Stop the presses: Nicole Kidman admits to using Botox.
I know you’ll find that hard to believe, because, like I was, you were positive that her forehead was naturally paralyzed and weirdly waxy like those $4 apples they sell on the Upper East Side.
I mean, there were so many other reasons she could have looked like that, such as, well…hmmm.
OK, perhaps she was born with a particularly rare form of a neuromuscular disorder that only affected the forehead area. Right? Now I’ll bet you feel bad for thinking she was simply worried about looking older, like the rest of us vain, shallow, petty people. Or maybe she had the foresight not to furrow her brow over the previous four decades of her life, like, ever. Didja ever think of that? I mean, I’m sure if you or I had been smart enough to have never worried or laughed or reacted in a surprised manner, ever, we’d look just like her. I’m 43. So is she. Until today I figured my lined brow was my out freakin’ fault for being shocked so often at how celebrities lie.
But it turns out, no. Per People.com:
“I’ve tried a lot of things, but aside from sports and good nutrition, most things don’t make a difference,” Kidman, 43, tells the German magazine TV Movie. “I have also tried Botox.”
“I didn’t like how my face looked afterwards,” she says. “Now I don’t use it anymore – I can move my forehead again!”
First of all, I haven’t noticed any radical forehead movement happening of late. Second, what’s with the “I’ve tried it” business? If you’re going to admit it, you may as well say, ‘Yeah, I used it a lot a lot a lot. Still am, and you know what? I’m a movie star. Get off my case.” It’s like that Bill Clinton “didn’t inhale” silliness. Riiiight.
This smacks of a dumbass PR decision–she was starting to look silly for denying it (as opposed to looking silly because her forehead gleamed like a beacon in the distance, warning ships of rocky shores) so someone told her to just admit to trying it. “That way, when they say you’re addicted to Botox, your story will be out there already: You’re not addicted. You tried it, didn’t like it, and why would you admit to trying it if it were a problem for you?”
Sigh. Why indeed.
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January 24, 2011 at 9:46 pm
I read this about Nicole Kidman and thought the same thing. Nuts that she’d think it isn’t painfully obvious she is still using botox. Very unfortunate decision for a serious actor. She has robbed herself of a great tool. Although I recognize most film actors have had some cosmetic surgery, this level of distortion makes it very hard to engage their characters in films. Too distracting and unnatural.
Personally, I like the lines in people faces as they age, the stories they tell. “Crow feet” are like suns, which remind us a person has laughed a lot. Forehead wrinkles tell us a person may engaged in many interesting conversations and may, in turn, have stories to tell.
That said, I am open to recommendations for a good moisterizer! ; )
January 25, 2011 at 2:07 am
I don’t mean to sound mean but now all she has to do is admit to getting her lips all puffed up…
January 26, 2011 at 8:09 am
I’m 51 and don’t have a wrinkled brow. I guess I don’t worry enough! 🙂 I burn and freckle easily, so I’ve never been a sun bather, I use SPF 30 million every day, never smoked, and have very oily skin. Just saying that not everyone who isn’t wrinkled has had Botox. If I could afford Botox, though, I’d totally do it between my eyes to keep from scowling permanently. (My mom had a vertical wrinkle there.) And maybe do some Botox in the sweat glands in my crotch to keep from looking like I’ve peed my pants when I exercise.
January 28, 2011 at 5:28 am
Nicole looks very different to the young girl that graced our magazine covers in the 1980s! I guess anyone who could marry Tom Cruise would also be quite capable of being in denial about cosmetic surgery!
January 28, 2011 at 6:56 am
So silly, so I’ve “tried” scotch and pot and yelling at my kids and being cranky and highlighting my hair and padded bras? Give me a break Nicole.