Sexy celeb calendars that ended in scandal… Soap star ‘bullied’ into racy shoot & pop hunk who ‘exaggerated’ manhood

A RACY calendar can be a real money spinner for celebs but not for F1 driver Valtteri Bottas - who's been banned from releasing naked photos. The Finn has rejoined Mercedes as a reserve driver having driven alongside Lewis Hamilton for years before his initial exit. However, the German side aren't too happy about him stripping down and have jumped in to intervene. Hunky Bottas is no stranger to taking his clothes off, showing off his bum in the Netflix documentary Drive to Survive and posting snaps of himself swimming naked in a river.

He also released a nude calendar last year - titling it "Bott-ass 2024". All the funds that were raised were donated to Prostate Cancer Research and he reportedly handed £121,000 over for the cause. But the Silver Arrows now want him to keep his clothes on with the team's boss Toto Wolff suggesting a nude calendar is not in keeping with the team's environment. He told R365: "We are Mercedes, so maybe the nude calendar is not on anymore.

"So we have said that, but we need to keep him authentic." Wolff added with a smile: "If he wants to keep the ugly mullet, then he should.”. But Bottas isn’t the only star whose naked shoots have ruffled feathers. Dancer Ola Jordan was at the height of her Strictly fame when her raunchy calendar shoot raised more than a few eyebrows. In 2015 Ola was pictured in a series of sexy poses, including one in underwear pouring milk over herself and another completely naked in a swimming pool.

Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood was among critics who slammed the shoot as too sexualised saying: "Strictly is a family show, and then you have got Ola pouring milk all over herself with her legs spread.”. But Ola’s husband and fellow Strictly dancer James Jordan rushed to her defence: “How can he say it's not okay to sell a sexy Christmas calendar, but it's okay to sell his own book telling the world he was a drunken rent boy and call it All Balls and Glitter?”.

Feisty Ola also defended her nude photos saying the shoot was a celebration of her return to health after a horror injury that she thought could end her career. The star had badly injured her knee during Channel 4 ski competition The Jump, and initially feared she would never be able to walk again, let alone dance. “I had a massive injury last year and I worked really hard to come back to the show,” she told the Mirror.

"There's too much focus on the negative rather than the positive. I didn't even know if I'd be able to work again.”. And to prove a point she continued to please her fans with sexy calendars for three more years until she quit in 2018 at the age of 36 saying she was now “too old” and would leave stripping off to the Love Islanders. She is the undisputed Queen of the Calendars, wowing fans with her killer curves for 24 years running.

Kelly Brook’s calendars fly off the shelves every year, making her the nation’s favourite pin up. But in recent years, Kelly’s calendar has included a selection of sizzling new shots - as well as some from previous years. Some fans were disappointed at the use of ‘old’ content. But soon that might be all they were left with as Kelly revealed that at the age of 44 she was growing tired of stripping off.

She told The Sun on Sunday: “Today I am happy in myself. I look in the mirror and I smile. “It’s very hard having been a bikini model all through my 20s and then you hit 30 and they still want me to do calendars. “I’m just not there for the male gaze any more. I’m married and I’m very happy being in my 40s.”. Glamour girl Katie Price has raked in millions from calendar shoots over the years, with her ample assets helping her to cash in.

But despite her lucrative career over the decades, Katie is no stranger to money woes. Her racy calendar company Jordan Trading Ltd was put into liquidation in 2017, owing nearly £200,000 to the taxman. At its heyday, the firm was worth a staggering £13m thanks to Katie’s raunchy shoots. But not even the taxman can keep Katie down - and the savvy businesswoman knows she can always rely on her fans to help her turn her fortunes around.

Last year as she faced a £3.2m bankruptcy case, Katie went back to her raunchy roots and launched an X-rated 2024 calendar to help boost her coffers. Katie, 46, charged fans £99.99 for the saucy snaps ahead along with a handwritten message, two exclusive Polaroids and a lipstick kiss across the front. Another cheaper, version was also available priced from £24.99 on the UK Calendar Girls website.

Actress Laila Rouass was one star who claimed she didn’t want to strip off for a sexy calendar - but claimed soap bosses forced her into it. Laila played police detective DI Dale Jackson in Hollyoaks in 2003 - but her time in the show was short-lived. And in 2020 she accused the show of ‘bullying’ her after cast member Rachel Adedeji called out alleged racist behaviour on set and discrimination.