| I think my mom is obsessed with J-Lo’s ass. From time to time our phone conversations have taken disturbing turns, analysing Miss Lopez and her various booty escapades. I can’t really remember them in any detail – I just wake up in the shower, rocking to and fro, gently weeping as the water washes the memory away.
Or maybe it’s Britney Spears and her go-go gadget boobs. Or someone’s lip injections, face lift, brow lift or "Cher" – now also known as the "Demi Moore." I think celebrity obsession has shifted from what the rich and famous are wearing to what they are lifting.
Have you ever wondered why Mary Tyler Moore is always smiling, or why Al Pacino’s eyebrows moved north? Have you ever looked at one of those red carpet photos and felt a simmering of unease you couldn’t quite place, but you knew something was terribly wrong?
Apparently, my mom’s not alone in her quest for the truth about celebrity plastic surgery – there’s a whole site devoted to the cause at awfulplasticsurgery.com. A gallery of before-and-after pictures shows the stars in various stages of facial sculpting, from the beginning to the hardly recognizable end. There’s Mickey Rourke and his new chin, Lara Flynn Boyle and her trout pout, Ben Affleck and his hair plugs and the always popular Lil Kim and her canyon boob job.
There is also a spot reserved for good celebrity surgeries, like Madonna’s slimmer nose and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s improved jaw line. But for the most part, you’ll find scathing commentary on the evil that celebrities do. |
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