Cindy Crawford has stripped down twice for Playboy, first in 1988 and again in 1998, and in a new interview with Net-a-Porter’s PorterEdit, she says she has zero regrets about posing nude.
“I look back at some of my old Playboy pictures and I think, Why wasn’t I walking around naked all the time?” she says with a laugh when discussing her racy Playboy photoshoots with legendary photographer Herb Ritts.
“I’m not getting younger,” she adds, “so I want to celebrate who I am today.”
In the interview, the 53-year-old supermodel also addresses the recent success of her daughter, Kaia Gerber, who has followed in her mom’s footsteps to become a top model in her own right.
Crawford is adamant that nepotism has had nothing to do with her daughter’s burgeoning career, although she admits that “Kaia had some advantages. She is my daughter and people know that.”
However, Crawford insists that the notion she uses her influence to further her 16-year-old daughter’s career is simply incorrect. “But when people say that I bought her a cover of a magazine, I think, If I was going to buy a cover for someone, it would be me! If I could get someone into a fashion show, I would be getting it for myself.”
Crawford also addresses the downside of social media and the double standard that exists for celebrities when it comes to nasty comments.
“I can’t believe how hateful people can be,” she says. “As much as people put garbage on my Instagram, it doesn’t bother me. But when they do it to my kids I think, Grrr. But you’re not supposed to go after [the haters]. It’s shocking. We’re becoming more immune to it because people just lash out. We have to be so politically correct in one way. If you’re not famous, you can say the most hateful stuff. God forbid you [as a celebrity] offend the wrong person.”
You can read more with Crawford in the latest issue of PorterEdit.
