Porn politician auctions implants
2007-12-05 13:33
Los Angeles - Porn star Mary Carey, who shot to fame by running for California governor against Arnold Schwarzenegger, unveiled plans on Tuesday to auction off her autographed, recently removed breast implants for charity.
Carey said the size 36-D implants were taken out two weeks
ago and replaced with larger 36-DDDs and while under anaesthesia
she realised they could be used to raise money for breast
cancer research.
"The doctors asked me what I wanted to do with them and I
said, 'You know what, I'm going to keep them and try to sell
them. Because my grandmother had breast cancer," Carey told
Reuters in an interview.
The 27-year-old star of such adult films as Boobsville
Sorority Girls and Big Breasted Beauties will be seen in the
upcoming VH1 reality show Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew and
said that during taping she kicked addictions to the
anti-anxiety drug Xanax and alcohol.
"Now that I'm sober I wanted a new physical state to go
along with my new mental state," Carey said. "I thought the
auction would be a great way to spread some holiday cheer and
make sure someone out there would have a Mary Mary Christmas."
'Very anti-plastic surgery'
The autographed implants have been placed on eBay and
Carey, whose real name is Mary Cook, said she planned to donate
some 90% of the proceeds to the Susan G Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation.
She intends to use the rest of the money on medical bills
for her mother, who suffered major injuries after jumping off a
four-story building in 2006.
"I'm actually overall very anti-plastic surgery," Carey
said. "I watched my mom go through 11 surgeries (for her
injuries) and it's like, for me to voluntarily put myself
through that, the only right thing to do is make money and
donate it to charity."
Carey gained international fame in 2003 with her quixotic
gubernatorial campaign against eventual winner Schwarzenegger.
She abandoned a second run for governor against Schwarzenegger
to be with her ailing mother and said it was then that she
turned to Xanax, taking three times the prescribed dose.