Mayor, Diet Guru’s Widow to Dine, End Rift
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, embroiled in a battle over remarks he made about Dr. Robert Atkins, offered the diet guru’s widow a low-carb mea culpa -- an invitation to a steak dinner.
A spokesman for Veronica Atkins said the invitation had been accepted.
Mayoral spokesman Ed Skyler issued a three-sentence statement about the food fight.
“While talking to firefighters about the challenges of losing weight, the mayor made a joke which upset Veronica Atkins,” Skyler said. “He never intended to insult her late husband or offend her, and is sorry that has been the result.
“In order to make it up to Mrs. Atkins, the mayor would like to invite her to a steak dinner -- no potatoes.”
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