Whatever Happened To The Baby From NIRVANA's 'Nevermind'?

August 16, 2007

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: Whatever happened to the naked baby floating in a pool looking at a dollar bill in the famous cover photo from NIRVANA's classic "Nevermind" album? That's the question MTV.com answered this week when it tracked down the tot, named Spencer Elden and now a 17-year-old high school student in Eagle Rock, California. Elden's parents were paid $200 to allow their friend, photographer Kirk Weddle, to shoot a roll of pictures of the infant Elden swimming for the cover of the iconic 1991 disc. Now the teen admits that it's a little strange to think that more than nine million people own a nude picture of him. He said, "Yeah, it's kind of creepy that that many people have seen me naked. I feel like I'm the world's biggest porn star."

Elden occasionally does interviews about his status as the "NIRVANA baby," and charges a fee for on-camera interviews.

He hopes to become an airline pilot and enjoys surfing, snowboarding and playing water polo.

Elden said he is a NIRVANA fan but has never met anyone from the band. He did receive a platinum album award for "Nevermind", which has hung on his bedroom wall since he was one year old.

Although Elden said he feels "pretty normal" about his famous photo, he did add that it occasionally helped him with girls, explaining, "I have to use stupid pickup lines like, 'You want to see my penis again.'"

Check out then-and-now snaps of the NIRVANA baby.

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