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Lily Allen in tears over weight
British singer Lily Allen posted a depressing message on her MySpace page on Saturday, lamenting her supposed weight issues and claiming to have succumbed to “the evil machine” of body image obsession. I guess that’s what happens when you spend too much time in the U.S. The message reads:
“fat, ugly and shitter than winehouse
that is all i am, im on my own in america again. I used to pride myself on being strong minded and not being some stupid girl obsessed with the way I look. I felt like it didnt matter if I was a bit chubby cause, im not a model, I’m a singer. Im afraid I am not being strong and have fallen victim to the evil machine. I write to you in a sea of tears from my hotel bed in Seattle, I have spent the past hour researching gastric bypass surgery, and laser lipo suction.”
The message marks a change in attitude for the Smile singer, who has spoken out against weight issues in the past and launched a clothing line designed with “real women” in mind earlier this month in England called Lily Loves. Just last week Allen told Grazia mag, “Kate [Moss]‘s clothes are just for skinny, perfect girls. I won’t be buying any… My bum and legs are revolting, which is why I wear dresses all the time. And I put in wider straps to hide the arm bits we all hate. I was really excited about doing my collection because I know what it’s like to feel uncomfortable in clothes.” Buck up, Lily, celebrity nation thinks you’re lovely as you are.
“Gaunt isn’t beautiful” says Rosario
Rosario Dawson thinks people shouldn’t obsess about their weight so much, and just enjoy life. The Grindhouse star told British Elle, “I don’t understand people starving themselves to look good. You might look cute in those jeans for one year of your life, but you might take ten years off your life if you’re not careful. It’s not healthy… When I see a woman who is all gaunt and emaciated, I don’t think she’s beautiful. She reminds me of a Chihuahua that’s freezing and shaking all the time. I’ve never been a size zero in my life. I say if you want to eat the cookie – eat the cookie!” Dawson also says women shouldn’t compare themselves to celebrities: “Most of the time [celebs] don’t look like that. My pictures get air-brushed. We’re in the business of illusion.”
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Kate’s healthy new shape
It’s hard not to notice that Kate Bosworth is looking healthier these days. The Superman actress was “dangerously skinny at around 95 pounds,” about a year ago, but has “gained ten to fifteen pounds since,” says a Beverly Hills nutritionist. “Kate stopped partying, started working out more, eating a bit more and generally doesn’t care about her weight so much because she’s happy,” says a source close to Bosworth. The actress went through a public breakup with longtime boyfriend Orlando Bloom about a year ago. “Stress can take its toll, and last fall was hard for her,” says a friend. “Kate is human. We all go through tough times… She’s leading a happier, healthier lifestyle” with her new guy, model James Rousseau.
Courtney denies surgery
Courtney Love is trying to dispel the rumors that her new skinny body is the result of plastic surgery. After reports yesterday that she had undergone gastric band surgery, Love posted a message on her website saying, “I couldn’t get that surgery if I begged for it. I got my inspiration from Oprah losing so much weight on Slim-Fast.” Oprah?? Her Slim-Fast weight loss was, like, ten years ago! And she repeatedly stressed how much she regrets it. Courtney is clearly disillusioned if she thinks anyone buys her line about yoga and macrobiotics. You can’t tell me her stomach looks normal.
Is Courtney fibbing about her weight loss methods?
Courtney Love may not be ‘fessing up to the truth about her recent and drastic weight loss. The Hole singer told press that her new figure is the result of yoga and a macrobiotic diet, but a friend says, “She’s telling people she got the gastric band surgery. She even said she had to sleep with a towel by her because the surgery makes her [vomit] all the time and is worried she won’t be able to make out with anyone because of her breath.” Love’s rep denies the surgery claims, but either way, I think it’s lipo – her stomach looks totally weird and unnatural.
Allegra Versace clings to life in anorexia battle
Designer Donatella Versace’s daughter Allegra is reportedly fighting for her life in a medical and psychiatric facility. The anorexic 20-year-old is under 24-hour supervision, weighing only 70 pounds. “It was the most sad and traumatic experience of my life,” a Versace family employee says of watching Allegra’s physical deterioration. “Her arms are like candlesticks. Her skin is this unnatural color I’ve never seen before.”
Angelina’s brother worries about her weight
The brother of Angelina Jolie has spoken publicly about his famous sister and the loss of the siblings’ mother in an interview with a British newspaper. James Haven says the trauma of he and Jolie’s childhood and the bullying of their manipulative father, actor Jon Voight, has been the impetus behind his sister’s desire to create the opposite for her own family. “I have no memory at all of my mother shouting at me or my sister,” Haven says. “But I do have horrible memories of my father and the way he behaved. He was so tough on our mother… He lived in the same town. We saw him around Christmas time or at school recitals. He was always around but he never did his job as a father… I think one of the reasons Angelina and I care so much for other people is his treatment of our mother. Angelina and I were very protective of her for that reason.” Haven admits the recent loss of their mother, Marcheline Bertrand, to cancer has been devastating. “Angie has become very thin because she’s grieving. It’s even difficult for her to eat. I keep saying to her, ‘Don’t forget to eat.’… But you know she doesn’t pay much attention to food anyway and she’s been going through a process of grief like me. She has not wanted to eat, nor has she been able to.” Haven says he and his sister are like orphans, telling the paper, “If Angelina understood something about missing parents before, she understands completely now. Angelina and I are ophans too, in a way. When you see those kids in orphanages, they cling to each other. And that’s exactly what they have – they have each other.”
Nicole downplays weight issue
Nicole Richie spoke to OK! mag about her recent health issues and reported collapses on the set of The Simple Life. A few excerpts:
About the dehydration incident: “It actually made me really upset because I did not need to go to the hospital at all – it’s just another headline. I was just tired, and I left [the hospital] after 10 minutes.”
What led up to it: “The hours that I’m doing are really crazy right now. I was getting my hair and makeup done in the morning and I turned the heat on to 90, which I probably shouldn’t have done, but I like it really hot in my room. I hadn’t eaten breakfast yet and I asked for a bowl of cereal, but when you’re on a big set it has to go through 15 people to even get to me. I walked outside and I just wasn’t feeling like myself. There wasn’t an on-set doctor, so instead they took me to a hospital. There was absolutely nothing wrong with me.”
On the most annoying rumor about her: “I don’t care about any other rumor except the one that I have an eating disorder. That really bothers me because there are people who truly have eating disorders and it is a serious disease. To put that title on someone when it is not true is disrespectful. I’ve repeatedly said, ‘No, I don’t have an eating disorder,’ and it has fallen on deaf ears.”
On reports that she takes diet drugs: “This is totally ridiculous. The second I gain weight it’s like, ‘She’s had gastric bypass surgery reversed!’ It’s sad because what I’ve come to realize from watching TV and reading magazines is that it’s not me that’s weight- obsessed. America is weight-obsessed. It’s either, ‘This person has an eating disorder,’ or ‘How to lose 5 pounds in 10 days.’ Everything is about diet and body image.”
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