The rumor has taken off like wildfire that political writer Christopher Hitchens has quit smoking. Not true, a source close to the portly author tells Big Head DC. “He was seen smoking this week, in fact,” says the pal.

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Forget interesting political insights. Christopher Hitchens has finally explained what it feels like to get waxed down there:

I had no idea it would be so excruciating. The combined effect was like being tortured for information that you do not possess, with intervals for a (incidentally very costly) sandpaper handjob. The thing is that, in order to rip, you have to grip. A point of leverage is required; a place that can be firmly gripped and pulled while the skin is tautened.

The impression of being a huge baby was enhanced by the blizzards of talcum powder that followed each searing application. I swear that several times [J Sister waxer Janea Padilha] soothingly said that I was being a brave little boy… Meanwhile, everything in the general area was fighting to retract itself into my body… Read more…

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You can probably expect some more nude magazine spreads from political writer Chris Hitchens in the near future. The NY Post reports that he just had all his pubic hair ripped off, as part of research for a three-part series in Vanity Fair on self-improvement. He “visited the J Sisters on Friday for a full male Brazilian bikini wax, which his editor-in-chief Graydon Carter gleefully described four months ago as ‘the back, the crack and the sack,’” according to the article, which also indicated Hitchens has done this sort of thing before — presumably for fun.

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Earlier: Another Look @ Catherine Andrews: Hot OR Not?

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