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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But if JLo has “cheated” by having had work done - then why can’t every rich celebrity look as great as she does??

Madonna must have more money/success & compared to JLo, Madonna has aged horribly.
She used to be such a beautiful woman &gt; now sadly she looks like a common ol’ granny.

Similar women in JLo’s age range do not look like they are still in their prime.
Mariah Carey looks bloated, Gwen Stefani looks very plastic + Renee Zellweger looks like a completely different person these days.[/quote]

Why for fu@ks sake is how she looks such an enormous focus here? Yes, she's beautiful. And rich...she also has a troubled, chaotic relationship history and has been divorced three times. She recently suffered a devastating break up. She is all of these things. They are all a part of her....looking beautiful has its limitations. It does not prevent pain or loss or aging, not matter how much it is fetishized here. It does not make life a cakewalk nor does it make her an exceptional person internally.  Signed, A therapist who has worked with "beautiful people". [/quote]

I think these are two separate conversations. I don’t believe anyone is suggesting that beautiful people don’t have difficulty in relationships. The pool of men may be larger for as a result. Her fame also puts her in a fishbowl so my guess is the pool of men isn’t all that large. Fame is not enviable. IMO[/quote]

Good point, I think there are a cluster of hard core fans here who do seem preoccupied with her beauty as nearly "other wordly" or as a defense against what they see as unfair attack on her personally.  So I was probably responding to the drumbeat on here about her physical appearance. The pool of men may be low but many beautiful people ultimately find long term love, even if they have earlier divorces. Because they do the internal work.  The suggestion that they are hotter than everyone seems irrelevant and small consolation when what a person wants is committed, long term monogamy and they cannot find it. But that narrative is unacceptable for her pr team, it always has to be spun as if she is deeply powerful, rich, etc. And has it all....as if the public buys all that. She's been in the media for decades and will still say ridiculous things like really only one marriage was real. It reminds me of Tina Fey teasing Kirstie Alley when she was very overweight but said she was 140 pounds. Fey's response: "she knows we can see her right?"[/quote]

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