Friday, March 20, 2015

The Queen of Versailles Revisted

Jackie and the old house.
On September 9, 2012, I wrote a blog posting titled "The Queen of Versailles."  Well, It was more of a rant than anything else.

Jackie and David Siegel were featured in a documentary about the new house they're building.  The house, "Versailles," at 90,000 feet is about the size of a shopping mall and reportedly will have 17 kitchens and 30 bathrooms.

The documentary made the Siegels look like absolutely terrible people.  Not to mention clueless.  But it also made them rich(er) and famous.  Jackie has been doing her best to further her career in show biz ever since.  And now, according to the front page of today's Orlando Sentinel, she's on her way.

Earlier this week she was at our world famous - all gay all the time - Parliament House resort with a camera crew filming as she judged a drag queen contest.  Jackie says that drag queens will be part of her next endeavor.

Also (despite the fact that David says he hates show business) the Siegels recently filmed a promo for a celebrity-wife-swap show.

I guess all this is easier than enrolling in Yale School of Drama.

But back to the houses, Jackie says that they will keep their old house as well as the new because, with eight kids, "some of us may live at Seagull Island and some at Versailles."


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