So! Remember last month when we learned that William Cohan’s new book on Bear Stearns has Jimmy Cayne calling Journal reporter Kate Kelly a “cunt,” Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner a back office “clerk” with a “boyfriend” and a “hard on,” and CNBC on-air editor Charlie Gasparino a “snake”? We talked to Charlie Gasparino about that last allegation this morning and, according to Chaz, his inclusion in House of Cards is a total crock, for a couple reasons.
First off, William Cohan never called Gaspo to check things out. Well, he did email Chaz, but that was all the way back last year, and all he wrote was “Hey, we should talk.” Charlie was busy, assumed Cohan “just wanted to go to lunch or something,” and ignored the note. The lack of a call, in Gaspo’s mind, was a failure on Cohan’s part to comply with “Journalism 101 standard operating procedures.”
Second, the whole “snake” comment was a misunderstanding, according to Jimmy Cayne, who last night, perhaps after getting lit, called up Gasparino to clear the air. Removing the bong from his lips long enough to speak, Cayne told Charlie that while, yeah, he did refer to CG as a snake, a) it was said out of anger b) the burn was taken out of context c) he’s sorry d) he said “a lot of great stuff” about Charlie that didn’t make it to print and e) he thinks Charlie is “the best damn reporter” he’s ever seen. “Relentless.”
Earlier: Charlie Gasparino’s Love Affair With Jimmy Cayne
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Sounds to me like he was hitting on the Gasbag
@1- me too.
He called Gaspo a “snake”???? Goddammit that is just not right!!! No respect!!! Slandeous and libelous to say the least!!!! You want to know why???
Because snakes are wonderful parts of the ecosystem of the planet we live upon, performing duties that would tip eco-systemical events into a dark region we study but don’t want to experience. PETA should defend the snakes and sue for defamation.
Too Mary, Didn’t Jane.
anyone know this Partner a Kaye Scholer that abandoned her kids……
Its causing quite the stir
@5- no one here give a fuck about some lawyer. take that shit to Above the Law.
@5: It happened to the “Watch Dog”, a consumer reporter for the Ft. Worth Star Telegram last year. Matter was resolved with an apology and no charges filed. Dude kept his job too.
at what point in the phone convo with do you think charlie started jerking it?
f) “now what do you say to some phone sex?”
Its not snake, its Fat Cobra.
Jimmy Cayne wants to hitch a ride on the LOBSTERWAGON.
Cayne is so irrelevant at this point he should change his name to “American Idol” just to keep it in the paper.
You guys actually get to talk to Gasparino, like, on the phone and everything? I’m so jealous.
@13- um, where do you see some sort of perceived bragging about talking to him?
Its William Cohan
@13- kind of sounds like you are, despite the attempt to leave a comment dripping in sarcasm.
oops! thanks, 15.
Gaspo talks to me directly almost every day on CNBC. Looks right at me on the flatscreen.
of course he’s not a snake. He’s a Grape Ape.
@18 really? he looks right at me in the equinox steam room
@20
Stare-down before the sword fight?
Jimmy Cayne is so, so yesterday.
Gaspy is a fraidy cat. He was a no-show at a panel on the FinMedia and their role in missing the econ crisis last night. Alan Murray of the WSJ and LIz Claman at Fox Business showed. They were great. There was chatter Maria Bartibigbutt backed out too.
http://gawker.com/5224732/charlie-gasparino-is-scared-he-might-say-something-stupid-about-jon-stewart
@18 he looks at me everyday too…in the equinox steam room
Hi, this is Max Waters! There are so many snakes in D.C.
They bite me and I bite them back.
Goddammit that is just not right!!! No respect!!! Slandeous
Gaspy is a fraidy cat. He was a no-show at a panel on the FinMedia and their role in missing the econ crisis last night. Alan Murray of the WSJ and LIz Claman at Fox Business showed. They were great. There was chatter Maria Bartibigbutt backed out too.