Calista Flockhart is back, with a flock of toxic swans

It’s been a while, but the actress is back on our screens playing Jackie Kennedy’s sister Lee Radziwill in the series “Feud: Capote vs the Swans”.

Maureen Dowd

Feb 2, 2024 – 11.19am

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On a chilly January weekend in Los Angeles, I turn into a truffle pig. I forage relentlessly all over town, looking for truffle fries. By Monday, when it is time to go to my interview, the only thing in my suitcase I can squeeze into is a Spanx dress.

“My sister gave me this for Christmas,” I explain sheepishly to the famously lissom Calista Flockhart as I slide into a booth on the terrace of the Georgian Hotel. “I guess you’ve never owned any Spanx.”