Last week,
Tara Reid stripped naked and bore her American pie, all the while knowing that photographers were there to get it all on film. No, she wasn't wasted and getting out of a cab without panties; in fact, she was "working." Reid will be featured in
Playboy's December issue (aka the "Celebrity Issue"). It is a bold and hopeful move to revitalize her dwindling career; "bold" in the sense that she's decided to pose nude despite botched plastic surgery, and "hopeful" in the sense that she's praying to get Marge Simpson's airbrush artist who worked magic for
Playboy's November cover.
Hope little Tara didn't get her heart set on the cover shot. She's got tough competition.
Cut to the most scandalous housewife of last season's Bravo hit,
The Real Housewives of New York City: Amazonian and perpetually über-tan,
Kelly Killoren Bensimon. The sometimes-model/sometimes-mother/sometimes-troublemaker will also be featured in the
Playboy Celebrity Issue.
Now, I'm no magazine magnate, but if I had to make a quick pick based on whom would sell more copies of
Playboy if put naked on the cover? Well, Tara said it herself,
"There are problems with my stomach. There are bumps on it, it's uneven... My stomach scars are my battle wounds." On the other hand, Kelly's statuesque physique is almost impossible to cut up. Just ask her.
I never thought say this, but I'm rooting for Tara Reid. I'm not sure she can take another ego blow without descending into a viscous spiral involving bronzer, booze, and a speed dial to her plastic surgeon.
Gallery Info: Kelly Bensimon at the Three-O Vodka Bubble launch at Greenhouse and
Tara Reid at the Cannes Film Festival
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