MSN.com: James Lipton opens up about being a pimp in Paris: ‘It was a great year’ […] Lipton says he ran a very successful bordello and made enough money to live off of for a year. “I did a roaring business,” he boasts. “That’s how I lived. I was going through my rites of passage, no question about it. It was a great year of my life.”

That said, he doesn’t endorse paying for sex. As he tells Parade, “I think if you can’t earn it on your own, then you don’t deserve it.”

Wait so… but he charged… and then… but the last line…

…what the fuck did I just read?