JT Leroy Isn’t a Writer, Makes Clothes

To recap: Brunette Laura Albert wrote The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things under her nom de plume of choice, JT Leroy. She then hired Savannah Knoop, a blonde-wigged female designer, to parade herself as male writer Leroy, who then befriended—and maybe more?—celebrities like Asia Argento, Courtney Love, and Gus Van Sant under this false identity. It's like a middle-aged, tranny manquée version of S and B's battle on "Gossip Girl." Now, Knoop, whose design for Tinc is shown here, is writing a book about her time as Leroy. It's called Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy, it chronicles her fraudulent escapades, and it's totally pissing Albert off.

In an interview with ”Page Six,” Albert says, “"I am not in any way connected with this book and it disgusts me. Just because you play a writer doesn’t mean you are a writer… It’s disgusting they’re using celebrity names to sell it. I’m not interested in making a career of JT, I’m an artist.” Um, yeah, a con artist.