A Massachusetts man has been released on bail after being arrested for parading around his local Planet Fitness naked.
34-year-old Eric Stagno caused quite a scene at the Plaistow, Massachusetts gym when chose to forego his clothes instead workout in his birthday suit.
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According to reports, other gym members felt “uncomfortable,” disgusted,” “sick,” and “unsafe” by Stagno, especially after he started doing a “yoga-type pose” on a mat.
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We can only imagine what that pose might have been.
Police were promptly called. When they confronted Stagno, he cited the gym chain’s slogan–“Judgement Free Zone”–as his excuse for being naked.
“The only statement that he made was that he thought it was a ‘judgment free zone’ – apparently referencing the chain’s slogan,” police Capt. Brett Morgan tells WBZ-TV.
Stagno was arrested and charged with indecent exposure/lewdness and disorderly conduct. He was later released on $1000 bail.
Naturally, conservatives are already jumping on the story as a way to further their antigay agendas.
Mike Huckabee tweeted that people can expect even more craziness like from places like Planet Fitness that allow trans members into the locker rooms.
With the idiocy of Planet Fitness having said men could go into the women's locker rooms & saying there is no real gender and we can be whatever we feel like being, who would have ever seen THIS coming? https://t.co/NwoGF44MZF
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) July 24, 2018
To which comedian Kathy Griffith responded:
You piece of shit
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) July 24, 2018
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Smith David
Child cheese………!
Chrisk
Ha. Yeah, the naked yoga poses might have been the one step too far point.
Zambos271
His downward dog or child’s pose…I can only imagine the view…yikes!
But I wonder if anybody would have been “disgusted” or “uncomfortable” if it had been somebody who looked like and was in stellar shape Chris Pratt, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, or Dwayne Johnson?
radiooutmike
Well, he is from Haverhill. So, there is it that.
Aires the Ram
So he got his 15 minutes of fame. So what. As far as a female coming into the locker room at my gym, if I saw it I’d personally throw her out. Most gyms where I live have three kinds of locker rooms:
1. Male
2. Female
3. Uni-sex (sometimes called Family locker rooms)
Anybody who’d go into the opposite sex locker room is doing nothing more than causing trouble and attempting to get their name in the newspaper. No guys want a female in an all-male dedicated space, no females want something with a dick in their dedicated all-female space, and that is the way it is.
Franklin
That’s funny. When I was in Germany lockerrooms were often mixed. The saunas had both men and women nude together.
Robothedestroyer
“Something with a dick…” Dude. Could not even say “someone?”
MikeM
Plaistow, New Hampshire
Aires the Ram
So you’re calling Plaistow, New Hampshire a nothing nowhere hick town, but one Goodle Maps search would show you that it is north suburban Boston. Nice try.
RobtheElder
Once again, I point out that such a hairy specimen could hardly reveal much if he practiced yoga or walked around his fitness/health club starkers. Unless he was built like a horse, little but the tip would show. What man or woman hasn’t seen the anatomy of a naked male. What is one more, more or less? If everyone laughs, it won’t take long for him to slip into gym shorts to stop the hilarity at his expense… RobtheElder
Bob LaBlah
If thats him in the picture I’m sure he was just as high off drugs in the gym as he appears in that picture.
djmcgamester
Did I miss something? I don’t recall it being said anywhere that the guy was gay. I actually am against nudity-related laws but it may be a policy of Planet Fitness (though I don’t know). Also, I really wouldn’t care of a trans guy – or even a woman – came into the locker room and showered near me.
Ken A.
So were they that threatened over a naked guy minding his on business not calling attention to himself or couldn’t just look the other way?
Creamsicle
Planet Fitness is only “judgement free,” if you don’t want to actually work out. They give their members pizza and bagels to keep them overweight and encourage people to sound an alarm if someone is actually lifting weights. They profit off fatlogic, whereas most gyms are content to sign you up and leave you alone if you decide not to use your membership.
RobtheElder
After looking at the “offender” and imagining him assuming yoga positions, my first reaction is to laugh. Beyond that, I think if everyone burst out laughing, the offender would quickly slip into gym shorts. If he has a similar amount of hair all over his body to that he has on his head and face, very little of his erogenous zone would be visible. How many gym/health club members haven’t seen a little bit of penis covered with unruly hair? He’s doing his act for notoriety. I certainly wouldn’t ask him to put the gym shorts on. I might ask him for a comb, if I get a good vibe, or perhaps shears… RobtheElder
garybw
Ever notice how republicans always hone in on gay articles and think about gay sex all the time.
Micky Huckleberry needs to leave everyone alone and question his poor parenting because his ‘religious ‘ daughter Sarah lie, openly lies on tv daily.