Much of the staff at Sports Illustrated, including possibly all of its writers, received layoff notices on Friday, according to the union representing the workers at the publication. The layoffs come less than two months after the magazine was caught publishing AI-generated stories, authors, and photos.  
The Sports Illustrated Union <a href="https://twitter.com/si_union/status/1748390846058176659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> that on Friday “workers of Sports Illustrated were notified that The Arena Group is planning to lay off a significant number, possibly all, of the Guild-represented workers at SI.” The pending layoffs come after Authentic Brands Group (ABG) revoked The Arena Group’s license “to publish at SI,” the union’s statement added. 
ABG has owned Sports Illustrated since 2019 and sold the publishing rights to The Arena Group, but The Arena Group missed a payment for those rights recently, which resulted in ABG pulling the publishing license, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/01/19/sports-illustrated-layoffs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“As a result of this license revocation, we will be laying off staff that work on the SI brand,” a note to staff reportedly read. The note added that some of the staff would be laid off immediately while others would work until the end of the 90-day notice period. 
“This is another difficult day in what has been a difficult four years for Sports Illustrated under Arena Group (previously The Maven) stewardship,&#8221; the union said in a statement. &#8220;We are calling on ABG to ensure the continued publication of SI and allow it to serve our audience in the way it has for nearly 70 years.”
A <a href="https://futurism.com/sports-illustrated-ai-generated-writers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> by Futurism in November <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sports-illustrated-created-articles-using-ai-generated-authors-magazine-says-content-came-from-third-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that Sports Illustrated appeared to have been publishing AI-generated content attributed to fake authors — complete with bogus biographies and headshots. When asked about the content by Futurism, Sports Illustrated allegedly deleted the AI-created writers and profiles along with the content generated by AI. Sports Illustrated CEO Ross Levinsohn was then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sports-illustrated-publisher-fires-ceo-after-outlet-allegedly-published-ai-generated-stories-with-fake-authors">fired</a> by The Arena Group in December. 
The magazine has been one of the most successful sports publications since it was first published in 1954. Sports Illustrated is known for the iconic photos that have graced its covers and for its annual swimsuit issue which was first published in 1964. The magazine faced backlash in 2021 after <a href="https://swimsuit.si.com/swimnews/meet-your-cover-model-2021-leyna-bloom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">putting</a> a man who identifies as a woman on the cover of its swimsuit edition, touting model Leyna Bloom as the &#8220;first trans person of color to appear on our pages.&#8221; Last year, Sports Illustrated <a href="https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2023/05/15/kim-petras-featured-2023-si-swimsuit-cover-model" target="_blank" rel="noopener">featured</a> a transgender model again on its swimsuit edition cover, lauding Kim Petras as &#8220;an icon in the LGBTQ+ community.&#8221; 
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The first issue of Sports Illustrated featured Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews batting at home plate with New York Giants catcher Wes Westrum behind him. The cover of the latest issue showed Michigan’s college football national championship victory over Washington earlier this month.

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Digital publisher The Arena Group, which owns and operates <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sports-illustrated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sports Illustrated</a> and other major publications, announced this week that it had fired Sports Illustrated CEO Ross Levinsohn effective immediately.
&#8220;Today, the board of directors of The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE American: AREN) met and took actions to improve the operational efficiency and revenue of the company,&#8221; the company <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231211378068/en/The-Arena-Group-Announces-Termination-Of-CEO-Ross-Levinsohn-Appoints-Manoj-Bhargava-As-Interim-CEO/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-W8j9Oi60kFTomUxRDB8jhBsNpnJw7dvSfTyni2BOVIOrCOi9QzgjCezTS3Nw_X6kJUrpSBm-Hav1w-UkdSlG3nDlC87j5HoE75BMeA8LaVacVjEfZIyqgxRRsuxHCTK2w%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;The board terminated the employment of CEO Ross Levinsohn, and named Manoj Bhargava as interim Chief Executive Officer, both effective today.&#8221;
The company declined to go into further detail about what specifically led to Levinsohn&#8217;s removal and, when asked if it was related to a recent scandal involving the company allegedly publishing AI-generated content from fake authors, a spokesperson said: “We have nothing further to add to the company’s prior statements regarding A.I.”
The Arena Group noted in its statement that it had also recently fired operations president and COO Andrew Kraft, media president Rob Barrett, and corporate counsel Julie Fenster.
“All of the media brands, including Sports Illustrated, will continue to operate with the management of those verticals, while the company just takes a broad view of operations and how to improve the business overall,” a company spokesperson <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/media/sports-illustrated-ai-articles-ceo/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN.
A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sports-illustrated-created-articles-using-ai-generated-authors-magazine-says-content-came-from-third-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> late last month from Futurism laid out examples of authors whose personas existed only on the website of the leading American sports magazine, which also allegedly used artificial intelligence to churn out articles.
“The content is absolutely AI-generated,” an anonymous source told Futurism. “No matter how much they say that it’s not.”
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According to the outlet, Sports Illustrated listed a writer named “Drew Ortiz” — a white young-adult male with short brown hair and blue eyes who grew up in a farmhouse and enjoyed the greater outdoors. But the profile photo paired with Ortiz’s biography is a headshot listed for sale on a website that sells AI-generated photos.
“There’s a lot,” another source told Futurism. “I was like, what are they? This is ridiculous. This person does not exist.”
“At the bottom [of the page] there would be a photo of a person and some fake description of them like, ‘Oh, John lives in Houston, Texas. He loves yard games and hanging out with his dog, Sam.’ Stuff like that. It’s just crazy.”
TheStreet, another publication owned by The Arena Group, was also found to have allegedly engaged in similar practices, according to the report.
When Futurism asked the magazine’s publisher, The Arena Group, for comment, the company did not respond immediately.

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Sports Illustrated appeared to have been publishing AI-generated content attributed to fake authors — complete with bogus biographies and headshots, according to a report by <a href="https://futurism.com/sports-illustrated-ai-generated-writers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Futurism</a>.
The exposé included examples of authors whose personas existed only on the website of the leading American sports magazine, which also allegedly used artificial intelligence to churn out articles.
&#8220;The content is absolutely AI-generated,&#8221; an anonymous source told Futurism. &#8220;No matter how much they say that it&#8217;s not.&#8221;
According to the outlet, Sports Illustrated listed a writer named &#8220;Drew Ortiz&#8221; — a white young-adult male with short brown hair and blue eyes who grew up in a farmhouse and enjoyed the greater outdoors. But the profile photo paired with Ortiz&#8217;s biography is a headshot listed for sale on a website that sells AI-generated photos.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot,&#8221; another source told Futurism. &#8220;I was like, what are they? This is ridiculous. This person does not exist.&#8221;
&#8220;At the bottom [of the page] there would be a photo of a person and some fake description of them like, &#8216;Oh, John lives in Houston, Texas. He loves yard games and hanging out with his dog, Sam.&#8217; Stuff like that. It&#8217;s just crazy.&#8221;
TheStreet, another publication owned by The Arena Group, was also found to engage in similar practices, according to the report.
When Futurism asked the magazine&#8217;s publisher, The Arena Group, for comment, the company did not respond immediately.
The outlet noted that after it reached out for comment, all the AI-generated authors disappeared from Sports Illustrated&#8217;s site — a practice the report claimed regularly happened before the sports magazine created new phony authors.
The report further emphasized the magazine&#8217;s website did not disclose that the articles credited to the writers&#8217; names used artificial intelligence. However, it eventually added a disclaimer explaining that the content was &#8220;created by a 3rd party&#8221; and that the &#8220;Sports Illustrated editorial staff are not involved in the creation of this content.&#8221;
Sports Illustrated — founded in 1954 — <a href="https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/11/12/from-the-publisher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prides</a> itself on being a magazine that penetrates coverage of social issues, which helped it become the first magazine with a circulation of over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twice.
However, using undisclosed AI-generated content for the magazine appears to show its fall from grace and further adds to a growing problem with &#8220;thinking&#8221; computer systems in media that only erode the public&#8217;s trust and pose a question of ethics in news publishing.
According to <a href="https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/sports-illustrateds-ai-generated-stories-third-party-1235810314/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a>, Authentic Brands Group purchased Sports Illustrated from Meredith for $110 million in 2019. The company then licensed media and publishing rights for the Sports Illustrated brand to Maven, which eventually changed its name to Arena Group Holdings in 2021.
The Arena Group later told Variety that a third-party company named AdVon Commerce claimed that humans wrote the content it produced for Sports Illustrated and has since ended its partnership with the company.
&#8220;The articles in question were product reviews and were licensed content from an external, third-party company, AdVon Commerce,&#8221; a spokesperson for Arena Group said in a statement to Variety. &#8220;A number of AdVon&#8217;s e-commerce articles ran on certain Arena websites. We continually monitor our partners and were in the midst of a review when these allegations were raised. AdVon has assured us that all of the articles in question were written and edited by humans.&#8221;
The Arena Group rep continued, &#8220;According to AdVon, their writers, editors and researchers create and curate content and follow a policy that involves using both counter-plagiarism and counter-AI software on all content. However, we have learned that AdVon had writers use a pen or pseudo name in certain articles to protect author privacy — actions we don&#8217;t condone — and we are removing the content while our internal investigation continues and have since ended the partnership.&#8221;
Following the report, Sports Illustrated Union — a group created to safeguard the magazine&#8217;s standards and integrity — later released its own <a href="https://twitter.com/si_union/status/1729245677690012152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1729245677690012152%7Ctwgr%5E103f3c380ce6e062f36245cdc32969a7a21d2c37%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fsports%2Fsports-illustrated-reportedly-created-fake-authors-for-ai-generated-articles-complete-with-phony-headshots-and-bios%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> surrounding the accusations.
&#8220;We, the workers of the SI Union, are horrified by a story on the site Futurism, reporting that Sports Illustrated&#8217;s parent company, The Arena Group, has published AI-generated content under SI&#8217;s brand with fabricated bylines and writer profiles,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;If true, these practices violate everything we believe in about journalism. We deplore being associated with something so disrespectful to our readers.&#8221;
&#8220;We demand answers and transparency from Arena Group management about what exactly has been published under the SI name. We demand the company commit to adhering to basic journalistic standards, including not publishing computer-written stories by fake people.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/martha-stewart-becomes-oldest-model-in-si-swimsuit-history-with-latest-cover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martha Stewart</a> has responded to plastic surgery claims after she made history with her 2023 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover, making her the oldest model to grace the cover of the annual issue.
The 81-year-old TV personality/businesswoman — who&#8217;s known for her strict beauty regimen — hit back at critics of her cover and said it&#8217;s not true she&#8217;d ever gone under the knife, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/martha-stewart-confesses-pose-playboy-sports-illustrated-cover">Fox News</a> reported.
&#8220;Well, it’s not true,&#8221; Stewart said. &#8220;I’ve had absolutely no plastic surgery whatsoever.&#8221;
The home entrepreneur said she worked hard to get ready for the cover and shared what she&#8217;s done to take care of her skin all these year to keep its youthful look.
&#8220;I have very healthy, good hair,&#8221; Stewart said. &#8220;I drink green juice every day. I take my vitamins. I eat very healthfully. I have very good skin doctors.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m very careful in the sun,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I wear hats and I wear sunblock every single day.&#8221;
&#8220;I had my regular facials but maybe more frequently and I also got a spray tan … I’m not a hairy person, but I got a complete body wax,&#8221; Stewart continued.
However, the author admitted, &#8220;Every now and then there are certain fillers that I can do for a little line here or there, but I hate Botox.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s a weird thing for me,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I really and truly don&#8217;t do a lot.&#8221;
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Martha Stewart is continuing to make her mark &#8212; this time on the cover of the 2023 SI Swimsuit issue! See her like never before here <a href="https://t.co/BcQZcV7R6j">https://t.co/BcQZcV7R6j</a>
&mdash; Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (@SI_Swimsuit) <a href="https://twitter.com/SI_Swimsuit/status/1658113755912491008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Speaking to <a href="https://www.today.com/video/martha-stewart-is-sports-illustrated-s-2023-swimsuit-cover-model-174399045701">NBC&#8217;s</a> &#8220;Today&#8221; show when the cover was revealed, Stewart said that she was motivated to do it to inspire others.
&#8220;Usually I&#8217;m motivated by pay. But this time I was motivated by showing people that a woman my age could still look good, feel good, be good,&#8221; Stewart said. &#8220;I thought that this is kind of historic and that I better look really good.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s one of my mottos, when you&#8217;re through changing, you&#8217;re through,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Change is very good. Evolution is very good, just trying new things.&#8221;
Stewart also told NBC that it &#8220;was a challenge&#8221; to be on the cover at her age and said she hopes other women will be inspired after seeing her on the cover.
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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megan-fox" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megan Fox</a> recently admitted that she never <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/body-positivity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">loved her body</a>. 
The 36-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">celebrity</a> discussed her feelings during an interview with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sports-illustrated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sports Illustrated</a> magazine after posing for its famed swimsuit issue this year. 
&#8220;I have body dysmorphia,&#8221; Fox <a href="https://swimsuit.si.com/video/megan-fox-addresses-her-experience-with-body-dysmorphia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the outlet. &#8220;There is never a point in my life where I loved my body, ever ever.&#8221;
The &#8220;Transformers&#8221; star said she had an &#8220;awareness&#8221; and &#8220;obsession&#8221; with her body from a young age. &#8220;It definitely wasn’t environmental because I grew up in a very religious environment where bodies weren’t even acknowledged,&#8221; Fox said. &#8220;The journey of loving myself is going to be never-ending.”
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She&#39;s an actress, she&#39;s a mom and she&#39;s gracing the cover of the 2023 SI Swimsuit issue! <a href="https://t.co/Ze7jPErtdf">https://t.co/Ze7jPErtdf</a>
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During the interview, the actress also mentioned how she wished people recognized her for her “aura” and not her figure. “I have a rainbow aura, and it&#8217;s special,&#8221; Fox said.
&#8220;Shooting Sports Illustrated Swimsuit is definitely a lot of pressure,&#8221; the mom of three also told SI. &#8220;I have a vision in my head that I&#8217;m trying to achieve, so we&#8217;ll see if it pans out for me.&#8221;
&#8220;What I most want people to know is that I&#8217;m a genuine soul who is hoping to actually belong to something and not always have to live as a misunderstood outcast,&#8221; the actress went on. Fox is currently engaged to performing artist Machine Gun Kelly, though there have been rumors of trouble in their relationship.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue for 2023 showcases a wide range of models this year, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/martha-stewart-becomes-oldest-model-in-si-swimsuit-history-with-latest-cover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martha Stewart</a>, the oldest SI swimsuit model at 81, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sports-illustrated-features-transgender-model-on-cover-again-a-dream-come-true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kim Petras</a>, a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman.
&#8220;Our goal with the 2023 issue is to continue to evoke captivating and thought-provoking conversations,&#8221; SI Swimsuit editor-in-chief MJ Day <a href="https://people.com/style/megan-fox-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-cover-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of the new issue.
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&#8220;While the industry wavers on its arbitrary notion of beauty, our issue has stayed the course, showcasing the women of today, the women shaping the future. This year, we&#8217;re featuring an extremely diverse group of women starting with our cover models, who are collectively the most unapologetic women from different walks of life who continue to forge their own paths on their own terms.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transgender</a>-identified model Kim Petras will be on the cover of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sports-illustrated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sports Illustrated</a> this year, the outlet announced Monday.
The 30-year-old singer and model will be the second <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trans-identified</a> model to be featured on a cover. The first, Leyna Bloom, modeled for SI in 2021.
“It&#8217;s super exciting to have my Sports Illustrated cover and album announcement happening at the same time! Yu Tsai and the whole team at Sports Illustrated made me feel really comfortable and like I belonged there. I had the best time and, honestly, it was a huge confidence boost,&#8221; Petras told <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kim-petras-models-dream-come-190301119.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a> in an interview. 
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As if being a Grammy-Award winning artist and history maker wasn&#39;t enough, Kim Petras is now adding SI Swimsuit COVER model to her list of accomplishments. <a href="https://t.co/ESSyOwdMJI">https://t.co/ESSyOwdMJI</a>
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Megan Fox, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/martha-stewart-becomes-oldest-model-in-si-swimsuit-history-with-latest-cover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martha Stewart</a>, and Brooks Nader were also featured in this year’s swimsuit issue.
“I was so excited when I got the call to be in Sports Illustrated,&#8221; Petras told SI. &#8220;It&#8217;s very iconic, and a lot of very iconic people have done it before, so [it was a] big dream come true for me.&#8221;
Petras had another big announcement Monday. The musician’s debut album, “Feed the Beast,” will be out on June 23.
&#8220;I am so excited that my album is coming out,&#8221; the singer and model told People. &#8220;It has been in the works for three years. I&#8217;ve really sacrificed my entire life to it and have been writing these songs that mean the world to me. I feel like it&#8217;s something that you&#8217;ve never heard from me before!&#8221;
Petras caused controversy earlier this year during a Grammy performance with Sam Smith, who identifies as non-binary. The duo took home the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their hit single &#8220;Unholy.&#8221; But then the overtly satanic-themed and sexualized performance earned the pair a lot of backlash.
Petras <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/literally-a-tribute-to-satan-viewers-slam-demonic-performance-at-the-grammys" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defended</a> the controversial performance later, saying, “I think a lot of people, honestly, have kind of labeled what I stand for and what Sam stands for as religiously not cool.”
“And I personally grew up wondering about religion and wanting to be a part of it, but then slowly realizing it doesn’t want me to be a part of it,” the singer continued. “So it’s a take on not being able to choose religion and not being able to live the way that people might want you to live, because, you know, as a trans person, I’m kind of already not wanted in religion.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/martha-stewart-jokes-that-shes-wished-friends-would-die-because-she-had-crushes-on-their-husbands" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martha Stewart</a> just became the oldest model in the history of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue after the magazine released one of four covers for the 2023 edition.
The 81-year-old TV personality/businesswoman/author is shown wearing a white swimsuit with a gold wrap.
&#8220;Usually I&#8217;m motivated by pay. But this time I was motivated by showing people that a woman my age could still look good, feel good, be good,&#8221; Stewart said. &#8220;I thought that this is kind of historic and that I better look really good.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s one of my mottos, when you&#8217;re through changing, you&#8217;re through,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Change is very good. Evolution is very good, just trying new things.&#8221;
Stewart also told NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; <a href="https://www.today.com/video/martha-stewart-is-sports-illustrated-s-2023-swimsuit-cover-model-174399045701">show</a> that it &#8220;was a challenge&#8221; to be on the cover at her age.
The home entrepreneur said she hopes other women will be inspired after seeing her on the cover.
SI Swimsuit magazine editor MJ Day called Stewart &#8220;a legend&#8221; and defended her choice to feature her on the cover.
&#8220;Never in her life has she let her circumstances dictate her outcome,&#8221; Day said. &#8220;She&#8217;s changed with the times—always one step ahead, it seems—to build a wide-reaching business empire.&#8221;
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&#8220;While the industry wavers on its arbitrary notion of beauty, our issue has stayed the course, showcasing the women of today, the women shaping the future.&#8221;
The very first SI Swimsuit issue hit the store shelves in 1964 and, over time, has featured fashion models, influencers, and celebrities from all over the world. Female athletes like former UFC fighter Ronda Rousey and former Olympic medalist Lindsey Vonn have been shown in recent years.
Elon Musk&#8217;s mother, Maye, was previously the oldest model to appear on an SI Swimsuit cover. She was featured in the 2022 issue at age 74, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/martha-stewart-oldest-sports-illustrated-144533077.html">Yahoo.com</a> reported.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charming-martha-stewart-responds-to-those-dating-rumors-involving-pete-davidson">&#8216;Charming&#8217;: Martha Stewart Responds To Those Dating Rumors Involving Pete Davidson</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sports-illustrated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sports Illustrated</a> Swimsuit model Emily Ratajkowski said she doesn&#8217;t &#8220;really believe in straight people&#8221; after recently filing for divorce from husband film producer Sebastian Bear-McClard.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/emily-ratajkowski" target="_blank" rel="noopener">31-year-0ld</a> model made the comments during a wide-ranging interview for <a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a41616069/emily-ratajkowski-podcast-interview-november-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harper&#8217;s Bazaar</a> when she was asked about a recent TikTok in which it appeared she was identifying as bisexual.
&#8220;I think sexuality is on a sliding scale,&#8221; Ratajkowski shared. &#8220;I don&#8217;t really believe in straight people.&#8221;
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&#8220;My girlfriend came over and was like, &#8216;B****, have you seen the green-couch thing?’” she added. &#8220;She was laughing at me because my green couch is so big.&#8221;
&#8220;I want to be able to have fun with how I present myself in the world without feeling like I&#8217;m a bad feminist or a good feminist,&#8221; Ratajkowski continued. &#8220;Duh. I don&#8217;t want to be a part of your club if you don&#8217;t want to have me. It&#8217;s fine!&#8221;
In the <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@emrata/video/7152973396052053290?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;item_id=7152973396052053290&amp;lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/emily-ratajkowski-says-she-stayed-silent-about-robin-thicke-groping-allegation-because-she-wanted-to-be-famous" target="_blank" rel="noopener">swimsuit model</a> revealed that she owned a green velvet couch in response to a meme claiming that ownership of a green couch means one identifies “as bisexual,&#8221; according to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/11/01/emily-ratajkowski-doesnt-believe-in-straight-people/?utm_source=like2buy.curalate.com&amp;crl8_id=b028a641-8a8c-470d-9085-46ab74e8ccca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a>.
In September, the activist model filed for divorce from Bear-McClard after four years of marriage. The two share a one-year-old son, as Page Six noted.
At one point in the Harper&#8217;s Bazaar article, Ratajkowski admitted she feels anger over the divorce after Bear-McClard reportedly cheated on her.
&#8220;I can tell you that I have never been single before,&#8221; the model shared. &#8220;I feel all the emotions. I feel anger, sadness. I feel excitement. I feel joy. I feel levity. Every day is different. The only good thing I know is that I&#8217;m feeling all those things, which is nice because it makes me believe that I&#8217;ll be okay.&#8221;
Even though Ratajkowski didn&#8217;t want to talk about her divorce, she did confirm reports that she&#8217;s dating again.
&#8220;I have gone on dates,&#8221; the swimsuit model explained, noting she&#8217;s steering clear of dating apps for now. &#8220;But give me time.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-obsess-over-dead-girls-actress-and-model-complains-that-marilyn-monroe-film-fetishizes-female-pain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;We Obsess Over Dead Girls&#8217;: Actress And Model Complains That Marilyn Monroe Film &#8216;Fetishizes Female Pain&#8217;</a>

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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chrissy-teigen">Chrissy Teigen</a> shared life-changing news Wednesday that after undergoing IVF treatments, she is once again expecting with husband singer John Legend.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chrissy-teigen">36-year-old</a> model shared a few selfies on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgz_10nv_Dn/">Instagram</a> showing her sporting a baby-bump in her underwear. She shared how the last few years have been emotional after suffering a miscarriage with her son Jack at 20 weeks into her pregnancy.
&#8220;The last few years have been a blur of emotions to say the least, but joy has filled our home and hearts again,&#8221; Teigen captioned her post. &#8220;1 billion shots later (in the leg lately, as u can see!) we have another on the way.&#8221;
&#8220;Every appointment I&#8217;ve said to myself, &#8216;ok if it&#8217;s healthy today I&#8217;ll announce&#8217; but then I breathe a sigh of relief to hear a heartbeat and decide I&#8217;m just too nervous still,&#8221; she added.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll ever walk out of an appointment with more excitement than nerves but so far, everything is perfect and beautiful and I&#8217;m feeling hopeful and amazing,&#8221; the swimsuit model continued. &#8220;Ok phew it&#8217;s been very hard keeping this in for so long!&#8221;
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In October 2020, the model shared very personal images on her social media account of the day she and her husband lost their unborn child, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chrissy-teigen-says-shell-never-be-pregnant-again-after-miscarriage">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
&#8220;We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we&#8217;ve never felt before,&#8221; Teigen captioned her post. &#8220;We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids he needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfusions. It just wasn&#8217;t enough.&#8221;
&#8220;We never decide on our babies&#8217; names until the last possible moment after they&#8217;re born, just before we leave the hospital,&#8221; she added. &#8220;But we, for some reason, had started to call this little guy in my belly Jack. So he will always be Jack to us. Jack worked so hard to be a part of our little family, and he will be, forever.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-we-go-again-chrissy-teigen-confirms-shes-doing-ivf-again-after-death-of-son-jack">TV personality</a> tied the knot with Legend in 2013. The two share two kids together, 6-year-old daughter Luna Simone and 4-year-old son Miles Theodore. In February, the model confirmed reports the couple were once again undergoing IVF treatment in hopes of growing their family, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-we-go-again-chrissy-teigen-confirms-shes-doing-ivf-again-after-death-of-son-jack">reported</a>. Teigen&#8217;s other children were also conceived via IVF due to fertility issues.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sports-illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a> model Victoria Vesce recently opened up about a major health battle that started in 2017, when she was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor.
Vesce <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/si-swim-search-finalist-victoria-vesce">told</a> Fox News in an interview published Saturday that she knew something was wrong early on, but was continually misdiagnosed for about six months. When she was finally diagnosed with <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4472946/">multiple paraganglioma</a>, Vesce said her &#8220;heart just dropped.&#8221;
&#8220;I felt a sense of relief, honestly,&#8221; the model said. &#8220;For six months, I felt like doctors thought I was crazy. From the outside, I looked perfectly healthy. But I just knew something was wrong with me.&#8221;
Doctors found Vesce had nerve damage and was losing her hearing.
&#8220;I just thought maybe I hurt my ear somehow during NBA dance practice,&#8221; said Vesce, who was a dancer for the Charlotte Hornets from 2014-2017. &#8220;But, eventually, I was told, &#8216;We found a mass in your head.&#8217; My heart just dropped.&#8221;
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&#8220;I was 23 years old,&#8221; Vesce continued. &#8220;I’m healthy. How could this happen? In one way, it was good to know that I wasn’t going crazy. But, by then, it had spread down my neck into my carotid artery. I went from living my best life, traveling, modeling. Then I get hit with something insane. I was relieved to finally have an answer, but I didn’t know how to react. It was like my nightmare, a nightmare coming to fruition.&#8221;
Vesce, now an advocate for the National Brain Tumor Society, was treated at Duke University Hospital, where she volunteered to participate in a study involving rare tumors, Fox News noted.
The treatment was a &#8220;terrifying&#8221; prospect, Vesce said, but she tried to stay as positive as possible, noting that &#8220;stress can trigger brain tumor growth.&#8221;
&#8220;I was told I needed surgery, or I would be at risk of paralysis or even death,&#8221; she recalled. &#8220;I was terrified, but I did it – May 2017. I went through a six-week recovery time to eat and walk again. It took forever just to stand up. I thought it would be all over. But then I ended up doing 30 rounds of experimental radiation treatment.&#8221;
Fast-forward to 2022, and Vesce is doing &#8220;great,&#8221; while routinely checking on her health.
&#8220;I’m doing great,&#8221; she told Fox News. &#8220;I mean, I lost 100% of hearing in my right ear. I do go for routine MRI checkups because they have to leave remnants of the tumor in my head. It wrapped around my brain stem. There are a lot of nerves involved and if they end up touching it, I could be instantly paralyzed or have a stroke. So there is some of it in my head that gets monitored by an MRI. But luckily, everything’s been stable.&#8221;
The model emphasized that it was her late mother who kept her motivated during the hard times.
&#8220;It was a dark period in my life,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I have always been pretty positive, maybe a little stubborn. But my mother, my best friend, she kept me motivated. She would always say, &#8216;We’re gonna get through this together.'&#8221;
&#8220;Honestly, if I didn’t have such a strong support system of family and friends, I’m not sure if I would have gotten through everything,&#8221; Vesce added. &#8220;They kept me mentally strong.&#8221;
Read the full interview at <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/si-swim-search-finalist-victoria-vesce">Fox News</a> 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/overwhelmed-with-gratefulness-model-who-walked-headfirst-into-airplane-propeller-now-a-mother">‘Overwhelmed With Gratefulness’: Model Who Walked Headfirst Into Airplane Propeller Now A Mother</a>

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Best-selling author and psychologist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jordan-peterson">Jordan Peterson</a>, who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sorry-not-beautiful-jordan-peterson-blasts-sports-illustrated-over-plus-sized-swimsuit-issue-cover-model">attacked</a> by some people for stating candidly of a plus-sized model on the cover of the 2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, “Sorry. Not beautiful,” humorously saluted the traditional idea of beauty on Thursday.
Maxim named professional golfer Paige Spiranac, who boasts 3.3 million Instagram followers and more than 10 million across all social channels, as the “World’s Sexiest Woman” and <a href="https://www.maxim.com/news/sexiest-woman-alive-paige-spiranac-is-maxims-2022-hot-100-cover-star/">featured</a> her on the cover of its July/August issue.
Peterson simply acknowledged, “Ok. She might be beautiful,” with a smiling emoji.
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Peterson commented on Twitter after his post regarding plus-sized model Yumi Nu, which he said had generated hostility on social media. He had tweeted, “Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.”
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Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that. <a href="https://t.co/rOASeeQvee">https://t.co/rOASeeQvee</a>
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Peterson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bye-for-now-jordan-peterson-says-he-quit-twitter-after-posting-thoughts-on-plus-sized-swimsuit-model">acknowledged</a> the hostility that the tweet engendered from some quarters.
“The endless flood of vicious insult is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else,” Peterson wrote. “I like to follow the people I know but I think the incentive structure of the platform makes it intrinsically and dangerously insane.”
“So I told my staff to change my password, to keep me from temptation, and am departing once again,” he added. “If I have something to say I&#8217;ll write an article or make a video. If the issue is not important enough to justify that then perhaps it would be best to just let it go.”
“And I plan to write an article on the technical reasons that Twitter is maddening us all very soon. Bye for now,” he concluded.
Spiranac’s provocative attire on the golf course may have led to the LPGA implementing a dress code that eschews plunging necklines, leggings and short skirts. She told Maxim, “People say you’re promoting women to show off their assets or to wear less to get more engagement online. My message is wear what you want to wear.”
“I get frustrated when they support everyone except for you ‘cause you like to show cleavage,” she continued. “My dress code my entire life, I like to wear things that are more formfitting. I just became more comfortable wearing less because of my gymnastics background. I like being able to have movement in my swing. When I began wearing leggings it started a huge uproar. And now I go to the range and I see so many women wearing leggings.”
Spiranac won five tournaments on Colorado’s junior golf circuit, ranking her in the world’s top 20 junior players, then got a golf scholarship from the University of Arizona.
“And while she sputtered as a pro, she’s become the most prominent woman in the sport, partnering with numerous golf-related concerns such as Club Champion (a bespoke club-fitter), X-Golf golf simulator, Shot Scope (a shot-tracker app), Swag Golf, and several sports betting concerns, as well as Dynamic Brands, parent company to numerous premium golf equipment and clothing labels,” Maxim noted.
Spiranac works with the <a href="https://www.cybersmile.org/">CyberSmile Foundation</a>, which counters online bullying.
“If you told me, senior year of college, that my life would take this path, I would have laughed in your face,” she concluded. “I never expected any of this to happen, but I’m so grateful that it did. I’m really able to love who I am and what I’m doing through content creation and being an influencer. So, I’m happy with how everything turned out. I wish I played golf at a higher level and accomplished more, but I wouldn’t trade this for the world.”

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