Sunday, August 23, 2009

Patti Davis Playboy

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Patti Davis (perhaps better known to you as Patti Reagan) did indeed pose for Playboy back in 1994. You can see the cover of the magazine here (SFW). She was also inside the magazine wearing less than just those dark hands and as they're not safe for work we'll not be linking to them.

It has to be said that there's always been an element of epater les bourgeois to Patti Davis' public actions. Daughter of the famously conservative Ronnie and Nancy Reagan her opinions on such things as abortion are a great deal more liberal than theirs are/were. But that's not all.

In the parlance of the day she was "shacked up" with one member of the Eagles (Bernie Leadon) while her father was Governor of California. These days the idea of a couple living together without marriage is quite unsurprising, even if there are areas of the country where people would prefer their daughters didn't do so. But back in the early 1970s it was still quite unusual: and doubly so for the daughter of a prominent conservative politician.

In fact, while she was with Leadon she co-wrote with him a song which appeared on the Eagle's album, "One of These Nights": "I Wish You Peace", a song for which she still gets royalties.

The only slightly puzzling thing is why everyone seems to be searching for the Patti Davis Playboy pictures today.

She has also, to some extent, followed in her mother's footsteps, as an actress in various shows, including Love Boat and Fantasy Island.

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