Washingtonienne (TV)

The HIT TV SHOW THAT NEVER WAS! This was a failed HBO Comedy TV Show based on the book/blog of the same name. We shot a bunch of scenes and it never was finished.

In 2004, while a staff assistant for Senator Michael DeWine, Cutler published a short-lived blog called Washingtonienne describing her life in Washington, D.C. which included graphic details of her sex life.

Cutler justified receiving money from her lovers by saying, “I’m sure I am not the only one who makes money on the side this way: How can anybody live on $25K/year??”

Her identity was revealed by the blog “Wonkette” in May 2004, which resulted in a scandal on Capitol Hill.

On May 21, 2004, Cutler was fired for “unacceptable use of Senate computers” by Senator DeWine. Media treatment of Cutler was harsh, the Philadelphia Daily News going so far as to label her a “DC slut”. Cutler, though, has been relatively accepting of her notoriety:

Public embarrassment is really very liberating. You really stop caring about what people think, which is something only the elderly seem to able to accomplish with great aplomb. So I am way ahead of everybody. And those of you behind me can kiss my ass.

In summer 2004, Playboy.com featured an interview and nude pictures of Cutler.

She wrote a novel based on her experiences and blog: The Washingtonienne: A Novel, selling it for a reported $300,000. A reviewer for the Washington Post wrote, “The Washingtonienne gives hints of being lively, funny and agreeably in-your-face.” Judy Bachrach of The Weekly Standard wrote, “This is a novel of uncommon candor, humor, and perspicacity, and I loved every page of it.”