The Gawker editor noted she did not know why Williams was so irate at seeing her, as the publication has only covered him twice since it rebooted:Īt this iteration of Gawker, we’ve written two articles about him: how he was leaving his post at Harper’s to go to the Atlantic, how he was mad he couldn’t get a blue check on Twitter. It became clear that he was definitely not joking.įinnegan said the verbal dressing down ended after her friend intervened. You are disgusting.” He must have said “you are disgusting” to me about 15 times. This is a fun party for adults! Meghan and Harry! The Queen is old! The Jubbly! The only thing I could think of to say was “it takes one to know one” (not very good, I know).īut he continued on his odd tirade. “You,” he said, pointing his finger at me, “you are disgusting. He greeted my friend warmly and then turned to me. I was with a pal who wanted to say hi to him, so we went over to chat. I was at this party, and so was Thomas Chatterton Williams. That was until she encountered Williams, who she used to work with, and was allegedly not happy to see her there: The event, in the way Finnegan described it, was a typical literary affair about a new book about the British royal family. Gawker editor Leah Finnegan claimed Wednesday she was berated at a book party by Thomas Chatterton Williams of the Atlantic.įinnegan recounted she was called “disgusting” by the culture critic at a Tuesday evening party for the release of Tina Brown’s new book, “The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor–the Truth and the Turmoil.”

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