Taraji P. Henson must have loved her first nude photoshoot. Because now she’s topless in the September issue of Men’s Fitness:
She’s looking pretty fab though. Highlights:
“Most men are fragile,” she says. “I’m a successful woman, in the public eye, and raising a kid by myself. It can leave guys feeling like, ‘Damn, how can I have a chance?’” Answer: “Just be a man!”
Have a Gentleman’s Touch
“A woman is gentle, soft, delicate, and a man’s position is to protect her-help her up stairs, make sure she’s in the car safely first. Take good care of your woman, and the sky’s the limit!”
Avoid Mama Drama
“Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it’s a position that comes with responsibility. If you don’t want anything too serious, then stay with women with no kids.”
The full article is here at their site.
And Cassie partied solo this weekend–by solo I mean sans her bed buddy Diddy but with DJ Cassidy–at the SoBe Lifewater Summer Fridays event:
Cute look for her.
Mon, August 10, 2009 2:51 PM
Again, Taraj? Smh
Mon, August 10, 2009 2:56 PM
cassie looks like she tried to leave and diddy wasn’t havin it so he grabbed her shirt and the rest is history
Mon, August 10, 2009 2:56 PM
That Yves slashed tee is nastay..cute!
Mon, August 10, 2009 2:57 PM
taraji did it with class so i’m not mad at her
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:01 PM
Diddy may have not have been there but his cash was…….
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:02 PM
Taraji, girl, I love and respect you, so this is has got nothin’ but love behind, but don’t start posing nude a regular career or I’ll have to dis-associate myself from u – like you said, you’re raising a child (a son, no less) by yourself, make sure you don’t do anything that will cause him grief (ie “I saw your momma nekkid!!”)cuz kids are cruel!! You are a damn good actress and don’t need no damn nekkid pic money…love you..
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:07 PM
Not to mention she really doesn’t have a great body. That other picture still haunts me. “chills”
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:07 PM
WHY DO WE HAVE TO POSE IN LINGRIE,I THOUGHT THAT WAS A INTIMATE THANG.JUST BUST A CAREER SINCE BENJAMIN BUTTON.SEE NIETHER THEY POSE NUDE, SHAVE THERE OLD, GO BLOND.SHAME
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:09 PM
Why can’t she pose nude? What is so god awful about it? She looks good. She feels good. She’s grown. Gone head Taraji. You look great.
Cassie’s a cutie. That outfit is a FAIL. cute shoes tho. Cassidy is drunkidy drunk drunk drunk.
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:10 PM
Cassie looks very tropical and beachy. I like it
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:10 PM
I like cassie’s ring and shoes..very nice.
I don’t know why Kandi is going through all this explaining… she is in love with him, and don’t see nothing else, so then just go and be with him.. we’ll be here when it’s over.
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:11 PM
taraji is seeking for attention these days around. All these naked and topless pics she is doing is just out of control!!! wasn’t her an actress??????
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:12 PM
Huh? This just gave me a headache trying to decipher it
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:12 PM
oops..the kandi rant is for the next post..lol.. sorry..
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:13 PM
Love Taraji!! She looks great and classy!! NOTHING wrong with posing nude if it’s classy!! The pics look great :-) Her body is in great condition!
Cassie= irrelevant!
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:14 PM
I love Cassie’s pinky ring.
Taraji…I liked her better before for some reason. Wish her the best though
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:14 PM
BREAKING NEWS……………………YBF………….KIM KARDASHIAN HAS REALLY GOEN BLONDE….
COME ON YBF..WHY IS THIS NOT ON UR SITE YET…LOL
“SIDE EYE”
kim looks nice with the blonder though
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:15 PM
Les
“Diddy may have not have been there but his cash was…….”
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:lol: Les you know you ain’t lyin!!!
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:16 PM
I mean Taraji did go topless in Baby Boy didn’t she?
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:17 PM
Taraji looks great. Yeah, she’s topless, but it is tastefully done. The hair is another matter altogether… sigh.
Cassie looks a hot mess. I don’t know why folks are so blinded by a label. If that shirt didn’t have “YSL” like a giant billboard across the front people would be clowning her. Newsflash: famous designers make ugly stuff, too! And the white bra underneath just makes it worse. The shoes are cute, but the outfit as a whole is an epic FAIL… not to mention the French manicure paired with the neon toes. She is too pretty for the way she goes out looking sometimes!
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:18 PM
Cuz 2 out of 3 don’t count for YBF, she did have some Black in her but he left her
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:18 PM
black actresses are laaaame as hell!!! they do things that white girl do just because of a lack of intelligence.At the end of the day they all are put down while white girls get an upgrade. Sad….
plus taraji got a teenage son. It’s time for her to cover her ish up.Cause children are so mean…..
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:21 PM
How old is Taraij and how old is her SON??? Why is she posing nude like she’s a naive teenager who just turned 18 and trying to make fast cash???
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:27 PM
I love Taraji but I have to disagree with Taraji when she said:
“If you don’t want anything too serious, then stay with women with no kids.”
I am a women with no kids and I take my relationships very serious. Not all women without children are just looking to get F’d.
It would be wrong for me to say:
“Most women with children are single parents because they thought having a man’s baby would make the man stay or make the relationship more “serious”.
Thats BS Taraji! If she thinks that way about women with no kids, it makes me wonder what made her a single parent. She probably thought he would take her more “serious” when she became pregnant.
Guess not….
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:31 PM
Wow-Cassie’s actually smiling in these pics —good 4 her.
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:32 PM
Very true, there’s nothing wrong with posing nude ONCE unless she wants to make it her day job. But if she wants to be a respected actress she’s got to toe that line just like Halle, Angela, and the rest of ‘em. She needs to save all her lushishness that is Taraji for the silver screen – and if they ask her to get butt booty for a scene, then so be it.
It’s not fair, but black actresses get the raw end of the deal…real talk.
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:33 PM
She always looks nice…..MINUS that jacked up shaved hair style. Cassie is a beautiful ‘naturally’ chic nut imma need her to stop with the silliness.
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:33 PM
Taraji looks ok, but that wig…..that wig…that wig….!
*plotting on how to snatch Cassie’s shoes….*
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:34 PM
Say it again! Please!
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:34 PM
Taraji looks cute as well. Very sexy and classy.
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:34 PM
i have no prob with taraji’s spread (giggle), but here is my question…why did she wait so late in life to do this (if she did these earlier, please speak cause i’m not aware). at a certain age, this is not the classiest thing you can do with your life…i do believe she’s at that age.
why is cassie relevant?
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:35 PM
Oh, riri has those same shoes Cassie is wearing only they are flats. Who is the designer?
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:37 PM
I respect your opinion, but I don’t think she meant that women with kids don’t take their relationships seriously. It’s just that when you date someone with a child, you have to understand that you aren’t just dating ONE person — it’s a package deal, and that person has an extra responsibility that will always come before you (as a child should), so don’t be surprised and throw a fit if they have to cancel a date (or not make one at all) if the child is sick, has some kind of function they want the parent to attend, etc.
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:38 PM
lmao
yes she did
ove cassie look minus the horrid shoes :(
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:39 PM
don’t think that’s quite what she meant. when she says man up…i got that…you have to be man enough to realize and respect that you do not and most likely will not ever come first…takes a real man to accept that. i don’t think she meant to negate you as a woman with no kids…
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:44 PM
That’s what I thought she was saying to. People need to fully read things before they start going off. SMH
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:50 PM
Uh, are you serious? Specify what you mean by “do what white girl do”. I hardly call nominations for an Oscar, SAG awards, and NUMEROUS critics’ choice awards being “put down”. What white girls are you referring to who have gotten an “upgrade”? Yeah, she’s topless, but she’s not showing as much skin as the term “topless” implies.
You’re putting black actresses down yourself by lumping them all together… notice that you didn’t say SOME Black actresses. Is that due to a “lack of intelligence”?
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:50 PM
Cassie tries too hard.
Mon, August 10, 2009 3:57 PM
tj= cute..love her!!
cassie looks cute here!!1
Mon, August 10, 2009 4:10 PM
The problem with the people here in the states is that we have such a huge problem with nudity. Other countries are more accepting of it and thus have lower rates of sex crimes against women. She is topless but she is not showing anything really. Men’s Fitness is known for spreads like this and other celberities (white) have done them as well and there wasn’t a public backlash. These shots are very tastefully done.
Mon, August 10, 2009 4:11 PM
*celebrities… sorry for the typo…
Mon, August 10, 2009 4:13 PM
This post should not be about that woman.
Mon, August 10, 2009 4:19 PM
I don’t like Cassie’s (manicure)nails. They look fake. Eventhough I know they are, they shouldn’t look it.
Mon, August 10, 2009 4:27 PM
Good point – we americans are not as “comfortable” with public nudity as our brothers and sisters “across the pond”, but being that as it may, in order to be successful in hollyweird there are certain rules you have to play by.
I don’t know where you hail from, but here an america, especially hollywood, black actresses can’t get away with the same shit their white counterparts can. So although Demi and Sharon Stone, and the like get it crunk on Vanity Fair and such, our black actresses get one “get out of jail” free card to pose nude (and must be tastefully done)before they are labled a hoe or harlot.
Mon, August 10, 2009 4:41 PM
Cassie sure may not be able to hold a note but she can rock the hell out of an outfit. She should continue to model.
Mon, August 10, 2009 5:40 PM
Cassie looks modern, current and relevant !
Mon, August 10, 2009 5:49 PM
she could have kept her little sermon…it makes her seem foolish…this isn’t the type of magazine that the men go out looking for baby mamas successful or not…the men picking up this mag are going to fall out on the floor laughing when they see this..talking about being a man but you got your goodies out for all the boys to see…
Mon, August 10, 2009 5:54 PM
I love Cassie’s shoes.
Disappointed in Taraji…
Mon, August 10, 2009 7:24 PM
I love Taraji as an actress, but sometimes when she speaks freely she says dumb -ish. As someone who hasn’t had any kids out of wedlock, why would she basically say that a dude should only ”man up” and consider dating women with kids if they want to be serious? I’m not just hanging around for dudes to date when they want to act a fool and not behave like a man! So what–single women who’ve been lucky enough to avoid the baby-momma label aren’t entitled to have good, responsible men? That was a dumb a$$ and offensive comment.
Mon, August 10, 2009 8:08 PM
wordtobigbird
Cassie tries too hard.
SayWhat says:
Trying too hard at what? Standing there!….You’re a classic case of a hater whos trying too hard. Couldn’t find anything to hate on, so you just say any ol stupid ass thing..
Mon, August 10, 2009 8:10 PM
New rule: Haters must post their picture….
Mon, August 10, 2009 8:22 PM
Who makes those shoes Cassie has on? I love, love, love them!
Mon, August 10, 2009 8:37 PM
Some of yall had to straight up flunk every reading comprehension section of every test that you have ever taken. What part of what Taraji said got some of you so @ss backward confused? Try reading slow, then read again. Its amazing how people sometimes perceive the things they read. If you’re comprehension of the written word is that jacked up, how do most of you survive in the everyday world??
Mon, August 10, 2009 9:34 PM
Taraji looks fab. A beautiful strong sista indeed. And for Cassie…THAT CHICK IS GORGEOUS. I will not take that away from her. She is not your typical “just attractive because she is foreign or light skinned chick” that chicks face has awesome symmetry is she is truly a beautiful woman. I wish her happiness and hope that being in the spotlight and DIDDY don’t drive her mad. Even the most beautiful women are completely empty inside–RIP Marilyn, Dorothy, Gia Carangi, Phyllis Hyman—need I say more?
Mon, August 10, 2009 10:04 PM
yIKES!
Mon, August 10, 2009 10:59 PM
U Wannbe ME – U R sick and Twisted – u CAN’T get ONE MAN none the less many.
Don’t Cry B****
NEXT!!!
Mon, August 10, 2009 11:06 PM
eRIC mY FRIEND – u SEE tHIS tWISTED s***
pLEASE KEEP these SICK & OBSSESSED CUNT SNIFFIN LOSERS outta My tROPICAL, bEACHY hOUSE AND MY Green Bedroom with MY GORGEOUS thong laying across MY pillows.
i mAY hAVE tO cALL tHE 5-O aGAIN!!! AND
i THOUGHT king combs WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE DL.
gOODnITE tRUE bLUE YOUNG, BLACK and FABULOUS ONES!!!! NO TIME ya Know It!!!
Mon, August 10, 2009 11:07 PM
GORGEOUS ONE aka Miss LOWES – Snickering WOMAN
Mon, August 10, 2009 11:23 PM
Taraji looks like Eva in the first picture, but good for her. If she is comfortable with her body and wants to show it, more power to her. It is not different then any other actress/stars posing in Maxium and things like that. I don’t think she looks bad, it is tasteful it is not like the music videos where the girls shaking their ass half naked.Plus, how many covers have Halle posed on half naked. I think people should stop with the double standards where it is okay for one celebrity but not the other. Even though I’ am not feeling Taraji comments.
As for Cassie, next. What does she do again besides Diddy.
Tue, August 11, 2009 9:27 AM
Taraji is a highly educated woman.
Tue, August 11, 2009 11:36 AM
I dont know why Assie is still showing up to parties!! She isnt relevant anymore. Put something out then we would like to see you!!!
Take note Biotch!!!
Tue, August 11, 2009 3:01 PM
u need to stop praising cassie who aint even that good looking for doing absolutely nothing. google emanuela de paula she deserves hype or gracie carvalho or arlenis sosa.