'This F*cking Girl Reporter': Dr. Oz and His Wife Freaked Out Over Olivia Nuzzi, Who Overheard Every
Dr. Mehmet Oz did not want to talk to New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi for a profile on his run for Senate. But he ended up providing her with ample comments after trying and failing to hang up the phone when she called.
Nuzzi released a profile on Oz that kicked off with a description of the difficulties she faced in trying to interview anybody from his campaign. Because of the media reluctance of people on Oz’s team, Nuzzi decided to try contacting the television personality directly, along with his wife, Lisa Oz.
To Nuzzi’s surprise, Mrs. Oz did pick up the phone, but she hung up almost instantly. Nuzzi decided to call again to see if that was deliberate, and that led to a tense exchange between the two.
From the article:
“How did you get my number?” she asked sharply. I told her that her number was listed in public records, and this annoyed her too. “Oh,” she said, “I should have gotten rid of that.” I was about to explain that public records don’t work that way, but she cut in. “Have a nice day,” she said, but it sounded like a cross between the way women of the South say “Bless your heart” and men of Brooklyn call some asshole “pal” after being cut off in traffic. Then she hung up.
As it turns out, Mrs. Oz didn’t hang up the phone. Nuzzi said Mrs. Oz “had mistakenly connected her device to what sounded like the sound system of a vehicle, meaning that as they engaged in paranoid conversation and argument for more than four minutes, I remained on the line, hearing every word of it.”
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New York Magazine article here: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/dr-oz-senate-pennsylvania.html
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Excellent and entertaining piece by Olivia Nuzzi, as always. I love her combination of thorough research, dogged gumshoe reporting, quirky observations, and deadpan humor. Outstanding. Thanks for the link.
With the idiot base!!!
I mean, surely that's even worse than having Hussein for a middle name?
No, wait. Oz is white. Never mind.
(not from the Ozzzzes)
This could help Dems in Pa. for U.S. Senate, and in some purplish districts around the country.
Downside of course is that in harder Red districts and states, these cretins will win the General in most cases — unless they’re obvious pedophiles or something.
Then again, if enough of the R voters believe their candidate is running against one of the child-trafficking lizard people, they may be willing to accept anything. There are already several examples.
Mr. and Mrs. Oz!
His goose is cooked. Hang it up, Oz. When you run for political office you'll be exposed somewhat more completely than being a quack physician on television.
… and said, “La la la la” to avoid hearing anything Rudy would not have wanted him to hear? 
Leave Dr Oz alone! 
Please. All she did was call him. Everything else was all on him.
That was a quote from a friend of theirs who Nuzzi interviewed prior to trying to talk to Oz and his wife, and it sounded like she was just being all "RAH RAH" and trying to promote his candidacy. But really, who knows?
If he wins (gods forbid), I don't think he'll like being in the Senate. He's used to being the star of his own show, not a bit player. 
