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A year after the charges were dropped, Patricia “Tan Mom” Krentcil decided she wanted in on her own story.
She told In Touch magazine that she planned on starring in a movie to “portray everything that’s happened.” As she had thousands of dollars in legal bills to pay – and with her husband Rich out of work – she wanted to cash in on her newfound fame.
“‘It’s not even near being over,” she said about her moment in the spotlight. “Everyone wants me. I have a lot of other opportunities, so I’m just trying to figure out where to move my family.”
Then, in June 2019, “Tan Mom” came close to losing her life.
According to Patricia’s friend Adam Barta – through a statement to US Weekly – she was in critical condition due to complications from pneumonia. The whole family relocated to Florida to be at her side.
“Currently, she is still on life support (via the intubator) and in a medically induced sleep until her heart are lungs are strong enough to handle functioning on their own,” Barta told US Weekly.
“The fluid is draining from her lungs and she is improving today but she is definitely not out of the woods.”
