Natalie Portman

[Anonymous]

I thought I had read that she broke up someone’s marriage? A vegetarian writer named Jonathan Szafran. And she was so taken with him that she had to start writing to him. Gag.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a huge Portman fan and can see how she comes across as smug. BUT I also have no idea what you are talking about specifically regarding tearing down other women? Can you be more specific?

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Anonymous wrote:I haven't been able to take her since I read that article where she accused an innocent man who had never heard of her of stalking her. He was reading a book on a bench near her house. The police laughed about it and said it happens all the time, she had repeatedly accusing people who have no idea where she lived of stalking her.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Natalie-Portman-s-stalker-fears-Paltrow-s-deal-3303576.php

Do you know how to read? The article says it was her mother who called and no one used the term stalker. Natalie knew nothing about it.

NP but thinking someone is stalking her doesn’t read as smug or conceited to me, it reads as paranoid. Natalie Portman is a famous movie star, not Sue from accounting. She probably has had overzealous fans in the past. Her mom was obviously being paranoid but we don’t know what other scary fan encounters Natalie may have had.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought I had read that she broke up someone’s marriage? A vegetarian writer named Jonathan Szafran. And she was so taken with him that she had to start writing to him. Gag.

That’s not really accurate from what I understand based on this phenomenal Reply All episode: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/94hord

Sounds like he had feelings for her she didn’t reciprocate. She certainly does come across as fairly ridiculous in that episode. I highly recommend it.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought I had read that she broke up someone’s marriage? A vegetarian writer named Jonathan Szafran. And she was so taken with him that she had to start writing to him. Gag.

Not quite -- the actual story is hilarious. Portman and Jonathan Safran Foer became friends a long time ago because she was a fan of his novels, and then she became a vegan because of his non-fiction book on vegetarianism. They wrote these long and hilariously pretentious and self-congratulatory emails to each other for years, and you can read many of them online.

Apparently Safran Foer though this correspondence was evidence that he and Portman were in love, and he told his wife and they split up.

The only problem is that Portman was and is married to ballet dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millipied, and was not in love with Safran Foer and was actually just enjoying what she considered to be stimulating intellectual correspondence.

This anecdote neither makes me like nor dislike Portman (who seems kind of insufferable on a personal level but otherwise inoffensive as a celebrity). It does make me think Jonathan Safran Foer is (1) obsessed with her, and (2) extremely stupid.

This remains one of my favorite celebrity gossip items though, even these years later.

https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12187884/jonathan-safran-foer-natalie-portman-emails

[Anonymous]

Jonathan Safran Foer is insufferable and his books are so over-rated.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought I had read that she broke up someone’s marriage? A vegetarian writer named Jonathan Szafran. And she was so taken with him that she had to start writing to him. Gag.

Not quite -- the actual story is hilarious. Portman and Jonathan Safran Foer became friends a long time ago because she was a fan of his novels, and then she became a vegan because of his non-fiction book on vegetarianism. They wrote these long and hilariously pretentious and self-congratulatory emails to each other for years, and you can read many of them online.

Apparently Safran Foer though this correspondence was evidence that he and Portman were in love, and he told his wife and they split up.

The only problem is that Portman was and is married to ballet dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millipied, and was not in love with Safran Foer and was actually just enjoying what she considered to be stimulating intellectual correspondence.

This anecdote neither makes me like nor dislike Portman (who seems kind of insufferable on a personal level but otherwise inoffensive as a celebrity). It does make me think Jonathan Safran Foer is (1) obsessed with her, and (2) extremely stupid.

This remains one of my favorite celebrity gossip items though, even these years later.

https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12187884/jonathan-safran-foer-natalie-portman-emails

He’s completely insufferable. He left the incredibly beautiful and talented Nicole Krauss due to his infatuation with Portman.

[Anonymous]

You need a hobby badly OP. Surely, you can find something better to do with your time. You sound insecure + jealous to be making up rumors about a Jewish actress.

[Anonymous]

Jonathan S-F's books aren't even as good as those by his ex wife, Nicole Krauss. Her books are amazing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jonathan Safran Foer is insufferable and his books are so over-rated.

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There! Someone finally said it.

[Anonymous]

1) I heard the same rumor about her when I was at MIT, but I figured people probably think that anyway because she's famous and that's why she got into Harvard.
2) I thought she kind of got her comeuppance with that messy baby mamma situation.
3) Haven't seen her in anything since then

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Anonymous wrote:1) I heard the same rumor about her when I was at MIT, but I figured people probably think that anyway because she's famous and that's why she got into Harvard.
2) I thought she kind of got her comeuppance with that messy baby mamma situation.
3) Haven't seen her in anything since then

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I knew a journalist who did a piece on her in the early 2000s. She met in a cafe in London and the journalist said cheekily (female) can I see your hotel room? So Natalie let her in. And there was a table full of fresh fruit and nice, healthy things to eat. The journalist asked if she was having a party and Natalie shrugged and said that she wasn't - it was just how she found her hotel rooms to be when she visited places.

She was down to earth, unaware of her status other than being a genuine artist and intellectual. There was nothing smug about her.

The journalist talked to me at length about how unusual she was, how unaffected by fame yet accustomed to it's trappings.

That's not smug. Not really. Maybe she's said things in the press which have been considered smug, but that's not and never is a reflection of an entire person.

That's my 2 cents, anyway.

Yeah, the two bolded things are kind of at odds with each other. She's smart enough to know that she's getting special treatment...or she's not that smart.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the tension with her is that she seems to want to be seen as a serious actress, but she doesn’t do serious work.

I really don’t think she’s very good. She was good in black swan but that staring intense look seems to be her one note. I hate those perfume ads she does with such a passion that I almost can’t see her in anything else. What would you do for love?

I thought she was terrible in Black Swan. I honestly thought it was supposed to be some sort of camp performance for the first 3/4 until I realized that it was intended to be a serious drama. I've always found her to be a so-so actress (except she was legitimately good in The Professional). But I remain mystified why she got so much phrase for that terrible, hystrionic performance in Black Swan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jonathan Safran Foer is insufferable and his books are so over-rated.

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There! Someone finally said it.

I feel so validated other people agree with me on this. Emperor, clothes.