Hannah Waddingham is not an almond mom. She’s raising her tween daughter to enjoy food, even (gasp) junk food. [Buzzfeed]
Kylie Jenner isn’t going to any more Knicks games! [JustJared]
Brad Pitt went to a Mercedes car unveiling but not Zahara’s graduation. [LaineyGossip]
The guy who was thrown in jail for posting a meme got a six-figure settlement. Good, but he deserved a lot more money! [Jezebel]
I’m only four episodes into The Other Bennett Sister, I don’t want to know how it ends! I didn’t even know that it’s getting a second season! [Pajiba]
Charles Melton in Cannes! [Socialite Life]
We’re going to see the Loch Ness Monster before we see Aaron Rodgers’ mystery wife, I swear to god. Rodgers also announced that he’s retiring after this coming NFL season. [Hollywood Life]
I’m still in awe of the fact that this Jimmy Stewart biopic was greenlit. [Seriously OMG]
Cannes photocall pics. [RCFA]
Current tweens could not care less about Gerri Halliwell. [OMG Blog]
At least there were reported sightings of Nessie. Brittani lives in Aaron’s computer, I think.
I agree. You can’t spell Britani without AI … 😀
@Indica LMAO!
I have watched every reel about The Other Bennett Sister that has come my way and it looks delightful! I am not subscribed to BritBox, because if I did, I would never get anything done, but expect there will be a way eventually.
The book is really, really good. I am watching the series, too, but the book is more focused on her journey as a person vs. the romance angle. And about the first third of the book is P&P from Mary’s viewpoint, so they launch it in familiar territory. It is a really enjoyable read!
I had never heard the term “almond mom” and I am deeply grateful. As the mom of a teen girl, I do my absolute damnest to not talk about food in any way other than nutrition (ie your body needs protein for fuel and here’s why veggies are good for you and soda is bad, etc) and I really work hard not to be critical of my own body in an effort to set a good example (that one is so hard). Teen girls are going to get so much pressure from the world, they need to have the sense that they are enough and perfect as they are coming from home so that they go out into the world confidently and not be crushed by the anti-women sentiment that they will encounter (from men and other women).
Just wanted to say, I love Hannah Waddingham in Ted Lasso. I love the character she plays, her vulnerability & her ballsiness! I’m somewhat behind & just watching season 2 right now. Looking forward to catching up before the new season arrives!
You’re doing a great job.
Growing up, my mom talked obsessively about her weight and dieting (she was always 5’2″ and 90 lbs), broke down crying in the car once because she thought I was eating too many potato chips but could never understand why I developed an eating disorder. I love my mom–she’s a great person overall–but she STILL does that shit at 80 years old. I’m really happy to hear that moms nowadays understand the damage inflicted by outwardly obsessing over one’s body.
My mom was the opposite – she was overweight the entire time I was growing up and her weight was a constant struggle for her, she was always trying to lose 30 lbs and sometimes she would and then gain it back. When she was young she had been SUPER skinny with tiny bones (even when I was 13 her wedding dress did not fit over my ribs, and I was also really really thin) and never learned proper nutrition or how to eat healthy – she was basically like an alcoholic but with food (she admits this.) so it got into my head in a different way, because I do know better and I know what to eat but pasta is just so good, lol. I was always thin (or relatively thin) and then in the last 4 years I’ve gained about 15-20 lbs that I would like to lose, 30 in a perfect world.
but part of me is like….I eat relatively healthy with pasta and wine and ice cream, and I exercise regularly….does it matter if I’m 180 lbs vs 150?
Weight is such a mindf*ck.
@ Kitten – I had a petite mom too and because I grew taller and bigger than her, she thought I was going to be massive and started depriving me of food when I was 10 years old. I try not to judge anyone’s size as body dysmorphia is a cruel trip to lay on anyone – our relationship to our OWN body is so personal and should not be anyone else’s business.
This sounds like my (step)grandma. Mostly a lovely woman, but she was a former ballerina and was always 5’6″/110lbs, and until the end of her life, announcing it was practically her routine phone greeting. My aunts had similar body types, as do most of my female cousins from her line, and most of them also studied ballet, so that was kind of the norm on that side of the family. I was 4’10″/105lbs, and she couldn’t process that I was nearly the same weight at a much smaller height, but still healthy and even athletic (I was a gymnast until I was 18, and still am an avid skier and ski mountaineer, so it was very necessary muscle). Apparently she used to pester my Russian coach in their mutual native language about whether or not I should be dieting, until he told her off. My Russian sucks, so I had no idea until he told me about that incident, but I was so grateful because she never mentioned my weight again after that.
Now I have to set a positive example for my 13-year-old stepdaughter, but her mother is definitely an almond mom, even after multiple discussions about how it’s no way to raise a daughter. But I guess we’ve done a good job counterprogramming, because my stepdaughter just kinda rolls her eyes at it.
Becks I eat like a bird and workout regularly, and I haven’t seen the south side of 170 in 20 years, since my kids were born. It SUCKS. But I’m healthy and at 44, I’m on zero meds. My mom is a tiny little thing and eats a stick worth of butter every day, sweets, anything she wants. I got my dad’s linebacker genes and there ain’t shit I can do about it.
Charles Melton is absolutely gorgeous and was terrific in a movie with Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman (forgot the name of the film). He models, too. Would love to see him in another film.
That means the world. Even if she doesn’t realize it. It’s a huge deal and I congratulate you for giving her that.
Yeah, Jimmy Stewart was a yt supremacist who made it his second job to make sure Black actors never worked.
Look up what he did to Hal Williams, who was to have a arc on The Jimmy Stewart Show. Yeah.
Alarmjaguar, “almond mom” refers to Bella and Gigi Hadid’s mom (also a model) who advised to chew on an almond for a long time whenever you get hungry.
Tiffany, that sucks about Jimmy Stewart, especially since his best friend, Henry Fonda, was a liberal Democrat. I always thought Fonda was the better actor and now I think he was the better human, too (though not, unfortunately to his kids Jane and Peter). It just goes to show that you can always be surprised by people, both for the good and the bad.
As a mom I let my daughter eat junk food (especially snacks with friends) but I also make her salads (raw veggies ) and whole tasty meals. I love to cook so I know it’s easier for me
I’m waiting for The Other Bennet Sister to end so I can binge it.
No spoilers, please, World!
The trailers + clips look so good + fun + just what the doctor ordered!
People keep making the comparison of Brad Pitt attending the Mercedes event vs Zahara’s graduation like he chose one over the other but…it seems pretty clear he wasn’t invited to the graduation. You can’t just crash those things, and it would have been wrong to show up if she has indicated she doesn’t want him in her life.
It’s definitely not a great situation, but who cares if he goes to a car event?
No spoilers, just the first episodes are a bit harder especially if you have siblings/ parents issues yourself.
It got much better later in the season
Charles be Melton my heart is so damn gorgeous and seems (knock on wood) like a great guy. I never would have thought Reggie would be the break out star of Riverdale