Celebrity Nude Photo Scandals — Caught On Camera

JACKIE ONASSIS had the public on her side when a cameraman used a telescopic lens to get shots of JFK's widow changing out of her bathing suit on a beach. The photos helped Hustler magazine become a big deal when Larry Flynt ran them in 1971. At the time, some insiders complained that Jackie was faking her outrage — and her son John Jr. later showed up with Flynt at the White House Correspondent's Dinner.

BRAD PITT was furious when Playgirl ran photos of himself lounging nude with Gwyneth Paltrow. His girlfriend didn't bother with suing High Society for running the photos in 1997, but Brad went after Playgirl with a lawsuit claiming "invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress." The issue was taken off the stands — but in 1999, The ENQUIRER revealed Brad's ex Juliette Lewis still had some nudes of Brad at her bedside!

ELLE MacPHERSON kept control over her nude photos in 1997, calling in the cops after two creeps tried to blackmail her over stolen X-rated photographs. The sexy shots of the supermodel were taken by her wealthy banker boyfriend Arpade Buisson. The alleged blackmailers had demanded $60,000 from Elle — saying, "if you fail, the world will see you spreading your loins."

MARILYN MONROE was paid $50 to pose for photographer Tom Kelly as a desperate starlet — with neither guessing they were creating iconic images on a red satin bed. The shoot from 1949 got major exposure in 1953, however, with Hugh Hefner running the pics to launch Playboy magazine. "I even had to buy a copy of the magazine to see myself in it," complained Marilyn.

JOAN CRAWFORD — who would become one of Marilyn Monroe's famous lesbian lovers — wasn't as open about her own unclothed past. Showbiz fixer Eddie Mannix was reportedly dispatched by MGM to buy the negative of "Velvet Lips," which included Joan's only porn performance. Some sources say that Mannix brought in the mob to seal the deal with the unlucky filmmakers — but pics from Joan's nude photo shoots are still circulating!

TAMMY WYNETTE wasn't ready to stand by Don Chapel after a fan asked her to sign a picture, and she discovered it was a bedroom photo taken by her spouse! "It was a sickening, lowdown thing to do," said the country star, who divorced Don in 1968. George Jones later learned his manager Billy Wilhite had bought and destroyed the negatives.

JOHNNY DEPP didn't have to worry about the internet when he started dating Winona Ryder in 1989 — but nude pics from the short-lived romance had a lasting impact on a clerk at a Hollywood shop. The ENQUIRER reported that Johnny had posed naked for Winona, with the couple figuring that only a machine at the one-hour photo developer would see the results. Instead, Johnny picked up his pics from a blushing gal who said, "I loved your pictures!"

BETTY WHITE got her start in the 1950s hosting a morning TV talk show in Los Angeles — where she was already trying to hide away from her past as a nude model! To her constant chagrin, one image from a deck of vintage naked playing cards managed to sneak out into the public eye. She once insisted to late-night host David Letterman in 1985 that the photo wasn't really her. An insider revealed that her "Golden Girls" costars believed her, too, until they saw her reaction when a magazine published the old pic!

BETTY WHITE got her start in the 1950s hosting a morning TV talk show in Los Angeles — where she was already trying to hide away from her past as a nude model! To her constant chagrin, one image from a deck of vintage naked playing cards managed to sneak out into the public eye. She once insisted to late-night host David Letterman in 1985 that the photo wasn't really her. An insider revealed that her "Golden Girls" costars believed her, too, until they saw her reaction when a magazine published the old pic!

FARRAH FAWCETT was set to pose for a video shoot and some Playboy photos in 1997 — and then refused to come out for the shoot! The troubled actress complained of "migraines." It took so long to coax her out that the entire production went over budget by a million dollars. Playboy bosses vowed never to work with the "Charlie's Angel" star again, even as magazines and videos sold all over the world!

JULIE McCULLOUGH learned the hard way that nude scandals were still a thing in the '80s. She was supposed to help Kirk Cameron's character of Mike Seaver grow up on the wholesome "Growing Pains" sitcom — with plans for a wedding on the show in 1989. Instead, Kirk flipped after learning Julie had once posed for Playboy. The wedding was off, and Julie's character was quickly written off the show.

PRINCESS MARGARET caused a royal scandal in 1959 that's hard to believe now — as she posed for a "nude photo" that showed her with bared shoulders. Seeing the sister of Queen Elizabeth without even a tiara was enough to cause some serious controversy. It didn't even matter that the photo was taken by her husband Antony Armstrong-Jones!

PRINCESS MARGARET caused a royal scandal in 1959 that's hard to believe now — as she posed for a "nude photo" that showed her with bared shoulders. Seeing the sister of Queen Elizabeth without even a tiara was enough to cause some serious controversy. It didn't even matter that the photo was taken by her husband Antony Armstrong-Jones!

RICHARD GERE was caught on camera frolicking nude in 1995 with 25-year-old coed Christina Norbye. "She was all over him," added an eyewitness. The real scandal, though, was that Richard's wife Cindy Crawford had no idea what her husband was up to while he was supposedly in Scandinavia to promote a new film. They were divorced the same year.

And while stars like JENNIFER LAWRENCE and SCARLETT JOHANSSON were hit by nudes leaked to the internet, there were other pioneers who had to originally fight fake nude photos. NANCY KERRIGAN and ALYSSA MILANO made headlines in 1998 when they went to court to fight fake online pics where their heads had been digitally switched with the bodies of porn stars. Their lawsuits briefly won a victory for celebs, too — until the real nudes came along!