Chord Overstreet Says He Got Offered $100,000 for Playgirl Shoot amid Glee Fame
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NEED TO KNOW
- Chord Overstreet joined Glee’s cast as Sam Evans in season 2
- Overstreet was among several members of Glee‘s male cast that Playgirl expressed interest in
- The actor reveals that not only did he entertain the idea, but he also took some photos
Chord Overstreet is talking about all the doors Glee opened for him.
On Monday, the actor, 36, appeared on an episode of Celebrity Weakest Link, filled with castmates — Max Adler, Dot-Marie Jones, Alex Newell, Amber Riley, Becca Tobin, Jenna Ushkowitz, and Heather Morris — for a special reunion. Hosted by fellow Glee alum Jane Lynch, the pair talked about what it was like for the cast to tour together.
“I loved it, it was like getting to play in front of 18,000 people. It was insane,” Overstreet shared.
Lynch cheekily brought up a “$100,000 offer,” prompting his castmates to break out into laughter as Overstreet revealed, “I got asked to do a full-frontal spread in Playgirl.”
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“You did not!” Lynch said, marveling at the number. What she and others were even more surprised about was that Overstreet did agree to it.
“We shot it, and the images were so…” he explained as he was bombarded with questions and comments from his former costars.
“I pocketed the money, and it was the biggest issue that they ever had — preorders, presales. Then my publicist pulled it off the rack. So it’s out there. It’s out there somewhere,” he explained.
An amused Lynch looked directly into the camera and encouraged viewers to take finding the missing images to “task.”
“America, I’m giving you a task. This is your mission, should you choose to accept it. Find those Playgirls!”
In 2010, a representative for Playgirl told E! News the offer was the real deal and that Overstreet “doesn’t even have to take it all off.”
The actor and musician joined the cast of the zany teen series in the show’s second season as Sam Evans.
“It was a boot camp in the best way. I learned more than I could have ever learned from acting or singing classes,” he previously told PEOPLE of performing as part of Glee‘s fictional New Directions.
He adds, “I couldn’t get that experience anywhere else. I definitely became a better singer, from singing in the studio every day and watching people that are great performers that were coming onto our show.”
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