My First Good Knight Kiss
I can't explain how stupefied I felt when I was about to introduce myself to one of the world's most well-known billionaires. What exactly does one ask $ir Richard Branson?
After all, this is a man who has ballooned the world, built a space ship and runs the world’s most luxurious airline. And at tonight's Rock the Kasbah charity event in Hollywood, the loaded knight made his entrance onto the red carpet on the back of a beautiful bay stallion led by belly dancers and a train of hot models dressed in birkas.
How about, "So, Knight Branson, what do you do for fun?" or "What do you think about global warming?" or "Can I get a ride on the space ship when it's ready?"
I couldn't settle on one question.
So, I wandered around the fab Moroccan-themed event, enjoying sashimi appetizers and pomegranate martinis.Virgin Unite, the charitable arm of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, threw the special event at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to raise funds for projects in Morocco. The benefit was hosted by Missoni-clad acclaimed actress Mariel Hemingway and featured a soul-altering, three-song set from multi-platinum musician Jewel. Some other celebs in attendance included Richard's mom Eva, Buzz and Lois Aldrin, Rachel Hunter, Michelle Rodriguez and Justin Berfield.
Back to the knight who was dressed in a luxurious white floaty collared shirt and had his shaggy hair flopping around...
When the time was right, I approached him eagerly, told him it was a pleasure meeting him and that I had never met a knight before. Unexpectedly, he bent down, grabbed my right hand and kissed it!
"Well, now you have," he said. "I hope it was good."
Wow! How cute! I'm sure he's done it a million times before, but all the women around me were so jealous! They even approached me after and asked me how I got him to do that. I did ask him about his favorite things to do and he gave the ultimate British response, "Drinking, partying, travelling. That's about it. I just want to have fun." We parted with a European kiss on both cheeks and he told me I better have fun.
The party was fun. I sat next to celeb blogger Perez Hilton who couldn't stop talking about how much he wanted some guy at the party. As soon as the bread ran out at our table he said, "This party blows." But we got more bread and he seemed cheery again.
Elsewhere, a super sexy Rachel Hunter arrived late and snuck into her seat wearing a skinny strapped red jersey dress and Christian Louboutin red and gold heels. Michelle Rodriguez told me about her black and white halter dress that she had altered in Taiwan from a dress Tommy Hilfiger had given her years before.
Jewel played a soft, moving version of "Hands," a folksy take on "Life Uncommon" and a searing "Who Will Save Your Soul." She finished to a standing ovation, and the crowd was ready to party to the DJ waiting outside.
Still reeling from my fun encounter with Britain’s most fun billionaire, I couldn’t help but dance a little bit longer, of course, to The Clash’s “Rock the Casbah.” My knight was nowhere in sight, but it was still quite a lovely night.
Comments
he's fugly.
I hope you're talking about Perez ew, cuz Sir Richard Branson is handsome...Perez is icky!
I love Jewel! She is so talented and seems really sweet! ANd, she dates a cowboy which is just so hot.
I love Jewel too :)
http://www.jewelforum.com
