A few days back, The New York Post published several photos of Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, in nothing but her birthday suit.
The photos, which show a 25-year-old Melania K (the moniker she used then) posing nude for a now defunct French magazine have caused outrage.
The Post has been getting a lot of bashing for resurrecting 20-year-old photos.
‘Melania was super-great and a fantastic personality and she was very kind with me’, Ale de Basseville, the photographer who was behind the camera told The Post, adding that she was very professional and never felt uncomfortable posing for the nude pictures.
‘I think it is important to show the beauty and the freedom of the woman, and I am very proud of these pictures because they celebrate Melania’s beauty,’ he said.
The Slovenian-born beauty, now 46, met Trump in 1998 at a Fashion Week party and the pair got married in 2005 and have a son together.
Here’s what a few twitter users had to say about the photos
Just saw that New York Post cover. Ugh, trash. I really don’t care that Melania Trump posed naked, & don’t like attempts to shame her.
— Crooked Jayelle (@GreenEyedLilo) July 31, 2016
Ugh New York Post really? 20 year old pics of Melania Trump are not news. What purpose is there but to shame her?
— Liana Kerzner (@redlianak) August 1, 2016
No excuse to print photos without consent. Don’t expect much from NY Post, but this is #everydaysexism at its worst. https://t.co/0UAdXbdOC3
— Annie E. Clark (@aelizabethclark) July 31, 2016
Melania Trump’s nudes are two decades old, and so is the mindset that led the New York Post to publish them. https://t.co/2Jv3zRe7s8
— Neal Taflinger (@NealTaflinger) August 1, 2016
@nypost Melania Trump isn’t running for president, her husband is. This is a below the belt attack and shouldn’t be condoned.
— octavia spencer (@octaviaspencer) July 31, 2016
In a more recent post, The New York Post showed that they’re not fazed by the negative attention their publications seem to be getting as they revealed even more racy photos of Melania lying naked in bed with Scandinavian model Emma Eriksson, also naked.
When asked about the photos, Trump in his usual rebellious manner told The Post. ‘Melania was one of the most successful models and she did many photo shoots, including for covers and major magazines. This was a picture taken for a European magazine prior to my knowing Melania. In Europe, pictures like this are very fashionable and common.’