The phenomenon of celebrity sex tapes isn't new—hell, just consider the name, "sex tape." You whippersnappers may not remember, but once upon a time there were these things called VHS cassettes, or tapes, where we stored movies, TV shows, and our most tender sexual moments. Like DVDs but rectangular and plastic. Oh, just Google it.
Shakira is the latest sex tape star—or rumored sex tape star—as a clip featuring her and boyfriend Gerard Pique (he plays soccer for Barcelona and the Spanish national team) is being shopped around. Sorry, did we say boyfriend Gerard Pique? Change that to soon-to-be baby daddy Gerard Pique. On Wednesday (September 19), the couple announced they are expecting. So dealing with an inconclusive 15-minute clip of hot action being peddled by bitter ex-employees might not be the couple's top priority right now.
But admit it—you'd watch it. You'd watch just about any sex tape, or extracts from it, because we all are intrigued by the sex lives of celebrities. How do the rich and famous get it on? Often the answer is: Pretty much like anyone else.
A more interesting question is why do celebrities tend to tape themselves having sex? We can't say for sure in all cases, but when you live your life on a stage, it's possible to lose the sense that there exists an offstage world. You think everything is a performance. You think everything deserves to be recorded. Or maybe, like Dustin Diamond and Tom Sizemore, you just need the dough.
Here's a history of the most famous at their most intimate and simultaneously public—sex tapes capturing moments we were never meant to see, except in the many cases when we were. Read it, learn it, and give yourself a once-over with Purell when done.
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The phenomenon of celebrity sex tapes isn't new—hell, just consider the name, "sex tape." You whippersnappers may not remember, but once upon a time there were these things called VHS cassettes, or tapes, where we stored movies, TV shows, and our most tender sexual moments. Like DVDs but rectangular and plastic. Oh, just Google it.
Shakira is the latest sex tape star—or rumored sex tape star—as a clip featuring her and boyfriend Gerard Pique (he plays soccer for Barcelona and the Spanish national team) is being shopped around. Sorry, did we say boyfriend Gerard Pique? Change that to soon-to-be baby daddy Gerard Pique. On Wednesday (September 19), the couple announced they are expecting. So dealing with an inconclusive 15-minute clip of hot action being peddled by bitter ex-employees might not be the couple's top priority right now.
But admit it—you'd watch it. You'd watch just about any sex tape, or extracts from it, because we all are intrigued by the sex lives of celebrities. How do the rich and famous get it on? Often the answer is: Pretty much like anyone else.
A more interesting question is why do celebrities tend to tape themselves having sex? We can't say for sure in all cases, but when you live your life on a stage, it's possible to lose the sense that there exists an offstage world. You think everything is a performance. You think everything deserves to be recorded. Or maybe, like Dustin Diamond and Tom Sizemore, you just need the dough.
Here's a history of the most famous at their most intimate and simultaneously public—sex tapes capturing moments we were never meant to see, except in the many cases when we were. Read it, learn it, and give yourself a once-over with Purell when done.
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Jayne Kennedy
Rob Lowe
Tonya Harding
Pamela Anderson and Bret Michaels
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee
Katie Price
Vince Neil
Chu Mei-Feng
Eve and Stevie J
Chloe Sevigny and Vincent Gallo
Sex partner: Each other
Year it leaked: 2003
Psst! Wanna buy a sex tape? Or wanna see a sex clip from a dodgy underground site that will give your computer all kinds of bugs? Wanna see something celebrities don't want you to see?
If that's what you're after, don't bother with any Sevigny-Vincent sex tape. Because it's not a sex tape, it's a scene from The Brown Bunny, a film Gallo directed in which, yes, the real Chloe Sevigny gives the real Vincent Gallo a real hummer. Spare yourself the computer viruses and Netflix it.
Real or fake?: Fake
Paris Hilton
Joanie Laurer
Tom Sizemore
Fred Durst
Daniela Cicarelli
Carolyn Murphy
Dustin Diamond
Kid Rock and Scott Stapp
Colin Farrell
Lauren Conrad
Kim Kardashian and Ray J
Meg White
Bam Margera
Sylvester Stallone
Jimi Hendrix
Gene Simmons
Verne Troyer
Rebecca Gayheart and Eric Dane
Leighton Meester
Carrie Prejean
John Edwards
Chelsea Handler
Rex Ryan
Demi Lovato
Montana Fishburne
Kendra Wilkinson
Usher
Jennifer Lopez
Tila Tequila
Rihanna and J. Cole
Tyson Beckford
Minka Kelly
Adele
Shakira
Sex partner: Gerard Piqué
Year it leaked: 2012
In late August, a couple formerly employed by Shakira came forward saying that they had in their sweaty little hands a 15-minute video of the Colombian hottie getting down with Spanish soccer star Gerard Piqué. It seems that a tape of someone having sex exists, and is being shopped around at this very moment, but the one impartial person, a Barcelona talent agent, who has seen it isn't sure it's legit. "The video lasts about 15 minutes," he told Interviu, according to UPI. "I guess it's recorded with a mobile phone by an employee who was in the cockpit of the boat." He added that he can't tell whether it's Shakira, saying "I thought that it had been edited."
If true, this one stretches the definition of "sex tape" a bit. After all, the vast majority of the people on this list knowingly taped themselves. Calling this a "sex tape" given the term's usual meaning would be a little bit like calling the Erin Andrews peeping-tom videos "nude modeling." Regardless, Shakira and Pique have bigger fish to fry—fish in the form of a bun in the oven. On Wednesday, September 19, Shakira announced she's pregnant with Pique's baby.
Real or fake?: TBD