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Actor Jack Thompson says his controversial nude Cleo centrefold was a 'political statement' to challenge 'the country he grew up in'


Jack Thompson has stood by the nude photoshoot that catapulted him to massive fame back in the 1970s.

Jack Thompson (pictured) has stood by the nude photoshoot that catapulted him to massive fame back in the 1970s 'On the part of Ita Buttrose and the magazine and myself at the time, it was an important thing to say, that nudity wasn't a crime' he said. Avalon was a successful model when the Packer Empire came calling, with an offer for him to appear nude in a new magazine for women.

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