It was one of the greatest mysteries in pop culture for decades: who was the inspiration for singer-songwriter Carly Simon’s smash hit “You’re So Vain?”
President Donald Trump released a series of scathing remarks about Simon when she revealed in a recent Rolling Stone interview that as he probably thought the song was about him, she had won the bet.
“Many girls have dreamed I’d be their partner,” Trump tweeted. “I grabbed on to a few of their dreams.
“Carly Simon is a washed-up has-been who won’t reveal it’s me, because she knows after that she’d fade like those clouds in her coffee.”
Simon, through her agent, retorted that she had already confirmed in 2015 that the second verse was about Warren Beatty. She denied allegations that the “apricot scarf” in the first verse was a tribute to either Trump’s flowing hair or his skin tone.
She also dismissed claims that it was Trump’s horse that won at Saratoga. A check of previous track results show that his horse, “Electoral College,” may have claimed first place but the photo finish suggests it was edged out by “Popular Vote,” a horse owned by Bill & Hillary Clinton.
Remarkably, Simon has offered an olive branch by offering to update and release another significant hit from her catalog in honor of the President. The updated single, “Nobody ‘Duhs’ It Better,” is scheduled for release in early July.
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