Harvey Weinstein was not going to miss the New York Giants’ victory over the Dallas Cowboys while spending New Year’s in St. Barts.
The movie mogul rented French bistro Bagatelle in Gustavia, installed big TV screens, and threw a Caribbean viewing party for his famous friends vacationing on the island, including Martha Stewart, Wyclef Jean and Larry Gagosian.
Others at the Jan. 1 bash, also arranged by the Cinema Society’s Andrew Saffir and Rachel Zoe’s husband, Rodger Berman, were Twitter creator Jack Dorsey, Vivi Nevo, Russell Simmons and Melissa George, Dasha Zhukova, Georgina Chapman, Brian Grazer and Brett Ratner.
Weinstein, a lifelong Jets fan, had earlier watched his team in a tiny Gustavia bar and said he was “sad that they lost,” but managed to shake it off and cheer on the Giants with the help of Bagatelle’s DJ Fabien Koufach.
A guest says, “The rumor was the DJ was bribed by a Giants fan. Every time the Giants scored, Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ blared out, while the music was silent for the Cowboys. That was followed by ‘Highway to Hell’ when the Cowboys lost and sloped off the field.”
While there were no game-day wings, guests were offered posh fare including truffle pizza, kobe filet mignon, local lobster and fresh sea scallops. Of the fine French feast, one party-goer quipped, “We’re eating foie gras to watch a football game.”
Of all the football fans there — including Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl, Vito Schnabel, Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, Daniel Benedict and Nicolas Berggruen — only two were Cowboys supporters, Berman and Warner Bros. Records CEO Todd Moscowitz.
Notably missing was Jon Bon Jovi, who we are told cut his St. Barts trip short by a day to attend the game at MetLife Stadium and see the Giants clinch the playoffs in person.
Who are all of those "fans"?
