Craigslist and Kutcher Make 'Best Roommate Ever' a Star

But S.F. apartment seeker might lose his job in the process

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It might cost him the very job that sent him apartment hunting in San Francisco, but we have a feeling Wade "Best Roommate Ever" Cothran will do OK for himself. Over the past 24 hours, Cothran has become a viral superstar, thanks to a delightfully profane Craigslist ad and a shout-out from actor/producer/Twittergod Ashton Kutcher. It actually began a few days prior, when the then-anonymous 25-year-old "professional marketing agent" posted an ad looking for a place in San Francisco, where he was relocating from Alabama for a job.

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