First, someone at The New York Post selected this open-mouthed photo of Aretha Franklin to illustrate a tiny item about the singer in today's Page Six online. Then, some Sixer began said item with, PAPS, get your wide lenses ready Aretha Franklin is coming to the Hamptons this summer! In the next sentence, Franklin is referred to as The large and in-charge diva. Okay, we get it: Someone, or several someones, at the often thuggish paper doesn't like the singer and wants to point out that she's fat and demanding. Except, the rest of the item is pretty obviously a space-filling favor drop ...

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