# Is this really the Olsen Twins? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229 "2011-04-29T23:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/1 "2011-04-29T23:35:18Z")
I just saw the latest Newsweek and noticed the Olsen Twins on the cover. My God what happened to them? They could give Ann Coulter a run for her money seriously they look 50 years old especially the one on the left. [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkebnym7fU1qzaiz5o1_500.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkebnym7fU1qzaiz5o1_500.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/2 "2011-04-29T23:42:57Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > I just saw the latest Newsweek and noticed the Olsen Twins on the cover. My God what happened to them? They could give Ann Coulter a run for her money seriously they look 50 years old especially the one on the left. > > [Tumblr: Image](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkebnym7fU1qzaiz5o1_500.jpg) I find Ann Coulter attractive, for a woman of her age. Olsen twins, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/3 "2011-04-29T23:44:55Z")
Strangely, I find those two potential billionaires extremely attractive. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/4 "2011-04-29T23:49:51Z")
They look fine to me, they would have to look a lot more horse like to approach ann coulter levels. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/5 "2011-04-29T23:51:56Z")
That is a hideous photo of them. The lighting is harsh and unnatural. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/6 "2011-04-29T23:53:29Z")
They look a lot better there than they have looked. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/7 "2011-04-29T23:53:30Z")
Judging by that cover, I’m more astonished at how quickly Tina Brown has turned Newsweek into People Magazine. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/8 "2011-04-29T23:58:58Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Judging by that cover, I’m more astonished at how quickly Tina Brown has turned Newsweek into People Magazine. Why would that surprise you? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/9 "2011-04-29T23:59:06Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > I just saw the latest Newsweek and noticed the Olsen Twins on the cover. My God what happened to them? They could give Ann Coulter a run for her money seriously they look 50 years old especially the one on the left. > > [Tumblr: Image](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkebnym7fU1qzaiz5o1_500.jpg) 😕 How old are you? They’re not all that attractive to me, but neither of them looks anywhere near 50. They look like perfectly ordinary mid-twenties girls. How old are _they_, anyway? :: googles :: [Ask.com](http://Ask.com) says they’re 24. That looks right. The only thing “wrong” with them is that they’re not mega hot. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/10 "2011-04-30T00:02:58Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Why would that surprise you? I thought there might be a transition period during which they pretended to be a news magazine. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/11 "2011-04-30T00:03:31Z")
You **googled** at [Ask.com](http://Ask.com)? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/12 "2011-04-30T00:06:56Z")
One of them is anorexic. I recall an article saying she checked in for treatment a few years ago. here’s one article [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/22/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main625389.shtml](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/22/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main625389.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/13 "2011-04-30T00:06:57Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > they look 50 years old especially the one on the left. > > [Tumblr: Image](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkebnym7fU1qzaiz5o1_500.jpg) Gotta be a record–six years between “too young to fuck 'em” to “too old to fuck 'em.” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/14 "2011-04-30T00:20:21Z")
Honestly guys. If you were single and had the chance to do both of them… Would you pass it up. 😃 😃😃 I bet there’s a few ladies out there that would do them to. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/15 "2011-04-30T00:29:24Z")
You would think billionaires would have handlers that would not allow such a poor photograph to run. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/16 "2011-04-30T00:45:54Z")
I have to give them credit for their good money management skills. That is all too rare for child stars. However, those young women are not attractive in the least and never have been. I saw them as little troll dolls even when they were babies on Full House. I got into an argument with a person once back then over why they were on TV at all being so strange looking. He said they were beautiful and I strongly disagreed. They aren’t even real identical twins. All is not right in the House of Olsen. I hope they use the money to seek refuge and a happy existence from here. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/17 "2011-04-30T00:53:55Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > I just saw the latest Newsweek and noticed the Olsen Twins on the cover. My God what happened to them? They could give Ann Coulter a run for her money seriously they look 50 years old especially the one on the left. > > [Tumblr: Image](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkebnym7fU1qzaiz5o1_500.jpg) 😕 ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/18 "2011-04-30T01:00:00Z")
I have no proof, but that looks suspiciously like a Terry Richardson photo. Aside from being a total creeper, Richardson is famous for his photography style that involves bright, BRIGHT lights and zero Photoshop. I think the pictures are usually meant to be a bit. . . not necessarily ugly, but not traditionally attractive either. [Terry’s picture of Obama](http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2008/09/terry-richardson-obama-photo-2.jpg) and [another.](http://static3.slamxhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/obama_by_terry_richardson.jpg) [Another Olsen](http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/archives/TerryRichardson.jpg) [Lohan](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/238/515231077_703e3c73f3.jpg) [Gaga](http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Supreme-x-Lady-Gaga-by-Terry-Richardson-05-421x540.jpg) [Kardashian](http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2010/09/terry-richardson-kim-kardashian-london-times-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/19 "2011-04-30T01:18:36Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > However, those young women are not attractive in the least and never have been. [YMMV.](http://bestcelebritypics.com/olsen-twins/Olsen-Twins-34.JPG.php) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229/20 "2011-04-30T01:42:11Z")
I haven’t heard of any child stars worth this much after growing up. Even Gary Coleman who made movies and had the tv show had very little money (he claimed his parents mismanaged it). The Olsen girls must really be skilled business people to parlay their tv millions into a billion. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-the-olsen-twins/580229.md?page=2)