That old joke of reading Playboy for the articles? CNN is now reviewing Playboy videos from the 1990s including appearances by Donald Trump, and the most shocking aspect of the story is the possibility that someone was able to track down a working VHS videocassette player in 2016.
Scoop from @CNN's own @KFILE: Trump took Polaroids, interviewed models in 1994 Playboy video https://t.co/3fL0j4qTI5
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) October 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/kyletblaine/status/783794896893247488
Before reaching for that jug of eye bleach left over from that topless photo of Alex Jones on horseback, know that “the scenes featuring Trump do not contain nudity or sexually explicit content.” The two, um, new Playboy videos obtained by CNN make three so far that include appearances by Trump.
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/783760761151774724
Fair enough. The tapes also include some erotic material, but that hardly sets them apart from the print publication, which prudish conservatives have been told for decades is highly respected for its interviews. Jimmy Carter was interviewed back in the day, and more recent interviewees include, as recently as this year, Rachel Maddow. (Full disclosure: that’s according to a Google search — Twitchy’s subscription lapsed years ago.)
Heck, even the late Helen Thomas appeared in the pages of Playboy at age 89 — drop that bomb on your friends sometime. But for now, let the shock of Trump appearing in several Playboy videos sink in. Is it sinking?
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Two words: So what?
— Jacob – MA Unlocked? (@TheGentlemanJak) October 5, 2016
Scandalous!!!!!?
— Bev Colella (@ColellaBev) October 5, 2016
Who f***ing cares
— Henry Parker Willis (@RangerHondo) October 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/Irate_Dad/status/783769921452777474
https://twitter.com/DeePort28/status/783782863573360640
Are there even any prudes left? Weren’t they all lectured out of existence over the last half-century?
https://twitter.com/holnortes/status/783785512138055680
Woodward and Bernstein got nothing on @CNN's KFile. What breathtaking investigative journalism.@KFILE @CNNPolitics
— Carlos_Danger_Redux (@Remembered_Twts) October 5, 2016
just so we're clear no one cares …The media and now you has lost all credibility …#puppets
— Mrs. Olga (@iamgreekdiva) October 5, 2016
wow, sucks that you had to waste your time on that nothing burger.
— Alan Shore (@AskedEtAnswered) October 5, 2016
what a bombshell. Assume your next piece will be on slime in the ice machines at Doral? #WasteOfSpace
— Gary Boddicker (@gboddicker) October 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/JayL973/status/783779928122753025
is there nothing else to cover
— shellybell (@emoverby) October 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/TobyandMel/status/783775245480042496
Considering some university students kicked off the school year by handing out sex toys to wave around campus in a protest against concealed carry laws, millennials are likely to be most offended by the poor picture quality of some glossy ’90s sleeze, not the content.
this makes him 10x cooler #YouGoofed
— Alec Doxsee (@PresidentDoxsee) October 5, 2016
Who really cares! @realDonaldTrump was a PRIVATE CITIZEN! @billclinton was POTUS when he acted like this; continues! Lol
— Robin (@LilBirdCreates) October 5, 2016
Wait, what’s this about Bill Clinton? Did something happen in the ’90s? He skipped over that bit in his speech at the Democratic National Convention.
@PaulBegala And what was Hillary doing at this point in her career?
— Arthur Fangule (@umlnworb) October 5, 2016
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