Tara Reid [photos] says she wanted to show the world that her botched plastic surgery is now fixed -- and she thought what better way than to get naked for next month's issue of 'Playboy'.
"I got it fixed and now I'm OK and I want people to know I'm OK," the 34-year-old out-of-work actress explains.
"I've had it done for the last five or six years, but people only want to show the old pictures. It's so unfair. That's part of the reason why I did Playboy, to show people, 'Right, look at me. This is how I look now.'"
Not that she regrets what she had done: "I wouldn't change anything that's brought me here."
"I've grown up a lot, and it's time for people to see who I am. I lived a lot of years in the public eye. But if you look at me now, that’s not who I am anymore."
"I'm relaxed. I'm a young woman with confidence. At the end of the day, I go to sleep knowing who I am. I'm happy with my life now, and I'd like to keep it this way."
"I've been offered Playboy in the past but I didn't really think it was the right time. I was younger and I'm in my 30s now and I feel I'm at the best age in my life - mentally, physically and spiritually - and I'm proud of it."
"So many unbelievable stars have done it throughout the years and I figured, 'Why not?'"
Reid adds she's "at the perfect age to do" her six-page nude pictorial.
The perfect time would have been over a decade ago but at least there's the magic of Photoshop.
We'll have the Tara Reid nude photos as soon as the issue hits newsstands.