I’m serious! Angelina, in your current pin-thin state you’re undermining all the positive work you do as a UN Goodwill Ambassador and as $20 million leading lady action heroine Evelyn Salt.
Angelina Jolie, I applaud you for kicking butt for working moms everywhere, proving that a 35-year-old mother of six can pull in massive crowds to movie theaters better than almost any leading man. You’re the Annie Oakley of our time.
And you couldn’t be a better example of putting your money and your presence where your mouth is. You’ve donated millions to needy women and children in Haiti, the Sudan, and more, and made dangerous trips into Afghanistan and to bring attention to the plight of victims of war and natural disaster.
But if you want to be an unassailable role model for women, especially young girls and your own daughters, you NEED to gain weight.
Here’s the truth — the bottom line is you’re abnormally thin. Your legs are like sticks, and your arms and hands are so thin, the veins pop out. At 5’8″, you may weigh as little as 100 lbs, according to weight experts.
I’ve seen you in person. You’re beautiful, but stick thin. I believe that you need to think about your own health and about rounding out the image you present to women.
You have no reason to worry that you’ll look too heavy on film. Believe me, women and men will love you with more womanly curves.
So use your considerable power to influence women to eat healthily as well as donate to the less fortunate, combine career and momhood AND show that anything men can do on the film screen, women can do just as well… or better!
rtmp://streaming.hollywoodlife.com/ondemand/video/072610_bonniesays.flv— Bonnie Fuller
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margie
Posted at 1:28 PM on July 31, 2010
I guess, too much work..imagine, six little children, being a wife to Brad Pitt, work, traveling, helping people around the world, etc. etc……..Angelina must be too busy ….Yes, she should find time to take care of herself too….
It is not the weight or the looks of a person that matters but what is inside her heart! BONNIE FULLER IS WRONG IN HER STATEMENT THAT ANGELINA JOLIE CANNOT BE A ROLE MODEL BECAUSE SHE IS THIN! WHERE DID YOU GET THAT IDEA?
SO BONNIE FULLER, ZIP YOUR MOUTH OR I’LL ZIP IT FOR YOU!
Myst
Posted at 8:30 PM on July 29, 2010
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that someone that thinks that a woman who is pimping out her kids to pay for her own lifestyle (Kate Gosselin), is a better role model than a mom that is truly a great role model to mom’s everywhere (Angelina).
jtrsb
Posted at 5:48 PM on July 29, 2010
Oh and check back, her arms have always been strangely veiny…look at her thigh…pretty healthy lookin
jtrsb
Posted at 5:47 PM on July 29, 2010
way back when she was really really thin…shes naturally thin…she was only ever voluptuous after tomb raider, because she was proteining it up and working out a lot
WTF?
Posted at 4:44 PM on July 29, 2010
Guys seriously, I don’t care how busy you are, you can still eat. If you are suffering from exhaustion due to too much go go go and multi-tasking, that is BS. You have time to eat when you wake up, and befor you go to bed as well as on a plane, etc. She has money at her disposale to have assistance bring her food at the drop of a hat. She has image issue’s, agree w/ Bonnie, does amazing thing’s but seems she has too much focus on how people view her, she wants to seem perfect as a woman who can do it all, save the world, have 20 children and hold on tight to a man that she knows could do a repeat at any moment w/ a female co-star. These woman that steal a man are forever paranoid their man can do it to them. Tori Spelling quite often has shared that fear verbally w/ us. So, for Angelina, she in her eye’s feel’s she stole and one the “once was” hotest guy on the globe and feels she has to be a stick to do so as well as people think so highly of her about it all. She loves control and this is her body, it’s the one thing no one can intefere with, she has full control and she’s taking it way too far. People DO have time to eat, and contrary to what most are saying here, ther are no excuse’s, she coul could have a cup of coffee flown in from France, while in the state’s, @ the drop of a hat. Let’s get real people!!! Bonnie’s just stating how it is and it’s a relief someone is, this is bab body imaging she is protraying to the younger and even older generation’s of women ;-(
Aitch
Posted at 11:01 AM on July 29, 2010
In this case I agree with Bonnie.
Polly
Posted at 9:09 AM on July 29, 2010
you can still be skinny without starving and looking sick, i just hate looking at skinny people with there viens bulging out
T Pain
Posted at 4:14 AM on July 29, 2010
Oh, and HOW DARE YOU COMPARE ANGELINA TO A FREAKING KARDASHIAN??? Are are embarrassing yourself! What has Karsasian done so far? Give the world a porn tape with Ray jay…that is all and you are applauding kim kardashian over angie. you are pathetic.
T Pain
Posted at 4:11 AM on July 29, 2010
Bonnie, get over yourself. Angelina isn’t and never said she wanted to be a universal role model for all women. She is happy with her body and doesnt have to gain weight just to keep the average woman (you) happy. Hey, since you are video blogging for everyone to see, why dont you get your nose fixed because it will please everyone else!! See? Hoe does that feel? Angie has been thin all of her life, Stop hating on this woman, she has a busy non stop life,that its seems stressful sometimes, so maybe she cannot stomach food.God, I hate bitter women..
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LD
Posted at 4:45 PM on July 28, 2010
I want to say to all people who starve them self to be attractive – woman skinny like AJ is look nothing but sick. I don’t understand how sick look can be attractive to anyone… When I see person like that first thing cross my mind – I need to give her some food asap…
Tweezer
Posted at 1:30 AM on July 29, 2010
She actually had to gain muscle without losing weight since she’s already so skinny. She was put on a high carb diet and followed a strict exercise regimen that included no cardio (since they didn’t want her burning fat) but lots of anaerobic exercise and strength training. Personally, I didn’t actually SEE the muscle but they said she did it.
Tweezer
Posted at 1:31 AM on July 29, 2010
Oops! That was meant to be a reply to Ariel’s post below.
Ariel
Posted at 11:02 AM on July 28, 2010
…..I thought she had to lose a bunch of weight for SALT….. hmm
Goya
Posted at 10:47 AM on July 28, 2010
Does anyone else find it kind of endearing, if not incredibly stupid, that Bonnie Fuller thinks Angelina Jolie would give her the time of day let alone take advice from her? The woman who has spent the last 5 years trying to find any titillating lie she can to smear on Angelina in print and FOR PROFIT?? The woman who has made essays about how Jane Pitt is so right on for not allowing Angelina Jolie in her home for Thanksgiving, and how Angelina Jolie is a bad parent? GMAFB!!!!
I imagine AJ actually has a DOCTOR, as well as family & friends she listens to. You know people who actually examine her, touch her, love her!
TEE
Posted at 1:52 AM on July 28, 2010
I don’t know Angelina Jolie, but I could tell you that I have seen skinny people like her growing up. Their abnormally thin weight did not contribute to starving themselves, this I can verify to you. Their abnormally skinny weight was actually a result of a heavy heroin addiction. It seems the previous comments are obviously from either Angelina Jolie fans or boneheads that work for her, and quite possibly anorexic woman that want tips from Angelina Jolie. I was a fan of her till her dramatic weight loss and upkeep of said weight loss. She is disgustingly thin. No human being without a heroin addiction, bulimia or anorexia looks skinny as Angelina Jolie does in America today.
Goya
Posted at 10:38 AM on July 28, 2010
How does one make arms and legs unskinny by eating?
Goya
Posted at 11:03 AM on July 28, 2010
If Angelina Jolie is an active heroin addict, bulimic or anorexic — which I don’t believe for a second — we all needs a good dose of the same.
This young woman not only eats in public, is on duty 24 hours a day as a wife & Mother of six and runs and jump with the best of them, she supervises a household of untold complexity, a stunningly successful career with no agent or publicist, a major conservation project in Cambodia encompassing a huge land mass, 6,000 villagers and over 60 employees along with overseeing the building of a HIV/AIDS/TB clinic in Ethiopia, child rescue efforts in earthquake ravaged Haiti, Katrina recovery projects in NOLA and 4 other charities. She is the finest actress of her generation and anyone who thinks she isn’t ******* Brad Pitt every chance she get is certifiably nuts.
No one with that work load, two pregnancies in the last 5 years and breast feeding her eldest biological child for 9 months to say nothing of enduring the tragedy of her Mothers’ death at age 56, all while being lied about int he gutter press is anorexic, bulemic or addicted to drugs!!!
catherine
Posted at 12:39 AM on July 28, 2010
I would kill to be as thin as she is.
Nu Uh!
Posted at 3:21 PM on July 27, 2010
I hope you no that you are making a really big assumption. Thats not fair for you to say that they are starving themselves when Im sure you dont even know them. Hope do you know that they are just naturally thin. You should be ashamed of yourself. I hope someone reads this article and sues the F@*k out of you because you totally deserve it!!
Oh PUH-leeez
Posted at 2:42 PM on July 27, 2010
Angelina Jolie is not a starving woman by any stretch of the imagination.
She is indeed very thin, and quite possibly underweight for her height, but she is by no means starving herself. Skinny arms and legs and prominent veins do not signal starvation.
If you could see her back in the second photo (the dress is backless) you will see no signs of her ribcage or protruding scapulae. Also notice that her upper thigh is toned and her breasts appear to be full. She’s a naturally thin woman who could certainly stand to gain a few pounds to achieve a healthier look, but she is not starving by any means.
I think Jolie’s healthiest look was in the first Tomb Raider. She was fit as a fiddle in that film.
Just Me
Posted at 11:39 PM on July 27, 2010
Actually, skinny arms and legs and visible veins are indicators of low BMI. Your upper arms and thighs should be significantly larget than your lower arms and legs as a sign of a healthy body weight. And prominent veins are a sign of low Body Mass Index, as well. I also think her hair is looking quite thin and lackluster in many of the photos of her. As to the breasts, I am not sure we can judge their true size given the possibilities for augmentation (surgical and otherwise)these days. I think you were correct in the use of the word “healthiest” for her Tomb Raider appearance. She, certainly, doesn’t look healthy these days and that is a concern when she is emulated by so many young girls. Look at the number of defenders rather visciously attacking anyone who disagrees with those observations. This woman is a magnet for the “thinspiration” types. Not good.
Oh PUH-leeez
Posted at 12:55 AM on July 28, 2010
Please note that I was referring to the starvation issue and not Jolie’s BMI.
With that said, low BMI is not a real indication of starvation. There are many athletes with what would be considered low BMI for their height, age and weight simply because they burn fat at a higher rate than the average but they are certainly not starving themselves.
I do agree with the breast issue although I think we can safely rule out surgical augmentation. There is no tissue displacement in the sternum and no rounding at the top of the breast to even suggest that. She could have been wearing a padded bra though so, I digress.
It’s also true that she may be, as you call it, a “thinspiration” but that really cannot be helped. It’s more of a self-esteem issue that drives people to want to emulate their perceptions of perfection but in reality, if it’s not her, it will be someone else. She is not the only skinny celebrity out there. Just take a look at Nicole Richie and Tori Spelling to name two.
Just Me
Posted at 1:10 AM on July 28, 2010
My mother was and is anorexic. She is in her 70′s now and suffers severe osteoporosis. Trust me, she is and has been starving for most of her life. Its a bit more complicated than just “self esteem”. You will forgive me if I don’t agree with your rather dismissive statments about people finding others for thinkspiration. I don’t doubt that those with severe issues will find others but having people and defend and admire unhealthily thin people isn’t particularly useful for our young girls those without true anorexic issues will suffer for a lack of self esteem.
I can’t see the woman’s sternum or the tops of her breasts so I am not ruling out implants. I am not even sure that those are foolproof determing factors. I understand if they place the implants under the muscle such things are not as evidently prominent. Regardless, I really don’t think anyone needs to be wasting much effort defending her in a public forum. I prefer her to be used a cautionary tale. My mother got lots of positive reinforcement for her thinness. It may have made little difference for the progress of her disease but it would have helped me to have someone validate that which I suspected to be true: her thinness was too high of a cost for her family.
Oh PUH-leeez
Posted at 1:57 AM on July 28, 2010
Just Me,
While I sympathize with your mother and all those who suffer from her ailment, I think that perhaps you simply replied to the wrong post because this seems like a more personal issue for you. I addressed the STARVATION issue as it pertains to Jolie and ONLY to Jolie. They stated she was starving herself and I stated why that was most likely untrue. End of story.
My post did not address anorexia, self-esteem or any of the other subjects that you have now introduced into the conversation.
As for my statements regarding self-esteem. My intent was not to be dismissive but merely to state a true and realistic assessment that no matter what Jolie looks like (please remember that Jolie is the topic of the thread and was the topic of my initial response), any female or any person who is insecure and looking for a totem pole by which they measure themselves will surely find one. I am not ‘defending’ skinny celebrities. Why would I? I know nothing of whether they choose to be skinny or are genetically predisposed to being so; but I will also not take it upon myself to judge them for how THEY choose to treat THEIR bodies. Just as you would not wish for anyone to judge your mother for choosing to harm herself in order to be thin for whatever the reason.
Remember that the harmful people are not the only ones who can use the internet as their sounding board. If this issue is such a thorn in your paw, then take action. Commenting on Hollywood Life is definitely not the way to go. You’re free to create your own blog and be a voice. So have at it. As for me, I simply state my opinion and that’s it. I wish you all the best.
lolanyc
Posted at 1:51 PM on July 27, 2010
OMG OMG!!! what the F! Brad is still going to love u if she put on some weight??!!! Like shes even worried about that! Why dont u eat bonnie?? HUH!! u look a bit thin. Listen Im not an angie fan by any means…. but WHO THE F ARE U to tell her to gain 20lbs????? She doesnt weight 100 lbs I weigh 103 and Im way skinner than angie. She looks about 118-120. Which is FINE!@
STOP commenting on thin women and trying to get them fat! Why? So u feel better about yourself>?
she isnt starving herself! Shes a busy woman!
Paul
Posted at 10:18 AM on July 27, 2010
First of all, let me say that I want to applaud the author of this article. Too many articles and websites jump on the Jolie bandwagon saying she is some sort of perfect goddess when it is clear the woman is underweight. I always found this incredibly ironic since she is so worried about starving children in the world and yet she is starving herself. Good for you Bonnie for having a sound mind and the sense to comment in regards to this.
Second, these replies here by the readers just make my head shake. Unbelievable. There is a reason why there is so much defense for Jolie claiming either the absurd (“she doesn’t look unhealthy”) to the absurdly apologetic (“Better too thin than too fat. Fat causes alot more health problems..”).
As seen here, there are people out there that believe that Angelina Jolie looks great as she does now and you have one place to blame for this: The fashion industry. The fashion industry has pushed underweight and non-curvy women to the fore front ever since the mid to late 60s. They are the reason why curvy women that were once mainstream back in the days are no longer seen as often as they were.
And it’s thanks to its dominance over the mainstream media, which has been going on for decades now, that women that have been pushed in the mainstream as sexy and highly attractive are almost always underweight. Almost all mainstream actress and mainstream models in the U.S. are underweight. The result of this is that you now have generations of people that have grown up with largely these images of women in magazines, movies, TV and even websites that have been given the quality of “beautiful”, “sexy”, “desirable”, etc… and believe that this is how women should look like. Anything else is “fat” and much of the time that woman is not fat whatsoever. So basically people have had their views on women totally distorted and now cannot tell if a woman is underweight and when she has actually become overweight.
Angelina Jolie is underweight. She looks sickly in fact. This is not an opinion as she clearly is not well. And anyone claiming she was “always skinny” has a short term memory. Go back to her earlier film roles and you will not see Jolie this bad. And this isn’t something recent with her. I remember watching “Wanted” and that shot of her coming out of a pool that was meant to be sexy. Coming from a man here, I can tell you it was such a disturbing sight because it almost looked like she had an X Ray shining on her since you can see bones sticking out. It wasn’t sexy at all.
And one more thing. No one is talking about overweight people or the obesity issue in this country. I notice a lot of defenders of underweight women always mention this but it is nothing more than a straw man. Both are separate issues with separate reasons for existing. In this case, it is the fashion industry that is the source of this problem.
Just Me
Posted at 11:33 PM on July 27, 2010
Agreed and thank you, Paul.
Mei
Posted at 8:43 AM on July 27, 2010
Angelina should gain weight to make other women feel better about themselves? What a bizarre post (and I bet Bonnie herself is trying to lose a few). Angelina might be thin, but she doesn’t look unhealthy, whereas someone who is overweight looks and probably is unhealthy.
louise77
Posted at 6:37 AM on July 27, 2010
When it comes to weight people are hypocritical. The same people who are calling Angelina too thin would call her too fat if she gained weight. When she didn’t lose all of the baby weight after having twins everybody called her fat.
Michele
Posted at 6:17 AM on July 27, 2010
Better too thin than too fat. Fat causes alot more health problems.
Gabrielle Korb
Posted at 1:18 AM on July 28, 2010
That’s not entirely true. I’ve read several articles and texts on this in my Nutritional Science classes. Overly thin people can have problems like overweight people.
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/skinny-fat/
Look up skinny fat on any search engine, and you can find plenty of information about this issue. Don’t just believe what you hear! Do some research.
Natalie
Posted at 4:07 AM on July 27, 2010
Honey, firstly ange has always been skinny! ever since she was young, she used to get teased about it and has even said “someone saying im thin is not a compliment” look back at all photos growing up, angelina is naturally thin!!! doubt shes starving herself btw shes got 6 kids and loves them too much to risk her health like that,Bonnie go write about something decent next time hater!
Michelle
Posted at 11:03 PM on July 26, 2010
Oh, and maybe Bonnie should use a picture form this century. you look terrible, video is a bad idea.
Loa b
Posted at 7:38 PM on July 26, 2010
At least she is not a fake like your hero Kate. She sets a wonderful example for her children by being a devote and caring mother who always has her children with her. She may be thin but so what. Maybe it’s because she active and spending time doing activities with her children instead of having the nannies take care of them like lazy ass Kate. I love how you can be so judgmental. Once again you sound like a twelve year old.
LittleMo
Posted at 8:39 PM on July 26, 2010
The families and friends of women and girls with anorexia wouldn’t consider this opinion “sounding like a 12-year-old” especially when their loved ones are dying from trying to emulate somebody who is very obviously too thin. It’s an example that’s being set and a dangerous example. The poster who said AJ needs to gain weight was right.
Michelle
Posted at 11:02 PM on July 26, 2010
the ratio of obese females to those that are anorexic or bullimic is on the order of 50,000 to one. SHE IS A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL WE ARE NOT DESIGNED TO CARRY EXTRA WEIGHT IT’S NOT HEALTHY.
YOU ARE A MORON, MAYBE YOU SHOULD FIND A VALID TOPIC!!!!!!!
Amanda
Posted at 10:29 AM on July 27, 2010
I fully agree with everyone! she’s beautiful! it looks thin, for God’s sake! who cares!? If it is good so! better skinny than fat! Don’t care about these comments! are ridiculous Angie! you’re beautiful no matter wot!
Just Me
Posted at 11:31 PM on July 27, 2010
Whatever the ratio is (and you give no source) is largely irrelevent to the point being made. As is the shouting and the name-calling. Thank you for your post LittleMo, my mother was both anorexic and bulimic. She was always low BMI and skirted along underweight for most of her adult life. The children and close family of such women see the costs of maintaining the low weight. She was narcississtic, moody, demanding, and always more involved with her disease than with her children. And, yet, throughout her life people praised her for her thinness and denied the problem. The choice is not between thin or fat, the only proper choice is to be healthy and Jolie does not in any way look healthy.