Ashley's error

Ashley Dupre, the pathetic hooker better known as “Kristen,” did something wrong.

Yes, I mean something wrong besides selling her body to former N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer and destroying his political career and devastating his family and dominating the news for a week until Barack Obama’s crazy pastor pushed her aside.

(By the way, it was, uh, interesting to hear Spitzer’s replacement, former Lt. Gov. David Paterson, quickly admit that he too had had beaucoup affairs — and for that matter, his wife Michelle, didn’t exactly stand by her man throughout their marriage, if you know what I mean. … Maybe some day morality will once again be a requirement for New York governors, or at least a desirable option.)

Anyway, back to Ashley/Kristen.

She was all set to cash in on her newfound fame. Sure, it was going to be just as degrading as her prostitution. But once you've taken the plunge, you’re already wet, right?

One of America’s most famous sleazeballs, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, was going to offer her a cool million to host his 2008 Girls Gone Wild Spring Break Tour and pose nude for his new GGW magazine.

And isn’t that what America needs — another girlie mag?

Unfortunately, Ashley’s plans for sudden wealth took a slight detour when it was discovered that when she was 18, she’d already, er, performed for a Girls Gone Wild film crew — for free!

In fact, she shot seven full-length tapes that included nudity (of course!) and even what is delicately referred to as “same-sex contact.”

Ashley, Ashley.

People are going to think you are a slut. … Well, they already do, but now they will really think that. Tsk, tsk.

She will still rake in some big bucks — other photo shoots, interviews, a ghost-written biography, etc. — but the payday won’t be as big.

There’s a lesson in all this, and I hope everyone is paying attention:

A) Don’t be a whore. It’s disgusting.

B) If you are going to be a whore, don’t give it away.