‘Tan Mom’ is running for SENATE: Patricia Krentcil files paperwork to fight pale incumbent Rick Scott – 11 years after being arrested for taking her five-year-old son to tanning salon
‘Tan Mom’ runs for SENATE: Patricia Krentcil files paperwork to fight pale incumbent Rick Scott – 11 years after she was arrested for taking her five-year-old son to the tanning salon
- Patricia Krentcil became a viral part of pop culture in 2012 due to her obsession with tanning
- She was infamously arrested, though ultimately not charged, for taking her five-year-old daughter to a tanning salon in New Jersey
- Krentcil has now announced her candidacy for the United States Senate as a Republican from Florida
‘Tan Mom’ Patricia Krentcil has revealed she’s running for Senate — 11 years after she was arrested for taking her five-year-old son to a tanning salon.
Krentcil is preparing to face incumbent Republican Senator Rick Scott after filing paperwork to run as a Republican earlier this week.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Krentcil said, “The thing about my campaign is you know everything about me from the start.”
“There are no skeletons or hidden secrets or shocking dirt to reveal. What you see is what you get, because my life is documented. I think that is why more media personalities should get involved in politics.’
Patricia Krentcil became a viral part of pop culture in 2012 due to her obsession with tanning
Earlier this week, she announced her candidacy for the United States Senate from Florida. She says she will run as a Republican with a pro-LGBTQ+ agenda
She tells potential supporters that once in office she will advocate for a pro-LGBTQ+ agenda.
After her arrest for child endangerment, Krentcil sought help for a tanning addiction on a reality TV show called ‘Tan to 10’.
Her past hardships, she says, inform her campaign.
“I went through fire to get to where I am today, which is a strong, independent woman who wants positive change in this country and this world,” she told Fox.
‘Am I the most eloquent, most brilliant politician who ever lived? No. But I’m a mother of five, with two kids in high school right now, boots off the ground in Florida, dealing with medical issues.”
‘I understand. I understand what these people are going through. And it’s not good. We have to change it,” she added.
Krentcil is running against incumbent Republican Senator Rick Scott
Krentcil specifically identified some of the social and cultural issues that have recently become central to the world of Florida politics, arguing that these are not the issues Americans are actually concerned about.
‘Ban Shakespeare, teach slavery beneficial? This is the priority when thousands of people can’t pay their home insurance premiums or medical bills!?” she said.
She added, gesturing to some of the identity political issues currently at stake: “No one should feel inferior because of what they look like or who they are as a person. I know that from my own experience.’
A photo of Patricia Krentcil from January this year – she says she will run as a Republican on a platform that advocates for all
After her arrest and viral moment in 2012, Krentcil sought help for her tanning addiction in a docuseries called 10 to Tan
Since her moment at the center of pop culture, Krentcil says she’s changed her “whole attitude to life around.”
“I am no longer respected. I don’t party or do crazy things.’
Krentcil, a single mother of five, was charged with child endangerment in 2012 after she allegedly exposed her five-year-old daughter to artificial UV rays at a tanning salon in New Jersey.
The child would have suffered burns to her legs. Krentcil pleaded not guilty, and the following year a grand jury decided not to indict her.
She was subsequently banned from several tanning salons in NJ. She eventually moved to Florida.
Currently, the Republican primary field in Florida includes Senator Scott and former U.S. Army National Guardsman Keith Gross.