Would you sell a story for £££

[IsntThatYourThirdPlate]

Something weird happened this morning with OH and a A list celeb it’s quite funny and unusual. I wrote to the papers and they have offered us 1k if we give them permission to use our story and the evidence. I think it’s slightly cringe but the money would come in handy right about now!

Would you do it?

If you are going to throw someone under a bus, I'd want more than £1000 to do it. You need to haggle with them...

Generally, no I wouldn't though. Perhaps because I used to be in the celeb industry myself I think celebrities are entitled to their privacy.

I sat on some very, very juicy gossip on an A list celebrity. When he wrote his autobiography (20 years later) he wrote about it himself. At the time it really would have ruined him.

If it shows the celebrity in a positive light, maybe. If it would embarrass them, definitely not.

No I wouldn't. I wouldn't have the mindset to write to the paper in the first place unless it was something that needed to be exposed.

It’s nothing horrible! It’s quite funny actually with everything that is going on at the moment. But still feels very sneaky doing something like that.

If it’s not going to do any harm then why not? £1,000 would be very nice right now

Normally I wouldn't. But to be honest at this moment in time I would, as my job is at risk due to coronavirus so anything to make a bit of cash!

If the celeb wasn’t ‘on duty’ then no.

It seems quite simple to me.

If you’re normally a sidebar of shame fan, go right ahead.

If not, not.

Hmm. Depends on the celebrity and how they 'do' being a celebrity. But I like the op that said about throwing someone under a bus for £1000.
Im skint and I'd want more than £1000 to become public property.

You need a long spoon to sup with the devil.

I think it's a shitty thing to do actually. I could have a made a fortune out of a celeb years ago, an absolute fortune but I didn't because it would have been wrong.

£1000 wouldn't be enough for me, especially if that's their first offer.

No, I wouldn't do that, is nothing private anymore? I'm all for making money, but not this way!

What possessed you to contact the media? I wouldn't do it and think it's a pretty shitty thing to do.

I sold my own story in Take A Break type magazine. But it was mine to tell and I appreciated the money at the time. They twisted it and it didn’t read like I’d told them at all- but hey, the money was mine by then.

I wouldn’t sell a celebrity story UNLESS It was something that the celebrity wouldn’t be bothered by at all.

I just wanted to know whether it was story worthy and what they would offer us. At first I thought nothing of it but that 1k would put us back on our feet.

It’s nothing bad it’s something they brought off OH but the item itself is quite funny.

Your first thought was to write to the papers yo see what you could get so why the change of heart?

If you weren't going to you wouldn't have even done that.

So they have bought something in a private transaction, and because it is a 'funny' item you want to share this?

Sounds like it has the potential to embarrass them. Which is not fair.

Thjs is a mean thing to do...really

Well if you ever want to sell anything again, you'll find customers harder to come by if you're prepared to sell details of what they assume are private transactions.

I wouldn’t. I don’t think it would even have occurred to me to contact the papers. If you need the money and you’re comfortable with it though 🤷🏻‍♀️

That’s appalling advertising for his business. I’d actively avoid a company that sold out its clients like that even if it was the Myleene Klass / Amanda Holden sort who notify the paps of their daily schedule to facilitate the photos

@IsntThatYourThirdPlate I’ve just seen your update. Is this about a business transaction? If so- absolutely not.

Can we guess?
Tom Cruise buying a bible
Victoria Beckham buying a grade 1 singing syllabus
Judi Dench buying a chainsaw