
Orlando Bloom Has Some Bad News About Those Naked Paddle Boarding Pictures – ‘It Is Really Not That Big’

Sep. 6 2019, Updated 4:49 p.m. ET
Orlando Bloom gave fans some disappointing news about the nude paddle boarding pictures. The Lord of the Rings actor, 42, downplayed his manhood, despite how the pictures looked.

Orlando spoke to Howard Stern about the infamous photos, and confessed that his size isn’t what voyeurs hope it could be.

“It is really not that big,” he confessed. “Things are expanded on cameras with a big optical lens. It is an optical illusion.

The Troy actor continued, “The publicist called to say, ‘That is not the worst of it. First of all there were pictures with a block over it.’ And you make some jokes like, ‘Have you got a black box big enough to cover it.’”

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It gets worse, Orland lamented. “And then you suddenly realize somebody is going to uncover the black box because they are going to be paid enough. It’s a triple whammy – photos, black box then no black box.”

The pictures emerged in August 2016, as the Hobbit actor and now fiancée Katy Perry paddle boarded in Sardinia.

The “Roar” singer, 34, said that Orlando asked her to strip down as well, to which she replied that she wasn’t in the mood. Looks like the actor will remain alone in infamy with these risqué photos!

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