One of my absolute worst nightmares is being attacked by a passel of mongooses (I had to look that up to make sure the plural wasn’t mongeese). One mongoose I can handle, but multiple mongooses freak me out. And the more there are, the greater the likelihood of being attacked. Tila Tequila is the closest thing I’ve ever seen to a mongoose in human form. And now there might be more than one of her.

Ashley Dupre, of Eliot Spitzer scandal fame, is trying to become the “next Tila Tequila” according to the New York Post. And while she’s not as mongoose-looking as the original thing, there’s still a feret-ish quality that can be seen from certain angles.

After bringing down Gov. Eliot Spitzer and becoming the most infamous hooker in America, Ashley Dupre is about to stoop even lower than prostitution – reality television. The former high-priced call girl is hungry to become the “next Tila Tequila” with a dating-type reality show that she is now developing with a Los Angeles-based company, E! News reported yesterday.

Dupre, 23, doesn’t yet have a deal to air the show – but she is set to kick her plans into high gear by moving to the Left Coast from the New Jersey mansion where she now lives with her mom and wealthy stepdad. Dupre only gave a coy giggle and said “no comment” when asked about the reality-show plans. Her mother, Carolyn Capalbo, fueled speculation further when she laughed and said: “You’ll have to follow her out to LA.”

The governor-loving good-time girl is reportedly working on her reality dreams with Handprint Entertainment, a management company that reps the likes of Nicole Richie and Pamela Anderson. When asked for comment about reports of their working with the legendary lady of the evening, Handprint’s rep hung up on a reporter twice.

[From the New York Post via the Huffington Post]

Since Ashley’s show is supposed to be a takeoff on Tila Tequila’s show, I’m assuming it will involve both men and women. Otherwise it’d just be another dating show, and I’m assuming they’d compare it to something else. There’s also a rumor out there that she’s done some lesbian stuff in the past.

Ashley had to drop her lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis, who is planning on putting out a tape of her clips, even though the now 23-year-old was only 17 at the time. Which apparently is legal in Florida. One of the rumors about the tape is that Dupre performs some sort of sex act on another woman.

The idea of giving this woman a reality show is just madness. As if reality TV could possibly suck more. Nonetheless, I think I’d probably watch it, if only for the novelty factor.

Here’s Tila Tequila outside MTV TRL Studios in Times Square on July 1st. Photographer: Patricia Schlein. Images thanks to WENN.