Celebrities have fat-fighting challenges like everyone else, and the The National Enquirer periodically shows us flab on famous figures. Readers react in several ways. For one thing, it makes us feel better about ourselves to see that celebrity bodies–male and female–are not so perfect after all. At the same time, we think “How dare they get fat!” And if we have compassion, we feel sorry for them, humiliated by unflattering photos. If you think you are stressed by your suddenly sagging gut or butt, imagine the agony movie stars endure with every unwanted new pound of mush.
These two photos show how Keely Shaye Smith and husband Pierce Brosnan no longer have the same body type, although I’m not sure how former Agent 007 Pierce looks these days. Keely is the extreme case featured in the June 22, 2009, Enquirer. Some of the other alleged chubs in that issue look pretty good to me, especially for their age. Among the actressses and models on display are at ages when just about every woman loses her girlish figure: 40, 43, 46, 54, and 62.
photo by Scarletsaarelainen
