I Think I See What He Saw in Her

NOBODY can distract Bill Clinton from a hot tamale like Penelope Cruz—not even intimidating Vogue editrix Anna Wintour. Last Thursday, Clinton was seated next to Wintour and Queen Sofia of Spain at the Spanish Institute Gold Medal Gala on Park Avenue. According to David Patrick Columbia's socialdiary.com, “Mr. Clinton was seated next to the Queen of Spain, on her right, and Mr. Oscar de la Renta was on her left. To the left of Mr. de la Renta was Ms. Cruz, and to the right of Mr. Clinton was Anna Wintour…. The real highlight of the evening was watching the former president eventually forsake the editor of Vogue as a dinner partner and switch his seat with Mr. de la R so that he could be seated next to the movie star. After being presented with a medallion from Queen Sofia, Clinton told the audience, “I was trying to figure out exactly why I would receive this award tonight. It may be because, even though I'm not of Spanish descent, I've seen every one of Penelope Cruz's movies—and I liked them all.”

He then went on to point out that there were certainly some fine ladies in the house and that he hoped to get a chance to buy each and every one of them a drink later.

Although his charms were lost on Ms. Cruz, paparazzi caught Queen Sofia doing the Walk of Shame outside the former president's Harlem apartment, glowing, albeit a little worse for wear.

Asked for comment, Queen Sofia said, “What happens in Harlem stays in Harlem.”

Less coy was the former Horn Dog-in-Chief, who said, “I always go for the hotties, but for some reason, I always go home with their friends. That's fine by me 'cause it's all good, you know what I'm saying. Ah, yeah.” which prompted many observers to wonder if the former president has been uptown a little too long.