# Jaycee Duggard pictures and interview **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772 "2009-10-14T12:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/1 "2009-10-14T12:07:50Z")
A lot of people are curious about this case so here you go. [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20312090,00.html](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20312090,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/2 "2009-10-15T14:15:33Z")
No comments on this story? I read that even though she did not go to school past 5th grade herself her 2 kids read at their grade level. She did a good job of home schooling them. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/3 "2009-10-15T14:56:13Z")
I haven’t read the article, but it’s not an actual interview with Jaycee, right? I thought she had just released the photo and nothing more. Good for her, because she must be getting tons of lucrative offers. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/4 "2009-10-15T15:03:20Z")
The fact that she’s getting hounded for book deals is disgusting to me. She might as well be back in the yard. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/5 "2009-10-15T15:07:26Z")
It’s not an interview, just a statement. Oprah has said she really wants to interview her and I am sure the big networks have called too. I guess she will eventually talk to someone. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/6 "2009-10-15T15:09:24Z")
I hope not. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/7 "2009-10-15T15:13:06Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I hope not. Why not? Because you think it’s further exploitation of her or do you think she’s some kind of media whore?(not being snarky; honest question). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/8 "2009-10-15T15:16:14Z")
So Reese Witherspoon will be playing her in the movie, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/9 "2009-10-15T15:16:27Z")
Would a movie deal be worth more than a book deal? After all she’s been through, I don’t blame her at all for capitalizing on it. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/10 "2009-10-15T15:18:07Z")
I wouldn’t begrudge Jaycee doing an interview or book when the time is right for them, but she and her daughters need plenty of time for adjustment without the glare of the media. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/11 "2009-10-15T15:24:53Z")
Because I think it’s grotesque exploitation. There isn’t anything the public needs to know about this girl’s suffering. It disgusts me that people like Oprah want to put her on TV and get her tell all the gritty details about being kidnapped as a child and being raped and turned into a sex slave just to boost their own ratings. It’s nasty and callous and voyeristic, and not much less predatory and exploitive than what he kidnapper did. I personally don’t want to know what happened to her in that yard. That shit is way too personal and private. This woman and her kids are the definition of victims who need to be left the fuck alone, not badgered to submit to sleazy, public inquisitions. What kind of a slimeball wants to know the sordid details anyway. The thought of Oprah, or Katie Couric or anybody leaning over this girl like a vulture saying, “…and how did that make you feel?” is extremely distasteful to me. how do you THINK it made her feel, you fucking bottom feeders? Leave her the fuck alone. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/12 "2009-10-15T15:41:12Z")
Nicely put. I couldn’t agree more. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/13 "2009-10-15T15:57:49Z")
I find all the attention on her disgusting, but if she wants to earn some money by telling her story, I won’t hold it against her or anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/14 "2009-10-15T16:00:36Z")
I would hold it against anyone else making money but her. Let me ask this – is there anyone here who _wants_ to hear the dirty details of what happened to her? Why? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/15 "2009-10-15T16:21:45Z")
The issue of People for this week has Elizabeth Smart on the cover talking about the Dugard case. I wonder if was that planned or it just worked out that way? I don’t mind her making money - she has to pay for a lot of therapy. I don’t think Oprah or similar people are going to ask her for details. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/16 "2009-10-15T16:30:39Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I would hold it against anyone else making money but her. > > Let me ask this – is there anyone here who _wants_ to hear the dirty details of what happened to her? Why? Dude, maybe one or two folks will reply Yes, but not nearly at the rate that is accurate. It’s human nature - it’s what leads to rubber-neckers / looky-lou’s when there is a car accident. Quote from \*\*Don Henley’s \*\*song _Dirty Laundry_: > [@](#): > > We have the bubble-headed bleached blonde who comes on at 5 > She can talk about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye - > It’s interesting when people die - we need dirty laundry > > Can we do the operation - is the head dead yet? > You know the boys in the news room got a running bet - > Get the widow on the set - we need dirty laundry I respect and totally agree with your perspective, but are you the least bit surprised that there is a market for her story or that many, many people - in a small, little place they may not want to acknowledge - \*_do_ \*want to hear it? If humans are involved there is bound to be something yucky and/or inefficient going on under the surface… ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/17 "2009-10-15T16:33:55Z")
Elizabeth Smart was never asked for details by media but she just testified in court this month. All the media reported on her testimony was that she was raped which was not news. She did the Larry King show but not right away. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/18 "2009-10-15T16:36:30Z")
The hell they won’t ask for details. What else would be the point? Just a bunch of “how does that make you feel” porn? Even that would stil be exploitive and self-serving. I would love to see this woman tell the media jackals to fuck off, but I’m sure she’ll get browbeaten into submission. She doesn’t exactly have a lot of experience with being able to say no. The media will always get its sloppy seconds on victims like this. Can anyone name one single thing the public needs to know about this woman or her kids? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/19 "2009-10-15T16:40:27Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Elizabeth Smart was never asked for details by media but she just testified in court this month. All the media reported on her testimony was that she was raped which was not news. She did the Larry King show but not right away. I take it you didn’t see her inquisition by Nancy Grace. Elizabeth Smart was too asked for details by the media. She just refused to give them. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772/20 "2009-10-15T16:44:03Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Dude, maybe one or two folks will reply Yes, but not nearly at the rate that is accurate. It’s human nature - it’s what leads to rubber-neckers / looky-lou’s when there is a car accident. > > Quote from \*\*Don Henley’s \*\*song _Dirty Laundry_: > > I respect and totally agree with your perspective, but are you the least bit surprised that there is a market for her story or that many, many people - in a small, little place they may not want to acknowledge - \*_do_ \*want to hear it? > > If humans are involved there is bound to be something yucky and/or inefficient going on under the surface… I’m not surprised by the market for it, but I’m still disgusted by the willingness of the media to feed it – especially when it’s invariably done with such a disingenuous, hypocritical air of “caring.” If they cared, they’d leave victims like this alone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaycee-duggard-pictures-and-interview/513772.md?page=2)