FORT PIERCE - Tiffany Shepherd's advertised 34 DD/E breasts might be bared in the pages of Playboy magazine, an offer the bikini mate and former high school teacher is considering for her children's future. "There's a lot of people coming up with a lot of different offers," Shepherd said via cell phone from New York Wednesday following a television appearance. "When I started all this it was for my children and it's still about my children, making sure that they're provided for." Shepherd, a single mother with three boys, became a media sensation after claiming she was released from her teaching contract because of her job on a charter boat offering trips with bikini-clad and topless women.

Over the past few days, Playboy expressed interest in nude shots to the tune of $25,000 per photo, she said. The pictures, according to Smokin' Em Charters owner and Shepherd manager Kathi Coombes, would be done "very tastefully." "It's not going to be spread eagle shots or anything like that," she said.

On behalf of everyone here at Barstool and our readership, I'd like to extend to Ms. Shepard a rousing round of applause. It's an amazing thing, the maternal instinct. A mother's love is a such a powerful instinct it will inspire a mom to sacrifice anything to benefit her children: her life, her health, her career. And yes, even her bikini top. This is truly a noble deed by Tiffany and she's to be admired for it. Because if there's anything her sons need in this life, it's the social standing that you can only get from having your mom's 34E rack unleashed upon the world. Those boys will be god's in school. They'll be invited to every sleepover. Every pool party. No Little League coach is going sit those kids on the banch knowing it might cost him a chance to see those bad actors in the flesh. This Playboy business is a noble act of pure love. Perhaps not as noble as doing "spread eagle shots," but I won't quibble.

As a side note, the St. Lucie School District is claiming Tiffany lost her teaching position because of 30 unexcused absences, not because of her job with Smokin' 'Em Charters. But no one's buying that. At the rate Florida substitute teachers put out, who'd complain about Shepard missing a few days? (Thanks to Bret)