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Vernon Jones, K-Fed bond over love for Hawks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When we scanned the photos from the Atlanta Hawks/Miami Heat game at Philips Arena on Saturday night, we were fairly convinced that someone was having fun with Photoshop.
But no, the image of DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones sitting next to the soon-to-be-ex Mr. Britney Spears, Kevin Federline flashing peace signs to the crowd was indeed legit.
So exactly how did the photo op (see here) transpire?
“I should have known I was going to get a call from you,” Jones said, laughing when he got the inevitable cellphone vibration from Buzz Central on Monday. Jones said he was already at the game when Federline was seated next to him.
“I no more recognized him than he knew who I was,” Jones explained. “We had a good time. We enjoyed the game.”
So what did the pair discuss during the game? Britney’s disses in the press? Federline’s recent rap debut that Rolling Stone memorably called “reprehensible?” “We talked about world peace,” cracked Jones. “No, man, we just talked about both being Hawks fans and how we were rooting for them.” Pressed further, Jones confessed — tongue in cheek: “I wanted to get the OK from him. Now that they’ve officially broken up, I can finally go out with Britney.”While Jones concedes he hasn’t yet heard selections from Federline’s album, “Playing With Fire,” he said he’s happy that the Southeast is attracting so many music and movie projects currently.
After scrutinizing the photo, it would appear that Federline is no longer sporting his wedding band. As for our inquiry about the ultra-hip retro shirt Jones was wearing, well, it’s safe to assume he shops where he works.
Jones told us he purchased the “Shaft”-like shirt at Kaleidoscope Boutique in Decatur.
Staff writers Bill Osinski and Chandler Brown contributed to this report.
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