Truth Above All Else

WARNING: The following post contains EXPLICT MATERIAL.  Please be advised.

So New York State Representative Anthony Weiner has admitted that the underwear photo sent from his Twitter account to an unidentified woman's was not only him, but he sent it...his account was not "hacked" and a false photo posted as he previously charged.

These are some of the photos...in one Weiner (has a surname ever been more appropriate?) is shirtless (courtesy of BigGovernment.com) and in another his penis outline is visible under his gray underwear (from abcnews.com).

In other "news," there some growing speculation that not only are the recently released nude cell phone photos of actress Blake Lively genuinely her (she claims they're faked), but she is the one who leaked them in the first place.  Now, the person who's making noises about this is entrepeneur and all-around douchebag Joe Francis (Girls Gone Wild), so it should be taken with a grain of salt.

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The idea that photos are really of Lively, despite what she and her reps claim, is bolstered by numerous paparazzi photos of her using the same phone (while fully clothed) as well as tattoos and other markers.  Personally, I think the photos are of her.  If they're not, the forger is exceptional and I'd like to meet him/her.

But it's probably just another instance of someone in the public eye getting caught using technology in a dirty, dirty way and lying about it.  I will NEVER understand why people don't just come clean when they've been caught with their pants down...or their bra off or whatever.

We live in the age of constant paparazzi presence.  We also live in the age of quadrillions of gigabytes flying around in the form of the Internet...and people, what you put online NEVER GOES AWAY.  It cannot be erased, it cannot be hidden.  It's out in the universe for-ehv-verr.

Here's another observation: people only care for a few moments if you do something naughty.  President Obama admitted cocaine use in college.  Vanessa Hudgens acknowledged the naked photos of her were indeed taken by her and were a personal gift for her boyfriend Zac Efron.  These stories were "news" for a millisecond and then the public moved on.

What the public does harp on is trying to cover shit up.  Had President Obama denied ever seeing an ounce of cocaine, some enterprising reporter from the National Enquirer (PS, Enquirer: where can I send my resume?) would have found a photo of him snorting and seventeen alumni who attended the party he got so wasted at.  But he admitted it and people stopped caring.  Because bad behavior is not always a big deal: especially if you're rich, successful, attractive or all of the above.  Does John Edwards ring a bell?  Ass.

The TRUTH, friends.  The TRUTH is what matters, no matter the magnitude or significance of your sins.


Sidenote: As a woman who has spent six years in a long distance relationship, I've taken my share of...ahem...questionable photos.  I will never judge a man or a woman for naughty photos...unless that person is using those photos to be unfaithful, entice underage partners or doesn't accept responsibility for the recording and release of the pictures, even if he was actually hacked and the pics were stolen.  They're still yours. 

But seriously, Blake...using your iPhone and a mirror?  That's Busch League.  Get an awesome camera with a timer (Lord knows you can afford it) and get your Playboy on.  Fool around with lighting and poses.  Edit the photos to your liking and then send them...that way if they do get leaked, at least you can call them artsy.