According to The Sun:
Kevin Waldrum, 45, spent up to 22 HOURS a day on the £2-a-minute lines after splitting from his girlfriend.
He said last night: “Chatlines are worse than drugs. I’m not a weirdo. I was just a normal guy with a normal chat who got hooked in and taken for an idiot.”
They would wave back, talk about life and dish out advice — including what fast food to eat.
Kevin said: “I told one girl how I’d go to KFC and McDonald’s and she’d tell me, ‘Get this, it’s more healthy’. But 95 per cent of their chat is bull****.
“Another girl Hannah had just split from her boyfriend. She got me on Twitter and said we’d meet but it never happened. It’s all lies.”
He said: “You get 20 minutes a call and they warn you near the end. I’d just phone straight back.
“These girls pretend to be your best friend but they’re all there to make a lot of money out of you.”
Vodafone has offered to cut his bill to £29,083 but ex-security guard Kevin says he can’t pay that as he’s still out of work. He said: “I admit it’s partly my fault but the line should have gone dead earlier.
No, Kevin, a $200 bill after you forgot to hang up the phone might be partly your fault, but spending up to 22 hours a day and amassing a $140,000 bill is ALL YOUR FAULT. What makes me sick is that he could have rented 140 pretty decent hookers for all that coin. Wasteful.
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