Jan 22 2009
How to Make Family Reunions Really Awkward
It's not like being estranged is enough for the brother of Mark McGwire. He'd like to make some money off of the estrangement if possible by penning a tell all novel of McGwire's usage of steriods and performance enhancing drugs during McGwire's major league days. I expect Jay, though, to the get the obligatory million dollar plus advance in case to hasten the downfall of publishing.
Dear Jay:
Tell us something we don't already know.
Jane
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Jan 22, 2009 @ 09:57:20
I don’t think Jay ought to be looking for a big Christmas present from his brother next year.
Jan 22, 2009 @ 09:59:56
@Jayne But Jay is doing it out of love for Mark. LOVE. Because Mark needs to repent. He can’t continue to live like this, or so says Jay.
Jan 22, 2009 @ 10:51:55
And of course Jay intends to hand Mark any profits from the book. What, no?
Jan 22, 2009 @ 11:20:05
He’s a jealous sibling cashing in on his brother’s fame. I find it disturbing that he’s bringing Jesus into the reasons. That’s just insulting to real religious people who fret about their family salvation. Yeah, writing a tell all sensational book will help. He’s more like Judas then Jesus.
NY Daily news says
Jan 22, 2009 @ 11:45:38
Just the term tell all is a misnomer anyway. Only the person who lived it can tell all and even their perceptions/memories are clouded by self interest or personal bias.
The book will probably sell a handful of copies and never come close to earning out the advance. That’s just pathetic.
Jan 22, 2009 @ 12:25:02
Yet another Christian going out into the world to make the rest of us look like morons. This turns my stomach.
Jan 23, 2009 @ 10:38:12
Bluh.
Jan 23, 2009 @ 10:50:37
According to Publishers Lunch, there’s not much editor interest period, much less for a million dollars. After the debacle of Madonna’s brother’s book, I can see how this would be a tough sell.
Jan 23, 2009 @ 12:03:26
It seems that Jodie Foster’s brother wrote a tell-all book about her alleged homosexuality. Other than the initial blurb, I never heard any more about it. This looks like the same deal.
I don’t have anything to hide (or at least I don’t think so), but I sure wouldn’t want my brother to blab about my life.
Jan 23, 2009 @ 17:09:32
Isn’t Jay a few years too late on this?