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CBS show ‘Elsbeth’ has a character based on me — but we all know there’s only one Cindy Adams

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Watch out for sneaky clones

I am not complaining. I am not cranky. I am not — due to my marvelous God-given nature — even inherently bitchy.

However, I’m told that ­“Elsbeth,” a current Thursday CBS-TV show in its third season, involves a gossipy character seemingly based on me. Really very seemingly. Really. Seemingly.

Even Google mentions the comparison. But this is not my first go-round. Years back the Horsman Doll Co. created: The Cindy Doll. In my exact image — hair, eyes, lashes, wardrobe. I don’t know who bought it — well, me, I did.

This CBS-TV show’s lead character is a lawyer. The Cindy-type character a newspaper gossip columnist. It’s tea, chatting, sightings, celebrities, interviews, gossip, secrets, wardrobe, chauffeur, etc. Plus bits of information, glamour, trading dish, celebrities, parties, publicists, etc.,........

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