The New York Post reports a 27-year-old banker named Julian Bharti paid 50,000 pounds—roughly $81,000—to plant a gross, open-mouth-to-closed-mouth kiss on Elizabeth Hurley last night at an auction benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

According to the Daily Mail, Bharti, married father of three and eldest son of a billionaire, accepted his weird prize with vigor, "clasping Hurley close to him and kissing her full on the mouth to the cheers of the watching celebrity crowd."

Bharti told the Daily Mail—without any confirmation from the woman in question, it should be noted—that his wife wasn't bothered by the kiss, saying, "She's totally cool with it." Oh! You know, she sounds totally cool with it.

Elizabeth Hurley looks like she enjoyed it, too.

Congratulations to the happy couple! (The Elton John AIDS Foundation and $81,000.)

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