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| Source | Statement | Date | |--------|-----------|------| | (press release) | “Selena Gomez has never been featured on any Playboy cover or inside pages.” | March 2013 | | Selena Gomez’s Publicist (via People magazine) | “We have no record of any partnership with Playboy ; the image circulating online is a fabricated edit.” | February 2013 | | Library of Congress (Magazine Archive) | Playboy March 2013 issue catalogued as “Megan Fox cover – U.S. edition.” | March 2013 | | Fact‑checking sites (Snopes, PolitiFact) | Rated the claim False ; provided side‑by‑side comparison of the authentic cover and the fake. | 2014‑2022 | selena gomez playboy magazine march 2013 patched