Joe Francis to Candy: Back Off!!!

Posted May 19th 2007 3:15PM by TMZ Staff

Joe Francis has fired back at Candy Spelling for the open letter posted this morning on TMZ. Francis is currently in Federal custody. Spelling's letter was read to Francis this morning by phone. Francis tells TMZ he wrote the response himself.

Dear Candy:

I don't know you, I have never met you and I don't know anything about you. After reading your letter posted on the internet, my mental picture of you is of a lonely old woman living in a mansion in Holmby Hills with let's say 300 cats jumping around, some in their own feces.

I have tried to think to myself what would compel a woman such as yourself to write a letter to someone they have never met? Even worse, you are making up your mind based on headlines. I can understand you writing Paris Hilton a letter out of care because as you said in your letter, you have known her most of her life. Then again, it's sad and pathetic you had the audacity to post that letter on the internet instead of just sending it to Paris personally.

Candy, you don't know any of the facts concerning my situation. I am a hardworking, compassionate and honest person. I will prevail just as I have in the past because overcoming adversity is not only a part of the entrepreneurial experience but a part of life. You should appreciate this and know this more than anyone and I am ashamed of you for forgetting how hard it is to make it in this world and the people who would love to tear you down because you have. Sadly, it appears you have become one of those people.

Contrary to what you have said in your letter, my world has not changed. My business Girls Gone Wild is thriving and posted record sales last month. Most important, my friends and my family (I love you guys....) have stood by me. This whole situation will be over soon and I will be standing strong.

I have never played a victim but I have always been a fighter. I will ultimately prevail in the matters at hand but I am concerned that you will die a lonely and unfulfilled person playing with those cats and posting open letters to people you have never met on the internet.

Sincerely,

Joe Francis

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1. Wow, when did they get computers in jail cells? That's so friggin cool. Jail is fun.

Posted at 3:43PM on May 19th 2007 by Toady

2. GET REAL!!! Joe does NOT have access to the internet in Jail. Slow day TMZ? Candy's story could have been provided to him by a family member or possibly his attorney, but highly doubtful since Candy's message just posted not long ago and the fact that it is the weekend. Don't fall for it people!

Posted at 3:46PM on May 19th 2007 by Don

3. I think this is all so phony!!! It has to be but if it is NOT it is way cool!!!! I think Joe might be onto something there. She is a lonely old woman, Tori help your Mother. She has way to much time on her hands!!!

Posted at 3:47PM on May 19th 2007 by Lori

4. My thoughts exactly! While I don't know enough about any of Joe's alleged activities, who is she to be giving advice? Last I heard, she had her own family drama that she didn't handle very well. Mind your own business Candy....just like with Paris, if you had really come forward out of compassion, you wouldn't be posting these things on TMZ. You obviously are struggling with your own issues of having no meaning or purpose...try Habitat or some other worthwhile charity.

Posted at 3:49PM on May 19th 2007 by BG

5. Wow Nicely done and too the point. He is right when does this women have the time, and maybe just maybe she should listen and take his advise. Candy why don't you just take care of your own family , and help out your own daugher instead of trying to play Dear Abby with other people.

Posted at 3:51PM on May 19th 2007 by princess

6. To #1: I was wondering the same thing, do they have dsl in your jail cell? He must have dictated this letter to his lawyer or something if he wrote it at all.

Posted at 3:53PM on May 19th 2007 by Tasha

7. Yeah, he wrote this letter on his computer, posted it on the internet and then went for a leisurely Saturday lunch and drive along the coast before returning to his cell for the night.

Posted at 3:55PM on May 19th 2007 by xxxxxxxxxx

8. SOme of you have no brain cells.. don't you think his attorney can print the letter out and get it to him ?? LOL.. unreal.. no, county jails don't have PC .. must be a lot of 7 yr olds reading TMZ.. shame on the parents !!

Posted at 3:58PM on May 19th 2007 by think about it people

9. I live on the west coast and I got on the computer around mid-night last night and
Candy's letter was already posted. There was more than enough time for Joe's
lawyer's or friends & family to tell him about this story. I think that his lawyers
probably got this letter to TMZ.

You've got to admit...Joe made some good points in his letter.

Posted at 3:59PM on May 19th 2007 by mary

10. Guess society will have to wait until a verdict is handed down to see who is right?

Innocent 'till proven guilty - verses- Headlines and Public opinion, strikes again.

Posted at 4:01PM on May 19th 2007 by BODY GUARD

11. It's true. Who the hell does she think she is? The White Oprah? That's Dina Hohan! She should worry about mending ties with Tori and cleaning up after those cats!!! No one wants to hear from her decrepit ass and go crawl back into that man lonely old mansion that she manipulated her dying husband into passing over to her and cutting out his own kids.. She's despicable!

Posted at 4:03PM on May 19th 2007 by jiga

12. I have to admit: I think a little more highly of Joe Francis now, after reading this (assuming that he really wrote it).

While Candy is so right on in principle (Francis makes his money off of exploiting people's insecurities and is basically an entreprenurial scuzz), her methods are presumptuous and preachy. Who is she?... the self-appointed karma police or universal conscience?

I agree with Francis about her letter to Paris, and his letter is succinct and clear without being preachy, even if, in practice, he's not as cool as his letter sounds.

Posted at 4:05PM on May 19th 2007 by don quixote

13. To Joe Francis,

You make your living off of pathetic, lonely people looking for any attention they can get by taking their clothes off, and various other really sad behavior. Some day you will have to answer to the ultimate authority for your behavior and you willl have no audience to cheer for you.

I pity you.

Posted at 4:05PM on May 19th 2007 by Jim in Pa

14. Yes!!! This is getting good. I can't wait for Candy's rebuttal letter.

Maybe this will force her to try to talk to him in person or over the phone.
LMAO!

Posted at 4:06PM on May 19th 2007 by now we're talking

15. You're the idiot with no brain cells. No, you're probably right. One of his lawyers, while reading TMZ this morning, saw the article, drove right down to the penitentiary, took a pad and paper to record his response to this all-important matter and then fired it right off to TMZ. That's why they get paid the big bucks!

Posted at 4:06PM on May 19th 2007 by xxxxxxxxxx

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