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Party Crashers Shop Interview

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(AP) – The couple who infamously crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner are peddling their story to broadcast networks for hundreds of thousands of dollars, a television executive says. The executive told the AP that representatives for Michaele and Tareq Salahi contacted networks to urge them to "get their bids in" for an interview, and that the Virginia couple was looking for a payment in the mid-six figures range.

Meanwhile, CNN confirmed that the Salahis had canceled an appearance they had scheduled for Larry King Live tomorrow. Michaele Salahis is a reality TV hopeful trying to get on Bravo's The Real Housewives of DC.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, arrive at a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington. This time, the picture is the story. After the Secret Service insisted that...
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, arrive at a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House...   (Gerald Herbert)
This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of Michaele Salahi, second right, with three Marines during arrivals at the White House state dinner in Washington.
This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of Michaele Salahi, second right, with three Marines during arrivals at the White House state dinner in Washington.   (AP Photo)
This photo released by the White House Nov. 27, 2009, shows President Barack Obama greeting Michaele and Tareq Salahi.
This photo released by the White House Nov. 27, 2009, shows President Barack Obama greeting Michaele and Tareq Salahi.   (Samantha Appleton)
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patience-grasshopper
Nov 29, 09 7:34 AM CST
Have you noticed on the TV reports that she leads him like a dog, pausing for every photo op? Guess which idiot is more interested in the money!! Reply
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Laxmi
Nov 29, 09 7:47 AM CST
It is rather alarming that they could sneek in with two heads of state in the room, not to mention the celebrities. That lehenga is very pretty, though. Reply
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ZephyrEire
Nov 29, 09 8:08 AM CST
these people make me sick. this, ladies and gentlemen, is what we have reduced ourselves to. If anyone thinks for a moment this wasn't their plan from the beginning, to crash the party then cash in on it, they are being naive. Reply
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Spudsy
Nov 29, 09 1:22 PM CST
You are right. It wasn't about meeting the president or famous people. It was about reality show cash. And they should go to jail for it.
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Thinker
Nov 29, 09 4:24 PM CST
These folks belong in jail. If they had been anything other than "seemingly" rich and white, that's where they would be. I'm sick of preferential status for rich white people.
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