Say What? Alec Baldwin on Skinny Minnies in Hollywood

October 26, 2009

"Women today are so skinny. If I did a love scene with them, I would crush them. If I did a love scene with Renee, I would kill her."

— 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin on why he's glad he doesn't get cast as the love interest in movies anymore. Baldwin was hosting Elle magazine's annual Women in Hollywood dinner and awards show and made these remarks after the famously svelte Zellweger was honored.

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starbucks 3 years 29 weeks

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starbucks 3 years 29 weeks

Thank you, hiding! Everytime someone is labeled as too skinny on here, someone comes up with the obesity thing. Just because you're saying Renee is too skinny doesn't mean you don't know what a healthy weight looks like. All these actresses pay way too much attention on exercise and diet. It's not healthy to be so focused on that. I am very healthy and I still got a little meat on my bones. Super skinny does not equal healthy.Oh, and Renee is not naturally skinny! Someone who manages to gain weight as fast as she did for the Bridget Jones movies obviously has to pay close attention to her diet.

starbucks 3 years 29 weeks

Thank you, hiding! Everytime someone is labeled as too skinny on here, someone comes up with the obesity thing. Just because you're saying Renee is too skinny doesn't mean you don't know what a healthy weight looks like. All these actresses pay way too much attention on exercise and diet. It's not healthy to be so focused on that. I am very healthy and I still got a little meat on my bones. Super skinny does not equal healthy. Oh, and Renee is not naturally skinny! Someone who manages to gain weight as fast as she did for the Bridget Jones movies obviously has to pay close attention to her diet.

Kimpossible 3 years 29 weeks

I agree with spacekatgal. Most of the women in Hollywood I think look great. Sure there are the exceptions on both sides of the scale - some that could stand to add a few lbs and some that could stand to lose a few lbs. But as a rule I think the majority of them look great.

simplyfab87 3 years 29 weeks

I agree with Alec! If you think Renee looks healthy then IMO there is something wrong with your eyes. There is a difference between a healthy skinny weight (which a lot of actresses are) and the scary skinny (like Renee and Teri Hatcher). I especially hate it when the scary skinny ones try to claim that they are naturally that way, such BS.

3 years 29 weeks

PS Sorry for any typos it's 2 am here. Um at the posters who are saying people too obese blah blah... UM I don't think anyone is PROMOTING obesity... When I have children I am certain going to try to raise them to be fit and active and make good food choices. What the topic here is about is not promoting ED's or obesity because let's face it those are horrid things (having had an ED myself) but promoting HEALTH and again, let's face it, Hollywood Starlets aren't exactly the poster childs for HEALTH. So many are on freaking Adderall and such or even drugs just to be thin. Talk about exercise? Okay. So many starlets are just exercising away like CRAZY which is another form of ED that idk the name of. Anywho I think if you are NATURALLY skinny, more power to you. But let's not be kidding ourselves, its RARE that people are naturally skinny and oh, they just all happen to be actors? My Butt!

3 years 29 weeks

Men. Like. Meat. More Cushin' for the Pushin'. You know what I mean ;) If I godforbig lose weight as I do when I'm stressed, my husband complains that my "bones" are poking him lmao. Maybe I'm just lucky but from my experience guys don't want bones. Let's just put it this way... There's a saying in my culture that sums up my thoughts on this topic: "Ni pas nece kosti" = "Not even a dog wants bones" (Get it!?) hehehe I thought it was pretty cool... I get the cultural discrepancy of Give a Dog a Bone but I think ya'll get it.

mix tape 3 years 29 weeks

I think that most men prefer women that aren't boney and with a bit of curves. Not obese and not anorexic, just healthy.

3 years 29 weeks

Really, Jessica Alba? Have you seen her lately? She looks like a stick again. IMO, she looked her best after her pregnancy when she was glowing and had curves, before she went and lost every ounce of fat off her body.

snarkypants 3 years 29 weeks

there are a lot of too skinny starlets out there. but i really don't think that many of them are TOO skinny. the only ones that come to mind right now are LiLo and all the ladies on Desperate Housewives. there are def more, i just can't think of them at the moment.i don't think renee is TOO skinny. but i do find her disgusting for other reasons.

snarkypants 3 years 29 weeks

there are a lot of too skinny starlets out there. but i really don't think that many of them are TOO skinny. the only ones that come to mind right now are LiLo and all the ladies on Desperate Housewives. there are def more, i just can't think of them at the moment. i don't think renee is TOO skinny. but i do find her disgusting for other reasons.

3 years 29 weeks

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe Alec prefers women with some meat on their bones." He was married to Kim Basinger.

Pistil 3 years 29 weeks

Can we stop referring to skinny and fat people as though some sort of grotesque alien lifeforms? I'm sick of these skinny vs fat debates.

Hiding55 3 years 29 weeks

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe Alec prefers women with some meat on their bones. When did people become only skinny or obese? There is such a thing as average last time I checked. There are far more average people out there than obese or skinny.

Hiding55 3 years 29 weeks

3 years 29 weeks

There are plenty of healthy women in Hollywood being called out on being "too skinny" and the reason for that is because in this country, we don't know what a healthy weight looks like because everyone is fat. And I don't think women feel validated when a man says he doesn't like skinny chicks because I think it's generally known that men like their women with curves. If a girl wants to be thin, it's not to impress a guy because she knows they don't care that much. Insulting thin women and putting overweight ones on pedestals. Great priorities we have.

CaterpillarGirl 3 years 29 weeks

I dont think these women have an eating disorder, I do however think they have issues exercise and body image.

PeachyKeen19 3 years 29 weeks

Another thing, I don't want or need to hear a man validate a women (even if he is kidding) in this way.Besides, a guy could say he isn't into "skinny chicks" but maybe he wants a specific body shape (hourglass, apple, pear) and curvy types or whatever. That isn't good...that isn't any better. He could still be making another women feel bad about herself for not being like Kim Kardashian or something. And many men thinking the opposite of one thing can affect what is depicted in magazines and the media and you just end up swapping one image for the other. It's not better or effective way to deal with anything. As country we need to live in a more balanced way, eat better and exercise and accept all different body shapes. As long as your healthy it's should matter if your very think or slightly curvy as long as you meet other health markers and we lower obesity rates.:)

PeachyKeen19 3 years 29 weeks

Another thing, I don't want or need to hear a man validate a women (even if he is kidding) in this way. Besides, a guy could say he isn't into "skinny chicks" but maybe he wants a specific body shape (hourglass, apple, pear) and curvy types or whatever. That isn't good...that isn't any better. He could still be making another women feel bad about herself for not being like Kim Kardashian or something. And many men thinking the opposite of one thing can affect what is depicted in magazines and the media and you just end up swapping one image for the other. It's not better or effective way to deal with anything. As country we need to live in a more balanced way, eat better and exercise and accept all different body shapes. As long as your healthy it's should matter if your very think or slightly curvy as long as you meet other health markers and we lower obesity rates. :)

PeachyKeen19 3 years 29 weeks

I agree sourcherry!

PeachyKeen19 3 years 29 weeks

I agree sourcherry!

PeachyKeen19 3 years 29 weeks

Oh, and on Renee Zellweger. I don't know if she has a problem or not, she is a hardcore runner. Let's say for sure she doesn't. Comparing her to Jerry Maguire days is not the best or most effective way to judge. It's possible that since then she has become MORE fit, not more sick.

PeachyKeen19 3 years 29 weeks

ali321 3 years 29 weeks

I was watching Beeltejuice last night and thinking the same thing dannysf. lol.While Renee doesn't look so skinny in that picture to be too thin, it is refreshing to hear a guy say that skinny isn't always attractive.

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