Pink covers the new issue of WHO magazine, but she appears stark naked on the cover, so I’m not using the full cover. If you really want to see Pink’s toned, tattooed body, go here. In the cover interview, Pink talks about how she enjoys being naked a lot and she and her daughter have “naked booby butt dance party.” Lord. I mean, good for her. I was just thinking about how I’ve always been a little bit repressed about that kind of thing. But more power to her! Pink also talks about body image and skinny versus strong:
Posing completely nude three years after becoming a mum, “I’m in the best shape of my life,” declares WHO’s cover girl Pink as she leads a host of brave stars stripping down to celebrate positive body image and finding confidence for WHO’s special Body Issue. Pink says her body confidence stems from “when I know I’m fit” and that despite being “ten pounds [4.5kg] heavier” than she was before her pregnancy, “I’m so much more patient with myself.”
The pop sensation, who was a child gymnast, learnt from an early age that “instead of thinking, ‘Am I skinny?’ I grew up thinking, ‘Am I fast enough? How can I use my body?’ I’m a person who could always lose a couple [pounds] here and there, but I would rather be strong than bony.”
It’s this strong sense of self that Pink, who wed motocross star Carey Hart in 2006, hopes to instill in their daughter, three-year-old Willow: “She said to me the other day, ‘Mama, on Tuesday I think we should get naked and have a naked booby butt dance party.’ I was like, I’m in!’”
I think that’s one of the best reasons to for Title IX (in America) and for girls’ sports programs in general. It’s important to teach girls at a young age that your body is not your enemy, that “thinness” is not the goal, that strength and power and athleticism are worthy goals as well. I was a child gymnast too, and I loved it. Then I got boobs. And then I quit gymnastics. I should have stuck with it!
Pink also gave an interview to Extra this week where she discussed whether or not she and Carey Hart would have another baby. Pink basically says that 3-year-old Willow probably wouldn’t like a sibling: “I think she really enjoys being the center of attention… I see siblings that are kind of violent toward their younger ones, and I feel like that might be the way she goes with it.” Yeah, it happens. I’m an only child and I always preferred it.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I have always loved Pink
Me too. I was able to see her in Vegas in January. Great show!!
I saw her live as well and was BLOWN AWAY. She has such a great voice, I think it is kind of underrated. It was a really entertaining show.
I love the cover of the magazine. It is nice to see a photo of the female form that isn’t hypersexualized, but celebrates healthy muscle and skin instead.
I just came here to say that she’s my fave. Love her.
I am far too old to be interested in modern music but I do love pink, she is such a refreshing change from the usual bimbos. And she does great videos, the “trouble” vid with jeremy renner and his eye liner being a good example
Love her also.
About 10 years ago, I had my hair cut in a really short pixie, and the hairdresser’s young son said, “She looks just like Pink.” LOL. Supreme compliment for me.
I am a lazy person just having a workout routine it’s a conquest, and I am far from being toned. Let’s say I am in a good shape. Having said that: I really admire everyone who has an athletic muscolar healthy body. Like Pink.
I love that she is sending the message out there that you don’t have to be thin to be in shape. Being healthy and fit comes in all different sizes.
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I get what you’re saying (and I understand Pink’s point) but at the same time you CAN be thin and strong too. I am in nice shape – some people would probably call me bony if all they looked at were my collarbones – and I’ve never starved myself a day in my life.
I like that Pink isn’t following the whole “gotta be skinny to be pretty” stupidity but it’s not like being bony means you’re automatically feeble, lol.
I know strong thin women and I know strong large women. It’s all good.
Right. I think you can talk about how you’re happy with your own body without implying that thin people are “bony.” As long as you’re healthy, that doesn’t really matter. I like her and I don’t think she meant to insult thin people, I’m just saying you can be fit and muscular or fit and thin.
I don’t think she meant that they are mutually exclusive, just that her diet and excersise routine aim for fitness not thiness.
I didn’t know she was a gymnast but it makes total sense after seeing some of her performances. She’s an amazing dancer and athlete, and a great role model too.
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She is amazing onstage! I love what she is saying here, and I think her body is crazy hot. No girl or woman, no matter what body type she has, should be made to feel ashamed of it. Strong is the always sexy.
Good for her and her toned body. I would love to see her in concert.
Everyone I know who has seen her, even those who weren’t really fans, has said she’s amazing.
I am a big fan and my husband just never really listened to her music. He surprised me with tickets and we went and saw her. He was so impressed. She really is amazing.
I watched the oscars with my boyfriend and he was SO impressed with her Over The Rainbow performance. He said he got chills. Made me laugh bc he usually hates the girly, pop singers! 🙂
My 11 year old daughter (first concert ever!) and I went to see Pink in November. AMAZING show, and amazing talent.
I totally heart that my girl loves Pink, and has never been remotely interested in Bieber – thank goodness!
My 11 and 8 year old daughters love her too! Thankfully neither were never into Bieber. Although the 8 year old loves One Direction. Bit the bullet and bought tickets to go see them with her in August. Can’t win them all. 😉
I love her. She always stayed true to herself and I love her story with Carey Hart. They seperated, then she invited him to shoot the video for “So what?” and they hooked up and got together again.
BOOBY BUTT DANCE PARTY …. awwwww
Her reasoning for not having another child seems kind of strange and dumb. My older sister was not happy about it when I was born. So should my parents not have had me? Most first siblings have some issues when the second child is born. It’s part of life and learning for both siblings involved. Then when our youngest sister was born I was just thrilled, because I had never been an only child anyway, and that sister and I have always had a beautiful relationship.
Is this how she’s going to raise her kid? When something might be a challenge for her kid she just won’t do it? I don’t get that whole line of thinking
I respectfully disagree. I think you need to know your kid. It’s also about realizing what you, as the parent, want out of life. I suspect Pink didn’t want to discuss the fact that maybe she and her SO don’t want another child. In my own experience, I am finding that there is a lot of judgment against parents who only have one. My husband and I are struggling with whether to have a second. The reality is that we need to be honest about our limitations, what we want out of life and how we want to spend our limited time and resources. My guess is that Pink and Carey have probably had a similar conversation and decided against it. Maybe she didn’t want to open that Pandora’s box in the interview.
I don’t understand why so many people care whether or not people have another kid, but they do and they can be very judgmental about it (witness: Patricia’s comment). We are having the same struggle. I look at others who have multiple kids and I just really can’t imagine how that could apply to my life for a whole variety of reasons.
Agreed. As a childless by choice couple in our 40s, we get a variation of this cast in our direction every day. We’re selfish…blah blah. Having kids, however many, or not having them, is a personal choice. End of.
I too would imagine it’s something they’ve discussed and thought about in great length, so it’s more complex than she’s stating in the interview.
Either way, it’s their choice, whatever their reasons.
I am a “one and done” parent. I have gotten so much crap for it over the past 18 years.
Maybe she should have just said they want one child. Full stop. Unfortunately, many people make parents of only children feel like they’re doing something wrong. Not unlike how people who don’t want any children are made to feel. She wants one. She shouldn’t feel like she has to explain it.
I totally agree if she just wants one child that’s fine. She could have said as much. But the reason she gave is just totally strange to me…
Fiance still says, he made a terrible error begging for a sibling as a little kid. His younger sister is batshit crazy, but his parents felt bad that he was an only child who WANTED a sibling, so along came my terribly mean, narcissistic almost sister in law.
I have one child, it turned out that way due to my PND after having my girl, and honestly if I was a celebrity being interviewed I would have said something along the same lines. It was an easy way to say its no ones business, and she is right. There are 7billion people on the planet as it is, the less replacing of every single human we do, the better it will be for the children that are here already.
She looks absolutely fabulous. And good on her for promoting positive body image and taking the focus off skinny and putting it on strength. I am kind of confused by her comment about always being a person who could loose a few pounds. Not sure if she means she weights a little more because of all the muscle and how people worry a bit too much about numbers on the scale? I’ve just never seen her look like she needed to loose weight.
Love her! I think that’s hilarious about Willow. Sorry, no pearl clutching from me. She knows her child.
I like Pink.
I’m finally getting to at point in my life (at almost 40 🙁 )where I realize my body is far from perfect but that’s ok! It’s getting stronger everyday and I love it. I was never an athlete, didn’t have the confidence or the support from my parents. I did dance for quite a few years but that’s it. And now, as the mom of two boys, I’m regularly running, playing baseball, shooting hoops, kicking a soccer ball and realizing, I’m pretty good at this stuff! It bums me out that I spent way too many years not doing things because I didn’t think I was good enough. Having a strong body and taking care of it, that’s what’s important.
I’ve always liked Pink. She’s strong, confident and talented. Awesomeness.
I was an only child and had only a brief period of wanting a sibling. As I have grown older and observed other families, I am more than fine with not having siblings.
There are downsides to every situation, be it having no kids, one or several children. A lot of potential sibling problems seem to arise or resurface when parents are older and pass away.
Thanks for saying that. We have an only and one of my biggest worries is him having to deal with us getting old and dying all by himself – but you make a great point about that situation also bringing up problems.
I’m an only child who always wanted siblings. But my parents had a lot of difficulty conceiving me, and lost a pregnancy after so it was not meant to be. Life is what it is and obviously I no longer sit around being bummed about it. But, my parents are getting older and I will be the sole person around to deal with and all the decisions and responsibilities that come along with it. Honestly I worry about that.
Of course, on the flip side, my husband is one of three and when his parents pass away it will be a whole other set of problems as they are the types who will be fighting over everything. I guess no matter what your situation there are no guarantees that things will go smoothly.
I too am an only. Took my parents 11 years to have me after multiple miscarriages and a still birth. They didn’t have any more because they couldn’t. I loved being an only child, but I wanted a big family and decided three was a good number. I’m just hoping one of them will put me in a nice nursing home when I’m old and come and visit me on the holidays.
My mother became ill within a month of my birth, and having another baby wasn’t to be. She’s been physically limited for all my memory and my father is now ill as well and I assist them both daily while working full time. I just take it day by day and keep the focus on making things good for my parents. I think it’s the right thing to do.
At first, I thought it was a liability to not having siblings to assist. My personal observation now goes along with the saying ‘one mother can have many children, but many children cannot care for one mother’. It seems to fall on one anyway. My husband has siblings who have excuses galore why they can’t help his mother. I see how it hurts him (and her, for that matter), though he tries to brush it off. And squabbling over money and items (however meager) seems to happen a lot as well.
There really is no perfect scenario.
“There really is no perfect scenario. ”
That really sums it up perfectly.
Her concert over a year ago in 2013 was amazing.
LOVE Pink, more please 🙂
I am digging that cover. I look forward to certain mags body issue ( ESPN is a good one) because it really does give a variety of bodies and not everyone is a model. Kiddos Pink.
Just chiming in to say I love her! She is articulate, owns her issues, and is a good role model for girls. I love her music. My 5-year-old son and I like to rock out to Pink in the car–her music keeps my spirits up when I am having a hard time.
I love Pink…She exudes confidence.
eh, I could have done without the comparison, but I prefer an athletic look for myself, like hers. More women need to know that they can train hard and not look like men unless they’re taking ‘roids.
One of the main reasons I adore Pink she is so strong and confident.
She has always been so honest about where she’s coming from, you know. I like that about her. It doesn’t seem fake. There’s no gimmick.
Also, I absolutely love her for how her romance with Carey Hart came to be. She’s such a romantic but doesn’t show it in the normal way, cheesy way. She over does it, the cheesiness but it still seems so genuine cause she does these things only when she’s really feeling it. She’s so strong and bold!! Ok, I have a wierd girl crush on her.
I truly admire this woman. She has managed to stay true to herself, while still staying relevant and popular within the entertainment industry and to boot she’s actually talented. I think she’s a great example for young women. You don’t need to be who everyone says you have to be…just be yourself. She’s pretty rad in my book and I’m not ashamed to say I’ve developed quite the girl-crush over the years. 😉
I just love her.
Pink is a great example of someone who is famous, rich and normal.
Her body is very masculine I find, but she is beautiful!
Pink is amazing. I love her, my daughter loves her, hubby too. Saw her a few months ago in concert and was totally blown away. Girl can sing while hanging upside down from the rafters!
As far as sticking with just one child, whose business is it? Such a personal choice. My daughter is an only, completely well adjusted and amazing. I am one of 5, and haven’t spoken to any siblings since my parents died. I would have loved to have been an only rather than watch them ignore my dying parents. Now I am an only by choice. I am sure that there are people out there who have amazing siblings, but that is not always the case.