Sean Connery has finally been nighted. Some say it’s overdue others don’t see much point in nighting somebody simply for being an actor. But who am I to judge either way.
What I’m here to judge is his wife’s looks. Yeashh! What a fright. You’d think a guy that looks as good as he does at age 69 would manage to have some 20 something hotty on his arm… and maybe one on each arm to boot.
I guess it’s all the drop dead gorgeous paramours in the bond flicks that really had me expecting to see him with some distinguished middle aged woman who still exhuded sexuality. Instead it was that dried up old hag.
All I can hope at this point is that they have an open marriage - for Sean’s sake, you understand.
It’s “KNIGHTED”. And no, I don’t understand. To Sean Connery your mother might appear as a ‘dried up old hag’, but you probably love her anyway although she had at least one serious lapse of judgement when she failed to flush herself out sufficiently when you were conceived, and another when she realized what she had spawned and failed drop you over a cliff. YOU aren’t here to judge anything. Leave other people’s lives and loves to them.
Sir Laurence Olivier . . . Sur Arthur Conan Doyle (author, admittely). What’s wrong with (Thomas) Sean Connery being knight?
As for his wife’s appearance, at the risk of sounding brash this is just your opinion. Some people are of the opinion that my mother is no prize to look at, but what originally attracted my father to her was how she looked. He probably sees things in her you don’t.
Let’s also remember, thinking of the disussion going on in GD, that physical appearance can be overrated and subjective.
Hey, did you ever see Sean on a less than perfect day? Man, I caught him on an interview show (PBS?) years ago, poor Sean was having a really bad hair day! I know what you mean though, about his image in the Bond Movies, and even in Entrapment, he looks like a stud!
The man’s wife aught to be his concern, and if she is not as young as his co-stars it probably says more about his character, i.e. he has love and respect for the woman,and possibly some history with her.
It is interesting though, that we come to expect certain things from celeberties, and a younger (more attractive?) mate is one of those things. I wonder how many of the Hollywood bigs have divorsed and re-married (or dating) to have a ‘trophy’ SO.
I think it is great to see a successful older actor with his ‘original’ wife. It means he didn’t let hollywood get to him. He still loves her even though she has aged. I hate seeing 60something men with silicone enhanced 20 year olds.
May I venture to say that respectful treatment of women, including not dumping his wife for a trophy nymphette just because she aged like everyone else, is perhaps part of the reason that he got dubbed in the first place? If nothing else, remember that the person who made the decision to knight him is also an aging woman.
Yes, the man still pretty much exudes… Well, let’s just say that I wouldn’t mind looking like that when I’m his age. Certainly, he could have a trophy wife, if he wanted one. I think the fact that he could have one, and still doesn’t, makes him all the cooler.
The Queen has to take the formal decision to knight somebody (or to award a peerage, a privy counsellorship or a range of lesser honours like OBEs and MBEs), but she inevitably does so on the advice of the PM, via the Downing Street Honours Unit which John Major set up.
Most of the nominations come from the Prime Minister and some are by convention in the gift of the leaders of the other political parties. Some people are nominated by members of the public (the host of school dinner ladies and the like who pick up MBEs each year) and some honours are in the gift of the Queen herself.
In short, it’s impossible to tell for sure whether the decision to knight Sir Sean came from the PM or HMtQ, but my money’s on Blair.
FWIW, I think that this knighthood and Michael Caine’s are long overdue. I believe it was Connery’s vociferous support for the Scottish Nationalist Party that prevented him from getting a knighthood earlier.
Take it easy there folks - no need for a lynching. Jeez - talk about over-reacting.
I didn’t say the guy was an idiot for staying with his wife of many years. In fact, I too think it’s admirable.
However, not a single one of you has argued the fact that given his fame, sex symbol status and on camera persona (the only one we really get to see), his wife’s appearance is a far cry from expectation.
Oh and by the way, <sarcasm> You really have to admire a guy who openly admits that it’s okay to strike a woman during an argument if she gets out of line. Yup, he’s a role model alright - for sticking with a marriage where his wife puts up with that kind of treatment</sarcasm>.
Chronos wrote:
I wouldn’t mind looking like that when I’m his age.
Me either. But seeing as how I don’t look anywhere near as good now, I doubt the chances are great that I will improve that much over the next 30 years!
Actually, it showed the queen actually doing the knighting with the sword. So, you could say that she knighted Sir Sean. Or, if the PM signed the paperwork on it (I haven’t the foggiest) then you might say he did it.
Also, this is, I believe, his second marriage. He married in 1975, but has a son from a prior marriage.
Personally, I like him, although if he ever struck me for disagreeing with him in an argument, I’d have to hurt him.
Say it isn’t so! Not Sean. I have always thought of him as such a gentleman, just shows how little we know about our heroes, media or no media.
Come to think of it, he did have to hit a few females as Bond, but he never, ever snudged their makeup.
I’m affraid so. Several years ago I saw him interviewd by Barbara Walters (I believe) and he droped that bomb right on prime time TV. 'Erd it with me own ears, I did.
If memory serves it was along the lines of (and I paraphrase) “Well, you know how a woman can really get under a man’s skin in an argument. Sometimes you just want to hit her to smarten her up. But only with an open hand. Never with a fist.”
<sarcasm> Wellll Sean, only with the open hand. Of course that’s an entirely different story. You’re a true gentleman. </sarcasm>
I had the impression at the time that he was just baiting Barbara Walters, who was being even more obnoxious than usual. I wasn’t paying much attention (I was repairing the TV at the time), and it was a long time ago, so I’m not at all sure. The only words I remember distinctly were: “Never a closhed fisht, mind you. An open-handed shlap.”
I would very much prefer to believe that he was just being sarcastic, as I’ve always rather admired him.