Thu 21 Aug 2008
Our pal Marty (the Betty Boop) blogs the following from Beijing:
I have been asked in recent days was it true that I met Cindy Crawford here in Beijing. Of course I did. She waved to me and asked who did I think would win the All Ireland this year. And pigs will fly.
Anyway here are the facts. I was filming a sequence in the Water Cube when there was a great commotion a few hundred yards from our location.
Being an inquisitive type I and my ace cameraman Kieran Slyne who has a lovely Cork accent by the way took off with speed in pursuit of one of the world’s most beautiful women.
I shouted, as you do in these situations, ‘Marty Morrissey of RTÉ Sport Ireland (you just got to mention the Irish angle at every opportunity over here!). ‘What do think of the Beijing Olympics?’ She smiled and before the poor girl could answer me she was whisked away by an army of bodyguards.
Not exactly pleased with this response, I went into third gear, revved into fourth and slid into fifth. All of this slick action happened while still holding the boom microphone that was attached to Kieran’s camera. So off we went running down the elevator that ran beside the stairs she was now descending.
Like any gentleman I waited at the bottom of the stairs and repeated my question. ‘What do you think of the Beijing Olympics?’
This time she looked lovingly into my eyes and purred ‘absolutely great’ before again being surrounded by obviously quite jealous bodyguards who didn’t want her to get to know me.
But you know true love never runs smooth. I know Cindy and I will meet again some day.
P.S. All of this is on tape and I have it… forever.
Read more here. What a hero - did anyone else see his special report on Women’s Beach Volleyball last night? That’s a TV licence fee justified right there.
Read more: Marty’s Letter from Beijing [The Clare People]
