Former
church secretary achieved
fame after a brief
affair with religious broadcaster
Jim Bakker was exposed in
1987.
She subsequently bared all, posing twice for "
Playboy," then launched her own
900 number phone line and frequently appeared on
radio programs such as the
Howard Stern show. The Playboy deals alone netted her over one million dollars and we're not even mentioning that
fresh Love Phone
infomercial.
Bakker, meanwhile, lost his job as co-host of his show, "
The PTL Club," and was convicted in
1989 of
conspiracy and
wire and mail fraud, in conjunction with mishandling funds for his ministry's Heritage USA
theme park. He was sentenced to a 45-year
prison term that was later reduced to eight years.
Sadly, Tammy Faye divorced Jim in 1992 and married his best friend and fellow PTL builder - Roe Messner.