This is totally gratuitous. We already knew that Vincent Gallo was off his rocker, and so I am not exactly surprised to learn that he's been selling his body and sperm via the internet. Still, the fact that this is the sort of behavior expected from the Brown Bunny writer/director/actor doesn't make it any less entertaining.
Apparently PayPal recently cut ties with Gallo, who had been using the site to sell clothing, posters, artwork and jewelry. When Gallo began marketing his own body and genetic material, the e-commerce site drew the line and cut Gallo loose.
"They are really fascists. They should breathe some death gas or something," the star of X-rated flick "Brown Bunny" told Page Six.
...he says PayPal got squeamish at him offering himself to single women and lesbian couples for prices of $50,000-$200,000, and sperm samples for women who want to have his baby for $1 million.
"For them to say they have some sort of moral regard for their clients is incredible - they're a penny-pinching, conniving company," he fumed.
Gallo says he's switching to American Express, Visa and MasterCard, "just like all the good escort services use."
A PayPal rep defended cutting off Gallo, saying he violated its "policy against facilitating meetings for sexually oriented activities."
Gallo isn't entirely self-obsessed and thoughtless. He did advise potential customers to take a gander at his sex scene with Chloe Sevigny in Brown Bunny so that they could be sure they'd be able to fully accomodate him.
...he says PayPal got squeamish at him offering himself to single women and lesbian couples for prices of $50,000-$200,000, and sperm samples for women who want to have his baby for $1 million.
What a deal! Does the $1mill for his sperm include shipping and handling?
This from the guy you had to send an application with refferences to get approved in order to buy a 100,000 dollar tshirt with his face on it. Haha, I love it.
ps. It was posted earlier this year when he started selling himself. Wasn't he charging more for "fat and ugly" women?
FunkySkunk said:
This from the guy you had to send an application with refferences to get approved in order to buy a 100,000 dollar tshirt with his face on it. Haha, I love it.
ps. It was posted earlier this year when he started selling himself. Wasn't he charging more for "fat and ugly" women?
Gallo isn't entirely self-obsessed and thoughtless. He did advise potential customers to take a gander at his sex scene with Chloe Sevigny in Brown Bunny so that they could be sure they'd be able to fully accomodate him.
yeah, well hopefully they fast forward to the sex scence, because he's going to loose clients if they have to sit through the craptastic first hour and 20 minutes of his shitty movie.
Vincent Gallo is one of the most interesting guys on the planet right now. His album was amazing, Brown Bunny, after he reedited it, was a real interesting film. Most people who supposedly hated it either have short attention spans or didn't see it.
Anyway, after all the depressing news this week about the war and pollitics, it was nice to read something that made me smile.
Ehma said:
What a deal! Does the $1mill for his sperm include shipping and handling?
Yeah, he probably throws the handling in for free. As to the shipping, your guess is as good as mine which isn't all that good really so maybe you need to set higher goals.
...he says PayPal got squeamish at him offering himself to single women and lesbian couples for prices of $50,000-$200,000, and sperm samples for women who want to have his baby for $1 million
Rahodeb
Los Angeles, CA
March 2006
DEC 22, 2006 11:25 AM