Olsens: Bad Neighbors

Why do the Olsen twins need SO much security? I've read several items about their massive security detail. They aren't that big of a deal. Are they?!

MARY-Kate and Ashley Olsen always complain they want more privacy - so why are they drawing so much attention to themselves on their quiet West Village block?

Residents on West 13th Street are annoyed by the tiny twins' "military presence." One neighbor fumed to Page Six, "They are disruptive, intrusive and totally disrespectful."

In May, The Post's Braden Keil reported the multimillionaires were renting two floors of a brownstone on West 13th for $12,000 a month. A source reported seeing the party princesses "piling out of their gas guzzlers in their little club outfits" in the wee hours.

Since then, it's only gotten worse. One resident called the frail fashionistas "two spoiled brats" who "change the character of the neighborhood" by posting security guards outside. The goons have even rousted residents of the building from their perches on the brownstone's stoop so the twins can climb the steps in privacy.

A block resident told us two giant GMC Denali trucks are parked outside the townhouse every night, with hired muscle who keep the engines idling for hours at a time. "You would think there was a government operation going on," the resident said.

"It is a peaceful, quiet street," the source added. "Plenty of other celebrities around this block [Sarah Jessica Parker, Liv Tyler, Gisele Bundchen and Julianne Moore] are good neighbors and blend in with the neighborhood - but these two are invaders."

Mary-Kate's late-night partying during Fashion Week consisted of hitting the Rock & Republic party Saturday, having dinner at Cipriani on Monday, partying at Santos on Tuesday, and tearing up Lit and the Beatrice Inn on Wednesday.

"The good news is that it's only a rental," said our source, "and we all hope it's not a long-standing one."


A rep for the Olsens denied that security has ever asked anyone to leave the stoop and told Page Six, "If there were significant issues, you would think that the neighbors would address Ashley or Mary-Kate directly, rather than calling the media."
(Source: Page Six)

Ashley Sets Herself Apart

For years I couldn't tell fraternal twins Ashley and Mary-Kate apart. But now it's easy! The look SO different now, don't they? Certainly the two have very different styles. I'm not in love with this outfit Ashley wore at the CFDA's, but I don't totally hate it, either. I think she's really fresh and I would like to say young but the look does kind of make her look old-ish.

Do you like it? Hate it? Not care?