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“Real Housewives of Orange County” star Heather Dubrow and her “Botched” star husband, Terry, have come under fire for selling small bottles of their own brand of hand sanitizer for $28.95 on TV — apparently without donating proceeds to charity. The Hollywood millionaires went on ShopHQ to hawk their products, and they sold a huge …
“Real Housewives of Orange County” star Heather Dubrow and her “Botched” star husband, Terry, have come under fire for selling small bottles of their own brand of hand sanitizer for $28.95 on TV — apparently without donating proceeds to charity.
The Hollywood millionaires went on ShopHQ to hawk their products, and they sold a huge amount amid the coronavirus pandemic.
But they got castigated on Twitter for their appearance, with one user writing, “You and your husband are PRICE GOUGING. You are selling [6 ounces] of hand sanitizer for $28.95. You and your hubby get to [stay in a] $21 million home, while you take advantage of people’s fear. Shame.” Another wrote, “More about the Benjamins than helping Americans.”
Reports have pointed to hand sanitizer as one of the items being egregiously marked up in price in the US during the health crisis.
However, the Dubrows were left upset over the comments, and Heather exclusively told us that $35,000 had already gone to California’s Second Harvest Food Bank. She added: “We’ve already donated thousands… to people working on the front line of this pandemic.
And we’re giving a portion of the proceeds of our sanitizer to food banks — there are kids who are not getting anything to eat — and to health-care professionals.”
Terry, a plastic surgeon, claims that the sanitizer has been developed for “persistence,” and that “it’s the same technology we used in the room where we prep patients.” The product is expensive, he claimed, as currently the ingredients are “impossible to find” during the pandemic and “three times the normal cost … We’ve scorched the Earth looking for them.”
The sanitizer is made in the US by Celmark International, and they have to ensure workers are kept 6 feet apart.
Heather said: “As a mom of four, I’m looking at when we re-emerge and the kids go to school or camp. I wanted to build a product that helps people in a new wave of normalcy.”
