Patrcia Krentcil, the NJ mother who puts the "tan" in "tanorexic," is out on $25,000 bail after pleading not guilty to child endangerment—the 44-year-old is accused of taking her 6-year-old daughter tanning at a tanning salon in Nutley, NJ—and she's been busy. Busy buying tanning cream and saying that is Snooki "fake" and "fat," that is. Oh, and flashing photographers.
Krentcil has denied taking her fair-skinned child tanning and she says the severe sunburn spotted by a school nurse was from playing outside on a sunny day. While evidence suggests she's telling the truth, her extreme appearance has turned her into a meme and a late night punchline (Jimmy Kimmel: "Is she tanning or did she fall down the chimney? She looks looks Wile E. Coyote after the dynamite stick blows up. She's so tan it's actually racist.").
Tan fan Snooki said of Krentcil, "That b**** is crazy…you are not supposed to take kids there. Everyone knows you are NOT supposed to take kids there," prompting her to respond that Snooki is "the biggest a-hole in the world. She’s fake, she’s fat, her [breasts] are fake — she’s disgusting! When this is all said and done, I’d like to meet up with ‘Snoopy.'"
And in case you were wondering: A high school classmate of Krencil's told the Post that she was a big tanner back in the day. And a former liquor store clerk claims that Krentcil is a "real nutjob" (and reveals that she and her husband buy three-gallon jugs of wine a few times a week).
With all the hubbub, Krentcil has been tailed by reporters, and she told them yesterday she was buying more tanning cream. Also, Radar tells the world, "Krentcil, who spent the morning shopping at her local Target store, let it all hang out by going braless under a tight tank top and wearing an incredibly short skirt that exposed her matching white panties, while she tended to her shrubbery." Yes, there are pictures.
The owner of the tanning salon that Krentcil visits believes that she's been using self-tanner—and denies that his salon would let a child in.
