# Olivia Wilde has a freakishly large head **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526 "2009-12-16T20:47:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/1 "2009-12-16T20:47:41Z")
Proof [here](http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xr/84250488.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=3&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA548213E70026C7AEA296CE7B01AC33A181AD903D38DE8F721B54E9C89C783688B46) and [here](http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xr/84255458.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=3&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA5484B0C6F82D28BF58127551046DBACF89F22BCC75138C84191A75240FE73ABC5F8) and [here](http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xr/84258279.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=3&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA5481A78FA31D45D5F7131994C40A1E8F3FA895D9ABC56B893ADA75240FE73ABC5F8). I don’t know who she is or anything, but her picture leaped out of Parade magazine and grabbed me by the throat, so I had to share. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/2 "2009-12-16T21:10:11Z")
None of your links seem to work. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/3 "2009-12-16T22:08:39Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > I don’t know who she is or anything She is an actress, most well known for playing “Thirteen” on the TV show “House”. Before that she was on “The O.C.” As for the large head, it’s probably related to this: [http://www.theonion.com/content/video/bratz\_dolls\_may\_give\_young\_girls](http://www.theonion.com/content/video/bratz_dolls_may_give_young_girls) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/4 "2009-12-16T22:19:04Z")
[Here’s](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=%22olivia%20wilde%22&sa=N&tab=wi) a link to a Google Image Search of her and she looks fine to me. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/5 "2009-12-16T23:21:41Z")
I thought you said Oscar, don’t mind me… ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/6 "2009-12-16T23:50:15Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:2, topic:521526”] None of your links seem to work. [/QUOTE] Concur. ---
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/7 "2009-12-17T00:20:53Z")
In two of the pictures at the ends of your links that didn’t work, she had her hair pulled back; perhaps that gave the illusion that her head was a little larger than normal. [… a moment later] Actually, I just did some searching on Google, and I concur. Her head does seem a little on the large side. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/8 "2009-12-17T00:37:30Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society, where we conduct all discussions about the body parts of the stars. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/9 "2009-12-17T00:46:44Z")
Rats. I spent half an hour looking for the pic. I couldn’t find it on Parade’s site, but I did on [Getty Images](http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&assetType=image&family=editorial&phrase=olivia%20wilde#24): third row, second pic (#84250488). ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/10 "2009-12-17T00:48:43Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > She is an actress, most well known for playing “Thirteen” on the TV show “House”. Before that she was on “The O.C.” > > As for the large head, it’s probably related to this: > [http://www.theonion.com/content/video/bratz\_dolls\_may\_give\_young\_girls](http://www.theonion.com/content/video/bratz_dolls_may_give_young_girls) > > 😛 Is that like Seven of Nine in Star Trek? ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/11 "2009-12-17T01:28:46Z")
It’s called “The Lollipop Syndrome”: [http://www.heatworld.com/BigBrother/2008/01/Oh-no-Twins-latest-victims-of-lollipop-syndrome/](http://www.heatworld.com/BigBrother/2008/01/Oh-no-Twins-latest-victims-of-lollipop-syndrome/) ---
**Author:** ![akrako1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@akrako1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akrako1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/12 "2009-12-17T23:21:36Z")
> [@kapri](#): > > It’s called “The Lollipop Syndrome”: [http://www.heatworld.com/BigBrother/2008/01/Oh-no-Twins-latest-victims-of-lollipop-syndrome/](http://www.heatworld.com/BigBrother/2008/01/Oh-no-Twins-latest-victims-of-lollipop-syndrome/) Agreed. It’s typically the easiest way to tell if someone is too skinny - their head starts to look too big! see: the Olson twins for an [example](http://www.beyondhollywood.com/stillsx/2007/06/olsen-twins-a-tale-of-two-sisters-horror-movie-remake.jpg)… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/13 "2009-12-17T23:47:34Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I thought you said Oscar, don’t mind me… “The only thing worse than having a freakishly large head, is _not_ having a freakishly large head.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/14 "2009-12-18T01:31:28Z")
All good-looking celebrities look freakish in person. Michael Douglas has a HUGE head. There was a moment in **Get Shorty** when John Travolta and Rene Russo were seen silhouetted against a bright background; the back of his head is missing, and she seems to have acromegaly. The hotties on **Buffy the Vampire Slayer** are painfully thin in person, except for Amber Benson who looks awesome, but comes off a little chunky on the small screen. Olivia Wilde has a big head? Okay. It made her a star. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/15 "2009-12-18T03:37:36Z")
I bet **Oslo Ostragoth** is a bad breaker-upper. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/16 "2009-12-18T07:40:29Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I bet **Oslo Ostragoth** is a bad breaker-upper. Umm, what? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/17 "2009-12-18T07:45:07Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > “The only thing worse than having a freakishly large head, is _not_ having a freakishly large head.” Or maybe she has a portrait of herself in the attic where her head is freakishly small. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/18 "2009-12-18T07:48:58Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Umm, what? It’s a \*Seinfeld \*reference, I think. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/19 "2009-12-18T14:10:27Z")
Like Sputnik. Spherical but quite pointy in parts. ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526/20 "2009-12-18T15:24:11Z")
Her head (and the rest of her) is beautiful. Now here [http://3putt.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/pat\_sajak.jpg](http://3putt.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/pat_sajak.jpg) is a BIG head! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-wilde-has-a-freakishly-large-head/521526.md?page=2)