Interview with Ashley Alexandra Dupre

Coffee Club Newsletter ©
Volume 18, No. 7 - March 12, 2008

Good afternoon Coffee Club members. We have no comment on what follows. As always, any similarity to persons actually living or events actually happening is strictly coincidental.

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TR: Good afternoon. Are you Ashley Dupre?
AA: Who are you?
TR: I'm the Timid Reporter. I have an appointment.
AA: They didn't call me about it. Are you with the media?
TR: Sort of, yes. It's the Coffee Club Newsletter.
AA: Well, I can't talk to you. My lawyer said I shouldn't talk to anyone unless he said so and until he collected a fee upfront first.
TR: I thought we could just talk off the record for my readers.
AA: Do you have any money? How many readers do you have?
TR: Eight.
AA: Well - you sort of look homeless. I don't know....
TR: I live in a very tiny apartment.
AA: That's the same thing.
TR: You are very pretty.
AA: Thank you.
TR: Your apartment is wonderful and spacious.
AA: You know I won't talk about Mr. Spitzer.
TR: That's ok. I already talked to him yesterday.
AA: Do my eyes look bad?
TR: You have gorgeous eyes. No wonder he couldn't resist you.
AA: Don't try that on me. I refuse to talk about it.
TR: Could I have a beer?
AA: Sorry but I don't drink beer. I tried to live a clean life, start a career, you know, but people just wouldn't leave me alone.
TR: I like the CD you're playing. Who is it?
AA: That's my most recent demo.
TR: It's beautiful. May I sit down?
AA: Sure - over there in my dining area.
TR: Have you heard from him?
AA: No, not at all. And he hasn't written either. I saw his press conferences - I must have replayed them a hundred times over.
TR: Did you fall in love with him?
AA: My lawyer said I shouldn't talk about anything.
TR: Even off the record?
AA: I know I shouldn't trust you.
TR: I wouldn't publish anything bad.
AA: As long as you're not going to print anything, maybe I can unwind a little. Would you like some orange juice?
TR: If you put tequila in it, yes.
AA: Why do you drink on the job? I never did - against the rules. Anyhow, I don't have any liquor in the apartment.
TR: Don't tell me you're one of those health people?
AA: There's nothing wrong with it. I'm a vegetarian and I don't apologize for it.
TR: Sorry. I didn't mean it in a bad way.
AA: Well, you started to sound a little judgmental....
TR: You have the look of a woman deeply in love.
AA: How would you know? You have no idea.
TR: I can see how all this business with the Governor happened. It wasn't just the money was it?
AA: I said I wouldn't comment on it and I'm not going to. I'm not drunk you know. Besides, People Magazine has exclusive rights. My lawyer told me so.
TR: It would be nice if my readers could just get something new from the source - something nobody else knows about you.
AA: Tell them I like doing yoga.
TR: Other than that.
AA: I'm sorry but I have to save all the juicy stuff for after the trials and stuff.
TR: What's the one thing you care about most?
AA: Him.
TR: Beautiful.
AA: Don't print that.
TR: I won't.
AA: My music is my life. It's something you can't touch but it affects you deeply - like love.
TR: I understand.
AA: I don't think you do.
TR: Are you worried you'll become another Monica?
AA: No. I'm smarter than that. People think they know what this is about. They have no idea. I have feelings. This is not about celebrity. I've been sitting by the phone for three days.
TR: He hasn't called?
AA: I know he can't. I'll get over it somehow. I'm going back to school. I'll need to concentrate on something else. A friend of mine has a little villa in Spain. I can unwind there until they call on me. I'll meet someone new.
TR: A bullfighter?
AA: No, no, no. That sport is not for me. I'll find someone nice and sweet and sophisticated and rich. You'll have to go now. I'm getting sleepy.
TR: Thank you so much.