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Model Dani Mathers Snapchats and body-shames nude woman at the gym

This is one snap that won't fade away.

 

Nayomi Reghay

IRL

Posted on Jul 14, 2016   Updated on May 26, 2021, 11:07 am CDT

Playboy playmate Dani Mathers violated two sacred safe spaces on Wednesday: the gym locker room and Snapchat.

The 2015 Playmate of the Year posted a photograph of an unsuspecting woman in the nude, with the body-shaming caption, “If I can’t unsee this then you can’t either.”

When fans called her out on Twitter and Facebook, Mathers posted the following apology:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8z2KC74n4o


Mathers referred to the snap as an “accident,” promising she has never and will never do anything like it again. “This is not who I am,” she said.

But many felt the apology was lacking—particularly her effort to defend the snap, saying it was meant to be a private message, which wouldn’t be any less of a violation of the woman’s privacy, nor would erase the sentiment in the caption.

Mathers tweeted a lengthy apology, before deleting her account on Thursday.

Screengrab via Daily Mail

Screengrab via Daily Mail

Screengrab via Daily Mail

Screengrab via Daily Mail

Screengrab via Daily Mail


Screengrab via Daily Mail

Screengrab via Daily Mail

Screengrab via Daily Mail


Screengrab via Daily Mail

However, many were non-plussed by Mathers’s apology. 

Some are calling for L.A. Fitness, the gym where she took the photo, and Snapchat to step in and ban Mathers for violating the woman’s privacy.

https://twitter.com/ktms1/status/753606571477786629

Others are hoping the victim will press charges.

https://twitter.com/katie77f/status/753557709241344001

https://twitter.com/tricksterfaux/status/753423051459624966

And pro wrestler and host of Playboy TV’s Boarding Pass, Reby Hardy, tweeted the following helpful reminder:

Update 10:05am CT, July 19: According to TMZ, Mathers has been suspended from her regular gig on the “Heidi and Frank” radio show on L.A.’s KLOS, and has been banned from L.A. Fitness. She “is not permitted back at any club, ever,” a rep for the gym told TMZ.

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*First Published: Jul 14, 2016, 5:37 pm CDT