Meg White’s So-Called Sex Tape Gives Hacky Bloggers Yet Another Reason To Use The Phrase “Icky Thump”

noah | September 24, 2007 11:30 am
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Since today seems to be a slow enough news day that people will believe almost anything, let’s turn to the case of the alleged “Meg White sex tape,” which has been burning up Google since news of it first surfaced over the weekend. I watched it and am pretty unconvinced of its veracity–the necklace she’s wearing is of the letter “D,” the images are worse-than-webcam blurry, the whole thing seems to be set in a dorm room–but then again, my vision kind of sucks. (UPDATE: Meg’s publicist is saying that it definitely isn’t her in the tape.) So I turned to an ad hoc panel of semi-experts–a.k.a. “writers who are on IM right now”–and got their take (anyone who used the old “well that girl had rhythm so it had to be fake” chestnut was summarily deleted from my buddy list):

Moe Tkacik, Jezebel: “I definitely think that Meg White is stupid enough to film herself having sex. I did not expect her to have the stomach rolls, because she seemed to be doing the celebrity shrinkage thing, but when was this allegedly shot? It’s kind of disappointing as a piece of filmography but not bad as porn goes.”

Christopher Weingarten, Paper Thin Walls editor: “No one thinks it’s real. Indie rock people aren’t fucking stupid. (Ed. note: I doubt that VERY HIGHLY.) This is the indie-rock equivalent of having a Saudi prince ask you to hold his money for him, except you can jerk off to it. Also, only really famous people are stupid enough to tape themselves having sex.”

Matthew Perpetua, blogger and White Stripes fan: “I really really doubt it. I mean, she’s got a recognizable face, but you know, there’s a lot of stacked girls with dark hair and a pale complexion out there making sex tapes. Maybe she’s trying to make Jack White angry, and this is her way of doing it?”

Maria Tessa Sciarrino, blogger and photographer: “”If I didn’t know Logan Echolls was living in a swank hotel, I would have wagered this was a deleted scene from the “President Evil” episode of Veronica Mars.”

Jess Harvell, my other half: “Zzzzzz.”

Meanwhile, the comments sections of Brooklyn Vegan and Stereogum are half-rubberneckers, half-morally outraged types who probably watched the damn thing anyway. And if you’re unemployed/”freelancing,” feel free to watch the whole thing (link to ONTD, which links to a NSFW page) and vote in our poll:

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Meg White’s Sex Tape? [ONTD]