Ever meet a celebrity nudist?
NudeAdGuy
series and it reminded me that Patrick McNee has on more than one occasion
mentioned in TV interviews that he is a nudist and frequently inhabits nudist
resorts and beaches. Aside from Mr. McNee and Grace Jones, which are the only
two celebrities I've ever seen say "I am a nudist," have any of you come across
famous or semi-famous people at a beach or resort? Or do you know of anybody
else who has admitted they are of a nudist naturist bent?
Some people are "givens," I suppose, such as Elle McPherson (who has said she
misses the days when she could go to nude beaches) and Pam Anderson, but I
can't say that her motives are entirely non-promotional.
I do know that Tallulah Bankhead rarely wore clothing PERIOD, and during her
later years, took to answering the door naked, but one could attribute that to
senility rather than comfort.
I open the floor...
TT
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Dan Rondello
Hello: I was talking with a friend the other night about the old
"Avengers" TV
series and it reminded me that Patrick McNee has on more than one
occasion mentioned in TV interviews that he is a nudist and frequently
inhabits nudist resorts and beaches. Aside from Mr. McNee and Grace
Jones, which are the only two celebrities I've ever seen say "I am a
nudist," have any of you come across famous or semi-famous people at a
beach or resort? Or do you know of anybody else who has admitted they
are of a nudist naturist bent?
Some people are "givens," I suppose, such as Elle McPherson (who has
said she misses the days when she could go to nude beaches) and Pam
Anderson, but I can't say that her motives are entirely non-promotional.
I do know that Tallulah Bankhead rarely wore clothing PERIOD, and during
her later years, took to answering the door naked, but one could
attribute that to senility rather than comfort.
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Here are a few for you:
Diane Webber is very openly nudist.
Katarina Witt used to go to nude beaches in Germany.
Demi Moore and Bruce Willis have admitted to going around nude at home,
and riding their horses in the nude. Demi has even said that on some
occasions the whole family would sit around nude while watching TV.
Dan
SoCal 7000
>> famous or semi-famous people at a beach or resort? Or do you know of
>anybody
>> else who has admitted they are of a nudist naturist bent?
While he did not admit it himself, I recall reading an article regarding John
Kennedy Jr. that indicated he was very comfortable without clothes and it also
indicated that someone had pictures of him with full frontal nudity shots on a
nude beach somewhere in the Caribean.
Andy Crawford
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have any of you come across
> famous or semi-famous people at a beach or resort? Or do you know of
anybody
> else who has admitted they are of a nudist naturist bent?
>
A while back I picked up one of those "celebrities lives" trashy magazines
as on the cover was a photo of Bruce Willis (the Die Hard films actor) taken
with *very* long lens, climbing on to a boat after a swim, naked.
He was accused of having a "naturist streak" and the futile remarks followed
with reference to his genitals.
It seems that the only reason that there are naturists, is because there are
non-naturists.
--
AndyC
http://www.its-natural.net
Nudist Life Styles
in the outside pool at Glen Eden in Corona. My wife asked me what was so
funny. I said, "That guy over there reminds me of the boy on Blue Lagoon."
She swore up and down that it was him. I forgot how long ago the show was,
but this guy was married to a very beautiful woman and had a couple of
beautiful kids, maybe three. I thought compared to him I was older than
Moses, so that justified my doubt it seems. Lo and behold, Christopher
Atkins was older than both me and my wife.
When it comes to famous people and my wife, she goes out of her way to find
out if it's just a look alike or not. Christopher Atkins was actually there
many times while we frequented the joint, but I am one of those Doubting
Thomases.
That's what I was when we met Mr. T at Cedar Sinai. I said, "He's too small
to be Mr. T!" My wife swore up and down that it was Mr. T indeed. I
insisted that Mr. T doesn't carry a Bible all the time. It was confirmed
that that little man who hugged us both while praising the Lord was in fact
Mr. T!
We have not been able to frequent Glen Eden since she recovered fully and
without any treatment other than a special diet, but I know that if
Christopher Atkins came knocking at my door and told me he was Christopher
Atkins in the flesh that I would probably still not believe he was anything
other than a look alike. He still looks good.
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Jenny6833A
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Here's a serious question for you and anyone else who wants to respond. It's
not intended to be critical, it's just that I don't understand.
What's with the fascination with (so-called) celebrities? Why do you care?
Why does anyone care?
Here's a couple of related questions.
What makes a person a celebrity?
(For example, why do consider Mr T to be worth mentioning, but not your meeting
with the top installer for the best regarded local HVAC firm?)
Why do people pay attention to what a celebrity says -- or what the top HVAC
installer says -- on any topic outside their area of success or expertise?
(For example, unless Ms Spears or the top HVAC installer have oodles of
personal nudist experience, why would anyone pay any special attention to their
opinion of nudism?)
Jenny
Mike B.
and when out of character quite a conversationalist. The trick is like most of
the celebraties I have run into (which is a fair number of) Treat them like
regular people and they will respond to you.
Mike B.
In article <pcbj7.988$X02.4...@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net>, "Nudist Life Styles"
Crashman
>
> I do know that Tallulah Bankhead rarely wore clothing PERIOD, and during her
> later years, took to answering the door naked, but one could attribute that to
> senility rather than comfort.
This is slightly off the subject, but I just wanted to relay an old Alfred
Hitchcock story about Ms. Bankhead. While filming the movie "Lifeboat", one
of the cameramen complained to Hitchcock that Ms. Bankhead refused to wear
underwear, and since the story required her to be sitting in a boat for most
of the film the camera was often catching things that should not be on film.
Hitch responded, in his usual casual manner, "Yes, this is a problem. But is
it a problem for wardrobe, lighting, or hairdressing?"
~Crashman
W.D. Peckenpaugh
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> Here's a serious question for you and anyone else who wants to respond.
It's
> not intended to be critical, it's just that I don't understand.
>
> What's with the fascination with (so-called) celebrities? Why do you
care?
> Why does anyone care?
Well, one reason is that many people envy (or think they envy) the
lifestyles [they believe] "celebrities" live. They would like to share in
that. So, to meet a "celebrity" is to -- for a moment, anyway -- be a part
of that "lifestyle." People feel they are pulled "up" into that realm of
wider recognition/fame/wealth, or the like. Think about the "15 minutes of
fame" statement -- people want to have theirs, too!
It really interests me when someone widely regarded as a celebrity tells (on
talk shows, for example) of meeting other celebrities, and how their
reactions are often similar to those of non-celebrities. Kind of humanizes
people who might otherwise seem very unlike "the rest of us."
> Here's a couple of related questions.
>
> What makes a person a celebrity?
>
> (For example, why do consider Mr T to be worth mentioning, but not your
meeting
> with the top installer for the best regarded local HVAC firm?)
You [apparently] know who Mr. T is, but I doubt you (or anyone else) would
know who his HVAC installer was. It's a way of having some sort of "shared
response/experience" about a subject, since you both know the "celebrity."
People recognize celebrity names, and it's a common "bond" you can share,
especially if you care at all about the celebrity in question. I wouldn't
know Brittney Spears if she bit me on the . . . well, I wouldn't know her!
;-) So, I don't particularly care what her opinion on naturism/nudism is.
But I might be interested in what other "celebrities" I like think about it
(even though it wouldn't really change my mind -- though it might change my
opinion of *them*).
This can be very region- or topic-specific, though. If I told you I knew
Debra Haffner, for instance, you might reply, "Debra who?" Unless you know
who she is, or why she is a "celebrity" in her field, the reference would be
lost on you. Same with regional figures (local news people, sports figures,
famous car dealers, etc.).
> Why do people pay attention to what a celebrity says -- or what the top
HVAC
> installer says -- on any topic outside their area of success or expertise?
>
> (For example, unless Ms Spears or the top HVAC installer have oodles of
> personal nudist experience, why would anyone pay any special attention to
their
> opinion of nudism?)
One common (yet fallacious) argument given is that "if they've achieved
[blah], then they must have special knowledge or ability that 'common'
people don't." That's actually a common ploy used in advertising: Ed
McMahon hawking senior citizen life insurance policies, for example. "Well,
if Ed McMahon thinks it's OK . . ." Ed may, in fact, hold a broker's
license, and know a great deal about insurance -- but not by simple virtue
of his being famous.
Same reason Congress hears testimony from people like Sissy Spacek, Rob
Reiner, and Barbara Streisand -- do you really believe that any of them are
"experts" in the complex issues about which they have testified?
Bill
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Luis Salas
used to go to Ed Lange's place in L.A. (can't remember the name).
L.
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Jenny6833A
Good explanation, and it rings true, but what I still don't understand is why
some people are celebrities and others aren't.
It seems to come down to having a familiar face (e.g., your example of the
local newsreader) with no necessity that the person have accomplished anything
(or anything much) beyond getting his/her mug on the tube or the silver screen.
And that "accomplishment" is almost always due to deliberate, vigorous, endless
self-promotion instead of being a consequence some real accomplishment.
It seems that being a celebrity is a career in itself. The public not only
falls for it, but eats it up.
To make up an example, why isn't Dr Gordon Moore a celebrity?
Jenny
(yet Bill Gates is)
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Dan Rondello
Luis Salas says:
I think Susan Sarandon is (at home though), and Alanis Morissette, who I
believe used to go to Ed Lange's place in L.A. (can't remember the
name).
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Dan
Dan Rondello
At first, I had no idea who Tallulah Bankhead was, so I did some
research.
It turns out tat she did like being nude!
http://geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/2440/bankhead.html
Dan
Crashman
being a celebrity with no real accomplishment!!
~Crashman
Edwin Kammin
Churchill. One story has him greeting Franklin D. Roosevelt nude, when
Roosevelt knocked at the door to his room while he was a guest in the White
House.
Also, I once read an interview with the actress Andie MacDowell, in which
she said that she and her husband liked being nude at home. I recall she
expressed some concern as to how her son, at the time about 10, would take
to his parents' nudity as he got older.
Ed K.
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Andrew J. Grgurich
> Another political figure who liked doing without clothes was Winston
> Churchill. One story has him greeting Franklin D. Roosevelt nude, when
> Roosevelt knocked at the door to his room while he was a guest in the White
> House.
>
> Also, I once read an interview with the actress Andie MacDowell, in which
> she said that she and her husband liked being nude at home. I recall she
> expressed some concern as to how her son, at the time about 10, would take
> to his parents' nudity as he got older.
>
> Ed K.
Macdowell was living on a ranch in Montana with her 1st husband,
Paul Qualley, at the time. She now lives in Asheville N.C. with her 3
kids. She'll be married in November to an old beau, Rhett Hartzog. I
suspect she's not going around nude now. Incidentally, she has a "no
nudity" provision in her movie contracts. AJG