Maer Roshan has gotta be pissed. After unleashing yet another Radar unto the masses – just to prove that he could, we're convinced – he loses out on the cover story's publicity to … Us Weekly.

Let us explain.

Radar's December/January issue, with a Botoxed Nicole Kidman photo illustration on the cover, goes inside the super secret world of celebrities and plastic surgery that NOBODY TALKS ABOUT!

While some allegations of celebs who've gone under the knife use legally careful words like "rumored," author Dale Hrabi says outright that "Paris Hilton's droopy left eye is the result of a botched 2001 eye lift" and "Robert Redford is enjoying the benefits of a 'scrotum lift.'"

Decent article, though not terribly much new information here, but the before-and-after photos make it work.

And then: The new Us Weekly came out (pictured, below), and essentially plastered Radar's story on its own cover, repurposing the tale of Scarlett Johansson's supposed nose job (and even the photo Radar chose).

She was sch-not happy with the piece.

And who's getting in (possibly legal) trouble? Us Weekly, not Radar.

Scarlett's crisis team had to reach out to OK! to clear the air, saying: "The publication made a pathetic attempt to validate its story by using two cover photos of Scarlett that were taken years apart with obviously different make-up and lighting, and then relying on an 'expert’s opinion' (based solely on looking at the two photos) on what 'might' have been done. It wasn't."

And Scarlett herself says: "I have always been straightforward with the press regarding my body image and I am very concerned that my fans (and perhaps even my employers) will feel misled. Thus, I feel compelled to take immediate legal action against US Weekly."

If only Scarlett's publicist had only seen the Radar item first, Maer could be basking in at least $350,000 in free publicity.