ELSON INSPIRED BY ‘GHOST’ TAUNT
The title of supermodel KAREN ELSON’s debut album was inspired by a cruel taunt fired at her by bullies when she was a teenager.
The redhead, who is married to White Stripes star Jack White, was dubbe d ‘The Ghost’ in high school - because of her pale complexion - and now s he has used the nickname to her advantage.
She tells Spinner.com, "It was definitely a mean thing… At 14, it’s n ot cool to be the scrawny ghost who walks. The connotation of that as a t eenager was, you’re really pale, you’re really gawky - you’re a ghost." Elson’s album is called The Ghost Who Walks.
She performed at her husband’s Third Man Records studio in Nashville, T ennessee on Monday night (24May10) to fans that included Nicole Kidman an d Keith Urban.
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