Cameron Diaz reaffirms her belief in pubic hair: ‘It is there for a reason!’

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz is on a publicity warpath (and she knows how to go on a bender) to promote The Other Woman. She stopped by “Wetten Dass” in Berlin while wearing an Elie Saab wrap dress with a pretty floral pattern. Cami looked good, but this story is about her Friday visit to the “Graham Norton Show” in London. That show is always fun because all the celebrities talk together as an ensemble.

Russell Brand, Kylie Minogue, and Richard Ayoade were all on hand. All three of them got an earful of Cami’s opinions on cheating and down-there hair. Cameron previously wrote in The Body Book that she sports a “fully dressed” vadge and encouraged others to do the same: “Twenty years from now, you will still want to be presenting it to someone special, and it would be nice to let him or her unwrap it like the gift that it is.” Graham asked her to clarify, and she obliged. Cameron also further elaborated on her sweeping statements about cheating. Cam still believes that everyone either has or will be cheated on by a partner:

Will she stand by the cheating comments? “Yeah … uh, YEAH. I’m not saying that cheaters are like the cheater in this movie. I’m not saying that it’s like a pathological situation. I’m just saying that there’s a moment in everybody’s time where they find that somebody has betrayed them at some level. Betrayal. Is that more comfortable for people? I see people when they say that. All of a sudden they get really nervous. They go through all of their boyfriends and girlfriends, and they’re like ‘OMG, did I?’ All of a sudden they’re questioning. It becomes like this complete existential, like, conundrum. They’re like, ‘Did I? Did I? Did I?’ I’m like, ‘Just relax. It’s okay if you did.’ Everybody gets cheated on.”

On down-there hair: “I would like to clear up what I said. I don’t care what women do with it, but we should be informed about how their bodies work. And I brought up the conversation about how young women, as a sort of trend, are lasering off all of it at once. Forevermore. And I just want to say to women who think at this moment for whatever reason — whether they’ve seen it and think that it’s sexy or that their man thinks that it’s sexy or whatever, they’re tired of dealing with “it” … I believe that if you’re doing something forever, you might change your mind. And the man who thinks it’s sexy now, you might change your mind about him too. And I just feel like you should consider what forever means. Because once it’s gone, you can’t get it back. That’s what forever means. That’s from my heart to yours. It is there for a reason and to laser it off is to lose it forever!”

[From The Graham Norton Show]

There’s actually a part in the conversation when Cameron bends over and starts talking to her crotch, “Why are you there?” She’s so candid and uncensored. I think poor Kylie and Richard were scarred by the conversation. Russell had a grand time and enjoyed the vadge talking. Cameron is correct about the hair being there for a reason, right? I can’t think about it as much as she has.

I do respect Cameron for not backing down on her statements, but the cheating thing? Not 100% of people cheat on their partners. Tons of people do, and the internet makes it so easy to make a “connection” behind an unsuspecting love interest’s back. Maybe most people have been cheated on, but not every single person in the world. I think Cami just dated a lot of dudes who have plenty of options and no self-control.

Cameron Diaz

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  1. Sarah says:

    I watched this! I appreciate some of the stuff she was saying but her whole demeanour is so exhausting.
    By the way that’s Russell Crowe, not Russell Brand.

    • Liberty says:

      But it gets me to thinking — I think Russell Brand and Cammie should run the rails for a bit. They both say whatever they like and have that free spirit thing. Has this happened already?

      • Eleanor Zissou says:

        I like Russell with his current GF, Jemima something. And her dog is gorgeous.

    • Bluebear says:

      The amount of disappointment that followed finding out that Cameron Diaz did not carry on a conversation about pubic hair with Russell Brand was too much for a Monday morning. That set the tone for the day.

    • Harriet says:

      She was unbelievable irritating and didn’t deserve the attention she was being awarded. There were three perfectly fascinating people there and then there was Cameron. Attention seeking and stupid.

    • Kim says:

      Agreed. She is so utterly unwatchable and exhausting that anything coming out of her mouth just gets lost. Maybe her vagina should do the talking from now on?

  2. QQ says:

    As long as she isnt issuing a fatwa over MY pubes upkeep she can think whatever she wants, this is 80 degrees weather SoFl and tons of beach and freeballing are happening, Matter fact I only like hair in my head and Brows and Im a nutcase about it

    • Crank says:

      Heck I’m a male in Georgia and damn it gets hot. My balls and man area is always gunna be trimmed. As for the cheating thing, she’s totally wrong. Most of my relationships had no cheating in them, tons of family members and friends have been married forever with no cheating, she’s just been burned too many times.

      • PrettyTarheelFan says:

        I think her clarification on the cheating makes it make sense to me. She may not be talking about a physical affair. She may not even be talking about an emotional affair, as we traditionally define them. But depending on your expectations, and your partner’s expectations of you, one of you may have committed an act the other one would consider inappropriate.
        MrBuckeye and I have been married 5 years in May. This year of marriage has been very eye-opening for me, because it’s really the first time we’ve had strong differences of opinion, or gone through periods where we just have to table issues because we can’t immediately resolve them by communication (we’re talkers). The honeymoon period is in a waning phase (not saying it won’t come back, just saying maybe we’re in a different phase right now) and we’ve been having some interesting conversations. I recently came home from a party and felt terrible because I flirted with a guy that I think is ab-so-lu-te-ly adorable, and in my mind, I thought my better half would consider that cheating. Come to find out, he KNOWS I think said guy is cute (because I’m not married to his hyper-conservative ass, I wouldn’t find him nearly as cute if he was actually mine), and he doesn’t care, because I love my husband and come home to him. Eye-opening moment for me and a serious shift in my thinking. That conversation could have gone the other direction easily, with MrBuckeye flipping out (and five years ago, very well might have) and considering that inappropriate behavior.

        Also, pubic hair is SUCH an individual thing. I get her point about the commitment, much like tattoos, plastic surgery, or any type of permanent physical change, but everyone’s pubes are their own business. I really don’t even think that’s your partner’s call on that one. Do as you see fit with your pubes, ladies and gents. Do as you see fit.

    • whipmyhair says:

      The most lovely QQ,

      As I am not a part of your sex life I say do whatever the hell you want with your good parts. And even if we were together (which would be very confusing for me) I would still say do whatever you want.

      Why do people care about strangers pubic hair??? I sure as hell don’t.

      • QQ says:

        Right?! Which is why i find it super strange for people to be giving pubic hair interviews or trying to sway people any which way?

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        Yeah, this is definitely a live and let live situation, as far as I’m concerned. Like, completely.

      • Violet says:

        Everyone should do as they want. As long as it makes them happy, just go with it. It your life.

  3. mimif says:

    “It becomes like this complete existential, like, conundrum.”

    And stuff.

  4. Tatjana says:

    She was horrible on Graham Norton. She always talked over people and seemed drunk. It was a bad show in general. Russell was arrogant, Kylie was sweet but quiet, and Richard, the funniest, smartest and most talented person on the couch barely got to say anything.

    • mimif says:

      I think he is so handsome. Hot & funny, my kinda guy.

      • whipmyhair says:

        Even as Moss Richard is hot. That is a serious level of hotness right there.

    • Cherry says:

      IKR? I didn’t see the whole show, but Cameron’s annoying as hell in this fragment.
      Also, she’s so involved in her own-nonsense story that she doesn’t even notice how the others are making fun of her.
      Russell: ‘Meanwhile, back to your loins…’
      that’s priceless.

    • Sarah says:

      Agree I had second hand embarrassment for her. She seemed to think she is very funny when she just comes across as loud and annoying. Richard who is the only genuinely funny person out of them never got any time from Graeme.

    • Dani2 says:

      She talked over Richard (my dream hubby) a lot and she touched his hair without his permission. I don’t know what was up with her but she came across as super annoying.

      • Myrto says:

        Yeah when she touched his hair I was both offended on his behalf (because, well, you shouldn’t touch people’s hair without their consent and it gets even more awkward and wrong when it’s a white person doing this to a black person) and jealous because Richard Ayoade is hot and his hair is fabulous and it looks so soft. Cameron was probably a bit drunk, as are a lot of guests on The Graham Norton Show.

      • mytbean says:

        Myrto,

        I never really understood the intense invasion certain people feel when others touch their hair. I mean certain body parts are understandably off limits but, hair? I don’t do it because I know some people are sensitive, but I’m just wondering why it’s so personal for some.

        And “it gets even more awkward and wrong when it’s a white person doing this to a black person” WUT? What on earth does that even mean? Why would that make one bit of difference at all??

        So confused…

    • Harriet says:

      Thank goodness I’m not the only one. I had to question why I bothered to watch it and it was because I wanted to support Richard

    • Loveisthecoal says:

      I love Richard SO MUCH. I am going to watch this video just for him.

  5. maynot says:

    Legs hair is also there for a reason.

    • Erinn says:

      And armpit, and hey, while we’re at it, if your head hair is growing, why cut it? It’s supposed to be there.

    • Birdie says:

      Eww, not for me. That, to me is a no-no and I don’t know any man who is into that.

  6. Leni says:

    It’s Russell CROWE, not Brand and when did he become single?

  7. Erinn says:

    Ahhhh. I want to watch this just for Richard Ayoade but I really can’t stand Cam. Especially when she goes on these tirades.

    Is she gunning for a talk show or something?

  8. Frida_K says:

    Again, this is is pre-coffee, but… Bedhead, you wrote “Cameron Diaz is on a publicity warpath (and she knows how to go on a bender)” and I read “Cameron Diaz is on a PUBICITY warpath […].”

    I clutched my pearls and gasped, what can I say?

  9. Sixer says:

    Bedhead! Wrong Russell!

    I love Richard Ayoade.

  10. Olivia says:

    Gee, that’s funny–she hasn’t said anything like that about underarm hair. Or upper lip hair. Or anything on the leg or chin or nipple or anywhere else a woman might end up removing hair…!

    Why all the hate for other potentially hairy parts, Cammy? 😛

    …Or could it be that you’ve just superficially chosen a random thing for a soapbox publicity stunt?

    • Hubbahun says:

      Gasp, how cynical, Olivia 😛 Yup, you are exactly right, trying to sell body books, Cami?

    • Roberta says:

      Came here to say the same thing, she has fair colouring so what does she know about having dark, unwanted hair on her face, legs, bikini wherever. Lots of women feel self-conscious about this which is why they opt for permanent removal.

      You could argue the hair on a man’s face is there for a reason too.

      • Exactly! I have thick, dark hair EVERYWHERE. Seriously. I can grow a better mustache than my twin brother–I grew more leg hair than he did up until we were seventeen. I hated it. I was completely self concious about it–never wanted to wear shorts or bathing suits…..it’s really easy to talk when you’re a blond with fine hairs.

      • Amelia says:

        Cameron isn’t naturally a blonde, so hard telling what the rest of her hair color is, but her legs looked pretty smooth to me. Also a few years ago, she got breast implants, I believe. Small and tasteful, but still “not natural.” I’m all for whatever makes a person feel good (until it gets ridiculous), but if you’re going to talk the talk them you should walk the walk.

  11. Pinot grigio says:

    I love Cameron but sometimes she truly sounds like an idiot. Just because she experienced something-cheating- does not mean the whole world did. And betrayal doesn’t necessarily mean cheating. She’s conflating two different concepts.

  12. Stef Leppard says:

    STOP TALKING!!

  13. poppy says:

    smart as a box of rocks.
    isn’t this the same person that held goop down to trim up her seaweed because it was too 70s?
    probably not a good strategy to talk non-stop about pubic hair but maybe she has nothing else to offer?

  14. epiphany says:

    I watched it. Anybody else think she seemed a bit… wired? That was a lot of frenetic energy to expend over public hair – did she have a little help?

  15. I think Kylie *forgot* about Olivier!

  16. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    1. I don’t think she was saying everyone cheats. I think she meant that everyone, at one time in their life, has been cheated ON by someone. I certainly have, though not by everyone I’ve ever been with. Still, it’s just not smart to make sweeping statements like that. Of course EVERYONE hasn’t been cheated on. That’s just silly.

    2. Enough with the pubic hair conversation. As people stated above, armpit hair, among other hair, is there for a reason, too. It doesn’t hurt you not to have pubic hair. You might regret it later, true. Does she have tattoos? You might regret those as well. I think you’ll survive. Stop telling me what to do with my hair. It’s none of your business.

    3. Get it that you’re on a publicity tour, Cami, but people are getting tired of you. Like throwing rocks at you tired of you. Time to back off.

  17. amanda r says:

    ugh, did she HAVE to touch the only black guys hair when she’s talking about public hair?

    really, we went there girl?

    that being said, my mom said the same sort of thing to me when I wanted to start waxing ‘down there’. I thought she sounded silly saying “you know, it MAY come back in style, then you’ll wish you didn’t wax it all off”…

    I don’t care so much about ‘style’, but I have to agree with Diaz that you may just get sick of the guy who likes you looking a certain way just like you get bored of your bits looking a certain way.

    I’ve waxed my bikini line to a manageable level and I shave and buzz the rest. My boyfriend likes it.

  18. MrsBPitt says:

    I am so proud that our forefathers fought so hard to give us freedom of speech…and this is what we talk about! To laser, or not to laser, that is the question! Give me bush, or give me death! Ask not what your pubes can do for you, but what you can do for your pubes…well, you get the point!

  19. als says:

    I never would have thought Cameron Diaz to be the passive – agressive type, I always thought that she’s the kind of woman that throws a plate at the man when she catches him with his pants down…and then she walks away with her amazing heels and legs and throws one major line like “I was the best gift God gave you, sucker!” Why be a gorgeous actress, if you cannot bring the drama when the drama is needed? But this opinion seems so passive – agressive toward all the people she had in her life.
    “Everybody gets cheated on” – this is the line of a person that cheated on herself one too many times.

  20. cro-girl says:

    I think people are reading into what she said way too much.

    First,.. “everyone gets cheated on” is a phrase people use to say that it happens quite a bit in life. We’ve all used it before for various things. I don’t think its indicative of her view of men, relationships or love in general. It was specific to the topic.

    Second… the pubic hair. She was clarifying something she mentioned off the cuff earlier. I don’t think this is her personal quest in life and she wants to use her fame to address the importance of pubic hair. I’m certain she doesn’t really care she was just sharing a thought. In my head I would have said the same thing but does that mean I really care about people’s pubic hair? No! Its a comment on a topic, its not something that requires a flag and a slogan and an internet meme and a tattoo and a facebook page.

  21. LizzyBizzy says:

    Woah, I just recently re-watched Lost in Translation, and I’ve read in the past that Anna Farris’ ditzy, unaware, “free spirit” narcissist was based on a young Cameron Diaz’s relationship with her husband at the time. Seeing this interview really made me appreciate how spot on Anna Farris was in her portrayal.

    There’s no mean-spiritedness to Cameron and I really respect that. But the lack of self awareness coupled with the narcissism of fame can lead to hurting others just the same. I’d agree with her that some people suffer betrayal in one form or another, but I’d say its much more subtle – maybe a crush or a momentary sway in considering other options, but that’s inherent to long term committed relationships that involve two humans, and a solid person in a solid relationship can usually have the logic and love and commitment to get through a rough patch without acting on those momentary mental or emotional “betrayal” so that it never does veer into the pain of cheating. The fact that she is so resolute on the fact that everyone has cheated / been cheated on makes me think she picks pretty crappy people to trust, and hasn’t figured out how to be attracted to a healthy dynamic herself. But who knows – Hollywood and fame add such insanely weird layers to the relationships and personalities of all involved that I’m not sure anything can be normal in that arena, and I feel like patting Cameron Diaz on the back for, in the very least, being a seemingly sweet and sincere person within Hollywood.

    • ZenB says:

      She dates shallow Hollywood men with no morals. If she has morals and high expectations, she’s going to get hurt every time. On the flip side who else can she date? If I were super rich and famous, I would worry that non-famous men were after me for my status and money,

      • You CAN find a decent guy in Hollywood–she dates celebs that are KNOWN douchebags who cheat on their girlfriends. Nothing that they have done to their partners (cheating, etc) is new information–it’s crap that you can find out in a two second google search.

  22. Jess says:

    I agree with her but I also think to each their own! I personally find it strange when a man wants all the hair gone, it looks pre pubescent and I don’t feel sexy looking like that, maybe I’ve changed since having a daughter, I dunno. I think a lot of men have come to expect it or think that’s what it’s supposed to look like thanks to the porn industry.

    • idk says:

      Who cares what men think or “expect”. Women run their own bodies. We shouldn’t do things because men like them.

    • ZenB says:

      So I had the sides removed so I could be swimsuit ready at all times, I also had the remains thinned and I trim it to keep it short. Yes, I’m high maintenance. So, right after I had it done I met a man and he’s into the 70s look for lack of a better term. I was like well, that ain’t happening.

      It may be too much to ask but I want to be liked “as is”. If not ask someone else out.

      I prefer some grooming on a guy myself but it is what it is.

      • Jess says:

        If I had the money I would do exactly what you did! It’s a pain shaving and waxing for swimsuit season then getting crazy red bumps a few days later. I also prefer a little grooming on a man, but it’s not a deal breaker if he does or doesn’t, I’m comfortable with what their comfortable with and I expect the same in return!

  23. annaloo. says:

    I did laser removal BC I am on a warpath to get rid of all body hair below my upper lip. I’m lazy and I don’t want to deal with it anymore!

    It grows back. It’s so frustrating, but it all grew back.

    • ZenB says:

      Really? I have a 10-12 year old laser job and while SOME has grown back, most of what I had removed is still there. What has grown back is patchy and sparse enough where I can shave it off without in-growns. Or else I would go back in.

      In growns were my main motivator. Now I want to get it all removed – I don’t mean down there, I mean below my nose down to my feet.

  24. shellybean says:

    Eh, I do agree with her about the pubic hair. I’ve had it both ways, and I prefer it a little covered up and furry. It’s more comfy that way.

  25. db says:

    Restating the cheating thing more generally as “betrayal” I think hits closer to the truth, if Cami had stuck with that there probably wouldn’t have been as much controversy — or media coverage of the controversy either. She’s a smart one 😉

  26. Barracuda says:

    I fully support her cause. I’m sick of stressing over whether or not a guy will get hung up on my pubes. And yes, I’ve seen it discussed in men’s forums that a good deal of the male population want a bare vag and start putting down women who don’t shave – porn is spoiling them.

    • word says:

      Well those men can go get themselves a porn star then ! Women shouldn’t do something because a man tells them to. In that case, tell the men to go do the same thing !

    • ZenB says:

      I would NEVER do it for a man. I do have permanent girlscaping – not the Brazilian, I just cleaned off the sides so I am always swimsuit ready. If some guy is into bare or worse fully grown. Tough shitsky, I don;t do in-growns and I don’t and can’t do fully grown. I also trim what I have because I think it catches smells when I have my period. Could be my own hang up but I support my own hang ups, I refuse to enable anyone elses.

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      Yeah, because their junk is so attractive.

  27. me says:

    She says “it’s there for a reason”, which is true…but can’t the same be said about leg hair and armpit hair? Yet she shaves/waxes those right? What’s her reasoning for that?

  28. Jayna says:

    Russell and Cammie would make a great couple. Were sparks flying between them on the show? (Anyone who saw it). I know he’s dating Hugh Grant’s ex, Gemma, but I really see Russell and Cammie together.

    • Camille (The Original) says:

      Russell Brand wasn’t on the show it was Russell Crowe. And Russell Brand is dating Jemima Kahn (I think that’s how her name is spelled).

  29. ZenB says:

    She has no leg hair… NONE! OK neither do I but I also lasered off my whooha. OK not ALL of it but I live in California (as does she does she not?) and I want to be beach ready at a moments notice. I like my landing strip.

    I noticed during the #cockinasock thang that there is a lot of manscaping going on… not brazilian manscaping but trims and shaping. I’m for it, is she?

    And why is she calling out young women? I’m about her age and zapped it 10 years ago or more. I was a young woman at the time. I’m not sure what you call 40 these days (late youth?) but I do not regret it at all. I do things for myself, if a man wants someone with a mess down there, I am not his girl. I’m looking at getting my armpits lasered at somepoint.

  30. Camille (The Original) says:

    I love Richard Ayoade. Have loved him and Chris O’Dowd since The IT Crowd. Such a funny show, they had such great chemistry.

    As for Cameron Diaz, I think she’d had a few wines (maybe too many) and she came across so irritating and cringe worthy to me. Ugh.

  31. Dirty martini says:

    For the love of all that is holy …why is pubic hair a conversation topic?

    Shall we discuss the merits of ear wax while we are at it?

  32. Green Is Good says:

    Dear Cammy,

    Never speak unless there’s a script in front of your face. You are NOT funny. You are an annoying twat. A hairy one, as you felt the need to blab this fact to anybody unfortunate enough to be trapped on a talk show couch with you.

    Signed,

    People who are sick of your obnoxious, unaware self.

  33. Helvetica says:

    Her comments about the hair makes me laugh. She said it so funny. Love her.