Lea Michele is making a name for herself. The 24-year-old Glee star earned some rave reviews for her rendition of America The Beautiful at Sunday’s Super Bowl, but has also raised some concerns, again, after revealing some skin on the March 2011 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.
The Cosmo cover shows Michele in a black V-neck dress, with the cut dropping nearly to her belly button, and a tagline that reads: “Glee’s Good Girl Has Some Naughty Secrets.”
There’s been so much backlash about the sexy cover that Cosmo editors issued a brief statement Monday to defend Michele.
“We’re thrilled to feature Lea Michele on the March cover of Cosmopolitan magazine and think she looks stunning. Michele is a grown woman and Cosmopolitan is a magazine is for adults. Enough said.”
You probably remember this is not Michele’s first time in the hot seat. She received the same criticism when she and co-stars Dianna Agron and Cory Monteith posed for GQ‘s October 2010 edition in their underwear.
She’s 24. I understand that she plays a teenager on the show, but even the kids should understand that she’s an adult.