Quinn grins, cops Fin’s sin on chin
TONY Quinn took a volley of gaffes in a nationwide rich list with his typical good humour this week.
In case you missed it, the Financial Review wrongly included he and ex-wife Christina on its list despite them and their assets being split three years ago.
We’re not sure where they got their information – it wasn’t from public records as their official response claimed – they clearly show the assets divided.
And they didn’t get it from Mr Quinn, despite them interviewing him recently for an article in yesterday’s Rich List magazine.
Along with the blunders, published despite the editor knowing about them the day before, the magazine also ran with a photo of “Mr Quinn” – but it was the wrong guy.
Mr Quinn was characteristically unbothered.
“The Financial Review phoned me up a few months ago and asked me what tips I could give people,” Mr Quinn said when the Bulletin called.
“I gave them my thoughts and she was very good and said ‘that was great, excellent just what we want to hear’.
“But then last week, a guy called up and said ‘look, that article that we’re doing is going to appear in the paper, and I just thought I’d give you a heads-up that when we were doing pictures and stuff, we googled Tony Quinn and it came up with another guy, an Austrian guy or American guy, so they’ve put his picture in on your story, so it looks nothing like you’.
“I did ask him ‘is it a goodlooking bloke’ and he said ‘no, not really’.”
Mr Quinn may be laughing, but as quiet fans of the list, we’re more than a bit disappointed its editor didn’t deign to admit, let alone correct, the multiple errors.
It kind of makes you wonder what else has slipped through the net in the 200strong list.