People Are Being All Jerky To Melanie Griffith

10/23/2012 12:00 pm by

Melanie Griffith Childrens Hospital Gala People Are Being All Jerky To Melanie Griffith

Work dat runway, girrrrl.

People are telling Melanie Griffith that she does not look good.  To her face.  In person.  On the internet.  She told Us Weekly that people have taken to Twitter to tell her that she looks horrible.

I realize that public scrutiny comes with all of the $$$$$$$, and maybe I’d be willing to put up with people telling me that I look horrible on a daily basis if I was getting paid. But if a stranger came up to me at the grocery store and was all, “Ew, girl.  You look gross,” I’d probably be in the fetal position in aisle six, slamming York Peppermint Patties and instructing the cashier to just add them to my tab.

People Are Being All Jerky To Melanie Griffith

If you’re getting slammed online, sister, go and brush your shoulders off. – Mel-G

Can’t a celebrity attend a fundraiser and have a nice day trip at the beach without someone scrutinizing how she looks?  LOLOLOLOL hi, Internet! JK!

Does Melanie Griffith have the rock hard body of a Disney movie star ready to transition into her first nudie photo scandal?  Well, no.  But she’s 55 and she’s at the beach, and daaaang, son, why can’t she frolic without strangers getting all Regina George on her?

Melanie Griffith in Bikini People Are Being All Jerky To Melanie Griffith

I’m trying to FROLIC on this beach right now.

55 years old.  This means she’s old enough to be my mom, she was in junior high when Apollo 11 landed on the moon, and old enough to run for President when Gordon Bombay taught his hockey team the Flying V in the first Mighty Ducks movie.

So I mean, come on, Internet.  Think about your best friend from elementary school.  Now think about her mom.  You know, the one that handed you a chilled Yoohoo when you came over and did that whole carpool drop-off thing even though she probably just wanted to smoke cigarettes on her couch and watch General Hospital.

You may not have liked the way she dressed (same applies here, MG, but you work that bikini all day long, homey), but would you have said “Whoa, Mrs. Hutchinson.  You are not aging well.  Like, at all.  Woof.”?

Noooo wayyyyyyyyy.  Because not only is it, like, so mean, adults weren’t scared of kids back then, and you and I would have probably gotten slapped around a little bit.

Get it together, Twitter.  ::slap!::

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  • http://www.sweetney.com Sweetney

    I think, at 55, she looks normal for her age – probably better than most 55 year olds, really. People are just vicious about aging stars – particularly women. (I know, not much of a surprise there…)

    • lisa

      I think she looks awesome for her age.

    • http://twitter.com/shuggilippo Jessi Sanfilippo

      It’s totally not surprising at all is it?! She does look totally normal (dare I say, better than the average 55-year-old woman) for her age too. So nutty.

    • Roo Ciambriello

      I wish more 55 year old women would have the confidence to work a swimsuit on a public beach!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=624894912 Keryn Bruister Page

      I’d say waaaay better than most 55 year olds.

  • Leslie MacDonald

    I don’t konw – I definitely think it’s overly cruel to be making these sorts of comments to her, but I also definitely think she has fallen victim to some bad plastic surgery in the past. That’s always been my issue with her looks. Other than that though, I think she looks great!

    • Roo Ciambriello

      I think you’re probably right on the plastic surgery. Is it weird that I’m not against it for myself?! Like, one day… someday… MAYBE.

  • http://twitter.com/shuggilippo Jessi Sanfilippo

    It’s so interesting to me that people lose all sense of class when they hop in front of the computer screen to take stock and offer an opinion on what they would never dare to do if they were sitting across a table from someone. It’s creepy what that Twitter thing will create in people.

    • Roo Ciambriello

      Right? Same with online video games. Apparently every 12 year old who plays Call of Duty has slept with my mom.

      Uh, not that I play video games. Wait, what were we talking about?

      • http://twitter.com/shuggilippo Jessi Sanfilippo

        Bwaha! That? That was a bit of piddle at this comment. Oh. Yeah.

  • SuzyQuzey

    Rocking a bikini at 55? Go girl! But, she has had some very bad plastic surgery to her face over the years. It actually looks better now that some if it has relaxed.

  • crabby appleseed

    is THAT the actual picture they’re talking about? Because I’ll say it: bitch looks AMAZING. She’s had BABIES and is most likely post-menopausal, which is the special time in a woman’s life when every fat cell within a four mile radius runs like hell to attach itself permanently to our midsection. SHE LOOKS AMAZING.

    goddamn.

    • JiveTurkeyJones

      My thoughts exactly.

      Man, as much as I love the Internet, it sure does make people act a fool.

  • http://twitter.com/MamaDweeb Annie Shultz

    Bravo! *high five* I hope that at 55 I have the confidence to work a bikini like that! And those Twitter-ers can just shut their mouths about her….Since when is it ok for people to forget “if you can’t say something nice” rule? I like that rule.

  • Melanie Nelson

    Great points, Roo. I’m appalled that people believe they have the right to pass judgment on others. Has the collective population looked in the mirror lately? Just a thought.

  • http://twitter.com/MamaKaren Karen

    I’m 41 and don’t look that good in a bikini, so I think the haterz are full of it. Yeah, she’s had some less than fortunate cosmetic surgery in the past, but she seems to now be letting nature take its course and she’s comfortable in the skin she’s in, so more power to her.