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Jenna Jameson Receives Death Threats After Expressing Outrage Over New Trans Playmate

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Tess Cutler

October 24, 2017

When Jenna Jameson was converting to Orthodox Judaism, she chronicled her adventures on Twitter.

Last week, when the Iran Deal was being discussed, again she took to Twitter with the hashtag #IStandwithIsrael. Regarding abortion, she also posted, siding with Conservative pundits like Ben Shapiro.

And when Playboy announced that the November centerfold was going to feature its first transgender Playmate, a French model named Ines Rau, she took to Twitter once again.

Later, Jameson, 43, told Fox News, “I just think it’s a ridiculous attempt by Playboy to stay relevant. It is a foolish decision that alienates its consumer base.”

Her responses were not well-received, to say the least – even inciting death threats against the former playmate and her daughter via Instagram, according to Jameson.

One user responded, “So many LGBTQ people have been fans of you & actually looked up to you & your empire. That’s sad you would be so judgmental.”

“Just because I don’t agree with a trans person being in Playboy doesn’t mean I’m ‘transphobic,'” said Jameson.

Playboy, however, was not surprised that controversy would erupt over their landmark decision.

The magazine responded with their own set of tweets, drawing parallels between Letters to the Editor from 1965 -when they featured their first African American playmate, Jennifer Jackson- to reactions on social media about Ines Rau.

“It’s the right thing to do. We’re at a moment where gender roles are evolving,” Cooper Hefner told The New York Times last week.

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