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Published Friday, April 21, 2006 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

Sasha Cohen and Johnny Weir pose on one of Boston's Swan Boats. (photo by Matthew West)

BEHIND THE LENS: Little-known but true, Sasha and Johnny are laughing at me at this moment. Beforehand, Matt had been taking a number of shots of the duo with the gi-normous swan, and he asked Johnny if he could take his sunglasses off. Johnny claimed he would be a horrible squinter. Matt told him, "Close your eyes and keep them closed until I tell you to." Johnny complied. When Matt said the code word formerly known as CHEESE, Johnny's eyes got big, but so did his mouth. Paging Dr. Freud. So I said, "Johnny, you were supposed to open your eyes wide, not your mouth, silly." At which point, much laughter and smiling commenced. And everyone was happy. The end.