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All Night Chats With Jared Kushner
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Jared
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Photo: Joy E. Scheller
OAN – You went overnight from anonymity to being
famous. How are you coping with that?
Jared Kushner– “Well, it’s more than
I expected, but I’m very excited about being involved with The New
York Observer, and getting involved with running a newspaper.”
OAN – How has your day-to-day life changed? You
have reporters hounding you, television appearances.
JK–
“Oh, that’s just temporary. After last week I…
you know, this week it’s been a lot better. We’re just getting
to business, you know, we’re working 20-hour days over at the paper;
working on coming up with a lot of new ideas. And over the next months
we should launch some very exciting things.”
OAN –
Like what? Can you give me an idea?
JK– “Well, you’ll have to get a subscription
and you’ll be fully informed.”
OAN
– Do you have women throwing themselves at you? Do you have brokers
calling you to invest money? Are you inundated with offers?
JK – “There’s been a lot of very interesting
inquiries from all over the planet, needless to say, from as far as China
to New York City. But it’s been very interesting and exciting. A
lot of people are sending congratulatory notes saying it’s very
exciting a 25-year-old is doing these things, and a lot of people offering
words of encouragement and words of support. So it’s been very nice.”
OAN
– Two premieres in two nights. Are you bumping up The Observer’s
party profile?
JK – “No. These are events that The Observer
does, and I’m excited to be a part of. This is exciting stuff, and
we’re happy to be involved with it, and you know, we’re grateful
to be affiliated with IFC, and last night Fox Searchlight. And we’ve
got a lot of exciting events and features that we’re going to be
rolling out, and this is just some of the many things that we’re
doing.”
OAN – But this is more than The Observer normally does – two back-to-back movie premieres. I’m impressed.
JK– “Good scheduling."
OAN
– Are you considering buying other media properties?
JK – “Well, right now I have my hands full
with school, with my real estate investing activities, and with The New
York Observer, but as time goes on, who knows.”
OAN
– What about AOL? Why not buy them?
JK – “It’s a little bit out of my price
range at this point.”
OAN
– You are so busy. What about your personal life? Do you have time
to pursue hobbies like cooking or playing golf or anything else you enjoy?
JK – “I still have time to exercise, and
just try to keep up with things. It’s a lot of very exciting things,
but thankfully everything I’m doing is a lot of fun and I’ve
been given a great opportunity to do it. So I’m going to attack
it with a full heart and full energy.”