“They received right here spherical and provided me 1,000,000 {{dollars}}, which I wanted to severely take into consideration,” one star says, whereas two totally different celebs declare the journal used pictures of them with out their consent.
At its peak, Playboy featured just a few of the most important celebrities on this planet, along with Madonna and Cindy Crawford. For some, it was an unimaginable honor to be requested to pose for the journal, even when it meant stripping down for the risqué outlet. Nonetheless for others, displaying inside the journal was a troublesome transfer — regardless of how rather a lot money they’ve been provided. In precise reality, one film star says Playboy wished to pay her $1 million for a pictorial. She ended up turning them down, and so did numerous totally different well-known faces.
Uncover out why these stars said no to Playboy…
Lady Gaga
Whereas Lady Gaga doesn’t ideas sporting a revealing outfit, she says Playboy merely isn’t for her. Once more in 2009, Gaga shared that she turned down a suggestion from the journal — nonetheless joked that she may rethink if she ever had one factor to promote. So far, no enterprise has happy her to strip down for the journal.
“I indicate, if I was a glamour model, I is perhaps delighted [with Playboy’s offer], nonetheless for me it’s all in regards to the music,” Gaga said on the time, jokingly together with, “Ask me as soon as extra, though, after I’ve a model new album to plug.”
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Katy Perry
Katy Perry has posed for various gents’s magazines like FHM, nonetheless she says she doesn’t have an curiosity in doing Playboy. Once more in 2008, she said that she didn’t want to look at inside the footsteps of various well-known faces that appeared inside the journal.
“I don’t have to go all [Kim] Kardashian,” Katy said, sooner than together with that she understands why she’d gotten the provision. “I’ve obtained boobs and I’m not going to chop them off, so I suppose of us will focus on them.”
Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba may have appeared on the cover of Playboy — nonetheless she claimed she didn’t consent to her look. Once more in 2006, she was voted certainly one of many “25 Sexiest Celebrities” of the yr and was requested to pose for the publication. Jessica declined, nonetheless the journal ended up using a bikini image from one different outlet. She nearly took approved movement in opposition to the company nonetheless lastly decided in opposition to it after Hugh Hefner despatched a non-public apology and pledged to donate money to her favorite charities.
“In gentle of Mr. Hefner’s non-public apology for Playboy’s unauthorized use of my image on their cowl, I’ve decided to discontinue my claims in opposition to them,” Jessica said in an announcement. “This was in no way about money, it was about setting the report straight about one factor that was accomplished with out my knowledge or consent.”
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Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton moreover claimed she appeared on the cover of Playboy with out her consent. For years, Hugh Hefner had requested Paris to shoot for the journal, nonetheless she declined. Although she thought it might need been “superior,” her mother, Kathy Hilton, didn’t approve and thought it was “so trashy.”
“Hef truly wished me to do a Playboy cowl,” Paris wrote in Paris: The Memoir. “He saved offering me an rising variety of money, saying I wouldn’t have to be utterly naked, merely topless. After which saying, I didn’t have to be topless, merely sheer. After which saying I’d placed on irrespective of lingerie I needed. Even when he provided seven figures, I turned it down on account of I knew my mom would lose her ideas. I had already been branded as a slut after the intercourse tape. I felt like a Playboy pictorial would merely cement that in of us’s minds.”
No matter repeatedly declining the prospect, Paris ended up on the cover in 2005 after being voted their Intercourse Star of the Yr Award. The journal reportedly purchased Paris’ outdated pictures from a private check out shoot with a photographer, and because it was about her award, the outlet claimed it was info and by no means a pictorial. Although her family was upset, they didn’t pursue approved movement.
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Melissa Joan Hart
Early on in her career, Melissa Joan Hart said she was provided a hefty sum of cash to pose for Playboy. Whereas she says she wanted to severely give it some thought, she ended up turning it down on account of she had beforehand posed for Maxim in her underwear and didn’t like the way in which it was obtained.
“With my Maxim cowl — I nearly began regretting that in 1999 on account of it blew up into this huge scandal the place I was going to be fired and sued. I was 23 years outdated…and I glided by a time the place I was just a bit wild. I actually confirmed up on the photoshoot from the Playboy Mansion, so it was like, ‘Oh giant deal — bra and panties, that’s what I seen all folks in all night,’” she knowledgeable Net web page Six.
She continued, “I spotted that I didn’t have to do Playboy. They received right here spherical and provided me 1,000,000 {{dollars}}, which I wanted to severely take into consideration. Initially it’s like, ‘Yeah, I’ll take my clothes off for 1,000,000 bucks, are you kidding?’ It’s the large question: what will you do for 1,000,000 {{dollars}}? Nonetheless I decided that as a result of response I obtained from Maxim I wasn’t comfortable — and my brother had that cowl shoved in his face for months. That made me say no.”
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Kelly Osbourne
Kelly Osbourne as quickly as said she was critical about posing for Playboy, nonetheless when she really obtained a suggestion, she turned it down. She says that on the time, she didn’t assume it was the right different for her and didn’t want her family to see these kinds of pictures of her.
“It was the second time they’ve requested and respectfully I declined, as I don’t actually really feel it’s the right issue for me. I do know if I ever decided to do one factor like that I’d want it to be tasteful and accomplished very fantastically. Nonetheless nonetheless I turned it down — I wouldn’t want my father or brother Jack to open up {{a magazine}} and see me naked!” she shared.
Nelly Furtado
When Nelly Furtado was in her early 20s, she said she was provided half 1,000,000 {{dollars}} to pose for Playboy — and he or she didn’t even should take her clothes off. The singer outlined that she thought it was too rapidly in her career to do one factor like that, together with that she’d be open to it later in her career. So far, at age 46, Nelly has not appeared inside the journal.
“The journal was even able to pay me $500,000 to pose with my clothes on. I didn’t want Playboy on my resumé on the age of twenty-two. Within the occasion that they ask me after I’m 40, I’ll most likely say positive,” she knowledgeable the Every day Mail.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jennifer Love Hewitt says she was provided a spread in Playboy journal, nonetheless she wasn’t . The actress reportedly obtained the request once more in 2008, shortly after she was physique shamed for making an attempt too curvy in a bikini. Hugh gave the impression to be a fan of her look and provided her the photoshoot nonetheless she turned it down.
“There was a suggestion, nonetheless she declined,” her rep knowledgeable Us Weekly on the time.
Mel B
Former Spice Lady Mel B said she’s been requested to pose for Playboy on fairly just a few occasions, nonetheless she’s turned them down every time. Whereas they’ve provided her a critical sum of cash, she says she’s merely not ready.
“They’re offering me a ridiculous sum of cash nonetheless I’m merely not in a position to do it…I’ll give it some thought in the end after I actually really feel the time’s correct,” she shared once more in 2009.
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Brooke Hogan
Hulk Hogan’s daughter, Brooke Hogan, declined a suggestion to pose for Playboy. Whereas she had beforehand appeared in FHM Journal in 2006, she thought it wasn’t the right time to look in Playboy. On the time, she said she wasn’t ruling out future appearances — nonetheless as of now, she nonetheless hasn’t shot with the journal.
“Brooke merely didn’t actually really feel that it was the right time,” her rep knowledgeable Us Weekly. “It’s not out of the question for the long term, nonetheless we’ll should see.”