What Happened to the Good ‘Ol Days?
What happened to the good ‘ol days when “sex scandals” actually involved, well, sex?
Angelina Jolie was on the cover of this week’s In Touch Weekly under the blaring headline “Angelina’s Sex Scandal.” The cover also boasts a world exclusive about racy photo shoot that the then aspiring model shot at the ripe age of 16. The photographer, Sean McCall, also filmed the young Jolie as she posed in several bathing suits and leotards.
While Jolie may pout her lips and caress her bare shoulders a bit as she is being photographed, a sex scandal it ain’t, folks. That is what models do! They pose, sometimes seductively. The footage and pictures speak for themselves, and In Touch definitely stretches the definitions of both the word ’sex’ and ’scandal’ here.
What seems to have happened is that some In Touch editors came across some very rare, seemingly provocative images. And they are more interesting now than ever, as the once rebellious vixen has turned into a remarkably scandal-free, classy lady in her older years, and she shows no signs of going back. So that something would come out now to tarnish her wholesomeness heightens the allure of the story. But, alas, the mag deliberately mislabeled what is really just a mundane glimpse of a clueless young girl’s attempt to make it big.
As for Jolie’s response to the unsettling cover story, she could react in several ways. The star could lash out and publicly denounce the magazine, but that just wouldn’t be her style. Rather, it would be most fitting if she handled the unfortunate misrepresentation with grace, as I suspect she will. By simply acknowledging the photo shoot and that she was young when it happened, Jolie will come out the victor. I hope to see her accept responsibility, but I also hope that she does not apologize (and I doubt she will).
