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to be offended by the front cover of the new OK mag....

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paisleyII · 14/04/2011 16:50

i am not easily offended however i did a double take about ten minutes ago when queuing up to pay in m&s for some sausi' rolls when i clocked the OK mag front cover, in a word a heavily pg mariah carey in the buff with her dh standing behind cupping both her breasts. the good thing about this was that it took my apetite away which is good as i am on a diet :)

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worraliberty · 14/04/2011 17:41

Yes tacky but certainly not offensive.

I think the words 'offensive' and 'offended' are far too over used on this forum.

EvenLessNarkyPuffin · 14/04/2011 17:42

YABU to be offended. The picture is very odd. It's not sexual or beautiful it's just... odd.

Jellykat · 14/04/2011 17:44

I haven't seen the Miariah cover (can't stand the woman) but like Fontsnob said, she's no Demi Moore.

The Vanity Fair picture was beautiful,and not offensive IMO..

www.people.com/people/demi_moore/biography/0,,20006358_10,00.html

Trust Mariah to do a tacky version.

goodbyemrschips · 14/04/2011 17:45

Awful pic...not offended though...more interested the in lovely Michael Buble underneath........mmmmmmmmmmmm nice

sharbie · 14/04/2011 17:46

i thought it was a bit yuk tbh - why is holding her boobs? kind of crosses a line

Mahraih · 14/04/2011 18:19

I thought it was so vile that I bought it! Waved it in DS's buggy (it's alright, he's 9 weeks, not a clue what's going on) and said, "We're getting this one, because it has the creepiest cover." I kid you not.

It's even worse inside - horrid, horrid pictures of them, culminating in a full page in which I think he's meant to be kissing her stomach. But it sort of looks like he's doing something else.

No, I don't find it offensive. I find it hilarious. That the woman can be so misguided as to allow this to happen.

sharbie · 14/04/2011 18:19

she needs a publicist

squeakytoy · 14/04/2011 18:21

I thought it was a bit too much for a magazine cover too.

HalfTermHero · 14/04/2011 18:23

The pic is tacky beyond. Not in any way tasteful, artistic or classy. She looks awful, really rough.

Numberfour · 14/04/2011 18:28

YANBU. It is really inappropriate.

TurkeyBurgerThing · 14/04/2011 18:29

You'd be more than put off your Sausage Roll if you saw me naked on the front of OK... I need a wheel barrow for my tits, not hands.

tulpe · 14/04/2011 18:37

It isn't offensive as such, just really bad taste.

Perhaps you should have said something to the M&S staff if you found it offensive?

I saw it yesterday in M&S and was a bit surprised that it was so prominently displayed at the till given the quite graphic image: as others have said, bloke with hands cupping naked norkage from behind is not exactly classy and more reminiscent of porn. DS1 (10 going on 15) was transfixed :o

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TotemPole · 14/04/2011 18:39

Isn't Mariah Carey the one that tried to have sex with one of the staff when admitted to a clinic/hospital and walked around naked because she thought she was invisible?

Gingefringe · 14/04/2011 18:42

I also did a double take when I saw this photo. I first thought it was her own hands holding her bare breasts but then realised they were a different colour to the rest of her skin!
What a weird thing to do. I think she's just an attention seeker, and in all honesty a bit of a has been - I've never enjoyed her singing - think I'd rather poke myself in the eye with a fork than listen to her warblings.

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paisleyII · 14/04/2011 18:47

i think perhaps i shouldn't have used the word 'offend', not sure if i was offended but i was shocked, it was him grabbing both boobs, just made it sexual in my eye, unecessary i think and i ain't no prude, quite the opposite usually but this picture took my by surprise, yes

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screamingskull · 14/04/2011 18:50

Just googled there think the photo looks very tacky wou;l't say pornographic though.

Like BooBooGlass i was more shocked at chantelle and rav being a couple and her now being pregnant Grin

HipposGoBeserk · 14/04/2011 19:03

I think it's the way he is really grabbing them rather than cupping them that makes it an uncomfortable picture. And his hands aren't really big enough to cover those babies.

Animation · 14/04/2011 19:07

I saw that yesterday! Hmm

Yes, it looked a bit trashy really.

ENormaSnob · 14/04/2011 19:16

Maybe he's preventing them from hitting her knee caps?

hoolabombshell · 14/04/2011 19:25

Perhaps if he was lovingly holding her belly it wouldn't be quite so bad. But the fact he looks like he's trying to get a bit when she could pop at any minute just seems so wrong Hmm

Just have the babies already... jeez.

LadyOfTheManor · 14/04/2011 19:26

Sounds horrific. It's as though because she's expecting it's suddenly ok to grace the front of a magazine with a soft porn image.

haggis01 · 14/04/2011 19:36

My 2 teen daughters saw this on the advert on telly and were outraged - they thought it was so tacky and trashy. Doesn't the woman have more than enough money already? does not bode well for how the twins will be displayed in the media - you are all right she has been pregnant for what seems like years.

whatsallthehullaballoo · 14/04/2011 19:48

Oh friggin'el! I have just seen it! He is completely GRABBING her breasts like to Big Macs. Ergh - the photographer needs shooting! YANBU

DunderMifflin · 14/04/2011 19:57

Naff not offensive...