Believe it or not, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss once posed for Playboy magazine. Her photo session took place back in 1995.
During an interview on “In Depth with Graham Bensinger,” Buss talked about her experience with Playboy.
Buss revealed that fans constantly ask her to sign photos from her 1995 shoot.
“I spoke to Jimmy Connors’ wife Patti McGuire – she was Playmate of the Year in I think 1976 or ’77 – and I asked her about the experience before I ever pursued it,” Buss said. “And she said, ‘It’s a great experience, but always be prepared wherever you are, somebody’s gonna approach you with the magazine to sign it… when you least expect it. The pictures never go away.’
“And so now this is the early ’90s, really before the internet takes off. And so, it never dawned on me that these pictures would have a life of their own on the internet and will always be out there. And when you pose, you accept that’s part of the program. Except the internet has made it that I literally, probably, receive five to 10 requests a week where people have printed the pictures and asked me to sign them. And they send a postage paid envelope for me to send it back.”
Toward the end of their discussion, Buss told Bensinger that she always signs fans’ pictures.
“I always sign them because I don’t regret taking the pictures. It’s a little bit like, ‘Wow, it really doesn’t ever go away.’ But, the idea that the pictures are kind of legendary.”
Kudos to Buss for handling this situation with such grace.