Hey Blake Lively, Own Your Naked Photos, Girl!

Nude photos claiming to be of Blake Lively have been circling the web today, and the Internet’s been exploding over the series of titillating hotel bathroom iPhone shots. Blake’s publicist immediately denied that the photos are actually of Blake, calling them “100 percent FAKE,” but we’re not buying it. The pics look pretty darn authentic, not to mention the fact that Blake totally owns that iPhone case (see Exhibit A). But we’re not trying to bring a forensic scientist into the situation (unless Matthew Gray Gubler happens to be available), we’re just here to talk about why Blake should totally own these nudes (which you can see in their raw state over at Fleshbot).
Even before these photos leaked, Blake Lively never exactly left a whole lot to the imagination, body-wise. We’ve seen Blake baring cleavage and strutting about in bikinis, and there certainly must be people out there who have taken the mental leap and imagined her fully naked. And do these nudes disappoint? Hello no — this woman’s body is incredible. Plus, it isn’t like she’s doing anything super embarrassing — there are no fingers in orifices or goofy orgasm faces. These are some relatively tasteful and erotic shots for cell phone self-portraits.
We certainly understand why a person would want to keep private photos of themselves naked, like, actually private — but it’s too late now. The photos are already out there, they’re awesome, and Blake would be such a total badass if she just casually owned up to the pics. Rihanna did that, basically saying “yeah, that’s me, whatever” about her own nudes, and it was great. So come on, Blake — set an example for all the kids out there and own your naked photos.









Renee Olstead plays popular girl Madison on the squeaky-clean show Secret Life of the American Teenager. But it sounds like she might have a secret life of her own – Fleshbot.com has just posted (NSFW, of course) pictures that are supposedly of Olstead naked. Is this going to get Olstead kicked off Secret Life just like sexy photos got Jessica Biel kicked off of 7th Heaven (both shows are written and produced by Brenda Hampton)? Or is this just the thing to get her some more attention than the rest of the supporting cast?
It appears that Rihanna has taken a queue from the bucket list we wrote this spring: there are new semi-nude photos of her floating around online again. And she doesn’t seem to mind. Why? Because she looks good in them.
April 2008: These photos come out in Vanity Fair, with Leibovitz adamently defending her choice to shoot Disney’s golden goose in such a provacative pose:
February 2008: Miley shoots some sexy cell phone photos that turn up on the Internet. Despite being taken by Miley herself, she is given a free pass of culpability, with blogs saying the pics weren’t “quite as scandalous.” We’d argue differently.


When it comes to taking naked pictures, the general consensus — among friends, family, and even our local sex advice columnist — is that you MUST. NOT. DO IT. In the wake of celebrity sex tapes and teenage sexting scandals, the very existence of nude photos makes mortification for their subject seem like a foregone conclusion. And if you tell someone you’re thinking of taking your clothes off in the vicinity of a camera, they’ll probably respond by telling you all the reasons should never, ever be naked on film.