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Thursday, March 08, 2007

Lord Have Mercy

'Girls Gone Wild' Wants American Idol's Antonella Barba as Host
By Jack McGoughey

March 08, 2007


"Girls Gone Wild" founder and CEO Joe Francis said in a news release on Wednesday that he will offer American Idol contestant Antonella Barba $250,000 to become a host for his video company. "Girls Gone Wild" is famous for catching college girls exposing their breasts on film.

It provides Antonella Barba with another option if she doesn't last much longer on American Idol, if she chose to accept it.

Barba has grabbed headlines for herself and created controversy for American Idol when a series of racy photos, allegedly of Antonella Barba performing a sex act on a man along with other racy poses, made it on the internet. The photos caused an uproar among many who called for the ousting of Barba from American Idol.

"Antonella Barba is an unbelievably sexy girl who obviously knows how to have a good time," Joe Francis, founder of Girls Gone Wild, said in a statement. "Why are people being ridiculed and punished for being sexual? It's ridiculous."

The producers of American Idol however said that they would not cut Barba, who denies that it is her in the photos. Barba's fans supported her by voting her into the next round of competition.

Girls Gone Wild owner Francis sees an opportunity for both Girls Gone Wild and American Idol contestant Antonella Barba. If Barba does get voted off of the American Idol program, which could happen as soon as Thursday night, Francis has offered Barba a $250,000 contract to appear as a Girls Gone Wild celebrity host.

"We have reached out to Antonella Barba through her family and are trying to reach her directly in order to offer her a hosting job for one of our upcoming video projects," said Francis. "Just like the American Idol judges, we at Girls Gone Wild are looking for a girl next door, with sexiness, attitude, a carefree spirit and a presence that will command the attention of the Nation. There's a little 'Girls Gone Wild' in every woman, and this should be embraced as a positive, not a negative."

Girls Gone Wild isn't the only X-rated company that wants Antonella Barba. SugarDVD, the largest renter of adult DVDs online, says that they have offered Barba $500,000 to become their new spokesperson.

SugarDVD made headlines recently for offering Kim Kardashian $1 million for the same position as spokesperson. Kardashian turned them down.

There is no word yet as to whether Barba would even consider either of the offers.

Sources:
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272612009.shtml
http://www.actressarchives.com/news.php?id=4469
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_21267969.shtml

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

yeah, i saw this on tmz and thats where they had her myspace page, which was written today and I added her as a friend, she had like over 4000 people on there and right after the show, she cancelled her myspce which is so funny!! talk about a sore loser, i dont know if she will do anything now, she is obviously mad and cant take the boot!! here is the url to the myspace story. http://www.tmz.com/2007/03/08/antonellas-myspace-message-keep-talkin/

10:24 PM  
Blogger Goldie said...

I could see her "picking" herself up to do this......She is a very pretty girl and obviously singing isn't her thing! Have to pay the bills somehow!

12:41 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This morning on a local channel (FOX) news they had jarrod and antonella for a interview. When the newscaster asked her about the girls gone wild comment, she looked shocked and (claimed)she has not heard about the offer. I would not imagine she would have known being in hollywood, hotels, practice etc, but none the less, she looked surprised when she was asked if she would accept it. who knows. maybe she is a better actress than a singer. as far as sundance, i predict he will become famous regardless. he has recently suffered a loss due to a fire at his home and a family member passed because of it, but im sure he will come out strong and better because of idol. he is awsome, and i personally would listen to whatever he sings. i loved his voice and his personality. Sanjaya, although is adorable, and young, does not seem to have much personality, but in time and with age, im sure he will succeed.
lisa

8:37 AM  

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