I'm not usually someone who jumps in the bandwagon of controversies, but I have something to say regarding the Glee/GQ spread controversy. For those that don't know, controversy sparked when concerned parents were outraged by the photos of three cast members of the hit show "Glee" for men's magazine GQ. These parents described the photos as "bordering on pedophilia" and I think I heard somewhere that they called the photos almost pornographic. On their defense, the stars, GQ magazine, and other celebrities say that they're old enough to do the shoot and that parents have the responsibility to shield their children from such "adult" material.
Let me just say: why are parents so shocked at these actors for doing the photoshoot? People like Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Madonna, Lady Gaga - these are also public figures that children look up to and these women have had their share of pushing the envelope of their creativity, even if that means posing for a magazine in a "racy" shoot. It's not the first time that something like this has happened. Remember Britney's first cover on Rolling Stone magazine? She was hardly 21 back then, contrary to Lea Michele and Dianna Agron (the "Glee" stars on the mag) who are about 24 or 25.
And some might point out that the shoot is too much because "Glee" is a family show. Kids of all ages watch the show with their parents. Well, the same thing can be said with the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). Kids of all ages watch it, and from time to time they watch it with their parents. And stars from the WWE, specifically called WWE Divas, do plenty of photoshoots similar to the single photoshoot the "Glee" stars did for GQ. WWE Divas do racy photoshoots in bikinis, lingerie, their in-ring attire. Heck, a few of these Divas have even gone as far posing nude for Playboy magazine.
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You might wonder what's the point of my Glee-WWE comparison. Well, the point is that WWE is a show watched by millions of kids maybe as much as Glee is watched by millions of kids. Glee does one sexy photoshoot and immediately a flood of criticism comes through. WWE has done probably hundreds of sexy photoshoots through the years and yet we don't go off about how our children shouldn't see such pictures.
If you ask me who's side I'm on, I'm not on the parents side. Instead of them putting the blame on GQ and Fox and the actors or whoever, why don't they just focus on teaching their children responsibility on these kinds of things? Why don't they have a talk with their child about how the pictures are not meant for them, but maybe for older people?
I've seen the other pictures from the said shoot, and it's my honest opinion to say that they're not that racy. And if I were in either Dianna or Lea's place, I would jump at the opportunity to do the shoot. They're young, they're in good shape, and it's not such a bad thing to explore your sexuality a little.
But just like everything else in the world of showbiz, I'm pretty sure this issue will die down the moment another scandal comes along. It's that vicious cycle of building something up and tearing it down once we're bored of it.
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