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At least Fox is honest.

how hard it was to be beautiful

Well, thankfully Rosie grew out of it.

There are few things in the world meaner than a 13 year old girl. Fortunately, they only stay 13 forever in Hollywood.

Did any of them complain about the burden of being naturally thin as well? The poor hideous creatures.

Some of these quotes don't bother me. What Megan Fox said was pretty honest. And Natalie Portman's quote doesn't sound like she's actually talking about herself (but I'd like to read the entire interview).

The other two? Complete narcissism.

Fox seems to be calling B.S on the whole "poor me im pretty" complaint...why is she up here?

Hollywood really fucks people up. You go from nobody giving a shit about you, people saying the cruelest things right to your face, casting couch gropings and worse, to suddenly everyone clamoring to do your bidding and no one says an unkind word. For people already desperate for attention, this total flip must eat away all sense of perspective.

There are literally millions of pretty girls in Hollywood. It takes more than "pretty" to make it. It takes a powerful ego, and that's all this is. It's not because they're pretty. It's because their ego is big enough to swallow any shame. It's because you can never underestimate the depth of human self-pity.

I do not understand why people hate Megan Fox. She isn't great at acting, but she is fairly self aware and doesn't hesitate to tell it like it is. As a female, I found her to be one of the more refreshing actresses. I don't understand why men/women everywhere fall all over themselves to lick natalie portman's ass and denigrate Megan. I'd take self aware over a harvard educated spoiled dumbass. Both have gotten places because of their looks and that's it. I don't care who has an oscar, that is some of the biggest BS I ever saw.

Sorry, Kate Evangeline, but all women have to deal with that, beautiful or not. I've reacted to leers and disrespect with eye rolling, vague shame, cursing, threatening, brandishing a fist, disgust, etc. But I can't say I've ever cried myself to sleep because some fucking pervert on the street whistled at me or called me "Ma" or hollered a gross comment about my breasts (much to the whooping joy of his pervert friends).

Try again.

IMO Fox hits the nail right on the head.

Megan Fox is one of the few people I like considerably more as a person than an actress. I think she's a fairly awful actress but from verbally smacking down Michael Bay to trashing the Transformers movies she is usually an entertaining interview.

Yeah, I'm with the others - I think Fox's statement is pretty kickass.

When I was 14, and "graduating" eighth grade, one of the girls from my class came up to me and said that the reason she'd tormented me for over two years was that she was jealous me. I'd come to the school in the middle of sixth grade, and I showed up all new and shiny, and she and the other girls thought I was getting too much attention. So they made my life hell.

It fucking happens. And I'm no supermodel.

OMG, Evangeline Lily pulled a Bikini Cory!

http://jezebel.com/5084514/bff-im-known-as-bikini-cory-because-i-earned-it

And Megan Fox's quote doesn't bother me at all. I think she's right. Maybe some people are uncomfortable with those who have no problem admitting that they're attractive.

It's in a different context, but I'm gonna quote Mrs. J here.
...they only stay 13 forever in Hollywood.

It seems like there should be a big difference between a 13/14 year old girl who's just learning what the world is like in that regard, and a fully grown woman like Miss Lily.

My husband and I had a long discussion trying to figure out when the "hot girl" has had not only a long career, but the accolades that come a long with it. Oscar's, respect in Hollywood, longevity. Not just an attrative actress with actual talent. I mean the hot chick placed there simply to be oggled, like Megan Fox was in Transformers and now the blow up doll who is taking her place.
I had tons of names, but specifically hot chick who has proven herself as an actress.
The only one I had was Salma Hayek in from Dusk Til' Dawn. If that was not eye candy, what is?

"..they only stay 13 forever in Hollywood"

Which is why Roman Polanski is so pissed that he can never go back there

Oh, come on. You haters don't know the burdens, the struggles, the unfairness of being drop-dead gorgeous. Starting with all the lawsuits. Families of the stricken. Bystanders. Pedestrians, squished by suddenly un-guided cars. The merely stunned, suing because they got sued.

Then there's the time lost simply gazing at a happenstance reflection. The world of shiny surfaces is booby-trapped (and boobie-trapped) for the comely.

Why, if I weren't so evolved, the burden of even my limited man-beauty would have warped my mind by now. Fortunately, I have found a system to clear my mind of such influences. (May I introduce you to someone to talk about this? Or perhaps just a book?)

Or something.

(That there was irony, for the impaired.)

"When I was 13 and started getting that sort of disgusting attention from men I didn't cry myself to sleep… but I also felt deeply ashamed and like I'd done something wrong to make them think of me like that."

I agree that's creepy, but, as somebody else pointed out, Ms. Lily is a grown-ass woman who elected a profession that prizes appearance beyond all else. Go to med school, look a mess as a resident going through the wringer, and I assure you your crying yourself to sleep will be for entirely different reasons.

Yeah, I think Megan Fox is the "one of these things is not like the others" in this list.

Also, I know the Pajiba writers are kinda dead-set on hating her, but January Jones' recent comment was also obvious sarcasm when you read the whole quote. People only tended to re-quote the "people hated me because I was pretty" part, when in fact the whole statement was a response to a question that asked her to discuss the rumor that she only got into modeling to prove to the other girls that she was pretty. Her response was actually something like "That's ridiculous and sounds like something like I would have said when I was 16, 'They hated me because I was pretty.' " As in, she obviously doesn't feel that way now and was mocking the immature sentiment about it.

Amanda, the way I read her quote was that she was dispelling that she got into modeling to prove she was pretty to the kids who thought her ugly, and smacked down the interviewer by saying she didn't have to prove she was pretty to them because her prettiness was WHY they hated her. That's how it read to me.

That said, I think you guys may have turned me on the MF quote. Maybe. No promises. - CE

@Socrates_Johnson

Natalie Portman was in Shakespeare in the Park, about 10 years ago. She played Nina in The Seagull. She was terrible.

Oh Evangeline Lily, I would rather her see her fully clothed and smiling like that, then any other girl naked. I was never a Kate Hater (Kater). LOST!

"see January Jones’s recent interviews for gems like that one—by the way, the whole “they’re mean because they’re jealous” thing was a myth made up by moms and doesn’t actually happen"

I'm hoping you meant to be ironic with that statement, because the entire article reeks of jealousy and is a strong statement to the fact that most of us never grow up.

I kind of like the Kathy Burke retort - after Helena Bonham Carter gave some interview bemoaning how awful it was being pretty and upper class, the awesome Ms B made the following statement: "As a lifelong member of the non-pretty working classes, I would like to say to Helena Bonham Carter: shut up you stupid c*nt"

So let me get this straight:

Courtney can't mock celebrities for whining about their good fortune or it comes off as jealousy instead of a lighthearted ribbing, as it was clearly intended.

Courtney can't wax inconsequentially about a celebrity's lack of self awareness and entirely self serving attitude and interviews as a commentary on celebrity culture because it will come off as a testament to the fact that she never grew up.

All this time I thought I was reading a website that regularly mocks Hollywood and skewers entitled and delusional celebrity behavior on the weekly, if not daily. If this article were written by a man would it come off as jealousy? Is Courtney supposed to refrain from casting aspersions on female celebrities, especially attractive ones, lest it come off as catty?

I always wonder why women are not allowed to make fun of other attractive women without being accused of jealousy. Courtney makes fun of so many different celebrities so why does she have to have some special motive to make a joke about these women. Read Evangeline Lily's quote again and tell me you don't find that statement patently arrogant and delusional. Is it that some people consider beautiful women beyond reproach?

Why aren't women allowed to make fun of other women based solely on the ridiculousness of their statements or attitudes? This will come as a shock to some people but no matter how gloriously jiggly and glowing, a woman can still be an utter moron and deserving of the occasional chide.

When I first clicked over to read this article I thought it was "Being Pretty Is Hard" as in it takes a lot of effort (makeup, hairstyle, the right clothes, botox etc) which I could understand. But really? Claims of bullying because they're beautiful? Can't say I ever saw any examples of that in-between my book dumpings for being a geek.

The only problem I have with Megan Fox is, she's a terrible actress. Good on her for calling out Michael Bay for being a racist, perverted asshole, who only wanted to "shoot her tits and ass" for the film. But the flipside is, her T&A are the only reason she's in movies.

If she was a good actress who was only used for her looks, well, that's different. But you don't take a job at Hooters and then get upset when people ogle you.

The other half of it is, she's getting work as an actress based solely on her looks, when another woman out there who can actually act is looking for her big break.

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