One of the more controversial parts of my recent interview with Gene Weingarten was the following exchange:

WFY: Speaking of Liz, how is she holding up now that she does not have to moderate the weekly discussion? Is she relieved, or will we be seeing a column called “Why washingtonpost.com doesn’t need Weingarten” any day now?

GW: Lizzie and I were talking just yesterday. It it sad what has happened to the woman in my absence. Turns out, I was really the poor kid’s life. Chivalry does not permit me to be specific, but think fishnet stockings, MD 20/20, and 14th Street.

I mentioned then that if Ms. Kelly cared to respond to Mr. Weingarten’s statements, I would provide the forum for her to do so. Here are her remarks:

Gene’s answer is indicative of his delusional belief that the world revolves around him. As many of Gene’s readers know, I write a daily blog for washingtonpost.com (www.washingtonpost.com/celebritology) which vies with our politics blog The Fix as the top blog on the site. I also do daily radio hits with Post radio about celebrity gossip and, this Thursday, will start my own weekly live discussion: Celebritology Live. When I’m not busy doing all of the above, though, I do in fact spend my time worshipping at a crude basement altar to Gene. I have some of his fingernail clippings and it’s made all the difference.