In 1997, we were all collectively horrified by the story of schoolteacher Mary Kay Letourneau and her affair with her 7th grade student, Vili Fualaau. No matter how much the then-34-year old claimed that she and the 12-year old were “in love”, our unified gag-fest could not be restrained. After serving 7 years in prison and repeatedly breaking the no-contact order issued by a Seattle judge, Mary made it legal with her little man, exchanging wedding rings in 2005 at Columbia Winery. They waited until then so the boy would be legal to drink at the reception. And, as is true with all classy weddings, “Entertainment Tonight” had exclusive rights to the event, although the Fualaau family later sold pictures of the wedding to anyone willing to pay for them.
Someone Has Mommy Issues, And Someone Else Is A Felon.
Now the former teacher is married to 26-year old Vili Fualaau and the couple has two children, the first of which was born before the father turned 14, and the second of which was conceived while Mary Kay was busy violating more than the conditions of her probation.
Vili is an aspiring DJ, so, to promote his talent, Mary Kay put her education to good use and came up with “Hot for Teacher” nights at Fuel Sports Eats and Beats, with a flyer as tasteful as the event itself. It features a busty woman in a naughty schoolgirl outfit seductively biting a pencil. Vili Fualaau is billed as “DJ Headline” and the most recent event, on May23rd, was hosted by Mary K. Latourneau. Funny, since she legally changed her name to his when they married. I guess maybe the media wouldn’t pay attention if it was just Mary K. Something-Or-Other-No-one-Can-Pronounce.
$5 got people in the door, where Mary Kay was flitting about in a tight black minidress, signing autographs and dancing along to 2Pac’s “California Love” (Something tells me even 2Pac would find this distasteful). She also posed for photographs with her fans (exactly what kind of person becomes a fan of a child molester?), although no press was allowed in, as Fuel and the Latourneau-Fualaau’s wanted full control over which pictures were sold to who and for how much. Also available for sale (aside from the Fualaau’s dignity) were 11X17 inch posters of the flyer for $7, and t-shirts that read “Hot for Teacher” with an iron-on picture of the happy couple for only $20. Every item that Mary signed read “Oh Happy Day! Mary Fualaau”.
The only good that came of this is that the event did not sell out. Only 150 people showed up, some of them former students—the kind of thing that can make a convicted sex offender nervous. But not Mary, who plans to have another child and somehow return to teaching. She and her cosmopolitan were the main attraction at the party, although she claimed to be there only to support her husband (it feels dirty to even type that).
According to Fuel owner Mike Morris, who was clearly desperate for a rationalization: “It’s turned into sort of a love story.” (AP)
And it’s a love story that brings the media to his nightclub. We can look forward to many “Hot for Teacher” nights in the future.
So gross.