Freida Pinto covers the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar Saudi Arabia. The shoot is really good – I wish Bazaar US would do these kinds of shoots, as opposed to just handing Terry Richardson a white background and a teenage model. Freida wears a lot of Chanel in the shoot, specifically Chanel pieces from the Paris-Dallas Métier d’Art collection (Kristen Stewart is the face of the collection). In the interview, Freida doesn’t break any news about her boyfriend Dev Patel, but she does talk about shoes, food, yoga and why cooking is “a waste of time.” Ha. Some highlights:
Her shoe collection: “They’re my biggest obsession but I don’t even know how many I have. It’s a bit obscene for me, but I’m sure there are people that have way more. It’s really weird though, because my love for shoes isn’t because I want to wear them all. I mean, there are only so many days in the year, so it’s impossible to wear all of them, but I have them because they’re so beautiful, like works of art, and I love looking at them.”
She wore Chanel for her first-ever red carpet in 2008: “It was amazing that the brand believed in me, and I felt very, very lucky. If you wear Chanel to a premiere, you feel like you’ve kinda made it.”
She doesn’t always feel beautiful: “I was at an event with Karlie Kloss last year and it was horrible standing next to her. She’s a beautiful lady and I felt like a little ant!”
She eats carbs: “Bread. I love it. Not just bread, but bread as pizza or rolls – I want, want, want.”
Yoga: “No matter where I am, once a day I bring myself to the mat. But I don’t practice a very calm style of yoga. If I’m working on something big, then my mind is absolutely mental, running wild, with a million different things going on, so the cardio really helps to calm me down.”
She doesn’t cook: She told the magazine she considers it a ‘waste of time’ and that she eats out when in Los Angeles and has someone cook for her while in India.
But she’s not pretentious: “I’ve never been brought up with a silver spoon in my mouth, and have been taught to work hard for things I want and not expect anything. Everyone around me would tell me if I did something arrogant or I got too big for my boots.”
Sofia Vergara has talked about her lack of domesticity in interviews before, explaining that when she grew up in Colombia, even middle class families could afford multiple domestic servants, like maids and cooks. I suspect Freida’s upbringing is like that – she didn’t come from enormous wealth, but her family was part of the educated middle class and she probably grew up with many domestic servants in her household. That explains why she thinks learning how to cook is a “waste of time.” But I do like that she eats carbs and proudly says so.
Photos courtesy of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia.
If this had been Gwyneth Paltrow saying this, people would be posting “I’m sorry that as a working single mom who has two jobs and is barely making ends meet I cannot hire a professional chef.”
You are absolutely right! If Gwyneth is pretentious, then so is Freida! Obviously, they both grew up with silver spoons in their mouths and can’t bother to see or care how most people live…
Right, but GP is American. Many of my expat friends have multiple household servants because that’s just how it is in many countries. And many of my friends who’ve moved here from abroad really have struggled with not being able to afford a nanny, housekeeper, cook and gardener since that’s what they’re used to even at a very middle class salary.
really?? what are those wonderful countries?
They vary, but mainly Mexico, Brazil, Bangladesh, Afghanistan
The last summer I went on vacation in the south of Italy there were women from the Philippines to pay 60 euros per week in order to attend to the household and among people ages. amazing.
and I speak to you not even my country of origin Morocco and downright people have servants who work just exchange the house and meal and when we told them that this is slavery they look at you like you were crazy
The Philippines is like that too–everyone has servants.
She’s such a beautiful woman.
@nora
In Italy nobody ever had servants in the last fifty years, excluding politicians, celebs, aristocracy and mafia bosses. Given that you were in the south, I shudder at the thought of who you met :/
ETA hope you meant 600 euros per week, because 60 euros per week is slavery…..
“everyone has servants” and servants also have another servants?)) or half of population has servants, and another one IS servants? confused)
Not sure why it matters if Paltrow is American or not. I might be confused by your comment, so forgive me, but are you saying Americans should not have help but those who are used to it from other countries should have it based on how they lived previously elsewhere. I am truly confused.
Thailand too esp if you are expat oh yeah and a driver/butler
@Eliza – It matters because for most Americans, household help is not the norm. So if GP were saying cooking was a bore, because she’s American, most (other Americans) would feel she were being pretentious, as personal chefs are probably the most rare household help in the States.
The difference is that Pinto, having been born and raised in a culture where help is the norm, might see nothing pretentious at all in her statement since her culture when it comes to household help is completely different.
Sadly slave wages, and even working conditions, are not that uncommon in some quarters.
true, Im middle class Venezuelan, growing up we always had live in maids and nannies and it wasn’t like a special thing or anything (even our soaps mimic this family structure) , shoot even my mom who grew up dirt poor had ladies that lived in and helped growing up, is sort of a system or a mentality of like “someone is lower than you in the totem pole” that a lot of Latinos have… In exchange these girls usually get paid and also schooling which maybe they wouldn’t normally have, I only realized it wasn’t the norm when i came to the States but hand to got I even know tons of Latin Families that also brought “their girls with them” as outlandish as it sounds to bring a non familiar member to a brand new country to start over … like Idevenk how do they secure their immigration status (cause i know for a fact a few girls I’ve met here that not only did not have proper immigration paperwork done but in fact qualified under amnesty for human trafficking!!?
Well, GP might be American, but she grew up with servants, also…so that is the norm for her as well. You shouldn’t make excuses for ones upbringing and ignore the others upbringing. Obviously, they were both used to being waited on, and putting someone down because they are American, has become the norm and I, for one, am sick of it! (And I don’t even like GP)
In Colombia there are 6 social stratum. They are designated by where you live. The higher your level the more you pay in home and utilities. I would say if you are 3 and up you have help. If you are 4 and higher you probably have at least on live in “muchacha” that is a maid/nanny/cook. I have even seen a maid cut my cousin’s toenails after enough pestering.
My aunts and cousins in Colombia are all very well off so they have loads of servants. They visit the U.S. constantly, and are always very sympathetic about how hard we have it here. They are shocked that their cousins, the doctor and the lawyer, don’t have live in servants. They don’t know how we manage, lol.
@Hiddles
Not true at all. I have many friends in Italy and visit them every year and they all have at least a cleaner if not a cook as well. They do pay about 200 euros per week. Those who insist on doing it “properly” pay about 350 euros per week of which the servant pays whatever taxes they have to pay while my friend is declared an employer. 60 euros in the South of Italy sounds very probable to me. Most of these women are from the South European countries, there are a few from the ex-Soviet Union too.
Yes, but Freida is from India, where pretty much every family has a maid/someone who helps with the cooking.
True. I had an American friend who went to live in India for a few years and I remember that it was a cultural pressure for her to have house help. Basically, even though they weren’t sure they needed it, it was expected of them. To not hire one was looked down upon, as to not hire one means you are depriving someone of a job and that is selfish.
GP is from Hollywood! I’m pretty sure the circles she grew up in, servants were the norm, too! I still say they are BOTH pretentious!
I think Freida is also coming from the perspective of a single girl. And for a single person cooking usually is a waste of not just time but money – you can eat cr@p on the go much cheaper and more efficiently than if you go to the store to get all proper ingredients and then spend an hour preparing a meal.
Gwennie preaches lifestyle for families, that’s different.
I was just going to say that I am single and I think cooking is a bit of waste of time if you are doing it just for yourself. I love cooking but I usually make fancy meals when I am seeing my family or have people visiting. Otherwise I just live on salads, pastas, bread and canned soup. She has money (I do not know how much however, it seems that she does not get much roles. But maybe she has endorsment deals) so it makes sense to her to eat out and have a cook in India.
Yes and no. I’m single and I cook for myself all the time. It is cheaper than eating out, and much healthier too. I had to learn to scale back my recipes and store leftovers properly, and that part is still kind of a pain, but it’s not difficult.
Not to say I don’t eat out sometimes, not having dishes to do is awfully nice, but most of my food I cook myself. Nothing I make takes an hour, that’s waaaay too long! But it’s possible to make proper food from good ingredients if you just plan ahead.
Yes, I’m single and it’s definitely more of a challenge. I do it to save calories and money, but it’s not very efficient unless I’m willing to use a slow cooker and eat the same meal several times during the week or spend time freezing portions. And when I cook for others, I generally end up feeling used, as they rarely reciprocate.
I’m also curious how many boy stars know how to and choose to cook, because I’ve met a lot of non-famous men in their 30s and 40s who don’t. Would we be slamming a famous man if he admitted to living on fast food?
I have a family and I also consider it a waste of time. I cook whenever I feel like and in the mood or having guests for whom I wish to cook something special. No one is obliged to like to cook!
I’m single, cook for myself daily and I’ve learned to measure the quantities of everything so well, that I don’t need to freeze or storage anything, ever…. except of course the soup (always homemade, could never eat can soup… )
Speaking of which.. gotta think about lunch .. grilled salmon with cream sauce and shrimps.. sounds nice… see you..
@Hiddles forever
I was just about to say the same.
Never heard of anybody paying that little for a week of hard work in Italy, and I shudder too at the thought of the person Nora met. By the way I know many people in Italy with a maid. Not servant though, maids.
My husband is originally from Italy and one of his cousins fiancee has a Filipino who cared for an elderly person and she told us that pluparts other Philipins doing the same work she and they are paid 60 euros per week but it is mostly person ages who have domestic as in families or I’m alles there Vait I want does not specify qil is the south of Italy is poorer than the north
Sorry not to have answered I have lost my connection
@ nora
Still 60 euro per weeks sounds really unfair, i’d call it slavery. Even if food and accomodation is provided. I live in Florence and for that price you pay 6 hours of work.
@paola in the south of Portugal, there’s slavery as well as in many european countries.. real, pure slavery.. People just think slavery is something from the past, and it’s not, 21 million slaves in 2014… around the world… and those don’t get paid, they get food, water and nasty rooms….
Last year, some portuguese emigrants in Brussels were rescued by the police.. they were being captive in houses and forced to work in construction sites….
It’s sad to see that the world hasn’t changed….
I believe that they get paid 60 euros a week, definitely…
Yeah, and the “I eat carbs” would be branded a lie. “Oh sure you do.” 😉
I love to cook when, but there are times when I’d rather leave it to someone else when I don’t have time, or I don’t feel like grocery shopping or doing dishes. But cooking is far from a waste of time for most people if they like to eat, have a family, and can’t afford help or to eat out all the time. I consider it a true labour of love when someone cooks for me.
I know working middle-class people who don’t like to cook and instead order in every night. I don’t think it’s overly pretentious. Plus, these people (celebrities) can afford things the rest of us can’t. Why do we expect them to live like us and then villainize them when they talk about their luxurious lifestyles? Personally, I WANT to read about how Freida has a personal chef. Isn’t that why we are obsessed with celebrity? So we can fantasize about living in the lap of luxury as well?
Also: It’s different from goop because she expects the peasants to live like she does and says “here, buy this $200 t-shirt.” Freida isn’t recommending her lifestyle to the rest of us.
She definitely gives off a pretentious air…
Frieda is extremely wealthy. She is probably really just too busy to bother with cooking. In addition to being an actress, she makes a lot of money in real estate, the stock market and other investments. I don’t think she’s pretentious, just that she’s rather spend her time doing other things.
Some people might consider her shoe collecting a ‘waste of time’ lol. Not me, though. I love shoes. Everyone has different ideas of fun.
Man, I was just thinking about this as I was making dinner last night. I have so much going on with work that cooking feels like a huge waste of my scant time. It kills me to have to take 30 min to an hour out of my day to make something that will ultimately wind up as poo. 😉 Not to mention, I’m currently trying to decide whether to have kids but the idea of cooking for a family every day gives me serious anxiety. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go send my mom some spontaneous Gratitude Flowers.
The easy way around that is to accept you’re not going to be cooking every day. Cereal is an acceptable dinner, HA.
Yep! And toast. Any bread products. Add some cheese, fruit and veg and you have a complete meal. 😉
Lol. I hear you on worrying about feeding a family. I used to enjoy cooking but once I had kids the joy pretty much evaporated and on most days sadly I see it as drudgery. If you want them to eat healthy it does take work, not just cooking but planning, shopping, prep and clean up. Some days I have found myself wishing I’d never have to look at or chop another vegetable again. On the flip side, I feel lucky to have kids who eat a variety of healthy stuff with zero complaints.
I used to really struggle with this, too. Not the actual act of cooking, but the deciding what to make every day. Now that my kids are a little older, we sit down once a month and make a menu. They’re involved so there are no complaints and I don’t have to make the decisions, lol! It’s great!
I don’t have kids and I do this for myself! I write up two week’s worth of dinners. Usually I can predict a really busy day and work and I’ll just plan to get take-out that day and not feel guilty. Like, “oh, I should have cooked something!” Nope. Then my shopping list is obvious and I simply make things on the appropriate day. I’m also a big fan of making a giant pot of something, like soup, and incorporating it into multiple meals. It is indeed wonderful having a pre-planned menu!
Sure. She has a massive shoe collection she thinks is ‘art’ and cooking is a waste of time. Totally not pretentious or entitled sounding at all.
I don’t think she’s pretentious at all. I find cooking to be drudgery, partly because it’s something that has to be done most days of the week. There’s no escaping it. It’s the shopping, the prep work, the clean up afterwards…..(which my husband does). If I could afford to have someone cook my meals for me there would be no hesitation.
Yeah, and I love cooking. It’s an excellent mid brain activity for me and can be meditative. I’m one of those people who tries to find the zen in what modern society calls ‘mundane’ activity, I guess. I consider all work important, particularly human skills. If it sucks for you though, you could try just doing a bunch of stuff on Sunday for the week to free up some time — or switch places with your husband and make him do the cooking.
Cooking a bunch of stuff on Sundays is the way to go for me! I’ve tried very hard to enjoy cooking, but I’ve accepted that I’m never going to find the pleasure in it that others have. Different people are inspired by different tasks, and my meditative exercise is gardening. Oddly, I cook a lot more now that I’ve accepted that I don’t like it and that it’s always going to be just a chore…but if I were in Freida’s place with plenty of money and access to healthy options when eating out, I probably wouldn’t do much of it, either.
She said she loves carbs, not sure how often she actually eats them!
Exactly! I love carbs, too….but I try like heck not to eat them very often!
I think carbs get a bad rap. If I avoid eating too much of the white stuff and get some exercise, I don’t find them a problem. Sweets, on the other hand…And cheese. Salad dressing. Anything fried. Carbs got nothing on them. 😉
I’m constantly getting her and Rachel Roy mixed up. She’s gorgeous though.
Golly I got pinto confused with the us top chef host (Padma?) .. thought the comment about cooking was weird 🙂
LOL!
The photo of her in the black top and silver buttons is very Padma.
That photo is breathtaking!!! and I was thinking more of Salma.
Even very wealthy people rarely have “servants” here. Maybe someone who comes and cleans once a week, but an actual servant? No. It’s considered very dated and wrong.
I can’t imagine someone having servants and describing themselves as middle class.
Me neither, if you have people who serve you, you are not middle class. At least it is like that in most of Europe.
I think we’re from the same country, Croatia, right?
Maybe the lack of servants here is due to communism?
As far as I know, I have not seen anyone belonging to middle classes in Europe who has servants in their household….
Maybe it is common in south american countries or India :/
It is very common in South Asia.
But not just middle classes. I have never seen anyone have live-in servants. Or full time cooks. Not even millionaires.
My uncle who lives in India has a live in servant. They never call her servant, they consider her part of the family. She has free housing and meals and gets a salary. It’s quite normal for the upper/middle upper class.
Not only South Asia. It is common throughout many parts of Asia. I’m from
Singapore and I have a domestic helper at home. she helps out with the cooking and cleaning. I have never learned to cook as a result. The middle/upper class in Indonesia and India also employ multiple domestic helpers as well as chauffeurs etc. definitely not an uncommon thing in Asia.
Maybe I’m a traitor to my gender, but I don’t get the shoe thing. Yes, I like cute shoes, but I’d much rather have something comfortable, and frankly, I’d be fine just going without shoes, period. Must I turn in my girl card now?
Nope 🙂 you’re not a traitor to your gender, I spend a lot more on clothes than I do on shoes, I’ve probably bought ten pairs of shoes in the last two years to be honest. I think if you have a few solid shoe choices, you’re good to go 🙂 I don’t know why I would have hundreds of shoes, it’s mind-boggling to me.
@Sighs, then I also have to do that… I love tennis shoes… so confy… and why have shoes one never wears?? Jee.. if I’m going to buy shoes, I’m going to wear them.. oh the consumism in our society..
@Dani2.. don’t buy many shoes or tennis shoes or boots also.. what’s the point… basics that go along with everything and that’s it…
Oh oh oh. I loathe cooking. I am actually a good cook but I hate cleaning up after. I am also dieting, so when I diet I don’t enjoy cooking nearly as much.
I guess the diet part is nothing more than a mental thing I do to convince myself I hate it. Being from deep south Louisiana in cajun country essentially means good food is par for the course.
She wears a sleeveless top on the mag cover and the mag is for Saudi Arabia? Do they allow that? Isn’t women showing skin a big no in that region?
Arabia is the broad term for the region, Saudi Arabia is a specific country. For example, America is not the same as North or South America.
The magazine is probably aimed at the UAE, Oman, and other such nations.
She’s missing out. Cooking is just another form of creativity and art, not to mention an exploration in science. But to each, his own. I think having a stockpile of shoes is a big waste and bad for the environment.
I do, however, like the photo-shoot and concur about the Uncle Terry-thing. The interview is boring, but at least she didn’t delve into feminism, etc.
See my husband thinks of it like that, whereas I’m just glad when I don’t burn something. I’d much rather do something else.
I feel that way now, but I definitely felt like her when I was younger. I hated cooking. The waiting, the shopping for it, the anxiety about it turning out wrong, and most importantly – the clean-up! Honestly, as much as I like it more now, if I was wealthy, I would always order out.
I definitely enjoy having stuff made where there isn’t any work or clean-up, but the better you get at cooking, the more disappointing take-out becomes, unless it is from an exceptional restaurant.
That is true! That’s why I would do it if I were wealthy, because then I would order from the best restaurants! LOL.
“the better you get at cooking, the more disappointing take-out becomes,”
So true!
I used to hate leftovers as a kid. Now, I love them because it is high quality food that I cook once, then get to enjoy 2 or 3 times. Leftovers are so time saving! My bf and I will usually do one big un-processed meat item (whole chicken, pork shoulder, brine a giant turkey breast, etc) and have it with roasted vegetables. Then on the 2nd day, we can quickly throw the remainign roasted chicken into a whole new dish (salad, tacos, BBQ sandwich, torta, pasta, etc.) . Cooking big on Sunday allows me to be super lazy on Monday and Tuesday.
@ tiffany, i love transforming leftovers too! i loathe wasting food. so now i plan ahead. and ITA about big sunday dinners and lazy mondays 😉
See I’m an excellent cook. Not bragging, there’s something in my family genes where we can all turn out kitchen wizardry if we feel like it – even the men who never had to handle food prep until later in life. But I hate it with a passion and couldn’t imagine seeing it the way you do. The whole thing just annoys the hell out of me, the planning, the prep, the actual cooking part and then clean up… ugh. It doesn’t help that I have a large, uber fit husband for whom food is a huge portion of his day and we both have to plan around it. Being forced to think about it so much just makes it soooo much worse. He’s away until September and I’m wallowing in doing just enough cooking to make work lunches and protein shakes for dinner. It’s bliss lol.
I lived in Honduras for 8 months after I graduated high school. I stayed with a middle-class family and they had a maid/cook and a driver. It was fantastic.
I don’t mind cooking but the cleanup is what kills me. I hate cleaning anything so I would love to have a maid.
I hate cooking and cleaning. I always say those are two of the biggest wastes of my life. If I could afford a maid and a chef I would! Then I would have more time to play with the kids, more time to read, to do whatever I wanted.
Crockpot meals are my friend. Trying to cook for a family of four (babe is only 5 months and not on solids) is a lot different. I used to live off of canned soup. Now I have to prepare healthy meals- grocery shopping with two of the kids, bringing it all home, putting it away (all this about twice a month), meal prep, cooking, clean up. If it’s new the kids don’t want to eat it. They say to keep offering which I do, but it’s frustrating when they just want to beg for cheese.
Anyway, sometimes I have to mentally smack myself because I see it as such a hassle but really I’m so freaking lucky to have food readily available.
ISA!!! You’re doing just fine! Don’t be so hard on yourself! You got this
My understanding (from my indian in laws) is that in india, its considered selfish or poor form not to employ household help if you have the means to do so. It provides jobs, spreads money around. So anyway, its culturally different than the u.s.
I think the art shoe collection is pretentious, but i expect rich actresses to be pretentious.
I can’t stand cooking either! Can’t afford constant takeout or eating out (and really can’t afford a household cook), though.
+1. Love baking though, always have. But to me cooking isn’t a ‘waste of time’ it’s a necessity, especially with a family. Take out and dining out can be quite costly, and honestly home cooking is better. I know what’s going in the dishes I prepare, and that everything is fresh.
Must be nice to have servants, I wasn’t aware it was such a common thing in other countries. It would be nice to have someone else clean, cook, do the laundry, marketing etc. Middle class in America really doesn’t allow for that expense though.
I grew up in a middle class family in El Salvador with my parents and 3 siblings, we had a house maid that did all the chores around the house and the cleaning too, and a nanny who took care of us. Is very common to have help and I think it’s a great way to help people find an income source when they don’t have enough education for other kind of jobs, what sucks is when they have to leave either because they don’t want to work anymore or they found a better job, because they become part of your family.
What is considered middle class in El Salvador?
I may be wrong, but the way I see it, the fact that in India it is so normal to have servants has something to do with the caste system that existed for hundreds and hundreds of years, when each caste was ‘allotted’ certain jobs and positions. The lower castes were never allowed to progress. It was abolished, but I heard from Indians that it is still perpetuated. I would also dare to say that it is likely that the caste system contributed to the poverty in India, directly or indirectly.
I hate cooking. If I didn’t have kids, I would never do it. Ever. I look at recipes on Pinterest and think how great those look, but have no desire to make them myself. I could eat sandwiches and soup out of a can for every meal and never blink. I also come from a long line of terrible cooks, so maybe it’s genetic! Lol.
She’s still young! When I was in my 20’s-30’s I could eat anything and not gain weight. AND I rarely cooked. I ordered out or ate out a lot.
She is beyond gorgeous. She should be the face of the brand- those clothes actually work on her.
Totally agree with her on shoes and cooking!
I love to cook..now..I used to hate it. I spend lots of time in the kitchen, it’s my favorite room in the house. A glass of wine, music, or a small tv in there makes it not seem like much of a chore. Cleaning up after sucks though, and food shopping, I wish I had someone to do that part for me.
I love to cook with a glass of wine and some latin jazz playing.
I grew up in Colombia and we had live in maids, nannies and a driver, it does sound a bit crazy when you hear about it but there is the norm, I never learned to cook, and I’m extremely lazy about it, I Don’t like it at all, and I also agree that is a waste of time and very time consuming, it sounds very snobby to hear someone say that but because you grew up in that culture with that mind set it’s all very normal to me, so I understand where she is coming from, sometimes I wish I could be one of those girls who know how to cook and actually enjoys doing it, but every time I try I fail miserably.
She is so beautiful!
I get that the servants issue complicates things, but it sounds like she just eats out all the time when she’s in LA. People have been making comparisons to Gwyneth, but I’m curious how people would react if a man said the same thing. I mean, do we seriously think that Tom Hiddleston knows how to cook?
What are you implying? Tom Hiddleston is a magical unicorn and can do anything! ANYTHING!!!!!
P.S. I love me some Hiddles, but I’m just being silly here. 😉
P.P.S. To be serious, he does strike me as the type of guy who can cook.
P.P.P.S. You make a good point about men and our expectations of them. Why should Frida be asked about cooking? She’s an actress, not a chef.
I know! Hiddles CAN cook. MARSHMALLOWS! LOLLIPOPS! CANDY FLOSS! PINK BUBBLE GUM! OVERFLOWINGLY STICKY TOFFEE DESSERTS!
He’s the perfect dessert chef, hahaha 😀
I love cooking, but I don’ t think her comments are that big of a deal. I also don’t think that the fact that she doesn’t cook means that she has to have “servants”. She could just get premade/take out/dine out food. People just have different priorities.
I prioritize eating homemade food, but I think if working out was a bigger priority for me, I would be getting a lot more pre-made food so I could spend more time in the gym.
Indian- born and raised and I can’t stand Freida. no talent and everyone praises her beauty and exotic and she’s so average looking and not at all beautiful, personality or looks- so over her. just came here to post to say PLEASE let’s not give her time lol i know that sounds mean but i’d really rather watch paint dry.
the slumdog name has brought her pretty far…let’s not let it bring her further.
What a surprise, an Indian who doesn’t like Freida Pinto ::eye roll::
Had she been a few shades lighter you would just luuuv her though wouldn’t you. One look at your stars over in India tells me that’s true.
Why not support another dusky beauty? She represents the majority of you guys when it comes to looks so why shoot yourselves in the foot? Boggles my mind.
I think Sofia Vegara made a disparaging comment in an interview about how some women she grew up with are now “boring housewives” or something like that. I can’t stand women who criticize other women, especially women who are domestic and cook, clean, sew, knit, garden, scrapbook, etc. Many women, (married, unmarried, kids or without kids), do all of these things and enjoy doing them.
I used to have a friend who got married to a man who earned good money, and she basically hired someone to do all her cleaning, gardening, etc and they dined out at fine restaurants all the time because she didn’t “have time to cook”. She knew I was very good at baking and would ask me to bake stuff for her like brownies, cakes, pies, etc…..so once in a while, I would. But when I heard her make arrogant, disrespectful comments about women who cook, I decided I wasn’t going to bake stuff for her anymore.
So she doesn’t like cooking, loves shoes and remembers when she first wore chanel
The headline “Frieda Pinto Thinks…” followed by anything is flagrant false advertising
Pretentious? No. I don’t think she’s pretending to be something she’s not.
Spoiled and arrogant? YES.
I just grew up with a mom, who was a stay-at-home mom, who cooked all of our meals. We had zero help in our house. I hated cooking when I got out of school and rarely ever did until I had to learn in my 30s. I cooked a few things in my 20s and if I tried for my boyfriend it usually was a fiasco. He would just drink to get through watching me destroy the kitchen. You don’t have to have grown up with help in the house to not like to cook.
Wow, she’s so interesting that I’m trying to choose what is worst, the questions or her answers.
Sorry, folks. She absolutely sounds like an idiot. And if by pretentious you mean “out of touch” and full of pretense – you would be correct. Shoe collection? Check! Luuvs carbs? Check!
Dumb questions were asked as well, but she is particularly charmless. Beautiful, yes – but a totally uninteresting individual.
Which is why she is a mediocre actress. She should just model. Then she won’t have to do interviews.