The U.K. tabloid The Sun’s Page Three feature, which is a picture of a topless model, made a comeback this week after being gone for a week. Editors at the tabloid published a photo of a 22-year-old model on Thursday under “clarifications and corrections.”
Opponents of the feature were hoping that its week-long absence was evidence that it was finally gone, but it looks like that’s not the case. The paper tweeted a picture of today’s feature, which shows Nicole of Bournemouth in a blue box under the headline “clarifications and corrections.” According to The Independent, the front page features the headline, “We’ve had a mammary lapse.”
“Further to recent reports in all other media outlets, we would like to clarify that this is Page 3 and this is a picture of Nicole, 22, from Bournemouth,” the caption of Nicole’s photo reads. “We would like to apologise on behalf of the print and broadcast journalists who have spent the last two days talking and writing about us."
Media in the U.K, including The Times, had reported that the Sun was going to get rid of the controversial feature, notes The BBC. The Times, like the Sun, is also owned by Rupert Murdoch.
Social media groups have been trying to stop Page Three for a long time, but it hasn’t worked. At the moment, a Change.org petition has reached just under 220,000 supporters who want to see it stop.
image of Rupert Murdoch courtesy of INFphoto.com