Today in Glee Controversies: Dianna Agron, GQ Editor Speak Out About Racy Photo Shoot
If you've managed to get through this week without reading something about the scandalous photo shoot the cast of Glee did for GQ, congratulations! You're the only one. The Terry Richardson pictures of Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron and a spread eagle Lea Michele that grace the cover and pages of November's edition of GQ have caused quite the ruckus, even to the point of being called "borderline pedophilia" by the Parents Television Council. Yeah, it's serious. With the P-word in the conversation, you just knew some crafty public relations spinning would occur. Click ahead for your morning manufactured controversy update.
"As often happens in Hollywood, these 'kids' are in their twenties. Cory Monteith is almost 30!" That's GQ editor-in-chief Jim Nelson, being pragmatic, if a little obtuse, while discussing the photos. To wit: Monteith, Agron and Michele are all well above age, but since they play underage kids on Glee it doesn't take a genius to see what Richardson was going for.
That's something that Agron would probably agree with. The budding star took to her Tumblr to write in-length about the GQ cover and her feelings on the controversy.
For GQ, they asked us to play very heightened versions of our school characters. A 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' version. At the time, it wasn't my favorite idea, but I did not walk away. I must say, I am trying to live my life with a sharpie marker approach. You can't erase the strokes you've made, but each step is much bolder and more deliberate. I'm moving forward from this one, and after today, putting it to rest. I am only myself, I can only be me. These aren't photos I am going to frame and put on my desk, but hey, nor are any of the photos I take for magazines. Those are all characters we've played for this crazy job, one that I love and am so fortunate to have, each and every day. If you asked me for my dream photo shoot, I'd be in a treehouse, in a wild costume, war-paint and I'd be playing with my pet dragon. Until then.....
If Agron ever leaves Glee, she could have long career ghostwriting songs for Miley Cyrus. Anyway, there you have it, Gleeks and horndogs alike. Case closed?
· GQ Editor on 'Glee' Photos: 'They're Old Enough to Do What They Want' [PopEater]
· 'Glee's' Dianna Agron Says GQ Photos 'Do Not Represent Who I Am' [Zap2it]
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GQ and Terry Richardson tear down these girls and hawk sexism without shame. Women in Hollywood are pressured into stunts like this by their employers and agents. Agrons comments demonstrate that old reality. She states regretfully that it wasn't 'her favorite idea'. No kidding. I feel badly for these young female actors.
What really annoys me about this whole thing is that very few children or teens would have seen these pictures in the GQ Magazine but are everywhere because the news media keeps showing them. They keep complaining about them and saying how disappointed they are that these 24&28 yr. olds did them but for the last week EVERY SINGLE News Channel and Broadcast has had the pictures throughout their shows!!!! Stop complaining Katie Couric and everybody else! If you don't want your kids to see them quit friggin showing them throughout your broadcast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do these people have any brains or logic????? Hello?????????????
Another fish ass tramp posing like a trick, then turns around and says "I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.
Trick, you knew exactly what you were doing and could have said "No".
I hope you are harassed by every creep out there.
I guess you've never regretted anything in your life?
Seriously, chill man. You're just looking like a douche saying stuff like this.
Oh for Christs sake! The pictures do not border the line of Pedophilia, what sickos come up with this crap? And the actors that took part in the pictorial are all OF AGE, people have choices if they want to take racy pictures or not they have the right if they are not comfortable to say NO! And as for people that are offended by the pictures DON'T READ THE DAMN MAGAZINE.
And they have the brains and the voice if they feel uncomfortable doing it to SAY NO. Why is it that women who seem to think that when they see other women posing in mens magazines they assume that they were forced into it? For example Adult magazines, womens' rights groups always bitch about how they degrade women, have the leaders and organizers of the womens groups ever talked to the women who posed or acted in adult material? Probably not, so who do they think they are by speaking for them? The same goes for the actors that posed for GQ
I think this a great shot. Its the shot of the century.
Good point Monique.
Seriously, a lot of radical feminists need to chill out. I don't mean to offend anyone here, but some of their de-sexualisation ideals can be likened to the behaviour of backward religious fundamentalists.
In fact, when they condemn girls like those in the Glee cast who posed for Gq - and I'm not saying all feminists are like this - it often can be regarded as aggressive, infantile bullying. And let's be honest, there are worse things in the world than racy photos.
On the whole, I support feminism. But the more radical wing needs to chillax.