(Update: Not Him, TMZ Deletes Post) Really, TMZ, Really? Did You Have To Show Us A Topless Newt Gingrich?

by Mark Joyella | 11:59 am, June 15th, 2011

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And this is probably where the whole shirtless politician thing should end. TMZ has shared with the world a photo of a bathing suit clad Newt Gingrich reclining in the sun on his vacation to the island of Mykonos (you know, the vacation that convinced his senior staffers to bail out on Gingrich’s campaign). As The Atlantic Wire describes the shot, “Newt Gingrich in a bathing suit looks pretty much exactly like you’d expect. Let’s just put it this way: He’s no Anthony Weiner or Chris Lee.” Indeed.

“Topless on a rock” might also be a metaphor for the hobbled Gingrich campaign. Or, as TMZ cleverly puts it, “on a rock, in a hard place.” And yep, we need to leave it there.

Update: Gingrich has denied being the man in the photo, according to ABC News. According to Gingrich’s spokesman, “The picture on TMZ is not him…remarkable resemblance though.” TMZ has since removed the post from the site.

Mykonos, newt gingrich, The Atlantic Wire, TMZ

Just4thefax

Fact: No more pictures please.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Just4thefax said:
Fact: No more pictures please.

But first, some shirtless Chris Christie pictures, please.
Nacho

Gingrich/Bachmann 2012
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

Really, Mediaite, Really? Did You Have To Show Us A Topless Newt Gingrich?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/anthony-weiners-actual-penis-nsfw MSNBC : We Proudly Pander to Weiner Lovers

Remember the good old days , when men and women alike would swoon at a shirtless Obama .
Good Times .
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Anyone remember the manzeer? I’m not sure why that came to mind.
writer

Someone help him back in the water.
perceptorii

The plot thickens. Newt apparently denies that the man in the photo is him.

http://twitter.com/#!/joedesantis/status/81024237443366912

“…remarkable resemblance though.”
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

When did Liberals get so superficial?

I thought hey were supposed to be very anti- that. Men in drag… no problem. Overweight Republicans… big problem. Huh?
George C

Breaking News !!!!

Gringrich states his vacation was hacked !
writer

A titter twitter.
Nature Freak

Newt Gingrich is hawt!
OxyCon

Suck it in Newtie!
Tony the Fist

Eh, not bad for a bloke in his late ’60s. He needs some sun anyway.
Nature Freak

Newt Gingrich is no Vladimir Putin.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Looking at the picture, I think it may not be the Newt. I suspect the Newt is actually much, much fatter looking.
WillP

Anthony Weiner versus Newt Gingrich? Those pictures of Weiner in the shower caused an immediate bulge in my pants. I must admit I just wanted to take away that towel. Newt is handsome for an older man. I would go on a cruise with him, but I would prefer time with Anthony.
George C

“Photos can be manipulated,” Gingrich told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “Photos can be of one thing and changed to something else. We’re going to try to get to the bottom of what happened,” he said.
lazzzlo

Apparently everyone here has only seen trim and athletic people on the beach. That’s not the case where I live and I live right at the ocean.

Trust me, Newt doesn’t look all that bad for a 68 year old. It’s all context; you should see Daytona Beach (the actual beach) during Bike Week. That will scare you! Fat, half-dressed outlaw wannabes in leather soaking up the sun is much more aesthetically frightening than Newt catching a few rays.
writer

Makes me long for the days when TV Guide photo shopped Oprah’s head onto Ann Margaret’s body.
Nature Freak

Newt has fallen and he can’t get up

I hope for his sake Newt has one of those Life Alert things.

Now that the Pennsylvania TV reporter is done saving Moo the Cat he can save Moo the former Speaker of the House.

The same thing once happened to Tip O’Neill.
http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

Hey, do you think Newt will use this in a tweet?
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Nature Freak said:
Newt has fallen and he can’t get up

I hope for his sake Newt has one of those Life Alert things.

Now that the Pennsylvania TV reporter is done saving Moo the Cat he can save Moo the former Speaker of the House.

The same thing once happened to Tip O’Neill.

If he does fall down I have a wench on the Jeep.
Nature Freak

Tyra Banks and Betty Page have nothing on the Gingrich.

Newt is the siren of Mykonos. I think he is looking for another marriageable woman. Watch out Callista!
Nature Freak

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
marriageable

Nice!
Colorado_Conservative

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
But first, some shirtless Chris Christie pictures, please.

Kinda figured you would want to some shirtless Chris Christie Picts…..Had a feeling that is how you roll.

Me, I would prefer some shirtless Michele Bachmann picts!..thats more how I roll!
writer

“But first, some shirtless Chris Christie pictures, please.”

Now all of his hateful comments toward women make more sense.
WillP

Nature Freak said:
Tyra Banks and Betty Page have nothing on the Gingrich.

Newt is the siren of Mykonos. I think he is looking for another marriageable woman. Watch out Callista!

Newt does have a pattern of dumping his wives when they get older and unhealthy for younger, attractive women. He’s done it twice now. I wonder if Callista ever feels any pressure.
RazorsEdge

Just doesn’t look like Newt. Could be wrong
Nature Freak

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
But first, some shirtless Chris Christie pictures, please.

NO! NO! NO!

I will then need to use eye bleach. And it hurts!
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Sorry Nancy-Louise. The comment was rather tongue-in-cheek, and everyone was trying to have some fun. Then you decided to interject some neo-Calvinist claptrap trying to turn this from apolitical, non-ideological fun into some tiresome partisan ideological sermonette. Again. Let me go get the Jeep and the winch and we’ll see if we can’t dislodge that stick from your nether region.

Uh-huh… I notice how you like to have fun at Conservative’s expense. Although, I’ve personally never found hurling insults to be particularly “fun,” but perhaps that’s just me… and my trying to be a good person.
Colorado_Conservative

writer said:
“But first, some shirtless Chris Christie pictures, please.” —-THE REAL ROYAL KING

Now all of his hateful comments toward women make more sense.

Amazing how the truth reveals itself in the strangest ways but now it all makes sense!
Nature Freak

WillP said:
Newt does have a pattern of dumping his wives when they get older and unhealthy for younger, attractive women. He’s done it twice now. I wonder if Callista ever feels any pressure.

It wouldn’t surprise me And I do not think old age will necessarily diminish his urges.

If Newt was in his 30′s he would probably belong to the polyamory society and go to polyamory.com, but Newt is now too set in his ways to come out.

I could be wrong.
Nachi

But I think we can all agree that Newt’s a VERY attractive specimen. Sort of a Republican’s “Dream Guy.” Ummm.
Cecelia

ImNotBlue said:
but perhaps that’s just me… and my trying to be a good person.

Perhaps that’s just you being emotionally older than 12.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

Cecelia said:
Perhaps that’s just you being emotionally older than 12.

Well let’s not go overboard! ;)
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

Newt said that isn’t him..
Colorado_Conservative

sarainitaly said:
Newt said that isn’t him..

Newt was getting tired of The Weiner getting all the attention lol
purveyor

I am reasonably sure that I would NOT want to see anyone here, in this site, wearing skimpy swim suits.

Overweight, surgery scars, medication side effects, cellulose and all!

By the way, trim up that nasal hair, please.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

sarainitaly said:
Newt said that isn’t him..

I’ve always found it best not to believe a word the Newt says, and all of his ex-wives and mistresses agree with me. However, the man in the picture, in addition to not being fat enough, has his mouth closed. It could not be Newt.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

purveyor said:
I am reasonably sure that I would NOT want to see anyone here, in this site, wearing skimpy swim suits.

Overweight, surgery scars, medication side effects, cellulose and all!

By the way, trim up that nasal hair, please.

And the gallons and gallons of Botox some our ladies use!
Sanders Youth

At least Anthony Weiner works out, look at this fat perv.
Sanders Youth

sarainitaly said:
Newt said that isn’t him..

Anthony Weiner said he got hacked. Next.
TillieGlockenspiel

Actually, if you look closely at the face, it only marginally looks like Newt.
perceptorii

Given that the TMZ link is now 404-ing, it appears that they agree with Newt that this is a case of mistaken identity.
Nature Freak

Sanders Youth said:
Anthony Weiner said he got hacked. Next.

Is this true Newt said he was hacked?
Nature Freak

As a Democrat, I am not a Newt fan, but I will admit unlike me he still has a full head of beautiful white hair. I am 40 and almost hairless.

Speaking of Newt, The Salamandridae species is very mysterious.
Rokker

The only thing more gross would be a nude Ann Coulter.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

A alleged topless photo of a vacationing Newt Gingrich that TMZ posted to its website this morning has since been taken down, and the Gingrich campaign says the subject in the photograph was not the former House speaker.

“They took it down when they realized it wasn’t Newt,” Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond told Hotline On Call.

The link to the story that was up on the entertainment gossip website earlier today now directs readers to a page that says “we’re sorry, but we weren’t able to find that page.”

TMZ did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2011/06/the-missing-lin.php

Story still not updated?
Nature Freak

If the photo is a fake I apologize for many of my jokes.

I actually think Newt is a smart guy. I may be on the left, but I would probably enjoy taking a history course from Newt. I would still stand my ground on the issues I believe in. Despite my jokes on this post i am not a Newt “hater”. I just have some serious disagreements with him. And for all those people on this site who think I am a jerk, if you were talking face to face to me at Starbucks you would possibly have a different opinion of me.

The format of this website and the nature of the internet promote conflict, and I am not immune. I am cocky on occasion but do not take it personally.
purveyor

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:

And the gallons and gallons of Botox some our ladies use!

I noticed you received 3 thumbs down? Either they didn’t understand your point, or, things are worse than I thought. Ouch!
purveyor

Nature Freak said:

As a Democrat, I am not a Newt fan, but I will admit unlike me he still has a full head of beautiful white hair. I am 40 and almost hairless.

Speaking of Newt, The Salamandridae species is very mysterious.

Ah, um, The Genus Salmonidae is actually a fish. The Salamander is “Crypto Branchidae” (hidden with lungs)

Furthermore, if Newt were a Salamander, I am certain he’d be a “Hell Bender”. A curious little critter from East, North America.

I’m keeping an eye on you NATUREFREAK!
purveyor

Oops, “Salamandridae” are, indeed, salamanders. My spelling error, my mistake. My apology.

However, The poor “Hell Benders” are for real and, unfortunately, something is making them deformed. (lacking digits and even arms or legs) Leopard Frogs too, are showing these irregularities.

I don’t know about “Global Warming”, but, I do know that man has had a disproportionate effect on the planet since his arrival in the current state–Homo sapiens sapiens.

Remember, “God gave Man dominion”, part of “dominion” is responsibility and stewardship.
purveyor

Why on earth would anyone give a “thumbs down” about an endangered amphibian. They are harmless critters whose quiet, secretive lives and existence are threatend by mankind.

Jeez, you probably run over turtles crossing the road too!