Just one day after telling reporters he would not talk about the controversy surrounding a racy photo that was posted on his Twitter account, the congressman broke his silence, telling CNN during an interview that he couldn't say with "certitude" whether the photograph was of him or not. However, he denied posting the photo on his Twitter account, claiming it had been hacked.

"It certainly doesn't look familiar to me, but I don't want to say with certitude to you something that I don't know to be the certain truth," Weiner said, also telling the cable news channel that he "didn't send any twitter picture."

Reuters reported that Weiner also "declined to say whether there actually was a photo of him in his undies like the one sent to the student."

However, as The Huffington Post noted: "The most puzzling thing about the increasingly surreal series of statements Weiner has made to the press is his insistence that he can't say with any "certitude" whether or not the infamous picture that appeared on his Twitter account over the weekend is of him. One after another, interviewers asked Weiner the obvious question: how can you not know if those are your bulging underpants? Wouldn't you, y'know, recognize yourself?"

"Weinergate," as the controversy has been called, erupted over the weekend after a conservative blogger discovered that a photo of an unidentified man's bulging boxing shorts was posted to a 21-year-old Seattle student's Twitter from Weiner's account. The photo was immediately taken off the site. The student denied knowing Weiner personally, but said in a statement that she was a fan of the congressman's. 

On Tuesday, the New York Daily News reported that the Democratic Congressman had hired an attorney to look into possible civil or criminal charges.The conservative blogger who broke the story, however, is calling for an investigation into whether the congressman's Twitter was hacked or if Weiner simply has something to hide.

"Just because it happened to Congressman Weiner on his personal account doesn't mean that the taxpayers should pay for an investigation," he said. "I'm going to turn it over to some people who are going to give me advice on what to do next.

Acknowledging the barrage of jokes because of his last name, he said, "Somebody sent a picture of a wiener from Weiner's account. I've been hearing that joke since I was 5."

"This seems like it was a prank to make fun of my name," Weiner said. "When you are named Weiner, that happens a lot."