PIC: Smash Star Katharine McPhee Strips Down in Sexy GQ Shoot
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Katharine McPhee has come a long way since audiences first fell in love with her on American Idol in 2006.
The 27-year-old singer-actress sexes up the March issue of GQ, posing in sexy pink lingerie and peering seductively at the camera from inside a bathtub.
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The image coincides perfectly with McPhee's alter-ego on Smash, the new NBC series that pits her against Broadway veteran Megan Hilty. Unlike another heavily-hyped show about aspiring singers, McPhee says Smash has more widespread appeal than Glee.
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"I can understand why guys wouldn't be into Glee. You know, that's a pretty heavy musical show," McPhee tells GQ. "That show does, like, six songs in an episode. We'll do, at most, three."
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Another reason guys should tune in for McPhee's new NBC series? "What if I tell your readers that in episode five I take off all my clothes?" she jokes. "I mean...no. But can't we just say that?"
Smash premieres at 10 p.m. Monday EST on NBC.
