Part of my job at KISS is doing something called The Hollywood Dirt. Mike and I spend an inordinate amount of time surfing the web for gossip about celebrities and then reporting on the crazy things they do. The Dirt usually involves some sort of meltdown that leads to a celeb taking time off because her or she is "exhausted". I know I shouldn't take such glee out of the foibles and failings of these poor, poor millionaires, but I do. When they spout off about politics, the environment, or the economy, one has to wonder if when they are signed to a record deal or paid a king's ransom to read lines that someone else has written and showered with acclaim for it, that the filter on their mouths are deactivated. But every once in a while, a celebrity says something that makes me go Awwww!
Such was the case earlier this week when Angelina Jolie, also known as Brad Pitt's significant other, said something that made me love Brad all over again. I had lost that lovin' feeling for Mr. Pitt because it appeared that he had not only given up his man card when he hooked up with the delicious Miss Jolie, but had handed it over to Angie and let her shred it with her perfect hands. I mean really Brad, Angie should have changed her name to Lorena Bobbit for all the damage she did.
But it was Angie who opened my heart to Brad once again when she said that she is lucky enough to be with a man who looks at her body and loves it for the journey that it has gone through.
Que sweet!
In case you live under a rock, Angie has given birth to three children in the space of a little over two years. I don't care if she did descend from Mount Olympus, as is rumored to be the case, that is hell on any woman's body. I assume that being named the most beautiful woman in the history of everything is no shield from feeling a little self conscious about a post-three-babies-in-less-than-three-years body. I could be wrong, of course. Maybe she is perfectly comfortable with her PTBILTTYB. But I think not, otherwise, why would she tell the world that her significant other loves her body for the journey it has gone through? That is the kind of thing someone tells you when your body shows the stress of being PTBILTTYB.
Ok, I can see the ref throwing a flag from here. You guys out there might say that Brad didn't show any change in his man card status, and maybe even threw gas and lit a match on the remains when he said that about Angie, but I beg to differ. Guys, we know that you all fantasize about Victoria's Secret models - who doesn't? A perfect set of um, legs? is always going to turn heads, but a woman who can look fantastic after birthing your babies is a wonder to behold. I mean, take a look in the mirror at your naked beer belly and tell us that's attractive. And the only thing you give birth to is going to end up in the sewer. I'm just sayin'.
There's only one thing more attractive to a woman than a man who appreciates, and I mean appreciates, not just tolerates, the naked body in bed next to him. That's a man who isn't afraid to say it. Now, you don't necessarily have to take out an ad to let the world know that your woman's less than camera ready body still gets you hot - it's probably wise not to publicize the fact that she's not camera ready, no need to open that can of worms - just tell your woman. Or better yet, show her. Don't say anything about her stubbly legs or squishy belly the next time you guys are, well, don't say anything about those things any time.
And we promise not to throw wet towels on you when you're laying in bed and tell you to swim for the open ocean.
