French Media Chief Strips Down for Calendar (And Pisses Off the Bosses)
Jean-Paul Cluzel is the head of Radio France, the government-run media giant over there. Cluzel, 60, is openly gay, and like a good human being, he’s concerned about this whole AIDS thing we’ve been hearing about. So when asked to pose for a 2009 calendar whose sales would go toward AIDS awareness and activism, he agreed, tossing off his shirt (revealing a fit tattooed body) and donning a Mexican wrestilng mask in a photospread with his boyfriend. That’s when his phone started ringing — with criticism.
Even President Nicolas Sarkoy is said to be among those pissed off Cluzel, a public official, would engage in something so titillating. And now, Cluzel is apologizing for it: “I made an error of judgement and apologise to any colleagues at Radio France that were offended by it. Friends of mine suggested I pose for a calendar about the diverse range of people with tattoos, the profits of which would go to the fight against AIDS. I didn’t want to appear in my capacity as head of Radio France, so I posed in a coloured cloth mask. I was unwise. Without malice, Act Up decided to reveal my name and my job title.” He also says he thought the calendar was for an umbrella AIDS agency, reports Expatica, and not the “more radical” ACT UP.
Now, should public figures think they can hide behind a wrestling mask and think their identity will forever stay hidden? Please. Larry Craig knows all too well there’s no such thing as privacy.
But can we really blame a guy for wanting to show off his hot bod for a good cause? Certainly not. In fact, it’s the sort of relaxed attitude we’d love to see from more French government officials. Sarkozy, who Cluzel doubts took an actual interest in his situation, is famous for his vanity and showing off his leggy wife. It’s time U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner showed some skin.
he sure looks GREAT for 60!
60?
He’s old enough to be my daddy. And I would let him be my daddy too.
I don’t know about Tim Geithner showing skin though…
I wonder if they’re taking reservations for three-ways…
He is cuuttee!
I am pissed at him!
He has raised the bar too damn high!
Good for him. He is a good guy
If you speak French, Jean-Paul Cluzel gave an interview to Yagg: http://yagg.typepad.com/yagg/2.....r-456.html
he’s so sexy…please let me look like that at 60. too bad people are freaking out.
I’m having trouble understanding the controversy, especially given the frank and funny AIDS awareness ads I’ve seen come out of France. The photo is nowhere close to obscene and it was done in the service of charity. Unless radio has changed significantly since I last looked, it’s not as though he regularly shows his face as the director of a RADIO organization.
He had no lapse in judgment or occasion to apologize; the problem rests entirely with those who would impede the work of AIDS charities.
i wanna hear what the french presidents new wife has to say about this!!she seems artistic,hope she doesnt get all hypocritical with her response
damm very hot!!
Whoa, if that’s what 60 looks like these days, sign me up! What’s amazing is that he has a demanding job, a relationship, does good work for causes, and still works out and diets to look like that (much harder at 60). I HATE HER!
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Is he wearing anything other than those chaps? Wow, why don’t our public officials look that good (or show that much skin)?
@Mark M: I know right?!!!! I’m 38 and look no where near as good as he does. Damn HIM!!!!
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If someone wants to translate… it would be something like “Don’t take it personaly Nicolas (Sarkozy), Cluzel is really sexy wearing this, but you…”
:-)
I don’t understand… Miss Carla Bruni Sarkazy isn’t she AIDES’ ambassador??
I wouldn’t mind seeing Tim Geitner, but I would much rather see the hot, hot single Jon Favreau, President O’Bama’s head speech writer who has a Pottery Barn-furnished condo near DuPont Circle.
good for him! i don’t understand sarkozy’s double standard.
Not that anyone cares (I presume) but he’s wearing a Rey Mysterio mask, which makes the picture about 60% more awesome.
He is in fact 62….
And the tattoos are real!
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