Details magazine has a story and accompanying photo gallery of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez that was conducted the day before all the steroid allegations broke in early February. The story doesn’t reveal a whole lot, but the photos do suggest a star who is quite the narcissist.
Maybe Rodriguez is in denial. He’s just spent the afternoon happily posing for the cover shoot for this story, showing off his strapping physique and loosening up with shots of Patrón.
There are photos (gallery here) that are weird in the way these things are in fashion magazines — Why is A-Rod on a bare mattress with an old tire nearby? Can’t he afford sheets? But the oddest is the shot of A-Rod face-to-face with a mirror giving himself a hither-come-yon look. As Deadspin wrote:
How could anyone think that photos of yourself stretching, posing, even kissing your own image in front of a full-length mirror would make you look like anything other than a clueless, narcissistic tool? Sure, the photographer tells you to do something and you do it without really thinking about it and you move on, but that’s why high-powered celebrities have “people.” And by “people,” I don’t mean fat workout buddies you went to high school with who get you your breakfast every morning. I mean managers, publicists and media relations people who are not your friends and don’t want to be, but will do whatever it takes to make sure you don’t look like an idiot. Didn’t that come up in any of your enlightening conversations with Madonna?
on Mar 17th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Remember way back when A-Rod 1st played as a Mariner for Lou Pinella (miss him) and he was just a talented skinny kid who kept his mouth shut and head down? He’s a handsome and very nicely built man now but gezz he keeps stepping in it big time. He might be arrogant and all but is still one of the best whos ever played the game. He just isn’t Jeeter and NY will never let him forget that.
on Mar 17th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I don’t care what anyone says about him. I love Alex Rodriguez. He is one fine Dominican papi and I have had a love jones for him since the early days.
on Mar 17th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Me too Ron. He and Raul Ibanez can tag team me any day
on Mar 18th, 2009 at 2:36 am
I think A-Rod is the most fascinating athlete in the world. I never saw somebody so good with that many hangups. Is he insane? Is he a genius? Is he a hurt man child? Is he a steroid addicted idiot? Nobody came sell newspapers or create media controversy like him. Not Lebron James or Tiger Woods. Not Beckham or any euro soccer star.
It’s sad that many Red Sox and baseball fans are now calling him a “fag” and gay because of the picture above. The homophobia out there is sad. Yeah A-Rod is gay. He loves a man. Himself.
on Mar 19th, 2009 at 6:50 am
I wonder if A-Rod was thinking about Derek Jeter when he kissed the lookalike image.
on Mar 28th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
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