The 23-year-old beauty influencer is the third solo man to don the cover
(Picture: Twitter )Playboy has made history after featuring their first openly gay man on the digital cover of their October edition.
Bretman Rock, a 23-year-old social media beauty influencer, has joined forces with the long-standing men’s magazine, which closed its print edition in 2020 with plans to go fully digital.
He wore the iconic black bunny corset – complete with bunny ears, cufflinks and bowtie.
While it isn’t the first time Playboy has featured a man on the cover, Rock will be the third to feature solo after the late Hugh Hefner and Puerto Rican rapper, Bad Bunny.
The magazine took to Twitter with the announcement in a tweet that read, “It’s Bretman, b****,” accompanied by a video of Rock strutting and posing for the cover.
It’s Bretman, bitch. 🌟 Introducing the October 2021 digital cover with icon @bretmanrock
— Playboy (@Playboy) October 1, 2021
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Photography by Brian Ziff
Videography by Boa Simon pic.twitter.com/fvG0pIcyax
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Rock said, “For Playboy to have a male on the cover is a huge deal for the LGBT community, for my brown people community and it’s all so surreal. A total ‘is this even f***ing happening right now?’ type of vibe. And I’m so pretty.”
He celebrated making history by taking to his 5.7 million Twitter followers with two of his Playboy shots. “I’m a Playboy bunny DUHHHHHH”, he tweeted.
I’m a @playboy bunny 🐰 DUHHHHHH pic.twitter.com/qMw5u5hbzy
— BretmanRock’s Year (@bretmanrock) October 1, 2021
People were quick to praise the 23-year-old with an influx of positive tweets – many of which already branded him “playmate of the year.”
SHEESH you look GOOOOD
— tina :D (@TinaKitten) October 2, 2021
THIS IS SO GORGEOUS OMG! Making this my cover and everything. 😍❤️🔥
— 𝓖𝓵𝓪𝓶𝓑𝔂𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓵 (@GlamByWill) October 1, 2021
OH YES. thanks for blessing my day
— katinthehat (@katinth39801567) October 2, 2021
Now my home screen pic.twitter.com/VOny7kHSBr
— Moon🌛 (@moon_child_sol) October 2, 2021
playmate of the year tbh
— Rey Vargas. (@Rey_Vargas_) October 1, 2021
The Filipino beauty influencer rose to stardom on YouTube and Vine, where he posted a series of makeup tutorials and his humorous views on life. Shortly after, he became inundated with brand offers, mostly with major makeup companies such as Morphe and Wet n Wild.
Speaking about the iconic bunny outfit which has been sported by everyone from Dolly Parton to Kate Moss, Kristi Beck and now Bretman Rock, a Playboy senior manager, said: “Bunnies like wearing it for different reasons,”
“Some see it as playful and nostalgic; others see it as badass empowerment. We don’t need to define it for them.”
