Gossip Guru Liz Smith On Big Celeb Events Of ’02

Paula Zahn of CNN spoke with Liz Smith about the celeb events of 2002, including the breakup of Britney Spears and *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake. “I guess if — you know — you’re sort of a professional virgin and you’re really beautiful and voluptuous from the moment you’re 16 years old you’re a big deal, and the inevitable is that then you aren’t a virgin and then somebody blows the whistle,” Smith explained. Read more, including her thoughts on Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, Michael Jackson, and more at CNN.com.