They didn’t call her the Queen of Mean for nothing

Leona Helmsley earned every bit of her uber-bitch reputation. She was pretentious, callous, preening, and self-absorbed bordering on sociopathic. But first and for most, the woman was mean, mean, mean. Think Cruella DeVille, but one that liked dogs. Stories of her tyrannical behavior and notorious petulance are rife but MSNBC.com has an anecdote regarding the distribution of her billion dollar trust that I think perfectly distills her true bitch essence.

The Times said Helmsley signed the mission statement in 2003 to establish two goals for the multibillion dollar trust that would dole out her assets following her death.

The first goal was to help poor people, the Times reported. The second goal was to provide for the care and welfare of dogs, the paper reported. In 2004, Helsmley, erased the first goal, the Times said [emphasis mine].

And that is all you need to know about Leona Helmsley.