Spitzer offered to pose nude for Playgirl
Former governor Eliot Spitzer and his prostitute, Alexandra Dupre, are being asked by many media outlets to work with them so they can cash in on their sex scandal.
After the news broke that the New York governor admitted to being a part of a prostitution ring called the Emperors Club VIP, he and the prostitute who was involved have received enormous amounts of media attention.
On the Emperors Club Web site, which has since been taken down, the club was described as “the most preferred international social introduction service for those accustomed to excellence. Introducing the most impressive models to leading gentleman of the world is our expertise,” according to huffingtonpost.com
Also according to huffingtonpost.com, Spitzer was caught on a federal wiretap when he was arranging a meeting with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel.
The governor has since resigned, and has been offered a new job, not for the government, but for Playgirl.
“His sex appeal lies in being a successful businessman and politician,” the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Nicole Caldwell, told Usmagazine.com. “Women like a guy who is in control, and a man who knows what he wants.”
Caldwell posted an open letter on Playgirls blog asking Spitzer to “strut his sexuality” for a “very attractive offer” of payment, according to Usmagazine.com.
Caldwell told Usmagazine.com about her ideas saying, “We would like to put him in the Governor’s mansion, a business-like atmosphere,” Caldwell said. “An Ashley Dupre-look-alike, Spitzer’s preferred hooker, may appear in the shoot wearing a Girls Gone Wild shirt.”
Spitzer has yet to respond to the magazines offer.
Dupre, the 22-year old prostitute at the center of the scandal told the media, “I just don’t want to be thought of as a monster,” according to nytimes.com.
Thus far, it does not appear that Dupre has been thought of as a monster, but as a source of income that many people are trying to cash in on.
According to Usmagazine.com, Joe Francis, the creator of Girls Gone Wild, offered Dupre a $1 million deal for a photo spread and tour. Francis wants Dupre to share her side of the Sptizer scandal in print and DVD.
“Her face is on the cover of every newspaper in the country,” Francis said in a statement. “It’s clear that the public wants to see more of her. This is a serious offer and I hope she gets back to me right away.”
Michele Thibodeau, a sophomore Spanish major went to the same high school as Dupre, and says that if this is how Dupre wants to make money, then she should be able to do what she wants.
“I mean, I guess you have to do what you can to make money,” Thibodeau said. “She’s definitely trashy, but she’s using her trashiness to get rich, so more power to her.”
Hustler magazine also offered Dupre $1 million to bare it all, according to acesshollywood.com, and Hustler told acesshollywood.com that “We want this to happen as soon as possible.”
One CU student believes that America needs to step back and look at who we consider famous and why.
“I think America’s so stupid that we allow people to get famous for doing nothing- I think its sad,” said Kyrna Wheeler, a sophomore ecology and evolutionary biology major.
The offers have continued to come, as Penthouse told acesshollywood.com that “we would love to see Ashley appear on our Web site. We would be thrilled. We are definitely reaching out to her,” Penthouse executive Marc Bell told Access Hollywood. “Her fifteen minutes of fame are now and Penthouse could mean a unique and enormous opportunity for her.”
On Dupre’s MySpace page, she talks about her love for singing, saying, “I am all about my music, and my music is all about me. It flows from what I’ve been through, what I’ve seen and how I feel. I live in New York and am on top of the world.”
Shortly after the scandal broke, Dupre put her songs, “What We Want” and “Move Ya Body,” available for purchase as 99-cent downloads on music site Amie Street, according to Usmagazine.com, and earned 70% of the profits.
Dupre cashed in on her love for music with her new found fame, earning an estimated $200,000 from online music downloads, according to New York Post reports.
Her dance tune, “What we Want” was even added to New York City’s popular radio station Z100’s play list for a short time, according to Usmagazine.com.
Samantha Cohen, a freshmen political science major, thinks that Dupre has made a strategic move in using her new found fame to make money.
“I think she’s using what happened to her advantage obviously,” Cohen said. “I think she’s in the sense smart because she’s using this to her advantage- she’s trying to become more popular and is in it for the money,” Cohen said.
“She probably knew this before she engaged in activities with Spitzer,” Cohen said.
Contact Campus Press staff writer Melanie Cohn at Melanie.Cohn@colorado.edu
