Gay Magazine Offers Spectacular $100,000

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FlavaMen Magazine, the quarterly magazine owned by gay adult film studio Flava Works, is offering Pretty Ricky lead singer Spectacular $100,000 to pose nude on the pages of their next issue.

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The offer was set in motion in last month, when, in an attempt to drum up buzz for the group’s upcoming single “Tipsy,” Spectacular posted on YouTube a video of him grinding to the tune — wearing barely-there red briefs. The video, entitled “Strip with Spectacular,” also challenged other young R&B artists including Trey Songz, Day26, Chris Brown, and Omarion to get in on the action. All the clip really managed to do was prompt questions about Spect’s sexuality.

The singer has since denied rumors that he is gayer than Pottery Barn on a Saturday morning, adding that the video was “just for the ladies.”

“The company has secured and confirmed private investors to provide [Spectacular] with $100,000 in compensation for a photo spread featuring him as the magazine’s cover model,” a FlavaMen statement Friday.

“FlavaMen magazine made the offer due to the company believing that even straight men can pose for FlavaMen magazine,” the company noted. “The magazine’s target audience is gay ethnic men of color, but many of its models do not engage in [same-sex] sexual acts or practice a homosexual lifestyle.”

Flava Works Chief Executive Officer Phillip Bleicher added, “I would love to have Spectacular do a spread. He would be the first male celebrity to do so. That would be history.”