Snoop Dogg lives large, but big enough to turn a whole nation into
his crib?
A British tab said the famed rap star was in talks to
rent the nation of Liechtenstein — the whole country — for a video
shoot, in a proposed deal that fell apart only due to Dogg’s time
constraints.
But The Daily Mirror’s report was news to
authorities in the tiny, affluent principality today. They scoffed at
the notion that their country was looking to roll with Dogg.
"There
is no ‘For Rent’ sign on our country," ambassador Claudia Fritsche told
The Post. "No part of any government agency is involved in this."
Despite Fritsche’s harsh words, Liechtenstein’s ambassador to the
United States was laughing more than scowling about the concept of Dogg
renting the Staten Island-sized European nation.
A Liechtenstein
property manager, Karl Schwaerzler, insisted to the Mirror that Dogg
indeed wanted to rent all 61 square miles of Liechtenstein for a video
shoot.
"We’ve had requests for places and villages but never one
to hire the whole country before," he said. "It would have been
possible, but Snoop Dogg’s management did not give us enough time."
Reps
for Snoop Dogg could not be reached for comment today.
Liechtenstein
officials theorized something was lost in translation between Dogg and
Schwaerzler’s camps.
Schwaerzler’s business specializes in
brokering deals between European villages and corporations to stage
large-scale events where companies ceremonially rent the entire community.