Overheard...

A friend travelling from NY to Florida today just told me about a most interesting cell phone conversation they overheard. Apparently they were seated near Ami James, owner of Miami Ink and cable-tv level celebrity and waiting for the same flight. In between signing autographs, Mr. James made time to have a phone conversation with an unidentified second party about some hot motorcycles available for sale. Did he forget that a)he is a recognizable personality and that b)he was discussing the purchase of stolen property? It never ceases to amaze me what kinds of conversations people will have out loud in public, especially celebrities. This same friend also had the (dis)pleasure of listening to Vince McMahon, head of the WWE wrestling federation, leave a startlingly pornographic and desperate voicemail for his girlfriend, again, in a very public location. I wonder if these people forget that they are famous for the period that they are on the phone. It certainly makes it easier to believe all those gossip columns that being, "We hear that..."

For the sake of your publicist's sanity, Ami, in the future try to keep those kinds of discussions limited to text messages. Not that someone couldn't break into your phone and read those if they really wanted to, but at least make it challenging.