*Lindsay Lohan* is the cover girl of the double issue winter edition of
*Playboy Magazine* for January / February 2012. Aside from the clickety-clack
of her stilettos, the studio is dead silent. Moments later, having wended her
way in front of the camera, *Lindsay Lohan* stares playfully into the
lens–through it, in fact. After widening her stance, she raises her chin
and drops her arms to her sides, allowing her gold robe to slip from her
shoulders. Save for the expensive footwear, she is
suddenly–mercifully–naked. After months of dedicated prayer and endless
negotiation, Our Lady of TMZ has revealed her ultimate secret. She has
communed with the tarnished saints, Norma Jeane et al. No wonder it's so
damn quiet. For those bearing witness, the fact that this shoot–this pop
culture meta-event–is happening at all seems miraculous in itself. No need
to reflect on how we got here–the courtroom drama, the Hail Mary
hearings–we're just thankful it's where we are. Money aside, why pose
for Playboy? "Sex and sexuality are a part of nature, and I go along with
nature," she says. "I think Marilyn Monroe said that, and I agree with
her. Knowing your body and being in touch with your body is important because
it gives you confidence, and in life, women need confidence. It's a very
male-dominated world, so knowing yourself and being comfortable with your
body is an important thing for me as a woman. Everyone is entitled to their
opinion, but that's mine." So what has she learned from her youthful
misadventures? Is there anything she wishes she had known way back when?
"That ultimately we are each responsible for ourselves and for our
actions," she says. "Looking back, I probably would have listened to and
taken more advice from the people I admire and would have followed through
with it more, but my stubbornness at 18 and 19 got in the way. I've learned
that time flies faster than you think, and because you only live once you
have to learn from your mistakes." A persona as large as Lindsay's
deserves a special stage. So we offered her Marilyn Monroe's in this
re-creation of the classic 1949 shoot by Tom Kelley, from which the first
Playboy Centerfold was plucked. But before it was over, we had one more
question: Having faced down jail and worked in a morgue, is there anything
Lindsay's still afraid of? "Uh, not really," she says. "You do
realize I just posed nude for Playboy?" We sure do. Read more and see the
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