If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! That's apparently the smart tact taken by reality star and glamour model Kendra Wilkinson (wife of Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett) in the wake of news that Vivid Entertainment had obtained a Wilkinson sex tape (to be released May 28, with the title, as pictured above, "Kendra Exposed") (link to story at bottom).
It seems that Kendra and her handlers have negotiated a deal with Vivid to whack up the profits, such that Kendra will receive 50%. Kendra's maneuver strikes me as rather shrewd. More of these reality show stars and other celebrities should follow the same tact, rather than trying to legally fight the release of such tapes (which I can't recall ever working). After all, the damage has been done, the tape has been shot, someone's gonna release it, and none of that can be changed. So why not ask for a piece of the action in exchange for waiving all possible legal claims against the distributor? Seems to me like it makes the best of a bad situation.
And "bad situation" is not exactly putting it lightly. Far from your garden variety sex tape in which the star is shown hooking up in a private session with his/her significant other, this tape reportedly involves (1) multiple actual sex tapes put together into one tape, (2) Kendra featured with a woman named "Taryn," and (3) "multiple partners . . . featured as having intimate relations with" Kendra. On the bright side, Kendra's take from all this ain't exactly gonna be peanuts: There's already talk of a sequel, and the linked story says that Kendra's haul will be "seven figures, easy." How easy? Well, as the story blasts: "In fact, the only thing easier than earning this money: Kendra herself." Ouch. But at least she'll be taking a nice fat paycheck.
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/05/breaking-kendra-wilkinson-video-details-orgies-lesbians-and-sex/
It seems that Kendra and her handlers have negotiated a deal with Vivid to whack up the profits, such that Kendra will receive 50%. Kendra's maneuver strikes me as rather shrewd. More of these reality show stars and other celebrities should follow the same tact, rather than trying to legally fight the release of such tapes (which I can't recall ever working). After all, the damage has been done, the tape has been shot, someone's gonna release it, and none of that can be changed. So why not ask for a piece of the action in exchange for waiving all possible legal claims against the distributor? Seems to me like it makes the best of a bad situation.
And "bad situation" is not exactly putting it lightly. Far from your garden variety sex tape in which the star is shown hooking up in a private session with his/her significant other, this tape reportedly involves (1) multiple actual sex tapes put together into one tape, (2) Kendra featured with a woman named "Taryn," and (3) "multiple partners . . . featured as having intimate relations with" Kendra. On the bright side, Kendra's take from all this ain't exactly gonna be peanuts: There's already talk of a sequel, and the linked story says that Kendra's haul will be "seven figures, easy." How easy? Well, as the story blasts: "In fact, the only thing easier than earning this money: Kendra herself." Ouch. But at least she'll be taking a nice fat paycheck.
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/05/breaking-kendra-wilkinson-video-details-orgies-lesbians-and-sex/
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