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Maggie Haberman were also included in the profile neither of whom could remember how they met him.
While one former colleague claimed, “There’s a little bit of the
Talented Mr. Ripley in” Ali, and another said, “He’s always attached himself to rich, powerful people and to elected officials and made himself appear indispensable” others, including Zucker and Tapper, sung the journalist’s praises.
“Yashar has this incredible Twitter feed with several personalities within it,” Jeff Zucker said. “He’s not just an investigative reporter, he’s not just an animal lover, he’s not just a bon vivant and a man about town he’s all of those things, and that’s actually what makes him so interesting.”
There is a bit of the Talented Mr Ripley in him : Twitter influencer Yashar Ali is accused of failing to pay back $179K to a Getty heiress and overstaying his welcome at Kathy Griffin s house in scathing new profile
The profile, published by the Los Angeles Magazine on Wednesday, delves into Yashar Ali s troubled past relationships with high profile figures and celebrities
The 41-year-old is well-connected and has roughly 800,000 followers on Twitter
Heiress Ariadne Getty filed a civil lawsuit against Ali in 2017 after he allegedly failed to repay $179,000 she gave him in loans
He reportedly befriended comedian Kathy Griffin after her career tanked when she posted an obscene image of Trump s severed head