Slog - Comments on What Was Mary-Kate Olsen Thinking?!? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking That's the question that everyone's been asking since Heath Ledger's death--a masseuse called Mary-Kate Olsen, told her that Ledger was unconscious, and Mary Kate didn't advise the masseuse--and, hey, what the hell was she thinking?--to wait for Mary Kate's own private body guards to show up. So what was Mary Kate thinking? 23/6 breaks it down for us.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:49:58 -0800 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:44:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Nice.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909357 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:06:20 -0800 Comment by seattle98104 Who?

]]> seattle98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909359 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909359 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:06:54 -0800 Comment by kkl327 i bet they were both thinking...shit a blacked out celebrity with a history of drug abuse, how can we cover this up?

]]> kkl327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909360 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909360 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:07:27 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Apparently none of them were the clever smart people we were lead to believe they were.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909363 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909363 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:12:47 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty @3, I doubt that the masseuse was thinking that, because she did call 911 (and it's gonna get her in a shitpile of trouble, cuz she was unlicensed in NY - a felony). But I have little doubt that's what MKO was thinking.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909365 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909365 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:12:59 -0800 Comment by Judith agree with 3 -- they all had publicity on the brain, even the masseuse. i don't think either of them first thought he was dead... just drugged up and unresponsive. perhaps requiring a good stomach pumping that i'm sure they're all used to having to call in for.

]]> Judith http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909366 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909366 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:13:35 -0800 Comment by Vasya My confusion is: what was Ledger doing dating MKO?

]]> Vasya http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909382 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909382 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:25:35 -0800 Comment by Greg @7: That, I think, is the REAL mystery here.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909385 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909385 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:28:07 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways This would be even funnier than it is, if it weren't so deadly accurate...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909388 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909388 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:30:52 -0800 Comment by Laura So I know this is a bit off topic, but Shirley from the Westbro Church was on a radio show this morning talking about Heath Ledger/Britney Spears/homosexuality/her illegitimate children, etc.

Pretty sad.

Listen here:
http://perezhilton.com/2008-01-25-she-had-it-coming

]]> Laura http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909389 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909389 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:31:34 -0800 Comment by fs as a celeb, I'm sure she's used to getting calls about pals OD'ing. And this is how celebs handle shit. They keep it quiet as possible. She didn't know he was dead or how serious it was cuz she wasn't there. So she did what any other celeb would do, call in their own security, take him to their own doc...etc. Anything to keep it out of the papers.

Now the masseuse..she's the one you should be questioning. She saw how bad off he was. Instead of dialing 911 she takes the time to call a friend of his for help?

]]> fs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909391 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:34:09 -0800 Comment by Yeek Totally agree with @11.

When that horrible truth is facing you, your mind runs away from it. You don't believe he's dead, even though he's cold and blue. Your mind lets you ratchet the situation down one notch to the second-most plausible possibility (he's waaay od'd), away from the obvious one (he's dead).

I have sympathy for both of them.

]]> Yeek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909421 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909421 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:56:31 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Sargon@4 wins.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909505 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909505 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:59:26 -0800 Comment by Donovan Imagine all this brouhaha if it were Philip Seymour Hoffman found naked and O.D.-dead. The press coverage would extend to "Eccentric character actor has expired, but who cares about fatties anyway? Not us. Next: Britney's episiotomy, exclusive!"

Heath Ledger was not a great actor. He was just a rich kid with inherited cheekbones and sadly low self-esteem. He was a bimbo with enough self-awareness to feel bad about it. He was on drugs to cope, and why not? He could afford a habit. The sad irony is that he ended up O.D.ing on prescribed sleeping pills used to counteract the coke.

]]> Donovan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909645 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909645 Celeb Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:33:27 -0800 Comment by J.R. Funny stuff, but it also could have been an honest mistake. Perhaps the masseuse had a copy of this at home.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519677T1Z0L._AA240_.jpg

]]> J.R. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909733 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909733 Celeb Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:46:05 -0800 Comment by Carollani I was in a shuttle on the way to the airport from Park City with three publicists as this story was unfolding. It was fantastically dramatic and titillating to get text by text updates read aloud to the whole van of passengers making their exodus out of Sundance. Entertainment is such an odd and base business.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909855 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/what_was_marykate_olsen_thinking#c909855 Celeb Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:44:39 -0800