Shine OnDates-for-dinner blogger Erin Wotherspoon may get her own reality show
The Toronto actress and blogger who gained notoriety this fall for swindling men into taking her on expensive dinner dates may now be getting her own reality show.
Sun Media reports that 24-year-old Erin Wotherspoon is considering a reality show deal with L.A. film company Relativity Media, which produces the reality show "Restaurant Stakeout."
While she has yet to ink the deal, the television show concept would involve Wotherspoon dining at fancy restaurants throughout the U.S. on the dime of potential suitors.
"I would go all over America and try different restaurants," says Wotherspoon. "This could take up the next year of my life. That just sounds awesome. It's super exciting. Hollywood film and a book deal would be awesome."
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Many predicted that Wotherspoon would either land a book deal or television show when her Tumblr blog, "A Penniless Girl, Bad Dates and Plenty of Oysters," caught the eye of media back in the fall. On it, she would despairingly write about her dinner dates with open acknowledgement that she only cared for the fancy food, not their company.
Her blog unleashed a fervour a public outcry, including death threats, among those who felt her dating antics were manipulative, outdated and sexist. But it also garnered the sympathy of a select minority who felt she was simply levelling the playing field in which traditionally men use their dates for sex.
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Wotherspoon says the hate mail and fan mail alike has slowed down, but she still claims to be as earnest as ever, saying she is simply looking for Mr. Right.
"Generally, the feedback has just faded off, whether it be good or bad," she says. "I think the people who like to read my blog still read it. My main idea of starting it was I knew my idea was so different."
Funny enough, her idea is not all that unique. Back in 2011, a broke New York City woman used Match.com to score $1,200 a month worth of fancy dinners.
