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Our favorite hoarder, Aretha Franklin, looks very together as she enters NBC studios in New York, although she has an injured foot. Her health is still a mystery – she seems to be busier and more visible than EVER, but the Enquirer insists she’s on her last leg and fighting for her life. The Enquirer is rarely wrong about health stories, but let’s hope Aretha is an exception.
A source who visited Aretha Franklin’s home says she needs an intervention! Aretha is a hoarder! “She obviously can’t throw ANYTHING out!” we were told. “When you walk in there’s a little path cleared in the hallway that you can barely get through. Stuff is piled everywhere. Fans send her letters and photos and gifts and she can’t part with any of it. Tables are covered with tchotchkes and stacked with letters and magazines and papers and dishes. Every once in awhile you can see a Grammy poking out of the chaos. She even has stuff piled on the stairs and rarely goes up to the second floor.” Our source added “In spite of the clutter, she’s a very sweet and gracious hostess to all visitors. She may be a diva in the studio, but she’s a sweetheart at home.”
Lindsay Lohan makes it a habit to visit as many gifting suites as possible at this time of year. We just wonder if it’s a good idea for someone who admits she is a HOARDER. You’ll remember Lindsay did an interview with Niecy Nash for The Insider last year and showed off her apartment jampacked with boxes, shoes, racks of clothing, and garments and bags strewn everywhere. Undoubtedly, somewhere in that mess were bags of stuff from various gifting suites through the years. Some people just can’t get enough….
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Lindsay Lohan claims she’s broke and can’t afford to pay for the treatment she’s getting at Betty Ford, but every time she gets a pass she hits the stores. (She’s also managing to keep her lips plumped and that can be pricey.) Does anyone remember the “Lindsay the hoarder” episode on The Insider last February? Are the people at Betty Ford aware that Lindsay has MORE than one addiction problem?
Kate Jackson looked fine at Farrah’s funeral a few weeks ago, but Globe and Star had a disturbing story about Kate this past week. A guy who works for a professional cleaning company claims Kate is a reclusive hoarder, living in a filthy house filled with junk and garbage and claims he found her “living in squalor.” The guy said her assistant hired the company to clean up the house June 17, after her Santa Monica neighbors complained the house and yard were in shambles. His company hauled out dozens of boxes of trash. He also said Kate wasn’t in great shape – she looked unhealthy and “out of it.” After two days of cleaning and dumping, the guy said he felt most sorry for Kate’s 13 year old son Taylor, who had to live in the mess.
When TMZ’s story about Delta Burke seeking psychiatric help for her hoarding problem came out, we just HAD to find out what Delta has stuffed into those 27 or 30 storage units she has. We pondered; wardrobe items from Designing Women that are too small and out of style? (We pictured rack after rack of Suzanne’s polka dot power suits.) Or did Delta collect box after box of old business papers and mail that she can’t bear to toss? Neither, it turns out. Mostly, Delta collects furniture- she can’t resist English and French period antiques. Plus, of course tons of glassware and decorative items from the period. She also has two rooms full of porcelain dolls. It seems every time she moves to a new house she puts everything in storage and starts over. Ironically her California home is contemporary and the antiques are unsuitable! Delta admits she has bought the same thing TWICE because she couldn’t FIND the first one. Facing the task of sorting out all that stuff is enough to send anyone to the funny farm – we suggest she call Your Little Helper.