Yesterday, Caroline Giuliani graduated from her private high school, and the tabloids were on hand to note the seating arrangement: Mother Donna Hanover, step-dad Ed Oster, and brother Andrew Giuliani were sitting near the front, while father Rudy Giuliani and step-mom Judi Nathan sat in the balcony.
The Post points out that Rudy and Donna, whose marriage broke down during Giuliani's second term as mayor, never spoke, but that when commencement speaker Senator Charles Schumer noted that Rudy was in the house (or church - graduation was held at Crenshaw Church) "the audience broke into applause, Hanover and her son, Andrew Giuliani, sat stone-faced and didn't clap." Rudy and Judi left 10 minutes before the ceremonies ended.
Caroline Giuliani told the Daily News, "This is a great day. I am celebrating with my mom, my stepfather [Ed Oster], my brother and other family friends." She will be attending Harvard this fall (and apparently didn't tell her dad she got in when she was accepted!). Giuliani never attended Andrew's graduation and apparently missed a number of his children's events. A recent New York magazine story mentioned how Giuliani referred to his step-daughter as his child, but he didn't seem to mention his children with Hanover.
It'll be interesting to see whether his presidential campaign will force Giuliani to mend ties with his children and ex-wife. There seem to be some serious grudges.
Photograph of Giuliani with Caroline and Andrew at his wedding to Nathan





Chuck probably should have kept his mouth shut, yes?
Hmmm... shes a bit of a cutie.
It is sad that her precious day had to be marred by controversy and tension.
The teens deserve their privacy, this is a sensitive period in their lives.
Shumer is incapable of keeping his mouth shut. That said, Rudy's still a pig by bringing Judy the homewrecker. Rudy & Judy are classless.
Rudy: the better you know him, the happier you are to live without him.
Who among us would have thought Andrew Giuliani would turn out to be reasonably cool? The best thing to happen to him was to stop hanging out with his douche of a father.
I'd bang his daughter but the thought of Rudy would be swirling through my mind.
These kids should get DNA tests. They bear no resemblence to Rudy.
Schumer's a boob. What is this like his ninth term, and he's still so insecure he has to make shoutouts like this?