There are some bits of celebrity gossip that, once you hear them, it becomes the automatic first thing you think when you hear that person’s name. Doesn’t even matter whether it’s true or not – if you find out later it’s not true, you’d think “Person’s name – x – oh wait, x isn’t true.” (Thus anyone who’s going to say “cite?” – don’t bother. These are things I heard at some point – doesn’t matter where, doesn’t matter when – that are now indelibly connected with the person.)
For me:
Meredith Viera: Doesn’t wear panties.
Goldie Hawn (whose presence in the grotesque eyes thread inspired this thread): doesn’t bathe regularly.
For me, the gerbil character is Jerry Penacoli (sp?), who was a Philly TV reporter at the time – he’s now on Inside Edition or one of those shows, and, yup, “gerbil” is always my first thought with him.
I have heard similar things about Sting, Russell Crowe, Mickey Rourke and Brad Pitt. Whether true or not, that’s how I think of them. Oh, and stinky, too. That would make for Stinky Sting and Stinky Pitt.
I think the whole smelly/doesn’t bathe label has been assigned to a few celebs, because I’ve heard the same about Josh Harnett. He’s welcome to try to dispel that rumour by presenting himself for a hands-on inspection by myself, at his convenience.
Other immediate mental connections:
Sting = hot, epic marathon tantric sex
Richard Gere = That Gerbil Incident
Tom Cruise = gay (possibly)
Madonna = sleeps wrapped up in Saran Wrap
Britney Spears = Cheetos addict
John Travolta = see “Tom Cruise”
Not long ago we watched Tess of the d’Urbervilles which starred Gemma Arterton (pictured here). I was taken by her beauty and looked her up at Wikipedia and IMDB, and found that she had been Polydactylic at birth, (see “Real polydactyls” in the article), but had had it corrected. In spite of that, I paid close attention to her hands in the remaining episodes.
twickster, that’s just one of the many strange rumours “accidentally leaked” by a “friend” of Guy Ritchie when news broke about their divorce, so it’s somewhat recent.
I have no idea what’s true and what’s complete fabrication (or partial exaggeration), and this one’s so strange that I’d normally have totally discounted it if it was anyone else… but Madonna is known for taking some pretty extreme measures to avoid looking her age (strict macrobiotic diet, intensive yoga regimen, plus all the Kabalah woo-woo stuff).
Not to sidetrack things too much – but how much semen would be so much that you’d need to get your stomach pumped? It’s not particularly toxic. (Not toxic at all, AFAIK.)
