Murtz Jaffer’s interview with Samaire Armstrong to promote Dirty Sexy Money has caused quite a stir.
In the interview, Jaffer asked Armstrong about her decision to pose for Maxim magazine and the fact that she was named #55 in Maxim Magazine’s Top 100 of 2005.
Armstrong said that she never wanted to pose in the magazine, and that it was a decision made by her previous management team (who have since been relieved).
Here’s the exchange:
Murtz Jaffer: Now I don’t know if I will ever get the chance to talk to somebody that was voted #55 in Maxim Magazine’s Hot 100 of 2005.
SA: Oh was I? (Laughs loudly).
MJ: What goes into a decision like that? Like ‘okay, I am going to do Maxim.’ Is it a ‘should I? Should I not?’
SA: You know what? That was an old manager decision. And to be honest with you, I didn’t want to do it. I just did. I did it twice but I didn’t want to do it either time.
MJ: Wow!
SA: I really got talked into it. They’re fired by the way. I don’t work with those managers. And you can put that on the record!
The full interview can be accessed here.
After the interview was published on Prime Time Pulse, the piece was linked to from MaximOnline.com. The magazine’s online website removed the Samaire Armstrong pictures from the photo shoot in question have been removed citing Jaffer’s interview as the cause along with the following tongue-in-cheek message:
We Know What You Did Last Samaire: While promoting her new TV series in a recent interview, Samaire regretted her decision to pose for Stuff—a decision she evidently regretted making twice. Well, consider your wish granted, Sanjaya! Using the magic of the Internets, we´ve gone back in time and erased most of her lapses in judgment. (Sorry; couldn´t do anything about her role on The O.C.)
The pictures are still available at StuffMagazine.com.
More on this story as it develops…
