Ashley Dupre Interview: "I Have A Lot Of Depth"

People:

She was the tabloid sensation at the center of the sex scandal that brought down New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. But in her very first interview, Ashley Alexandra Dupré tells PEOPLE, "I am a normal girl."

"Everyone knows me as 'that girl,' but I'm not just 'that girl,' " the 23-year-old former escort says in the new issue of PEOPLE, on sale Friday. "I have a lot of depth, a lot of layers."

Enduring a media spotlight that included seeing her MySpace photos splashed on front pages "has been really hard," the New Jersey native explains. "But I'm a survivor."

Her descent into tabloid mayhem began the night of Feb. 13, 2008, when Dupré - who had worked as a high-end escort to help pay the bills on and off since 2004 - met a client who turned out to be the Governor of New York.

Dupré claims she had no idea who the man was that night, recalling that he was a "polite" client who didn't want a lot of chit-chat. In fact, she didn't find out who he was until March when, just days after learning she was mixed up in some sort of FBI investigation, she saw the Spitzer apologizing on TV. "It was surreal," Dupré says of seeing the client she had met a month before. "I felt like I was sinking."

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Comments

[TrueThis]

I mean the economy must be really....­..bad for this article to be important enough where people will be willing to purchase or to read or to even have her on Huffington Post or People's magazine which it says how trashy and less important the real issues are in this country. I mean she sales her body for money why should we care?

[ofcoursejesusisblack]

My question is why is she in the "celebrity" section. Is this what people do now to become famous????

[newpotusplease]

she should have left the sunglasses on - not that attractive

[FortuneTeller]

Diane...Th­is is NOT news. It's snarky journalisim.

[auramac]

She has "a lot of depth?"

So does the Grand Canyon.

[stepintothelight]

"I have a lot of depth, a lot of layers."

Does that cost extra???

[CeeCee]

Poor Diane Sawyer. She has to interview hookers to get ratings??

[DutchExpat2008]

thats called being a real prostitute.

[hereitis]

"I have a lot of depth." Of course you have a lot of depth, don't all hookers have. a. lot. of. depth?

[FirstShirt]

I can hardly wait for scratch and sniff blogs. I bet she smells great.

[bob8788]

You watch the republicans will run her in 2016 Dupre/Joe Plumber Ticket, a prostitute and a plumber what better ticket than that, they both will screw you

http://www.barackobamacans.blogspot.com

[HatingTheGame]

"For more from Ashley Dupré's very first interview – including details about her night with Spitzer, her earlier attempts to quit the escort business and her reaction when she sees Spitzer's wife – pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday":

Yes, yes, yes, yes!! That's exactly what I want to do! Can't wait!!!

[redlinemetro]

A prostitute playing the victim card. Didn't see that one coming.

[FirstShirt]

Now now. That's not very progressive of you.

I agree with you, but liberals should believe that she was taken advantage of by the system, used by men, a symbol of the oppression of women, a sign of the need for more government supervision of the sex industry, a clear sign of the need for a sex industry union, etc. Before you know it they will be shipping johns overseas.

[CeeCee]

Don't be silly. I'm a liberal, and I'm wondering why a prostitue should get so much, cough, exposure.

[JaundicedEye]

A lot of us liberals believe in people taking responsiblity for their own actions. We don't consider women to be weaklings with no ability to reason, unlike a lot of conservatives who think women should just do as they're told by big, strong men who have the big, strong brains.

[planetjeffy]

"One thing she won't be doing: selling her body to make ends meet. "No," she says. "Never again." "

I'm sure we'll see her in Penthouse next year and yes, prostitution should be legal.

[nutterbutter]

I don't see what's wrong with being a hooker? Seems like their are a lot of mediocre women responding to this. Mad because she gets $4,000 an hour and they get flowers once a year on V-day...ma­ybe.

[hereitis]

Ashley Dupre-$4,000 an hour.
A "mediocre woman's" self respect-PRICELESS.

[ofcoursejesusisblack]

Exactly.

[tasukibeth1]

I would gladly be a prostitute for that kind of money. Unfortunately there's not really a market for short, pasty, doughey, cubicle jockeys.

[ofcoursejesusisblack]

I encourage you to be one. And while you;re at it don't worry a wit about pregnancies, perpetual abortions, STDs like AIDS and getting beaten uo by your Johns. Yup. Sounds like a great job to me!

[miocid31]

I have to admit, Ashley is FINNNNNNNNNNNE

[janinei]

okay.....

[stepintothelight]

Don't admit it ... it says more about you than it does her. But hey ... if you are into horse faced, siliconed, c u m dumpsters ... well then ... to each his own!!!

[marriage116]

What is wrong with saying that a woman is good-looking. Lots of people that post here have a problem with that. Sarah Palin is very attractive LOOKING and so is her husband but I read so many posts about her being a dog and other mean things. I know too much emphasis is placed on appearance in our country but men are born to be attracted to women that find physically appealing.

[CostaMesaJoe]

I forgot about this story.
Some pics of this young wo man in a bi kini may refresh my memory? :P