# What's up w/ Renee Zellwegger's eyes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794 "2003-12-24T05:35:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/21 "2003-12-25T00:01:22Z")
**tracer** , I love you and want to have like, a million of your babies. (Excuse me for the Non-Zellweger film quote reference.) Um, anyway, Renee’s cheeks totally do not go with the rest of her appearance. It’s scary that her face only looks normal when she’s gained weight for Bridget Jones, and otherwise she looks like a chipmunk directly following dental surgery. That – in addition to the fact that her elbow is the widest part of her arm at her “normal” weight – might be a clue to her that she’s too stinking thin. But it **is** Hollywood, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![blasphmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@blasphmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasphmer)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/22 "2003-12-25T03:27:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by «Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™ \* > \*\*It looks like she is struggling to drop a big load in her shorts…and for some reason I still find her attractive. \*\* We’re all friends here. If you have a scat fetish [link deleted] it’s OK if you admit it. :rolleyes: But seriously though, I don’t give a :eek: about her eye “problem”. A woman that beautiful (even when she’s thick) could easily make a manslave out of me. I actually love her eyes. I’m quite an eye and ass man. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/23 "2003-12-25T04:17:21Z")
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with her eyes. The thing I find distracting is she seems to have extremely oily skin. Whenever I see her, I always think she needs a tissue to blot the excess oil. ---
**Author:** ![doctordoowop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@doctordoowop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctordoowop)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/24 "2003-12-25T05:35:11Z")
Taking cortisone or derivatives will puff the cheeks, a la Jerry Lewis. Is our dear Renee taking steroids? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/25 "2003-12-25T07:37:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AskNott \* > \*\*She’s reportedly a sharp negotiator. I read she demanded a big bonus to pork up for the Bridget Jones sequel, then she signed a deal with Weight Watchers (or some such) to lose the weight after the show. > > It’s one of those damsel-in-distress, damned if you don’t things. \*\* Ugh… I hope it’s not Weight Watchers. Is it me, or does it seem like no one in Hollywood has learn from Cher’s infomercial mistake? Why am I seeing Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins on “Montel”!? ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/26 "2003-12-25T20:09:55Z")
It is Weight Watchers, and yes, she’s signed quite a hefty deal with them, reputedly WW is going to pay her at least six figures for _every single pound_ she loses after the Bridget Jones shoot is over. Since I’ve already ranted, I won’t expound on my personal opinion of this particular business deal. ---
**Author:** ![freewill39](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d2c977/32.png) [@freewill39](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freewill39)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/27 "2003-12-25T21:12:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TeaElle \* > \*\*It is Weight Watchers, and yes, she’s signed quite a hefty deal with them, reputedly WW is going to pay her at least six figures for _every single pound_ she loses after the Bridget Jones shoot is over. > > Since I’ve already ranted, I won’t expound on my personal opinion of this particular business deal. \*\* Hey, if she can be a shrewd enough business woman to conceive of and execute such a business deal (or at least employ the right people who can, and do), then kudos to her. You’ve got to admit, that’s a pretty clever move. Besides, why not lose 20-25 pounds w/ W.W. for the kind of $$ they are probably paying her? The only difference here is that she’ll be putting on the weight first for an artistic and fiscal endevour. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/28 "2003-12-26T11:13:17Z")
She has naturally almond shaped eyes and fleshy cheeks. Combine that all together and smile----you get squinty eyes. I have the same problem. I have almond shaped eyes (and I have no Asian ancestry), high fleshy cheeks, and my damn eyes disappear when I smile. I look stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/29 "2003-12-27T19:52:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blasphmer \* > **We’re all friends here. If you have a scat fetish [link deleted] it’s OK if you admit it.** Don’t link to porn sites, d’ye mind? – Uke, Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![blasphmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@blasphmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasphmer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/30 "2003-12-28T03:43:23Z")
Oops, sorry fer teh porn link. Figured I’ve seen threads linking to PETA and ELF so PR0N couldn’t be any worse 😃 . Guess with that line I better head over to the pit and await my flames;) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/31 "2003-12-28T07:54:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > Renee Zellweger is 5 feet, 3 inches tall. > In the movie, she weighed between 136 and 138 pounds. > According to all of the handy-dandy online Body Mass Index (BMI) calculators out there, at 138 pounds she’d have a BMI of **24.4**. > > “Overweight” is clinically defined as having a BMI of 25 or more. > > Therefore, Zelly’s weight during _Bridget Jones’ Diary_ was within the normal, non-overweight range for her height. \*\* “Overweight” according to the msmith537 Fatty-fat Fat Chick Detector[sup]TM[/sup] basically consists of having your gut hang over your wasteband elastic or looking like someone stuffed an uncooked ham into your pants. Bear in mind that what you see on the screen may differ from what what you see in real life. IOW, in real life, Ms Zeilweiger probably looks fine at 138 lbs. On the big screen, playing the role of a frumpy middle-aged single English woman, those extra lbs make her look a little chunkicide on the chunky side. I couldn’t tell you what’s up with her face. ---
**Author:** ![kmg365](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@kmg365](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmg365)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/32 "2003-12-28T08:05:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beajerry \* > \*\* She always seems one sandwich short of a picnic. \*\* Perhaps it’s b/c she’s one can short of a six-pack. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/33 "2003-12-28T14:32:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kmg365 \* > \*\*Perhaps it’s b/c she’s one can short of a six-pack. \*\* I’m glad I’m not the only one who catches this. She always seems a little too convincing in those “delusional” roles (Nurse Betty, Chicago). I’m always waiting for the day she shows up with her bra on the outside, wearing a dead cat on her head, smeared lipstick… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/34 "2003-12-29T05:28:47Z")
You know, I was watching a movie todaywith Audrey and Shirley MacLaine from 1961. Shirley and Renee have similar eyes, I found. Don’t you think? I bet the resemblance would be stronger if Shirley didn’t look so depressed. [http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006L92W.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006L92W.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/35 "2003-12-29T06:20:49Z")
Speaking of wierd eyes…what’s going on with [Lucy Liu’s eyes](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/0883-mtv/Events/0883-mtv/liu_lucy.3?path=pgallery&path_key=Liu,%20Lucy) ? It always looks like her right eye is squinting and I swear I am the only one who notices. [Will Ferrell] I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills!![/Will Ferrell] ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/36 "2003-12-29T06:24:42Z")
I’m always reading about Renee Zellweger and her crazy squinty eyes and I’ve even read that she has some medical condition that makes her puffy. I always wondered how she managed to creep over an accepted level of puffiness in the mind of the general public. She looks acceptable and normal to me. Just about every single person I know is weirder looking than she is. And she looked fine in Bridget Jones. When she’s vacuuming in her underwear there’s no fat hanging over! The only time she has fat hanging over in that movie is when she’s wearing the pinchy bunny suit and it was specifically small and shot to make her look like a sausage for comedic effect. Also, 32 isn’t middle aged, it’s just adult. Even by a conservative estimate middle age does not start until over 34 and even that is subject to debate by 36 year olds. Maybe what people should be talking about is how every time you see Nicole Kidman her pony tail is way too tight and her eyebrows look like darts aimed at flanking enemies. ---
**Author:** ![nisosbar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/37 "2003-12-29T14:59:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pokey \* > \*\*Maybe what people should be talking about is how every time you see Nicole Kidman her pony tail is way too tight and her eyebrows look like darts aimed at flanking enemies. \*\* [rant]Oh, I know - she is just NOT attractive. Forehead too high, too much botox, fashion sense from Little House on the Prairie…[/rant] ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/38 "2003-12-29T15:28:33Z")
> [@](#): > > ## quote: > > ## Originally posted by Kalhoun I dunno…I like a girl that’ll pork up for a part. She’s got moxy, that Renee! > > By “pork up”, I assume you mean “gain enough weight to be within the clinically normal weight range fro a woman of her height and build.” Her usual appearance verges on annorexic. (But then, this is Hollywood.) Well, I know _you’d_ probably not believe me, but if you’re thin and of fine bone structure, like her, that would be porky. At 110, I am the porkiest I’ve been since I was 7 months pregnant. If my weight varies by 5 lbs. either way, people notice BIG TIME. It depends on the person. I think she has a great body at her regular weight and she’s cute, but pudgy at her Bridget weight. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/39 "2003-12-29T16:03:48Z")
Yeah, Renee Zellweger has a great body at her “regular” weight. This is, of course, because visible ribs, arms widest at the elbow and a protruding pelvic girdle are the epoch of attractiveness. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794/40 "2003-12-29T17:07:33Z")
I don’t think “epoch” means what you think it means. And I’d like a link to a photo that substantiates your claim. I’ve never seen Renee’s ribs or pelvic girdle (or any of her girdles). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-w-renee-zellweggers-eyes/220794.md?page=3)