Ashley Dupre on 20/20: Im a very bright girl, I value my health
Elliot Spitzer’s hooker Ashley Dupre and her deep thoughts were on 20/20 on Friday night. She came off as fake and superficial and while she did cry throughout the interview it looked like she was acting. She’s a decent actress and there will be people who buy it, but I found her unconvincing to say the least.
The above interview is just a clip, and the rest of the interview is more of the same. Ashley tried to paint herself as a normal girl who just needed the money and maybe by some people’s estimates she succeeded. Here are some highlights.
On how she got through the sex
“You had to be emotionally disconnected from your heart to your head.”
On the fact that she wasn’t a full time hooker
Sawyer reported that Ashley supposedly worked 3 months at a time and would then take six months off “to work at a real estate agency or waitressing, only to return to escort again.” She had a married boyfriend paying her bills for six months, which could explain it.
Whether she was afraid people would find out
“Absolutely, no one knew about that.”
On whether there were things she wouldn’t do
“Absolutely. I’m a very bright girl and I value my health and would do whatever necessary to make sure I was always protected, always…. If I did [feel I was in danger] I would leave.”
On how she got herself prepared to go out and be a prostitute
She had to stop the interview when Sawyer asked her this, but it didn’t seem sincere. Then when they came back she said she “hugged her dog” before she went out.
On if she had the “Pretty Woman” fantasy of getting saved by a client
This was where the real Ashley seemed to come out. She got animated and serious and it was all business for her.
“No. [scowls] I served a purpose. I knew what my purpose was. If I was surprised at their kindness, it’s fake kindness. [looks pissed off]. I mean, it’s time spent together, but it’s still not real. Kind of like having an abusive boyfriend and saying ‘oh but he loves me.'”
On the married boyfriend that gave her a six month reprieve from prostitution
She started crying here, and it looked fake and very put on. Apparently she was living with a guy she met outside her escort job who knew she was a prostitute. She gave up the job for him and it sounded like he was paying for the apartment and all her bills. She supposedly didn’t know he was married, but when he left her she had to go back to prostitution to pay the rent and her credit card debt.
She went back to being a prostitute in December, a month before the scandal
Here she read from her supposed diary from that time and she said it was hard to go back to prostitution after six months off. She said “I don’t know why it was so difficult for me. What if I got sick, what if I got AIDS, what if I got killed? I never planned on going back to work, but I had to.”
When asked why Spitzer was deemed a “difficult” client, as found out in the FBI investigation.
“Legally I’ve been advised not to discuss that.” She also wouldn’t discuss if she saw him more than once. “I don’t feel that I brought him down. [that was] a decision that he made.”
On her half-assed apology to Spitzer’s wife.
Sawyer asked her if she had something to say to Spitzer, but she said “I don’t think I would say it to him. I would say it to his wife. Sorry for your pain.”
The future for Ashley
Ashley went back to live with her mom after the scandal. 20/20 reports that she’s turned down a realty TV show, a million dollar offer to pose in Hustler, and book deals.
She described how she makes sense of it in simple terms, and said she hopes to someday find a husband who is also her best friend, and that she is detached from her hooker persona.
“That was a piece of me back then. I’m no longer that person… I can’t think about that because that was the past.”
Ashley isn’t likely to be charged in connection with the FBI investigation into her agency, according to 20/20.
She seemed like a master manipulator but maybe I’m wrong. There’s something vapid yet cunning about her and it was like she tried to appear contrite but just wasn’t feeling it.
You can watch the whole interview on 20/20’s website.
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