One could argue that Rosie O'Donnel is being a rude loudmouth when she says, "Joan Rivers just looks weird and I'm not going to go around pretending I don't notice anymore."
But I have to agree with her. In fact, I think the majority of people who get radical plastic surgery done on their faces look weird. I'll go one step further and say that I'm completely baffled as to why plastic surgeons all over California are not getting their asses sued off for what they're doing to celebrities and non-celebrities alike.
Look at Michael Jackson. Why on earth hasn't he sued the living peewads out of the butchers who did this to him? My God, even the supposed "successes" seem like lawsuit potential if you ask me. Look at Drew Barrymore's mom, Jaid as an example. Those lips probably have their own heartbeat.
Joan Rivers is the poster child for shallow people. Truly. I can't stand her fixation on physical appearance, and quite frankly, she looks like an alien. But I've noticed that it's an unforgivable faux pas to say anything derogatory about someone who's had plastic surgery. It's almost like there's this big social conspiracy; making people who have undergone plastic surgery feel justified in their vainness by telling them how fabulous they look even when they really look unusual, to say the least.
But that's how I feel. I think they look false, phony, alien-like and untouchable. They seem breakable, and they all come out looking identical - same cheekbones, same eyes, same nose. What they do to themselves is grotesque.
I have nothing against a little eye lift here, a few lines blasted off your face, whatever. But this radical change in appearance, the one that leaves you with the face of a martian, unrecognizable to even your own mother is just... pathetic.
I'm all for looking as good as you can, but people like Joan Rivers make me sick with their freakish obsession with beauty. Heaven forbid Joan Rivers ever suffers an accident that leaves her disfigured. Or wait... even worse... if her own daughter suffers an accident that leaves her disfigured, what then? Can you imagine the pressure of being Joan River's disfigured daughter? Yikes. I'm just grateful I have a mother who would love me even if I looked like Ernest Borgnine. Not that Ernest Borgnine is ugly, it's just that as a 38 year old female I can't say I would be attractive in looking like him. You don't, do you... I mean, think I look like Ernest Borgnine??
I'm tellin' ya... the first physician that comes up with a personality lift gets my vote for doctor of the year...
Posted by Cranky at January 06, 2003 09:12 PM