Tara Reid poses for Playboy

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Most people would probably tell you that they’d prefer not to see Tara Reid naked. As a result of several botched plastic surgeries, she doesn’t have the greatest body. I’m not saying that in an attempt to make fun of her – but Tara has often bared things she could have kept hidden if she’d wanted to, like her stomach, which suffered from some bad lipo. And let’s not forget the infamous nip slip (nsfw) – well really, it was a full boob slip. That happened after Tara had her breasts done, and the whole world saw her surgical scars. But despite all that, she’s taking it all off for Playboy. For the first time in my life, I’m going to follow the sentence “taking it all off for Playboy” with this: I actually respect her for it. It takes serious guts to bare your body when you’ve been critiqued like Tara has, and I imagine she must be very self conscious.

Just in case you were left unsatisfied by her red carpet breast baring, Tara Reid will appear naked in Playboy. Those pesky lipo scars, still apparent after an attempted revision in 2007, can’t hold her back. In Touch Weekly released the following statement:

In Touch can exclusively reveal that Tara Reid has stripped down to pose for the cover of an upcoming issue of Playboy magazine. The American Pie star, who underwent a botched liposuction procedure in 2004, posed entirely nude for the popular magazine at a private residence on October 7 in Santa Monica, Calif. Although Tara, 33, was a bit nervous shooting, she seemed to ease into it as the day went on. “She was a bit insecure about her body when they first started,” says an insider. “She looked great and finally got into the groove.” Tara had said in the past that she would never pose for Playboy, saying, “I know there are problems with my stomach. There are bumps on it, it’s uneven, but it’s not that bad. My stomach scars are my battle wounds.”

[From the Huffington Post]

I bet “a bit nervous” is an understatement. Sometimes photo shoots have a ton of people and sometimes it’s fairly intimate with just a few there. I’m guessing for Tara’s sake it wasn’t some giant free-for-all with all sorts of Playboy people there. I bet they kept it to the absolute minimum. I wonder how much they’re going to airbrush her? I guess my real question is, are they photographing her because they think she’s sexy and want her to look hot? Or are they doing it for novelty’s sake? Like, “Look at these weird things on Tara Reid!” While I really hope that’s not the purpose, I am curious. And it’d bug me if they photoshopped her to look like everyone else. We all know she’s got some body stuff going on. Really, it’d be nice to see someone with an imperfect figure still in Playboy. I’m sure most of us can relate in one way or another.

The thing I find most surprising about this is that Tara agreed to do it at all. Why? There’s the obvious issue of money. She’s not exactly an in demand actress. But I’m guessing she could have made whatever she was paid some other way. The fact that she’s had so much surgery would have made me think she had body issues before she went under the knife. That so much of it had less-than-ideal results makes me think she has to have body issues as a consequence. Unless they’re going to airbrush her into ridiculousness – and maybe they will, maybe that’s why she agreed to do it – how could this possibly make Tara feel better about herself?

Here’s Tara with boyfriend Michael Axtmann in St. Tropez on July 27th. Images thanks to Fame Pictures .

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  1. crazymary says:

    NOOOOOOOOO! My eyes! They BURN!

  2. Firestarter says:

    God, her body is more cartoon like than Marge Simpson’s and not in the good way!

  3. puppybrite says:

    Of course this is about the money!

    Any money she made went up her nose or into corrective surgery.

  4. hatsumomo says:

    This came out of the left field. I wonder who sighed off on it, Hef or his sons? For another matter, who wants to see her naked? To show the dangers of plastic surgery? I cant imagine even the most hard up of guys wanking to pics of her.

  5. Annicka says:

    I have zero respect for any woman who poses for Playboy, and those who have aspirations to do so. I don’t care about naked bodies, whatever, they’re naked, everyone is naked under their clothes. But to intentionally put yourself into a setting like Playboy is so trashy.

    And I do NOT want to see Tara Reid naked. But when the pictures are inevitably leaked, I’m certain I will look to satisfy my curiosity about whether or not there will be surgery scars everywhere or if Photoshop will clear up those little imperfections.

  6. Green Is Good says:

    Playboy has really gone downhill. This hag isn’t in anybody’s spank bank.

  7. Cynthia says:

    I hope they photo shop her really really good!

  8. pickelhaube says:

    Oh wow, we get to see her rotten pepperoni frankenstein nipples….yay. Lucky, lucky us. But it’s not like Playboy is all that great anyways. At least they have the most state of the art airbrushing available because they are gonna need it for this walking bad plastic surgery PSA. And Tara Reid used to be so beautiful….

  9. pickelhaube says:

    LOL Annika, “respect” is DEFINITELY not the word I associate with Playboy bunnies, that’s for damn sure! Poor things don’t even realize how they are being exploited….but I guess that’s how the world works. Prey on the weak and stupid to enrich your bank account.

    But TBH, look at someone like Kendra. What else could she POSSIBLY be qualified to do in life? I think working at McDonald’s might even be too mentally challenging for her, so IDK.

  10. murmur says:

    They are going to have to photoshop her. I feel sorry for the person who has that job.

  11. Ashley says:

    I’m sure it will be a good toilet read, and by that I mean guys drawing mustaches and genitals on her face.

  12. Susette says:

    I don’t think her body issues were all that serious prior to the plastic surgery. Sadly, the lipo and boob job are pretty standard ops for Hollywood starlets. It’s just not public knowledge, unless it goes wrong. She chose crappy doctors. I can see her being nervous about the shoot, but if she really was that self-conscious about her body, we wouldn’t be seeing her in bikini shots.

    It’s Playboy, so it’s pretty much guaranteed that they’ll photoshop the hell out of her. I think she’s doing it for the money and attention. They probably paid more than her usual party hosting gigs, and the acting offers may have dried up, but she still needs to stay in the public eye enough to get jobs.

    I never had anything against her. She always seemed pretty harmless. More self-destructive than anything.

  13. Kerri says:

    I finally figured it out – this is the reason photoshop was invented.

    I am wondering – if she gained some weight would those lumpy areas full out and the sinks get some fat or is she stuck like that for life? Just a question

  14. ligeia says:

    tara is a poster girl for everything that is wrong with hollywood. she is harmless though, she gets all this negative attention because her surgeries didn’t go as well as these of rest of hollywood starlets. it’s disgusting that all these women are under pressure to mutilate themselves in order to fit a certain look. people nitpicking on celebrity bodies and faces only adds to that pressure. regardless how skinny and lumpy her stomach is, she still looks better than majority of women her age, so if she is so hideous what does it mean for your average 30 something with multiple kids….?

  15. lrm says:

    Um,I don’t think she looks nearly as good as ‘your average 30 something with multiple kids’…at least the ones i know,and i know many 40 somethings with multiple kids that look far better! as in,toned,eat healthy,excercise,take care of oneself.
    THAT is why Tara looks nasty-yes,there,i said it. she has no tone,and yes,if she ate real food,stopped filling her body with toxic matter [whatever she may be ingesting,besides the coca cola there],and excercised a few times a week,the lumpy tummy would dissipate,at least somewhat.

    Oh,and I live in so cal-so no,not everyone who is ‘fit’ here is doing multiple surgeries to boot.
    It is also the ‘holistic health capital’ of the country,IMO. Some people are doing it the natural way,even if they are still obsessed with body image.

    So,yea,Tara’s body is disturbing to me. But she is self-destructive,not harmful others,and I wish her well….

  16. Jen says:

    I wish her well. I’ve only ever seen her in Scrubs. But damn, she’s thinner than me but a LOT less toned. So yeah I’ll stay with my not lipo-ed size 12 and stick to the gym.

  17. ligeia says:

    irm, i live in southern california as well and i think most people would agree that what is average here is not considered average for the rest of the nation. that said, yes there are definitely some women here who are much older than Tara and look much better, but again this is Barbieland, not the average by any means. She is not ugly, but she def could use a burger or two…hope she takes better care of her body.

  18. guilty pleasures says:

    Hmmm, mixed feelings. I agree that you don’t see women of substance baring their genitals in public forums, however, when your one comet has sailed across the sky I suppose a paycheck is a paycheck. Her body is not good for more than one reason, her very bad surgeries, and her lack of attention to small things such as exercise and nutrition.
    And the Photoshop Award goes to….

  19. Lindsay says:

    It would be one thing if they feature women with less than ideal bodies, that perhaps were a little bigger than your average Playboy model. But she choose to have surgery and obviously didn’t pick the best doctor and probably had more taken out than most surgeons would have. That is not as easy to relate too.

    I bet the Photoshop will be heavy. The typical Playboy market doesn’t care about women working out body issues, just that they are hot.

    She couldn’t have made whatever she was paid so quickly or easily. She is capable of earning money but she doesn’t seem to want to hold down a job or actually work. She ruined any chance she had at television and movies because of a lack of talent and too much partying.

    She is only skinnier than “your average 30 something with multiple kids” which does not automatically equal prettier.

  20. Popcorny says:

    Her body reminds me of Donatella Versaci’s face.

  21. Hieronymus Grex says:

    The slide continues. 🙁 She’s my fave guilty pleasure girl.

  22. enchantress says:

    The slide continues. She’s my fave guilty pleasure girl.
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    Welcome back, dante 🙂

  23. crash2GO2 says:

    You know, I keep reading about her botched surgeries, and everyone assumes they were botched, but has anyone ever considered that maybe she didn’t take care of her incisions after the surgery? I saw her nipples, and frankly it looked to me like she might have had a nasty infection around the incision area of the areola – that can happen if you get too happy with your pain meds and don’t take your antibiotics or take care of your stitches. That’s not the surgeon’s fault. And their lopsided appearance could very well be due to the fact that you need to wear very uncomfortable compression garments for 6 weeks after surgery to make sure your implants heal in the correct place on your chest, and I’m willing to bet she just threw on a bathing suit and ran to the beach or the pool as soon as she could walk (would explain the infection too, if that’s what she had).

    As for her stomach, no, exercise will not make those adhesions dissipate, and they will not disappear with weight gain.

    No, I am not a doctor, but I play one on TV. 😉

  24. BiggieShortie says:

    @Crash2go2- I was wondering the same thing, about the nature of her scarring. She doesn’t seem like the type of person to be diligent in taking care of herself, always drunk (high, too? heck if I know, but DRUNK as a skunk). I agree that there is a very real possibility that some of her bad results could be from inadequate after care that ONLY SHE could provide for herself.
    On top of her surgery issues, she is skinny fat and it is NASTY. Trick needs to EAT and EXCERCISE. She has NO muscles, and her cellulite and flat butt don’t help her case.
    She doesn’t bug me as much as some of these other idiots we see more of on the daily, but I think it’s because she’s so Z-list that she doesn’t get shoved in our faces as much.

  25. Hieronymus Grex says:

    Who Enchantress?

  26. gg says:

    hieronymous – Enchantress thinks you’re a snarky old poster we had here that entertained everybody and had a few great home truths. Take it as a compliment.

    One thing about Tara — I have NEVER seen such a low-slung flabby ass on such a skinny person. It’s sliding off. She’s never exercised in her entire life apparently.

  27. Hieronymus Grex says:

    I’ve been called it before, I guess this guy was a total card?

  28. nj says:

    She was so adorable once. I thought she even looked good flat-chested. Huge boobs are not good on everyone! I’m not trying to put her down, but she does not look better than the 30+ women with kids that I know. Not all married females with kids are monsters, you know! Some people don’t live near a Wal-Mart, and were raised on sports, not TV and junk food. And call me crazy but I would rather be a size 6 or 8 or 10 or 12 or what have you and have a normal looking thigh and an ass than what she has. There’s nothing there and that’s not sexy! I don’t know any men who find that kind of thin sexy. I hope she uses the Playboy money to get fixed. She’s taken enough ridicule. I would be happy to see her restored to normal.

  29. Praise St. Angie! says:

    crash2GO2, I also wondered the same thing about her stomach.

    I remember hearing a plastic surgeon on some show on surgeries (TLC?) talk about how important it is to take proper steps after lipo surgery. there are strict rules about eating and exercising that, if not followed, can result in “lumpiness” and scarring like you see on Reid.

    I firmly believe she just didn’t take care of herself properly after her surgeries.

  30. original kate says:

    tara reid is the poster girl for bad plastic surgery – playboy is going to have to take photoshopping to a whole new level.

  31. Fat Elvis says:

    Her tits are grotesque. Why anyone would want to get anywhere near those things is beyond me.

  32. snowball says:

    “I’m not trying to put her down..”

    which you then proceeded to do. Why be so nasty about Tara, who obviously has a boat full of issues? Maybe she’s the nicest, sweetest person – does her thin, scarred body negate that?

    In the Lagerfeld thread, there was a whole lot of fat women bashing and some thin women bashing. I can’t imagine why some impressionable and probably mentally impaired people mutilate their bodies with plastic surgery.

  33. isabelle says:

    Say what??

  34. Chad says:

    Id eat her butthole out.

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