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Beefcake Alert! 8 Male Celebs Who’ve Worked As Strippers

Jessica WakemanMay 18, 2012 //

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Celebs Playing Strippers

These actresses have played strippers. 17 Photos »

Las Vegas is the land of celebrity second acts. Some of them are seedier than others, like, say, taking your clothes off for drunk, howling bachelorettes. Joey Lawrence is the latest shameless celeb to add “stripper” to his resume: the 36-year-old will be joining the all-male stripper crew at Chippendales for a three-week engagement this June. Whoooooa!, as his “Blossom” alter ego might say. Let’s dial back to 1996 when I really would have cared what Joey was packing down below his Chippendales bow tie. [TMZ]

We know all about the ladies of Hollywood who’ve swung around a pole, whether for a role, for exercise, or for rent money. But Joey Lawrence is just one of many male celebs who have worked as strippers, too! Let’s ogle them, shall we? Keep reading »

Evening Quickies: Channing Tatum Never Enjoyed Stripping

Jessica WakemanMay 17, 2012 //

"Magic Mike"

The movie seems to be about as shirtless as you'd expect. Read More »

No Butt Double

Hell, no, Matt McConaughey didn't use a butt double in "Magic Mike." Read More »

Morning Quickies

John Travolta allegedly tried to give a BJ to his "Grease" co-star. Read More »

Channing Tatum much prefers being a Hollywood leading man to a male stripper, thank you. In the latest issue of OUT magazine, he says stripping kinda sucked. “I never enjoyed the taking-the-clothes-off part,” Tatum said. “You are on a stage with people yelling at you, and you feel you’re a rock star, but you’re nothing – you’re just a guy taking off his clothes, looking like a fool in a stupid outfit.” Yes, but a hot fool. [Just Jared]
Chris Brown gave his girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, a two-band diamond ring, which she tweeted a pic of herself wearing on her middle finger. I would need a lot more than a diamond ring to date that jerk. [PopCrush]
The Wisconsin woman who held an “Ex-Husband Sale” is my new hero. [The FW]
Everyone else is freaked out by this flesh-eating bacteria disease, too, right? [iVillage] Keep reading »

Reporter Fired For Stripping Files Gender Discrimination Complaint

Jessica WakemanMay 14, 2012 //

Stripper Fired

Newspaper fires reporter because she also works as a stripper. Read More »

Sex Work Past

Is it OK for an elementary school teacher to have been a stripper? Read More »

Pole Dancing Fans

10 stars who are big fans of swinging around the pole. 8 Photos »

This past March, the Houston Chronicle fired society reporter Sarah Tressler from her job after the city’s rival newspaper exposed her as a stripper. The Chronicle claimed it only fired Tressler because she did not reveal that job — not, say, because it actually had a problem that one of its reporters worked the pole at upscale strip clubs and wrote about her adventures on a blog called Diary Of An Angry Stripper.

Now Tressler, 30, has retained the notorious feminist lawyer Gloria Allred to fight back. On Thursday, she filed a federal gender discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the Chronicle, alleging that she’s being unjustly targeted because stripping is a female-dominated field. Keep reading »

Newspaper Fires Writer Sarah Tressler Because She Also Worked As A Stripper

Jessica WakemanMarch 31, 2012 //

Stripper Past

Is it OK for an elementary school teacher to have been a stripper? Read More »

Stripping Vs. Burlesque

Dita Von Teese on the difference between the two. Read More »

Why Men Love Strippers

Why men like looking at nearly-naked women. Read More »

A Texas newspaper has fired staff reporter Sarah Tressler after she was exposed — by a competing paper, natch — as a stripper. Tressler, who has a bachelor’s and master’s degree, worked as a society reporter for the Houston Chronicle and taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston. But for eight years, she also worked at upscale strip clubs. Keep reading »

Mayoral Candidate Gerardo Hernandez Gives A Great Excuse For Getting Caught With A Stripper

Ami AngelowiczFebruary 24, 2012 //

Sex Scandal Lessons

45 things we learned from sex scandals this year. Read More »

2012 Election

All of The Frisky's posts about the 2012 election. Read More »

Rick To Rape Victims

"Make the best out of a bad situation!" Read More »

Political Sex Scandals

Let's take a stroll down memory lane, shall we? 9 Photos »

When New Mexico mayoral candidate Gerardo Hernandez found himself caught on tape getting a lap dance from a stripper in his private office, naturally, his first thought was that he had been set up. But then he second guessed himself, thinking, You’re not that important, who would set you up? Well, apparently, he is that important to his opponent, Daniel Salinas, who Hernandez is blaming the incident on. Hernandez claims that Salinas was somehow behind the lap dance, which started when a Mexican national who was working on Hernandez’s campaign allegedly turned on some music during a meeting and told Hernandez that his lady friend “liked to dance.” Then, a stranger approached him and threatened to leak the video of this lap dance if Hernandez didn’t drop out of the race. Keep reading »

Dita Von Teese On The Difference Between Stripping And Burlesque

Jessica WakemanDecember 7, 2011 //

Dita Von Teese Q&A

Dita Von Teese on vintage clothes and red lipstick! Read More »

"Burlesque" Movie

What actual burlesque dancers think of the movie "Burlesque." Read More »

Why Men Love Strippers

Why men like looking at nearly-naked women. Read More »

“More feather and rhinestones! Better lighting! Bigger production value! Striptease burlesque was invented in America, so it’s not any different. … If you read anything Gypsy Rose Lee ever wrote, she liked being called a stripper. That word was used back then. I don’t really need any fancy terminology to describe what I do. I never correct someone when they say, ‘She’s a stripper.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I am.’ I am proud of what I do.”

— Dita Von Teese is right, of course. Stripping is stripping. But I also found her explanation overly simplistic. I know several burlesque performers, as well as several strippers, and my impression is that burlesque usually begins as a “past time” or “hobby” that involves spending a lot of money on costumes, shoes, hair and makeup, and it can turn into a full-time job for only a select few. My impression of stripping is that it is a full-time job, or a part-time job during school (or whatever), which women get into out of economic necessity more so than a “hobby.” I do not look down on strippers — in fact, one of my fave Frisky commenters is a former stripper! — but I’m definitely more into watching burlesque! [TimeOut London] Keep reading »

Javier Bardem Used To Take It All Off

Amelia McDonell-ParryJanuary 29, 2011 //

“I did it as a joke, for some friends at first. But a guy in the bar we were in spotted me and hired me for the next day. I was so bad, I did it to ‘Leave Your Hat On’, and I had to get my mother and sister to cheer me on.”

– Javier Bardem confesses that before he was an Oscar-winning actor (he’s also nominated again this year for “Biutiful”), husband to Penelope Cruz, and father to their newborn baby, he was a stripper. I would really, really appreciate some video evidence of his act being unearthed and posted to YouTube. This could do more to resurrect Tom Jones’ career than “The Full Monty.” [Bumpshack] Keep reading »

Dear Wendy: “I’m Ashamed Of My Stripper Past”

Wendy AtterberryOctober 26, 2010 //

When I was a freshman in college, I made a really bad decision that has been on my conscience ever since. I was attending an expensive private school and I didn’t make enough at my part-time job to support the kind of lifestyle I wanted and that most of my wealthy peers lived. So for three weeks, I took on the pseudonym “Scarlet” and worked the pole at a local strip club. I was constantly worried that one of my parents or someone at my school would find out. Eventually, I was so overcome with guilt and shame that I quit. My friends have always been very supportive and accepted me despite the social stigma associated with exotic dancers. I graduated Magna Cum Laude and am now working towards my Ph.D. However, I can’t help but feel that I am tarnished when it comes to seeking a romantic relationship. I’m afraid that my love interest with judge me and consider me easy or corrupt. But I do think that whomever I end up dating has the right to know. Do you agree? If so, should I downplay the severity of the situation (i.e., it was only three weeks and it was not a full nude club)? How should I go about overcoming this major insecurity? Or, is that the consequence of taking my clothes off for money? — Reformed Bad Girl

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One-Legged Stripper Can Work The Pole Better Than You

Susannah BreslinJune 16, 2010 //

I don’t watch “Maury,” so I missed this remarkable video when it aired, but if you can work the pole better than Lil’ Mama, aka Amber, who likely has one less leg than you, seeing as she only has one, and you probably have two, I’d like to see it. According to the accompanying story, Amber was on the show to meet up with an old flame, her high school sweetheart, and she wanted to show him how she could work it, work it as a dancer. I don’t know how that romantic reunion panned out, but TV Squad reports, “she didn’t let her prosthetic leg get in the way of her hot body action.” You go, girl! [TV Squad] Keep reading »

Sarah Palin Strip-A-Like Contest Gets Dudes More Riled Up Than Glenn Beck

SimchaMay 21, 2010 //

Earlier this month, the Admiral Theater in Chicago hosted a contest to decide who is the best stripper version of Sarah Palin — and there was more hooting and hollering than at a Tea Party Rally! Stars and stripes and baby oil forever! [Dangerous Minds]

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