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

[markkraft]

I know a fair amount of women who have worked as sex workers at one point or another... and yes, many of them do have a fair amount of depth and creativity, considering. I know one who got her master's degree through it, infact.

I think it's beneath contempt that HuffPo would waste front-page space to mock this woman, when at the same time they have no problem with allowing sex-positive advice people on the site. It's frankly beneath them, and insulting to women.

Why aren't we talking about the common sense and depth that Spitzer clearly lacked as a person, rather than targeting Ms. Dupre?!

[OtayPanky]

markkraft: Why aren't we talking about the common sense and depth that Spitzer clearly lacked as a person, rather than targeting Ms. Dupre?!

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There's been plenty of that, too.

[petalpusher]

You make a good point. Both lack common sense and depth, but I blame him way more.

[LiberalDem]

Another non-story. Turn the page

[ohjoy]

Oddly she resembles silda spitzer. Maybe a younger version or a younger sister.
http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/04/13/amd_silda-leaves.jpg

[EarthToZoey]

Is Silda Spitzer cross-eyed?

[TrooAmerican]

That girl is hot. let her be in the spotlight. Look at all the other morons in the spotlight for no reason.
At least she looks good in the light.
personally, im pretty sick of the media photographers that chase people around trying to get private life shots of them to sell for profit. its disgusting and stupid.

but if they are going to put ridiculous people on tv and on magazine covers, may as well be young good looking girls gone wild like dupre.

[DutchExpat2008]

There was a survey done in Russia a couple of years ago with graduating female high school students.

80 percent said they would supplement any income with some prostitution.

Oh, and there are a number of housewives in the USA who do just that at the salesmans bars in Holiday Inn's etc etc.

Its quite discreet of course.

Most of the prostitutes in the Netherlands work out of their house.

[EarthToZoey]

Are you new to the Netherlands? Because you fawn over your country in nearly every post as if you just got a shiny new toy. You remind me of a Republican American nationalist.

[DutchExpat2008]

Born here. lived 30 years in USA. Glad I live in modern country now.

[DutchExpat2008]

If you can read Dutch you can search the whole country using filters for age, location , city, etc etc.

Also they advertise what they WILL and WON' T do.

Usually their cellnumber is there and text message for appointment.

All ages from 20-80. (yes there is even an 80 year old that still works).

http://www.kinky.nl

[EarthToZoey]

Or you can just go to Craigslist.

[Progress08]

Dude... That's Russia. They'd do anything for extra money. They live in a semi-fascist dictatorial regime where the only difference from old commie russia is that now their poverty is their own fault and no gov't will help them. Crime is practically a primary school course.

[ArthurTwoShedsJackson]

A 50-something man noticed his wife packing her bags. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"I'm going to Nevada," his 50 something wife answered. "I heard women can get paid $200 for each prostitution encounter. I might as well get paid for what I give you for free!"

The man began to pack his bags too.

"What are YOU doing?" his wife asked.

The man answered, "I want to see how you live on $400 a year!"

[realitychecks]

A regular girl who works a regular job pays regular taxes.When will she get her tax bill from I.R.S.?And what was the regular girls reason for not getting a regular job like the rest of the regular girls?

[markkraft]

Probably because she lived in an expensive city without a complete educational background as yet, and her job paid the bills very, very well.

[Bebe68]

The creepiest aspect to this whole story is that Ms. Dupree is just a few years older than Eliot Spitzer's oldest daughter.

If I were Silda, that fact alone would have caused me to leave him.

[petalpusher]

Yes, exactly.

[inluvwkeitholbermann]

it takes two to tango.......quite honestly i'm tired of the previous double standard where the man can 'repent' and get counseling and return to a normal life and the woman is shunned, scorned, etc. so i'm kind of glad that the tables are turned in this case.....

let her enjoy her 15 minutes.....once she blows through (no pun intended) the money she'll be back t o turning tricks anyway.......

btw: so why is prostitution legal in Nevada and illegal in the other 49 states? why not make it legal everywhere SINCE IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING EVERYWHERE and the police can deal withh real crimes???

[Progress08]

I say make it legal in one county in every state and rename that county Hookeropolis and make taxes outrageously high in that county. I also say legalize marijuana for whatever county I live in while I live there... If fact just make marijuana legal for me wherever I go...

[petalpusher]

I don't demonize her, I just think she's just lost. He's really the one to blame, so I agree with you on that.

[hip dibler]

the Spitzer story is very interesting. and the hooker aspect of it is the least of it.

[RachelMc]

Even if prostitution was legal here it still would be something wrong with it just like stripping. If it was just " normal" and a "regular job" why not sell those professions to your daughters or other females u actually care about? u know why?. cuz its just something truly wrong about it, in it and of its self. but i hate when females use that sorry, poor, excuse as they trying to make it, its the "female hustle." there are plenty of females "trying to make it" and we dont have to sleep with any man to do it. we go get "real" jobs and work "real" hours. we buy what we can afford. we live within our means. we goto school to get a career and dont fu*k ourselves over in the mean time by prostituting ourselves because thats SHORT money. and we want long term stability. oh and for all the losers that think u can sleep around with anyone just cuz u wear a condom is nothing but false hope. HPV and HERPES are skin to skin contact diseases and warts is the best one if u get it least those are the least cancerous form of HPV.

[EarthToZoey]

Oh, give us a break. Not everyone sees sex as some d.irty sin. Believe it or not, some women (like myself) LOVE sex. And some women love sex so much they would be thrilled to do it and get paid.

[petalpusher]

Then fine, you can be proud when your daughter wants to grow up and be a hooker or a pole dancer.

[RachelMc]

well y didn't she just say so. why lie and say," i want my bills paid" instead she should have said " i like sex so much that i'll sleep with any1 who pays to sleep with me" anyways im far from prude myself. im a SCORPIO for goodness sake. my sex drive is high and most scorpios are just str8 freaks sorry to bluntly put it as. but still i wont sleep with everyone and anyone. im also broke as he** since i only work part time and school full time. but i dont go runnin around using that as an excuse to sleep around with anyone who wants to. so if she like to just do that ADMIT it but dont use poor excuses like I NEED to do that. SO GIVE ME A BREAK....

[petalpusher]

Agree 100%. And you don't have to hate s*ex or be a prude to do so.

[DanniD]

She's got a lot of what? Depth? Wooooo, there's so many jokes in there, it's a shame!

[indy girl]

Isn't that exactly what eliot said?

She's definitely less than a millimiter deep mentally if she thinks going on tv will rehab her reputation.

[Wilbur]

I agree! Can you imagine what Jon Stewart could do with THAT line? OMG!!!

Wilbur

[kycatfan]

Wow--what a great laugh to start the day. Gee honey, if you're so deep how come you didn't just write a heartfelt apology to Hilda Switzer, send it privately, shut up, and go away? You look more like a self-serving tabloid attention lover. You certainly are not like any "normal girl" I would want my daughter to grow up to be.

And if you want to change your sleazy hooker image, appearing in a people photo with one shoulder strap hanging off seems an odd way to do it. classy!

[TheNuff]

Not cute....not even a little bit cute.

[run-that-by-me-again]

Shallower than a serving tray, in my opinion.

[DutchExpat2008]

People should remember that a man doesn't pay for the sex. He pays for the privilege of no hassles AFTER the sex.

[hip dibler]

that's exacty right.

you pay them to LEAVE.

[EarthToZoey]

*rolls eyes*

You never fail to annoy, Dutch.

[petalpusher]

This is true. SAD, but true.

[SteveStephens]

Daaaahhh!