Would you sell your "story" to a newspaper?

Degsy · 21-03-2010 12:23AM #1

So im chatting with the gf about exes and she asked me had i ever googled any of them to see if anything popped up.
I put a girl i used to date when i was 18 into google and next thing i discover she's been arrested for allegedly stabbing her husband to death..the case hasnt come to trial yet but i imagine the media interest would be extreme.
Somebody said to me "hey..why not sell the story of when you were together to a paper..might make a few bob".
I never thought of it tbh,would anybody consider doing something like that?

Fago! · 21-03-2010 12:28AM

No, I'm not a scumbag! I wouldn't want someone to do it to me, so I wouldn't do it to them.

starbelgrade · 21-03-2010 12:29AM

I once shagged Tiger Woods, but I wouldn't go blabbing about it.

stovelid · 21-03-2010 12:31AM

No way.

Only way I appear in a tabloid article like that is in some Joe-Duffy type scenario if I had a cause or grievance.

Michaelrsh · 21-03-2010 12:35AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I once shagged Tiger Woods, but I wouldn't go blabbing about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi5LQ1IpUfw

minidazzler · 21-03-2010 12:38AM

Nah, I wouldn't sell it, I would probably put it on boards though!

That said...how much money are we talking?

Tail Wagger · 21-03-2010 12:40AM

Jaspers don't do that, She might tell them the truth about you, she dumped you because you has a little Willie!

My name is URL · 21-03-2010 12:40AM

I'd pay the newspapers to not associate me with a crazy murderous cnut tbh!

hitlersson666 · 21-03-2010 12:40AM

Its all backwards

Hank_Jones · 21-03-2010 12:41AM

The only people who sell stories to the papers are muppets who actually want their names in the papers.

Think about it anyway...

I went out with killer, it could have been me....says Degsy (pictured above).

In the News of the World....or one of those trashy papers.
Only thing they are good for is if you are stuck without any bog roll and have to use it as a last resort...

alwaysadub · 21-03-2010 12:42AM

No i wouldn't sell it.
When you're in a relationship with someone you trust them with things. I wouldn't break that trust and i wouldn't want someone to do it to me..

Biggins · 21-03-2010 12:44AM

No.
When you open that door of telling all, sometimes it can swing back to hit you in the face in return.
Kiss and tell on an ex? No.

Degsy · 21-03-2010 12:44AM

minidazzler wrote: »

That said...how much money are we talking?

Depending on the angle and the public interst it could be ten grand.

minidazzler · 21-03-2010 12:47AM

Degsy wrote: »

Depending on the angle and the public interst it could be ten grand.

Then yeah I would.

It really depends on if she is being made victim or villain though.

If she is a villain in the court of public opinion, I would go for it.

Wibbs · 21-03-2010 12:49AM

No, on so many levels. I may be a whore of many things but no payout would be big enough for betraying trust, even transitory trust. Trust is trust IMHO.

ejmaztec · 21-03-2010 12:50AM

Degsy wrote: »

Depending on the angle and the public interst it could be ten grand.

Bono will be the first one to remind you of your tax obligations on that.:pac:

The Pontiac · 21-03-2010 12:51AM

I thought it was pretty amazing when the parents of the conjoined twins in Cork refused to sell their story to the newspapers, even though they were offered a vast sum of money to do so. They were in dire need of financial help too as both parents were not working at the time due to the circumstances. They eventually gave their story/pictures to The Irish Examiner free of charge as they were the most supportive.

Then you get these ejects that have affairs with celebrities and the like, and they're off running to the press for a few bob, with all the gory details. Do they have any morals at all? How do they sleep at night? It's sad really. Annie Murphy even wrote a book because she shagged a bishop. Christ almighty.

Thoie · 21-03-2010 12:58AM

If my story was "How I found the cure for cancer" - possibly, maybe.
If my story was "I once snogged someone behind the bikeshed 20 years ago" - no.

tony1kenobi · 21-03-2010 01:00AM

Degsy wrote: »

So im chatting with the gf about exes and she asked me had i ever googled any of them to see if anything popped up.
I put a girl i used to date when i was 18 into google and next thing i discover she's been arrested for allegedly stabbing her husband to death..the case hasnt come to trial yet but i imagine the media interest would be extreme.
Somebody said to me "hey..why not sell the story of when you were together to a paper..might make a few bob".
I never thought of it tbh,would anybody consider doing something like that?

Yes I would stab someone to death.

Hank_Jones · 21-03-2010 01:02AM

tony1kenobi wrote: »

Yes I would stab someone to death.

What question did you read....

Either that...or wrong thread....

Degsy · 21-03-2010 01:04AM

tony1kenobi wrote: »

Yes I would stab someone to death.

Yes,always a jolly wheeze.

Closed ac · 21-03-2010 01:10AM

Would you even have anything interesting 'to sell?' I know if I was reading a paper I wouldn't bother with a story about the ex-boyfriend of a murderer who went out when they were 18.

OutlawPete · 21-03-2010 01:15AM

If it was a positive thing like:

"She was lovely, we went to the pictures, got on great, some rows like most couples .." blah blah blah.

And iff they guaranteed that they would show you the content of the article, headline etc and only if you were happy with it, would you sign off on it.

Then I can't see the problem there.

The problem is, papers are mostly full of it and they will twist what you say to make sensationalist sound bytes.

It is a moral dilemma that teaches you a lot about yourself ultimately though.

Mate of mine videoed an Irish celebrity a good while back, in a Lap Dancing Club and could easily have made twenty grand, but in the end he chickened out as he knew the person's relationship would be over.

Liam Byrne · 21-03-2010 01:17AM

Not a hope.

The tabloids and Jeremy Kyles of this world can only be exterminated if we choke their content.

That said, the way someone-once-removed-from-the-ex-of-a-barely-known-person qualifies as a "celebrity", that time unfortunately isn't any time soon.

On another note, I don't think I'd want anyone who reads those rags to know anything about me.

barakus · 21-03-2010 01:28AM

Degsy wrote: »

So im chatting with the gf about exes and she asked me had i ever googled any of them to see if anything popped up.
I put a girl i used to date when i was 18 into google and next thing i discover she's been arrested for allegedly stabbing her husband to death..the case hasnt come to trial yet but i imagine the media interest would be extreme.
Somebody said to me "hey..why not sell the story of when you were together to a paper..might make a few bob".
I never thought of it tbh,would anybody consider doing something like that?

You should go on the Gerry Ryan show with that story Degsy,
Its a radio show on 2fm featuring a fella reading the papers and commenting on human interest stories such as the above. Im not sure if they pay for interviews but it would be a good way to drum up some interest in your story and the papers would surely come sniffing around after that?

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 21-03-2010 01:50AM

Na man. Tis a sick forum deals in human misfortune like that. Either it will come back to kick you in the arse or you'll always be expecting it to. just how I'd react. If I took the quick buck I wouldn't expect it to be consequence free.

dammitjanet · 21-03-2010 01:55AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I once shagged Tiger Woods, but I wouldn't go blabbing about it.

sure who hasn't??

Red Hand · 21-03-2010 01:57AM

OutlawPete wrote: »

Mate of mine videoed an Irish celebrity a good while back, in a Lap Dancing Club and could easily have made twenty grand, but in the end he chickened out as he knew the person's relationship would be over.

Your mate brings a camcorder to a lap-dancing club?:pac:

Reminds me of the time when some fellow allegedly brought a camcorder to a boards beers and everybody had a (justifiable imo) freak-out on a thread on boards the next day. Do you think anyone will pay me for that story?

Degsy · 21-03-2010 02:04AM

Jeremiah 33 3 wrote: »

Reminds me of the time when some fellow allegedly brought a camcorder to a boards beers and everybody had a (justifiable imo) freak-out on a thread on boards the next day.

I was at that beers..the guy stood filming groups of people chatting for ages..it was extremely creepy.

OutlawPete · 21-03-2010 02:04AM

Jeremiah 33 3 wrote: »

Your mate brings a camcorder to a lap-dancing club?:pac:

Not exactly a camcorder, footage would be more a akin to this quality:

(ie, it was shot with his mobile)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swvCQvxjA1o

pikachucheeks · 21-03-2010 02:50AM

I wouldn't. The money might be tempting, but people who sell their stories (relating to relationships with people in the public eye) to tabloid newspapers never gain any sort of credibility from it.
Look at Rebecca Loos. Sure, she made a fortune from selling her story about David Beckham, but no one respected her or wanted anything to do with her after!
I wonder if the money she made was enough compensation for the damage she did to her reputation and public persona.

Would you sell your "story" to a newspaper?

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