A MARILYN Monroe impersonator has defended a giant statue of the star against claims it "encourages upskirting". Lookalike Suzie Kennedy appeared on Good Morning Britain over a controversial 26ft statue in Palm Springs, California.
It shows the iconic moment Marilyn's dress blows up as she stands over a subway grate in The Seven Year Itch, named Forever Marilyn.
Slamming the statue, journalist Olivia Petter said: "Thinking about the pose, if we look at Marilyn's character in that film she is completely an object of male desire, she has no autonomy herself, she is purely a sexual object. "While the film is a very famous film and Marilyn was an icon, it was of its time.
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