text: Clipping #3 (sidebar from an in-depth article in a magazine)
  
  "I decided to mount fund-raising campaigns after watching Laurent talk about his plans on TV," says twenty-nine-year-old Jennifer Sandoval, a London bank employee and active member of the recently founded Laurent Malherbe Appreciation Society. She is only one of the many men and women who chose to actively support Malherbe's bizarre quest for self-consumption. "I quickly realised," Sandoval confesses, "that Malherbe would soon run into financial troubles, which would cut off all his hope for success. I went out and found other people willing to support his wild plan, formed the Society and now we help keep Laurent on the road to his chosen destiny. We think he fully deserves our unending support." Need we still present Laurent Malherbe, the man who's nibbling away at himself, and who looks prepared to continue nibbling until there's nothing left to sink his teeth in—supposing he will still have teeth by that time! When Malherbe chewed on fingertips and earlobes, he only attracted the local press, but now that his testicles and parts of his organs and intestines considered non-vital have been removed and disappeared down his oesophagus, he is basking in full media attention. Not only did his grand dreams give rise to several fan clubs in the U.K. and abroad, they also led to controversies and harsh criticism from conservative and religious milieus. Yet Malherbe seems determined to continue his mission, especially now that his steadily mounting medical bills are paid with the funds raised by his Appreciation Society and some of his fan clubs. "I feel more stimulated than ever," he declared to us, "knowing that so many people actively support me, and put their money where their mouth is." Malherbe himself appears to have opted for putting his body where his mouth is.... In his latest TV interview, he announced his plans for removing what's left of his genitals ("completely irrelevant body parts in my current life") and having his toes and left hand amputated. Will this man go all the way? Will he swallow himself down to the last mouthful? Perhaps his next interview will reveal more. To be continued, doubtlessly.