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Real Housewives’ of NY star Kelly Bensimon joins a long line of women hoping to increase their profiles with a nude spread in Playboy. The 41 year-old mother of two graces the March cover draped in red satin. She was photographed by her ex husband, fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon, and goes topless but doesn’t reveal her nether regions according to advance reports. Bensimon will appear in a six page spread in the upcoming issue, the cover of which has just been released. Here’s an interview she did with E! explaining her decision:
So if you’re not an exhibitionist, why did you do it?
When my agent was like, “Would you be interested in doing this?” at first I was like, “Uh, I don’t think so.” But then I was like, “That would be amazing.” I’m 41. It’s a great image for the rest of the world. Yes, you can have it all. You can have two kids, you can be in shape and you can really enjoy life.Whose idea was it to have your ex-husband [legendary fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon] shoot it?
That was my idea. No one takes more beautiful pictures of women than Gilles. I know a lot of amazing photographers, and they’re all lovely and awesome, but Gilles makes women better versions of themselves, and that’s what I wanted for Playboy.What do your daughters think?
They really love that their mommy and daddy are working together. We talked about it. Some of it was filmed for the show.I’ve seen some of the photos, but not all of them. Do any actually show you south of the border?
I didn’t want to do that. I don’t think that part of a woman’s body is really evocative. The roundness of the hips, the buttocks, the breast, the shoulders, the clavicle, the hair, the teeth—those are things that I think are most evocative and provocative parts of the body. So I don’t think it’s really necessary to show that. Some people might think it’s necessary, but it wasn’t for me.There’s been some speculation that you did Playboy to try to one-up Bethenny on her “I’d Rather Go Naked” ad for PETA. Any truth to that?
No! Different opportunities come to different people. That’s not me. I don’t play that game.
[From E! Online]
I’ve seen stomach-baring photos of Bensimon exercising outside for the paparazzi, and she’s even run in traffic in New York. I doubt that she’s not an exhibitionist.
What is up with her belly button on the cover? It’s way over to the side. She could possibly be twisting her torso like that, but it really looks like they Photoshopped her belly button too far over. Why didn’t someone catch that before this went to press?
Are these covers with sort-of recognizable pseudo celebrities, like Tara Reid, Heidi Montag and Aubrey O’Day, decent sellers for Playboy? I tried to find out more about this, but it’s hard to get circulation numbers for specific issues. There is news that Playboy cut circulation 38% due to declining sales last fall. Maybe this strategy isn’t working out so well for them. Hugh Hefner is also getting sued by a shareholder for helping contribute to the decreased value of Playboy stock by making bad business decisions.
One photo below from Bensimon’s Twitpic. The other photo is from Playboy via E! Online
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Airbrushing and Photoshop…DUH! And I can’t tell any of the NY/NJ Real Housewives apart, I always get this one confused with that other one. The only one I know is Bethenny because of her hammerhead face. But the real question is who wants to see this dried-up piece of beef jerky naked? WHAT KIND OF GOD WOULD ALLOW THIS?
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I can’t stand her on the show. She is seriously SO DUMB.
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I think that her belly button is in the right place, she is just turning her hips opposite of her shoulders…
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I could have done that photoshop job in my sleep! Or better yet Playboy do you want to hire any of my students?
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i think all these photoshoppers need to take an anatomy class to know what to put back where.
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Risa – I agree. they should have, however, seen it looked “weird” and done something about it. lol
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Actually, Audrey, I think that’s where her BB really is. While she has great legs, the rest of her body is awkward: bolt-on/cock-eyed breasts, no waist, and abs that appear more masculine than feminine.
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this has to be a man.
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The placement of her bellybutton should be the least of her concerns. Doesn’t anyone remember the horrible, horrible boob job she has? You know, she’s the one with the grand canyon between each ill-shapen and rock-solid breast?
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At a distance, she looks very pretty. However, up close, not so much. She has a very long face.
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Oh! ok, I had no idea this chick is, the one with the wonky boobs from Dlisted! EW! I really hope she got them fixed or photoshopped within a inch of their silicon. Those have to be runner up for the worst Hollywood boob job ever! or a close contender.
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yeah, i really hope she had her boobs re-done before shooting this. they did a great job of making her look several months pregnant, however. she has the strangest, most unattractive abdomen.
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It looks like a man’s body…
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Hoooly hell I just googled her to see those boobs…OH MY GOODNESS. You guys were not kidding!
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Yikes. Remindes me of the octo-moms. Time to put it away.
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And this is why Playboy is in the chitter.
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Obviously Photoshopped by the same cracked-out dork who took a chunk out of Demi Moore’s thigh.
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It looks like they photoshopped together a top half of her body to a different shot of her bottom half. Or they eliminated one of her hips too much if she was just tilting her pelvis one way.
Either way, it looks freaky.
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Her belly button’s also completely smooth. Like someone came in with a mini ice cream scoop to make it. Weird. Plus she looks prettier in the pic where she’s smiling in the car.
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She’s like, rully rully, evocative.
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I don’t know much about Playboy, but they really need to grow with the times.
Why spend that much money on a magazine when you can wait a little while for the pictures to show up online for free???
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she’s up here and we’re down here…
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@Ana, I don’t know about Playboy, but Hustler has an online thing. You still have to pay, though, which is stupid since you can find heaps of pics for free.
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Is this really what our boyfriends and sons are jacking it to?
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I do hope when she’s talking about doing a nude spread, that’s the position of her legs in the photo shoot.
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You can actually see the top of her pussy hair in one of the photo’s, confirming her status as a natural brunette.
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Did no one pick up on the “evocative”? She is TRULY a dumb woman.
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No wonder Playboy is losing subscribers and newsstand sales. Who would want to look at this tranny-look-a-like? Maybe 10 years ago she might have looked OK but even then, Playboy material? Really? Look for the Adam’s Apple Hef, look for the Adam’s Apple – it’s a dude.
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