So, you’re probably wondering what a merkin is right about now. For starters a merkin is a very important prop used in Hollywood to, um, enhance an actress…down there. In other words, a merkin is a pubic wig, employed to sidestep prudish Hollywood ratings and to amp up a star’s luxurious bush. Here are the 7 most famous merkins in TV and movies (check out the bush-a-licious images below).
- Kate Winslet, The Reader
In her Oscar winning role, Winslet donned an impressive merkin. Though she tried to go all-natural for the role, she said that after “years of waxing…it doesn’t come back quite the way it used to.” - Amy Landecker, A Serious Man
In this 1967 picture, the luscious Landecker wore a pussy wig for her nude sunbathing scene. She felt her bush was not plush enough, and she wanted to go for an “authentic look.” - The bottomless party scene in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
In this sexy scene, all the girls were required to wear merkins to avoid an NC17 rating. Some of them appear to be taken right from Dennis Rodman’s technicolor head! - The nude extras in The Bank Job
All the hot, nude extras sported merkins in this risque 1971 movie. - Sasha Grey, Entourage
When this pornstar-turned-actress appeared fully nude in an episode of Entourage, the internet went nuts. Although Grey has frequently sported a bush in her XXX roles—unlike most porn stars—she doesn’t usually have that much hair down there! - Patricia Arquette, Human Nature
This actress is no stranger to full-frontal nudity, and yet she’s said that she doesn’t like being naked on screen. For this reason, she made her own merkin out of the random prop hair she found on set, saying, “Look, I’m not going to show my own pubes here!” - Kim Catrall, Sex and the City
In this hilarious episode, Samantha tried to dye her bush, but it came out the wrong color: “I’m Bozo the bush!”
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