Madonna Photo Mistaken for Marilyn Monroe, Causes Upset
Lawrence Nicastro was going through some storage items last year at his Las Vegas home when he found a poster-size image of what he thought to be Marilyn Monroe hitchhiking naked.
The poster was actually that of Madonna, from her “Sex” book. It took Lawrence months to figure this out.
Lawrence spent four months researching the origin of the photo with his wife, Phyllis. He finally called in a Marilyn Monroe expert, Chris Harris. Chris also believed that Lawrence had come across something special.
The two of them scheduled a press conference today, to reveal their priceless find, but first gave a sneak peek to the Associated Press.
So learned a Las Vegas man who alerted the media this week that he thought he had his hands on a rare photo of Marilyn Monroe posing nude as a hitchhiker. What he had was a famous photo of Madonna.
The image of the Material Girl, who often cast herself as a sort of latter-day Monroe, appeared in “Sex,” her 1992 book of risque photography. In it, she posed in heels and handbag, with a cigarette in her mouth.
“You’re right; it’s Madonna,” Harris said after being told of the mix-up. Harris said he believed someone had slipped the poster into Nicastro’s storage as a prank.
“If there ever was an embarrassing moment,” he said, adding that he planned to go ahead with the news conference to “face the music.”
There is one person, he noted, who should feel good about the mistaken identity.
“Who wins here? Madonna, of course,” Harris said. “She really looks like Marilyn Monroe.”
What others said:
- Dlisted says, “I can’t wait until Lawrence discovers the Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monrore pictures in 10-years time.”
source: Vegas Man Confuses Monroe and Madonna [associated press]
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that guy’s an idiot. Marilyn was never that ripped because it wasn’t the style of the time. On top of that, the woman was much taller and stalkier than Madonna and had healthy sized feet. Be more observant before you call a specialist. Hmmmpf.