Cannes is like the Myrtle Beach of France and its annual film festival the billionaire equivalent of Spring Break. I find it strange to think of Mick Jagger and Quentin Tarantino doing body shots on the yacht of Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, but apparently that’s the norm. Allen had a string of parties lined up for the week but bailed early on, returning to the U.S. because he “wasn’t feeling well.”
The parties went on without him, but his early departure has once again raised concerns about his health. Allen battled Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in the 80’s and missed a Seattle gala in his honor last fall while recovering from an unidentified “medical procedure.” A source close to him said “He left Cannes because he wasn’t feeling well. He’s fine. He was back in the office on Wednesday. He just didn’t feel like hanging out in Cannes. He does what he wants to do.” Which I guess is the whole point of being worth 10.5 Billion dollars– doing whatever the hell you want to do.
Personally, I can’t understand why you’d not “feel like hanging out in Cannes” on your 416 foot yacht with Tilda Swinton and Dave Stewart. But for Paul Allen it’s probably the equivalent of a Thursday night keg party in your friend’s basement.
I hope that’s the case and he really is doing fine. But typically, mysterious absences and early departures atttributed to not feeling well mean one of two things in the world of the rich and famous: drug addiction or cancer. And I seriously doubt Allen is riding the powder pony.
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