'Tanning Mom' Action Figure: Funny or Sad?
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2012/05/09 21:00:00
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If the now-infamous "tanning mom" really took her 6-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, causing skin burns, it's not really that funny. But it's hard not to laugh at this action figure. HeroBuilders.com, the custom doll retailer that created the Michaele Salahi and Anthony Weiner dolls, is selling a "tanorexic" action figure based on "tanning mom" Patricia Krentcil. "We thought it was a funny thing to do," said the novelty company's president, Emil Vicale, according to The Associated Press. The orange-faced doll costs $29.95.
Krentcil, who faces a second-degree child endangerment charge, pleaded not guilty in Newark Municipal Court last week; she's now free on a $2,500 cash bond. Police told The Nutley Sun newspaper they were called to the child's school April 24 because the kindergartner was in pain from a "pretty severe sunburn," and that she was complaining of itching, saying she had been to a tanning salon with her mom. Krentcil says her little girl got a sunburn from being outside on a warm day. She also says she's innocent and her critics are "jealous."
"I'm innocent and it's proven... I would never -- never -- put my daughter in a tanning booth..." Krentcil told TMZ. "Any mother that makes an accusation about me is not a mother, because I'm a great mother and I would never do that to my child." When asked by TMZ if she's the target of a witch hunt, Krentcil replied: "Yes. Yes. There's somebody out there on my whole life that doesn't like me because they're jealous, they're fat and they're ugly."
The owner of City Tropics Salon in Nutley said employees who were there that day told him the girl remained outside with her father and brother and didn't go into the tanning booth while Krentcil was inside, CBS and The Associated Press reported. New Jersey state law prohibits anyone under 14 from using a tanning salon.
"I'm innocent and it's proven... I would never -- never -- put my daughter in a tanning booth..." Krentcil told TMZ. "Any mother that makes an accusation about me is not a mother, because I'm a great mother and I would never do that to my child." When asked by TMZ if she's the target of a witch hunt, Krentcil replied: "Yes. Yes. There's somebody out there on my whole life that doesn't like me because they're jealous, they're fat and they're ugly."
The owner of City Tropics Salon in Nutley said employees who were there that day told him the girl remained outside with her father and brother and didn't go into the tanning booth while Krentcil was inside, CBS and The Associated Press reported. New Jersey state law prohibits anyone under 14 from using a tanning salon.
Top Opinion
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Jimbo 2012/05/10 00:05:36
I think it's sad that people are making fun of a woman who clearly has a severe issue with her body image... but why should I be surprised? We love to hate those who have "shallow" mental illnesses, like anorexia or "tanorexia".
Pathetic.
I'll add that perhaps I shouldn't make ASSumptions that others will understand my analogies. This lady and "Walmart obese clowns" are soliciting attention for aberrantly unhealthy behavior.
This person may have prematurely aged her skin due to overtanning, and is obviously a troubled individual. But why do you think there is something wrong with looking a certain age?
We're probably just jealous of it because we're fat and ugly.
"Whada you got... Charbaby? Whada you got?" The Clown, from the HBO 'Spawn' animated series.
All week, everytime they show her on CNN, I've been callin' her "Charbaby". LMFAO!!!
XD