Fatphobic
Fatphobic: (Noun) The fear of becoming overweight, or other individuals who are overweight.Gwyneth Paltrow only has one fat friend, but if you ask her that's still one fat friend too many. Anyway, the friend some guy named Mario Batali who is supposedly fat, but Gwyneth is trying to get him to see the error of his fat ways.
OVER the years, Mario "Fanta Pants" Batali's weight has ballooned along with his ego. It's gotten so bad, insiders said, that his pal Gwyneth Paltrow gave him a free membership to the pricey gym that she and her fitness friend Tracy Anderson are opening in TriBeCa this summer, saving him the $4,500 membership fee and monthly bills. An insider said, "Mario is the only fat friend she has, and wants him to change." A rep for Paltrow didn't return e-mails. (Source)
What an asshole. I mean, sometimes you hear this stuff about Gwyneth Paltrow and you think, she can't really be this big of an asshole, can she? It's just not physically possible. If she's just a giant, gaping asshole, why hasn't she literally swallowed up the universe like a big black asshole* by now? It's these kinds of things I ponder while reading my Popular Science magazines.
* Editor's note: Hello, new readers, who have just surfed in from google!
I'm posting these pictures of her again from the Valentino: The Last Emperor premiere, because just look at this dress. No really, JUST LOOK AT IT:
What a jackass.
Hey, sorry, I know this isn't strictly relevant to your post, but thanks so much for choosing a quote on this that mentions the "Fanta Pants" thing.
Every time I think I already love Gordon Ramsay as much as possible, he goes and pulls something like that.
Your reminder has brightened my day.
He's a chef. Whenever I visit home, he seems to be a ubiquitous presence on the Food Network. He's a guy with the long red hair, and he's always wearing Crocs (fine if you're in the kitchen, not amongst the public, though). I think Ramsay and Bourdain teemed up and decided that he's the only chef they're allowed to not despise. And that's a big deal, considering that George Ramsay thinks you should be thankful when the restaurant catches on fire in the middle of your meal, and you're forced to evacuate.
If we're calling a spade a spade, then, yes, Batali's quite large. If you're calling her out though, the name-dropping of a famous is far more insufferable than the weight issue. I think some years he did a show where he traveled through Spain. I was watching some of it with one of my sisters last Christmas, and then she showed up out of nowhere, and I left the room. It's stupid, the effect this woman has on me. Irrational, seething hatred. Has she cooked a fucking thing in her life? Why the FUCK was she there? See? It's a sickness, I have to move on.
You know, people are hating on Gwyneth and implying that she gave him a free gym membership because she wants him to change, but how do you know the man doesn't ALREADY go to a gym? How do you know he wouldn't want a gym membership? because he is fat? Newsflash: there are fat people who work out! Is he the ONLY person she gave a free membership to? If not, then y'all need to STFU.
I saw that Mario Batali Spain show on one of the PBS digital stations, and she was insufferable. She made me not want to watch a show about eating and drinking in Spain, which should be considered blasphemy.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. worst. shoes. ever.
So, am I the only person who watches "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and hopes that she will be killed next? Am I the only one who wishes "A Perfect Murder" had been a LOT shorter? If you know what I mean? And I think that you do.
Funny take on the gym membership. More likely, she gave several friends a membership, but only the fat guy's is singled out as a pity/hatred case. *eyeroll*
Personally, if a friend gave me that, I'd be "woohoo!" - 'cause that's a lot of money, but I bet they've got excellent trainers - unlike my last gym where the fatties like me were ignored in favor of the thin hotties. HELLO! I need help more than them! Never used a gym before! Hello?
*is ignored*
While Gwyneth does seem like an arsehole in general, I'm not really seeing it in this case. Am I seriously the only one who'd be stoked to get free membership to some swanky NY gym? She didn't even say she "wants him to change", an "insider" did. And I think we all know that an insider could be anyone from a valet who parked her car a week ago to some girl in a yoga studio bathroom that she borrowed a tampon from.
Anyway, I've never heard of this Mario character but he sounds like a tool so I just thank god Australia doesn't have PBS.