This Billionaire’s Wife Says She Can Use The N-word Because She Knows Alicia Keys… WTF?
Um… no boo.
According to court papers, Lisa Maria Falcone (the wife of billionaire hedge funder Philip Falcone) defended her use of the N Word to her former personal chef, Brian Villanueva, saying it’s fine because she has black friends — but not just any black friends… Alicia Keys!
As Page Six reports, the N word drama came up during a wage-dispute lawsuit filed in New York City this week by Brian against Lisa and Philip.
Brian says Lisa used the racial slur after meeting his girlfriend, who is black.
“Your girlfriend speaks very well. She seems educated. I would describe her as a chocolate-covered marshmallow,” Lisa allegedly told Brian.
Despite him being visibly offended, Lisa went on to ask, “Do you use the word ‘n—-’ at home with your girlfriend?”
The court papers go on to say, “Defendant Lisa Falcone noticed the shocked and offended expression on Plaintiff’s face, however, rather than apologize, she said defensively, ‘I’m Puerto Rican and grew up in Spanish Harlem so I can speak like that.'”
“I meant she speaks really eloquently. Alicia [Keys] doesn’t speak that way,” she allegedly continued. “She didn’t have an education and was just discovered by Clive Davis when she was 15 years old. Swizz [Beatz] definitely doesn’t speak that way either.”
What the heck? If you’re like us, you don’t know this Lisa person, but we definitely know her now…
… But not in the way she probably would like.
H/T: Page Six.