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Of course a porn-monger pushed a broke, addict recidivist with few other career options into nudity. Of COURSE. It had been rumoured that Lindsay Lohan only did the Playboy shoot because she was broke. Then, Hefner admitted he saw Lohan as flaky and unstable. That didn’t stop him from goading her into showing more biscuit, even though it was met with protest from her handlers and pimp momager: ‘The pictorial and the concept for the pictorial came from me,’ Hefner told E! ‘She had done semi-nudes before. I wanted to do something that would be memorable. So what is more natural, since she is a huge fan of Marilyn Monroe, than do something that is a tribute… I think it was essentially mama and the folks around her that kept pushing for less nudity. I said, ‘We’re doing a nude pictorial here. We’re going to do it in a classy way and we’re going to do it in a way which it will not be forgotten.’ It turned into something bigger than life.’

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Lindsay Lohan’s Playboy cover has been released nearly a month early because of the leak and Playboy is trying to handle this publicity stunt by releasing fake sales information to TMZ.com. At least, I glean so from the fact different outlets are reporting wildly different numbers. TMZ appears to have been fed inflated numbers by Playboy, to make it seem as though the issue is sold out: ‘Lindsay Lohan definitely gave Playboy their money’s worth, because the issue is selling out all across the country. According to our sources, newsstands in major cities like New York and Los Angeles have had to re-order the issue multiple times. Our sources say Lindsay’s appearance in the mag has also had an effect online as well, where the mag has seen a huge increase in subscription sales.’ Except, you know, never happened. At least according to Fox News, who report very different findings: ‘Fox411 spent Friday morning trolling the shelves of newsstands and gas stations from New York to Philadelphia… ‘No one has bought it,’ was the resounding answer to our query at each stop.’ Okay then, so why isn’t it selling? ‘I’m not surprised at all. Despite Playboy’s hype, there was nothing particularly shocking or new about this shoot,’ said Lux Alptraum, editor of Fleshbot.com. ‘While these shots may have been slightly closer to full frontal than Lindsay’s previous shots, they weren’t actually full frontal; there was also nothing particularly new about Lindsay dressing up as Marilyn Monroe… I thought the shots were really boring and didn’t really live up to the promises Playboy had made. If they’d actually gotten full frontal shots of Lindsay, or come up with a fresher, more interesting concept, there might have been more demand.’