From the June 30th TV Guide Online:

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Will Alyssa Milano Regret Being a Candie's Girl?

Squeaky-clean Charmed cutie Alyssa Milano might be biting off more than she can chew by endorsing a wide range of Candie's products, including fragrances and apparel.

"I'm thrilled to be associated with this brand," Milano said in a statement. "Candie's advertising has always been very young, sexy and cutting edge. So this was something I didn't have to think too hard about doing."

Um, Alyssa, have you forgotten the whole Jenny McCarthy/Candie's controversy? The last time Candie's did a major print and TV campaign with a babe — namely Ms. McCarthy — the company and the starlet were criticized for a print ad that showed McCarthy sitting on a toilet with her panties around her ankles.

Adding fuel to the fire is a report in the New York Post claiming that the TV ads prominently feature Milano's cleavage as well as scenes of her in front of a bathroom cabinet stuffed with condoms.

"The ads are not like that," a source close to Milano tells Dish. "They're very playful and not meant to be erotic or raunchy." There are, however, some shots of condoms and underwear.

"This is a sexy and irreverent campaign designed to appeal to Generation Y and stand apart from the cliché images of models in romantic settings that has become a formula in fragrance advertising," Neal Katz, CEO of Candie's, said in a statement.

Hmmm... we wonder what Milano's mom, Lin, thinks of all this seeing as how she's made a name for herself by going after Internet bandits who objectify celebrities. Lin Milano did not return calls by press time.— Jonathan Reiner


Squeaky-clean? How many squeaky-clean young ladies do you know that have nude pictures plastered all over the Internet? And the Milanos were not upset that the nudes were posted. They objected to the fact that they weren't making any money off of it. Since Alyssa's being paid handsomely for this, I doubt mom has any complaints.


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