Are These Pictures of Courtney Love's Mythical "Bikini Dancer" Days at Jumbo's Clown Room? (NSFW)

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Everytime anyone takes a newbie (particularly a lady) or an out-of-towner to legendary Hollywood bikini bar Jumbo's Clown Room, it invariably goes accompanied by the statement:

"You know, this is where Courtney Love used to 'dance' back in the day."

This has always been followed by some sort of mental image or pre-grunge, pre-Botox Courtney and an exotic dancer's pole.

Well--start deleting those mental images cause the blog Dangerous Minds just published photographic what they claim to be evidence of (allegedly, but it certainly looks a lot like her)...

Courtney Love dancing at Jumbo's Clown Room!

Is that Jumbo's (we wouldn't know, ahem)? Is that Courtney? What do you think?

(NSFW, of course):

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cattylibrarian
cattylibrarian

That's the floor at Jumbo's, and she did dance there...saw her when I took two girls I knew who wanted "to see where their boyfriends hung out".  About 1989, when she was married to Falling James, the lead singer of Leaving Trains.  She looks healthier than I remember; most of the dancers were speedfreaks or junkies back then (sorry ladies, but it was true)

Garyvernon
Garyvernon

wasn't one of your writers "married" to courtney love? did you try asking him? 

Bridget
Bridget

i agree with the commentary on slut shaming. so one person can get naked in a movie and win and oscar, but someone else dances and gets called a slut or worse? i mean, i've been friends with lots of dancers/strippers/burlesque dancers who are totally happy with their career choices. not every dancer has some sad, sordid life that needs to be used as a cautionary tale.

Brittanie Shey
Brittanie Shey

I don't see anywhere in the story where the writer called her a slut, or even implied the fact.

DaniJonsson
DaniJonsson

 this is slutshaming gone too far, she was a kid when she HAD TO DANCE OR NOT EAT, and you use these photos which by the way any fool knows are from  when she was 15 and illlegally taken to Japan, as they were published in Blender three  YEARS ago,  she looks vulnerable and sad, and to think the Weekly would sink this low, not even a Gawker would do something so grotesque, if you dont like CLC as an artist say so- she did this, she has always been truthful about having to do this, but at least she didnt whore herself as you are doing here with the double meaning"  crap. Seriously. Shame on you, and oh yeah isnt it illegal to print photographs that are nude of a child under 16? so that makes you? Peodophiles, if i were a lawyer and my Father is, id be looking at this publication with one hairy eyeball.

Studio
Studio

bullshit, she was not under age.....having to do this, please......i worked there, i love jumbo's and i am a successful business woman who would not change a thing.... had to dance to eat..omg, are you high???? really, what World do you live in....CL is who she is because of this wonderful past! since you know the definition of whore so we"ll what is it? miss perfect??? 

Jumbolio
Jumbolio

The sheltered, outraged! outraged! commenters above may not realize it, but it's possible to live a perfectly normal life while working at a bikini bar. By extension, all this shrieking is an insult to several friends who currently dance at Jumbo's. Leading with preconceptions, with no actual experience, just makes one look foolish. Look, it's a bikini bar, no nudity, so I humbly submit that it's not quite up to the level of human sex trafficking in Byelorussia, and just possibly a bit less of a blight on society than pedophilia. A little perspective isn't a bad thing. 'Courtney,' looks sad, really? I kinda don't see it. Who knows how Courtney thinks about this particular phase of her life? I might be lacking in arrogance here, but I don't pretend to read her soul.

TK
TK

@bluestar: you don't like it, don't read it.  Mabye these pics will dissuade impressionable young people from chasing the enticing world of pole dancing. 

bluestar
bluestar

 You are TRASH for "printing" this!  NOT cool.  She is a HUMAN BEING!!!  As a female who has been through hell, drugs, abuse and being exploited this really kills me.  Make yourself useful and help educate about self esteem don't continue hurting women by humiliating us (please don't start with any "but she's a celebrity" or "she was and adult" bullsh*t!) Women don't ask for this.  GET A LIFE.

Superabound
Superabound

 Sorry, but Courtney Love is definitely not a human being.

Studio
Studio

you guys are wacked! CL is hardcore.....and see her so virginal , so silly.....she would not be a success if she had not lived this life...period! 

Safdasf
Safdasf

 fucking disgusting!!!!!!

Kyle_bovloksy
Kyle_bovloksy

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Try Courtney Love's new anti-aging formula. See the results for yourself. It's helped her loose weight and thin out her wild hair and now she doesn't need make up to get her eyes to look like that. Plus, for you show-biz types, it'll help you get your fledging career back on track by insuring you act so crazy people can't help but notice.

It comes in conveniently sized in .1 gram packages and you can find it for sale at your local park or behind 7-elevel.

Studio
Studio

HEHEEEEE love it! so true...

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