Porn actress Mary Carey blows kisses at
photographers at the world premiere of "Man of the Year" at
Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood October 4, 2006. Carey, who
shot to fame by running for California governor against Arnold
Schwarzenegger, unveiled plans on Tuesday to auction off her
autographed, recently removed breast implants for charity.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Porn star Mary Carey, who shot to
fame by running for California governor against Arnold
Schwarzenegger, unveiled plans on Tuesday to auction off her
autographed, recently removed breast implants for charity.
Carey said the size 36-D implants were taken out two weeks ago and
replaced with larger 36-DDDs and while under anesthesia she
realized they could be used to raise money for breast cancer research.
"The doctors asked me what I wanted to do with them and I said,
'You know what, I'm going to keep them and try to sell them.
Because my grandmother had breast cancer," Carey told Reuters in an
interview.
The 27-year-old star of such adult films as "Boobsville Sorority
Girls" and "Big Breasted
Beauties" will be seen in the upcoming VH1 reality show "Celebrity
Rehab with Dr. Drew" and said that during taping she kicked
addictions to the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and alcohol.
"Now that I'm sober I wanted a new physical state to go along with
my new mental state," Carey said. "I thought the auction would be a
great way to spread some holiday cheer and make sure someone out
there would have a Mary Mary Christmas."
The autographed implants have been placed on eBay and Carey, whose
real name is Mary Cook, said she planned to donate some 90 percent
of the proceeds to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
She intends to use the rest of the money on medical bills for her
mother, who suffered major injuries after jumping off a four-story
building in 2006.
"I'm actually overall very anti-plastic surgery," Carey said. "I
watched my mom go through 11 surgeries (for her injuries) and it's
like, for me to voluntarily put myself through that, the only right
thing to do is make money and donate it to charity."
Carey gained international fame in 2003 with her quixotic
gubernatorial campaign against eventual winner Schwarzenegger. She
abandoned a second run for governor against Schwarzenegger to be
with her ailing mother and said it was then that she turned to
Xanax, taking three times the prescribed dose.
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