- **Q: How much money did Spencer Pratt make from selling the photos?
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Celebrity / Scandals
Spencer Pratt, known for his role on 'The Hills,' has confessed to selling teenage photos of Mary-Kate Olsen to a tabloid for $50,000. This revelation comes from his new memoir, 'The Guy You Loved to Hate: Confessions from a Reality TV Vill...
In his memoir, Spencer Pratt details how he capitalized on his proximity to fame by selling photos of a teenage Mary-Kate Olsen. According to Pratt, he took the photos from Max Winkler’s 'photo shrine' after Winkler and Olsen broke up. Pratt then sold the photos to a photo agency, resulting in a $50,000 payout and a tabloid cover featuring Olsen with the headline 'TEENS GONE WILD!'
Pratt claims he saw the situation as a 'win-win,' suggesting that the photos helped Olsen rebrand herself and provided closure for Winkler. However, the incident raises ethical questions about profiting from someone else's private moments without their explicit consent.
While Olsen hasn't directly commented on the situation, she did mention Pratt in a 2008 interview with David Letterman, stating that they were not friends.
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