Thread: Survivor China

Survivor' lunch lady won't take $50,000
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071219/...3NEFwnE2es0NUE

NEW YORK - Denise Martin, who gained fame as the lunch lady on CBS' reality show "Survivor: China," is donating the $50,000 she received from producer Mark Burnett to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDs Foundation.
Martin told viewers on Sunday night's live finale that she'd been demoted to janitor at a school in Douglas, Mass., after finishing fourth on the show. After hearing her story, Burnett surprised Martin with the money to help get her life back.

On Tuesday, Martin acknowledged on CBS' "The Early Show" that she'd been promoted to custodian, at her own request, before the competition began.

"It was not my intention to be misleading," Martin, 40, said on the broadcast. "I'm sorry, and I apologize to everybody."

In a statement issued Tuesday by the network, Martin said she took "full responsibility" for her actions.

"I do not feel comfortable about accepting the $50,000. I would instead ask that it be donated to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation," the statement said. "Please accept my apology. I would also like to thank all the people who have supported me through this experience."

I am glad she isn't accepting it either. I bet she would have kept it if she wasn't busted. Donating it may make her look better, but she probably didn't have much of a choice.

What'll really suck for her is she'll most likely have to claim that $50k on her taxes as income , then try to file the donation as a charity & hope to get some of that tax money back., but I seriously doubt she'd break even!
She would have been better off just keeping her dang mouth shut! Now instead of everyone liking her for being an honest hard working American, she'll always be known as the "lunch-lady liar".