Oh dear god. This is so icky.
From TMZ:
Going once, going twice, SOLD … is what some lucky bidder will hear if they win a date with Octomom … because the mother of 14 has officially put herself up for auction to earn some cold, hard cash.
Octo — in a last ditch effort to earn more money before she gets kicked out of her La Habra home — has created an online dating profile for a site called What’sYourPrice.com … a website where users can PAY other users to go out with them.
In her profile, Octo says she has 14 kids, loves to work out and loves to laugh … and she’s starting the bidding at a cool $500.
This is the latest in a slew of ploys to earn more green off her Octo fame. If you recall she also signed up for a website where she can beg her fans for money … but so far she’s only raked in a mere $2,509.
… which is $2,509 too much.
I’m browsing around that site right now, and it’s … it’s something special. You can classify yourself as either “generous” or “attractive,” and then yeah, you can just buy a date with someone. And I’m not against online dating at all – it’s how I met my fiancé, so, you know, it works, but this just seems like such a sad idea for a business. How do you sit through a date knowing that the only reason that the other person is with you is because you paid them to be?
But hey, the good news is that if you have $500 to spare, you could go on a sure-to-be romantic date with Octomom. And it wouldn’t be sad or desperate at all.
Why doesn’t she like…oh, I don’t know…get a JOB?
There are legitimately hard working people who are losing their homes who deserve this money or help more than this clown car! I really feel bad for these kids. Don’t have 14 kids if you can’t afford them! Just another sad look into one woman’s battle with mental illness.
I don’t think this piece of work planned on ever working again at a real job again after she had her last batch of kids. In her demented mind everyone would love her and want to see her on a reality show, she’d make millions and all would be right with her world.
here is a thought…who paid for the insemination, maybe that person should pay child support…..
You can be either generous OR attractive? hehehe That seems very limiting and hurtful. :D
What I don’t get …
What if I wanted someone *INTERESTING* to date?
What are the expectations of people that pay? Are they thinking they’re going to get laid? Are they paying for whatever they’re going to do, anyway (such as entertainment; or would this be dutch)?
How desperate is that? Jesus. Why not tattoo “loser” on your forehead. It just isn’t that hard to get a date.
Maybe these people (the payers) have such horrible personalities that they CAN’T get a date. *shudder* Why would someone put themselves through that?
What happens if the “seller” wanders off? Do they still get paid?
I can’t figure out why you WOULDN’T go with an escort service.
If I was in LA, I’d book Octo just to talk with her. I have roughly a million questions. I’d have to remember not to call her Octo though, or she might get mad.
You do realize that’s not a dating site, right? It’s an escort service. Those generous gents are not paying for a sad desperate date, per se.
Oh my days!
In the photo Gina, her manger, looks like she’s already sizing her up
to see how much per lb she can get for…scrap.
I guess an online ad is easier than standing on a street corner.
Emily, on what dating site did you meet your fiance?