The latest edition of GQ magazine is out with celebrity comediennes, Issa Rae, Sarah Silverman and Kate McKinnon on the cover. There is however someth
The latest edition of GQ magazine is out with celebrity comediennes, Issa Rae, Sarah Silverman and Kate McKinnon on the cover. There is however something funny about the cover. While there are only three women present in the shot, 15 arms and legs can be seen.
Without much ado, it is obvious the magazine’s comedy issue mocks one of the most recent and most ridiculous photo shop errors in the history of magazine covers – the Vanity Fair‘s ‘Hollywood Portfolio’ which featured a number of celebrity actors posing for Annie Leibovitz‘s camera.
However, James Franco was removed from the composition at the last minute in relation to the sexual misconduct scandal that nabbed a bevy of headlines before the glossy was released. As a result of this alteration, Oprah Winfrey appeared to have a third arm and Reese Witherspoon an extra leg.
In light of the theme of the cover, comedy, the magazine swiftly apologized for the deliberate ‘error’ saying,
“GQ would like to apologize to Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, and Sarah Silverman for the egregious mistakes made in the process of creating the cover for our 2018 comedy issue…” the magazine’s editors wrote.
“Our intention was to celebrate the three super-funny superstars, who are all that is smart and perceptive and riotous and necessary in comedy right now. We deeply regret that the results violated GQ‘s rigorous standards of editorial excellence and the laws of nature. We would be conducting a ‘thorough internal audit’ of the cover development process to ensure nothing this embarrassing ever happens again. To demonstrate our commitment to transparency, we will release the results of the review, quietly, in 17 months, on Medium,” the publication hilariously noted.
“We will be sharing the full profiles of the comedy cover stars over the next week, and until then, we will be praying that Donald Trump tweets something about Chrissy Teigen in the next hour so everybody forgets all about this. We know that GQ must work doubly hard to earn back your trust. Until then, we’ll be ignoring our mentions,” the magazine noted.
