May 25th, 1993. Geraldo Rivera’s namesake talk show introduces us to a family with big currents underneath the polished middle class veneer.
“So other 17 year old kids with a license they deliver Dominos pizzas, you deliver hookers to the john…”
Trish tells her story, she’s been married for 25 years while simultaneously building up over 300 personal clients in the prostitution business. Her pice is $160 per hour.
The children speak, most seem to work with their parents in the escort service. While they overall don’t like it very much, the children recognize how this business has gotten them the things they have today. It beats welfare.
The segment ends with some chaos as Athena, a 14 year old daughter, breaks down amid what she sees as attacks on her family from the studio audience. She only came on the show for her mom.
While prostitution continues in 2026 and is legal in some parts of the U.S.A., it is rarely a family business.
This day, Geraldo’s television history.