Ben Barna
July 22, 2008
Moreso than the chicken and egg conundrum, I often ask myself: what came first, the girlfriend or the music video? Musicians have an amazing propensity for either putting their current squeeze in their music videos, or making the star of their video their current squeeze. I knew there was no way Enrique Iglesias was able to woo Anna Kournikova without the steamy bathroom antics of his video for "Escape" (the two hooked up shortly after). Rumors swirled after Scarlett Johansson appeared in the video for Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around... Comes Around," and although a relationship was never confirmed, all it takes is one gaze at that swimming pool scene to know they were totally doing it. As part of her failed attempt at world domination, Jennifer Lopez made Ben Affleck her video queen in "Jenny From the Block," and in the video for "Heart-Shaped Glasses," Marilyn Manson confirmed that he's having sex with a teenager.But did you know that even the Far East is stealing our starlets?
