Debbie Gibson bares all (well most all)

[LouieLovesTheater]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 5:16pm

Hey there...just got my Playboy in the mail today. Yep, Debbie's in there in a very tasteful pictorial. It's sort of refreshing to see an non surgical broad in that magazine and her pictorial comes off as much classier than Tiffany's and Belinda Carlisle's. She talks a lot about Broadway in the (few) words there are.

And Ms. Gibson keeps some things under wraps in the shots...she is, after all, a lady =+) Updated On: 2/14/05 at 05:16 PM

[BroadwayBaby6]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 5:40pm

I don't think this will help her career...

[mallardo]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 5:47pm

It won't hurt her career either. It certainly didn't hurt Charlize Theron.

[JamieMcG]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 6:32pm

I must say...

This is the first Playboy I've ever purchased...IN MY LIFE.

And she looks INCREDIBLE. She's a really talented girl and she's gorgeous to boot. Good for her for flaunting it.

[MaTakeALookAtMe]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 6:51pm

Umm...she's a more mature Debra now...

[eslgr8]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 7:41pm

I have virtually all of Debbie (Deborah) Gibson's CD's including her recent Broadway CD and the previous M.Y.O.B. I've been a real fan from the days she was HUGE to the more recent years where she's continued to record her original songs (plus the Broadway covers) despite a certain obscurity. I had the joy to speak to her after the Reprise production of Brigadoon in which she shone, as always. I can understand her desire to let people know that she's still around (as her musical theater resume as well as discography prove)...but I can be almost 100% sure that the Playboy appearance won't bring about a new hit song. I'm kind of sad that she decided to pose for Playboy, because it smacks a little of desperation to be famous again, and she has no need to be desperate.

[eslgr8]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 7:49pm

After I wrote the above post, I found this rather touching letter from a Deborah Gibson fan who has a website dedicated to her. I think he's right. Here's his open letter to Deborah.
"Tuesday 01 February 2005

Dear Deborah,

I am writing this letter in a saddened state that you have chosen to reveal your naked body to ogling men and women in Playboy porn magazine. I write it here as I know the likelihood of it being passed onto you if sent to your fanclub is zero.

To put this letter into perspective, I write this not as someone against porn or porn pictures, or as a "bitter woman" (I am a guy), but as someone that objects to the hypocrisy of your decision to pose, and the harm it will do to your career, and the humiliation of many of your long-standing fans that have stood by you no matter what. As one of these fans, I am entitled to air my opinion.

Like many very long standing fans of yours, many of whome you will be losing over this single issue (and can least afford to lose), I would like to know why you did this?

The fact that you've chosen this unnecessary route in your career has exposed you to justified criticism of being at the very least, a hypocrite. For all the times you have said "never" when asked about posing nude, to the times you have attacked other pop music artists like Madonna, Christina Aguilera, and Britney Spears over their "overtly sexual" nature of their acts.

Now you've sold-out your hard fought for good reputation for cheap publicity that will in my opinion ultimately backfire. Prospectively releasing a single called "Naked" to coincide with the Playboy pictures is just shear tackiness over and above doing the Playboy pictures, why would any D.J play a song just because the artist at the same time has posed in a porn magazine.

I, like many fans, are left wondering, which of these reasons you will pick to justify your decision to do Playboy?


I'm comfortable with my body / sexuality.

It wasn't showing ANY / ALL my "bits".

It was "tasteful" (whatever that means).

They're "artistic".

It's empowering.

I was exploring my "sensual / sexual" side.

I look gorgeous.


As you've done this photoshoot, why didn't you show everything, you say you're "comfortable with your body" to be in Playboy... show it ALL. Or is that too much to "show off" to all the people with their masturbatory fantasies? So you're not THAT comfortable with your body !

You stated in many interviews over the years, that in not doing such pictures, you would leave something to the imagination. But even doing (by your definition "tasteful") pictures, you actually remove any such imagination. You may be a beautiful person to look at, but with these pictures, you reduce yourself to an object.

A few people contact me and come up with the line... "people change". That may be, but to do a 180 and do something like Playboy, no matter how "artistic" and "tasteful" you claim them to be, is beyond belief. If you're that desperate to have naked pictures of yourself, why not have them done for YOURSELF, in private. What is the point of showing off to the rest of the planet? Do you really need that kind of public acceptance or ridicule?

You will no longer be known as Deborah the musician and actress... it will be that former teen-pop star that posed for Playboy. Posing didn't help Tiffany, and it certainly won't help you. Infact, you can straight away kiss any "children's" threatre productions goodbye... but there may be an opening somewhere for "Hair" !

You may be tired of your "bubblegum pop" or "former teen queen" monikers, but it is you that has always helped that image along in the press over the years, and being in Playboy is not the way to appear "mature". What do I mean, simply put, when you are on tv, you play mostly all the "old" hits and not much of your newer tracks.

What will happen if you ever had a son, what would you tell him, and would you let him ogle at pictures of you, or he'll find them on the internet before you tell him? Maybe he'll be picked on in school too because of it (school children always manage to find these things out).

Doing Playboy, you have successfully detracted people from talking about what you are known for most, your singing and acting, to Deborah the porn wannabe. To that end, the Playboy picture spread will have failed in their purpose, and will forever "haunt" you.

I hope you feel that doing the Playboy photos and the consequences it will bring will be worth it.

Yours disappointingly,

Dariusz"
THE OPEN LETTER SITE

[Phantom2]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 7:53pm

Jamie- I'm waiting for your Playgirl debut, minus the SKIRT.

Updated On: 2/14/05 at 07:53 PM

[orchajaws]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:08pm

eslgr8,
the guy in your photo looks soooooo much like john fogerty, it's freaking me out.

[JamieMcG]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:41pm

Phantom2-Only if you pose with me, except, I don't think they do that in Playboy...only those more reputable titles like Hustler or Freshmen.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 8:44pm

Jamie- If I win the "best ass" contest at The Urge Wednesday night, I'm gonna donate the $100 in your honor for all your love and support! Obviously, I'm drinking Godiva Chocolate Liquor this Valentine's Day! HAHA

Updated On: 2/14/05 at 08:44 PM

[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 2/18/05 at 1:11pm

...ewww

[Justice]

Posted: 2/18/05 at 1:13pm

Do you all know how much Deborah made for these pics???
It helps her more than hurts

[Jon]

Posted: 2/18/05 at 1:30pm

I wonder how Michael Falkner, convicted Deb Gibson stalker and former Talkin' Broadway poster, feels about these pics?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 2/18/05 at 1:37pm

Oh please! That guy needs to get a grip. Who is he to decide what is right for someone else's life?

[Jacques_Clouseau]

Posted: 2/18/05 at 2:22pm

Yeah, I actually feel a sense of hostility towards this fool. I can't put my finger on it, but who the hell does he think he is? He's an opinionated idiot who feels that his view must be known for the betterment of society.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 2/18/05 at 2:30pm

personally i'm holding out for her fall pictoral in larry flynt's new magazine, "stale pop tarts." rumor is that she's going to do a lesbian shoot with tony basil, ashlee simpson and a rainbow array jack rabbits and a sybian.

[AnothaPartofMe]

Posted: 2/18/05 at 2:36pm

Does anyone think the very Velma Kelly-esque picture is the worst of that bunch... I love the shots of her in the green top.

[B.B. Wolf]

Posted: 2/18/05 at 2:45pm

Word, Rath and Jacques.
If it makes Debbie happy (and frankly she looks so hot in the shots that why wouldn't it?) then she should've done it. I can't imagine someone choosing to do it for their career, but for themselves...why the hell not?