While many celebrities aspire to grace the pages of
Playboy,
Jennifer Love Hewitt, star of the supernatural series
Ghost Whisperer, has refused to pose nude in the infamous men's magazine.
The proposal to appear on
Playboy stemmed from her recent blog post in response to unflattering pictures of her in a bikini taken last month by the paparazzi as she was enjoying a romantic vacation with fiancé Ross McCall, which prompted some tabloids to poke fun at her figure and come up with speculations of Hewitt having weight issues.
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MuppetMazz said:
Sorry to hear she turned it down. I for one thought those vaca pictures were great. I keep searching for ...
Catman said:
Jennifer, you're one classy actor!
Politely declining offers for roles you don't like sets a great example...
doodette said:
Good for you, Jennifer! You're a lovely girl with a great figure, but I'm glad you nixed the Playboy idea ....
Bosses at the publishing company were reportedly impressed with how Hewitt handled the media's criticisms, insisting she's content with her figure, but feared comments about her body would put young girls under more pressure to diet. Though the
Ghost Whisperer star was flattered by the offer to bare all in an upcoming issue of the publication, she opted to turn down proposal.
"She's pretty conservative, but is very proud of her body," a friend of the 28-year-old actress said of Hewitt.
Meanwhile, the people at
Playboy aren't the only ones who were impressed with Hewitt's reaction to the media's mockery.
Ghost Whisperer costar
Camryn Manheim, who previously faced her own body image issue, has also commended Hewitt for not ignoring the harsh comments and is certain that Hewitt has become a positive example to many young women.
"I couldn't be more proud of her,” Mannheim said. “I think she's really empowered. I wrote her a long email and said, `What I wouldn't do for your beautiful butt!'"
Other female celebrities who have showed their support to Hewitt include Kate Walsh, Rosario Dawson and Anne Hathaway.
"They'll make a whole story about it if someone gains five pounds,” Dawson told
People. "I think there is a huge obsession with size-zero jeans, and it's just really scary. It makes me really nervous, because I don't know how in the world we're supposed to be that thin unless we're totally starving and drugging up."
"I don't think women should only be defined by their bodies and their weight. It's a cycle we've been in for some time, and I don't really like it," Hathaway added.
-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: World Entertainment News Network
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