, but she might cut you.