Okay, so for the past few years, it's been obvious that something is clearly up with with Renée Zellweger's face. (As seen on The View this morning, Tracy Ullman does an entire bit about this in her upcoming Showtime special State Of The Union.) At first, a common theory was that Renee was succumbing to the pressures put on women in Hollywood and had a bunch of shit injected into her mug, but during this interview from last night's The Insider, she was slurring her words and being really weird. [Maybe she's just upset about Anthony Minghella? -Ed.] Then, when I saw interviewer Steven Cojocaru, I was reminded that his face grew puffy because of kidney problems. Perhaps Renée's face is like that because she's been drinking or popping stuff that would give her kidney or liver probs of her own?
What, If Anything, Is Renée Zellweger On?
6:00 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Slut Machine
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Okay, so for the past few years, it's been obvious that something is clearly up with with Renée Zellweger's face. (As seen on The View this morning, Tracy Ullman does an entire bit about this in her upcoming Showtime special 

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I have ALWAYS hated Cojo, but I'm not allowed to say it anymore since he's ill.
Whoops.
My mom has called her "boo-boo" face ever since Jerry Maguire.
She was giving off a botox vibe before, but now I am not sure what the hell is going on!
George and Renee are gong to be in Duluth soon, and I am seriously considering heading up there to check them out in person. I just don't think I could elbow my way through all the sobbing throngs of St Scholastica students.
She's a good actress, in a way. And she's not unfortunate looking. At least we don't see her ladybits splashed across the tabloids, and she seems fairly down to earth. I do wish she'd nix that squinty thing she has going though.
She seems fine to me. I loved the little eyebrow raise when he asked about Clooney.
Honestly, she talks better than me after a glass of wine and a Xanax. More power to her. I think she's sweet.
I have to say, she looks way more normal when animated (ie. when you can see her face moving). In stills she looks super weird and awful, but in this clip I could kind of see why people cast her in movies.
Is that too mean? I mean, you guys just said she looks weird yourselves, didn't you? Okay, take out weird and insert puffy (and take out awful and put in... "interesting"). Don't axe me.
i thought the squinty thing was because she was half saami?
I think she's going to the same derm as Nicole. They both have that shiny, shiny skin.
I LOVED Tracy Ullman imitation of her on the View!!
Also her face looks much like mine the very few times I have attempted to have anal, just painful and rather intrusive and concentrating damned hard to relax.
@Archetype: I've always liked her, too. She strikes me as being witty, classy, and put together. I can't snark about her.
I'm going to lay off Renee as well -- the only part that sounded really slurred to me was the last line. Plus, I believe she has a journalism degree and I know I've seen an international news segment with her speaking very intelligently on either CNN or MSNBC....
@nodoubt9203 (Stalk Me I'm Icelandic): What's saami mean?
She didn't seem that peculiar there.
She strikes me as someone who is very smart, very sensitive and very, very neurotic. She and Nicole Kidman are very much of a pair.
Thank you...that made my day. I got to see George. *sighs and wipes drool*
@ArmCandy: OK, I didn't make it up, but I only found a short clip of a long story:
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I've heard that bulimia can cause someone's face to swell...this could be totally false so don't kill me!
@ArmCandy: Out of curiousity, I checked IMBD. She graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in English - that makes me like her even more.
She's always seemed a little sloshed to me, which is way cool. Mebbe she's just likes her morning coffee a little Irish?
@brendastarlet: I once had a facial and she convinced me to let her wax all the hair off of my face. My skin looked like a Barbie. Never again!
I'm all for boys growing their hair long if they fancy it, but Cojo has lady hair now. I'm thinking he grew it longer maybe because he's self-conscious about the effect of the meds on face? Completely understandable, but it looks totes weird.
maybe she has hep c. wouldn't be so funny then WOULD IT?
@JessicaLovejoy: Backstairsly: well, maybe to you.
@petuniacat: indigenous people of northern Europe (Sweden, Norway, Finland and the russian Kola Peninsula)
@ArmCandy: That's from Iconoclasts on Sundance. Great show - two people of notoriety for whatever reason/celebs hang out and loosely interview each other. Good stuff.
She looks puffy, but she always does, that's just her face. And that's fine because she's beautiful in her own way and an amazing actress. I really hope she's not getting botoxed/becoming bulimic/taking drugs because I want to keep liking her. Nicole Kidman, on the other hand, totally freaks me out.
I sat next to her a few days ago, and her face looks perfectly normal and fine, and no sign of botox! She is very skinny though, so maybe in pictures her face just looks bloated in comparison. Re: the clip: what slurring??
I didn't notice slurring, and she's always had a funny, pouty, scrunched-up face. If she's got a problem, I would guess she's light-headed from hunger.
Meh, Renee's face has always looked like that, remember Empire Records? It's just her face, yes it's a bit weird and unusual, but would she still be a big Hollywood actress without her unusual face and facial quirks? She's not actually that good at "acting"...
I like Renee and I didn't hear no slurrin'
Back off!
Hey guys, why so mean? Maybe she's just tired (when I'm really tired, I slur and my eyes cross). Maybe she's sick. Lupus, for instance, can damage your kidneys, and is treated with steroids, which can cause you to become wiry in the body, bloated in the face. Her hair also looks a little worse for wear, which is another symptom. And if she's sick,she may be afraid that publicizing it might hurt her chances of getting work.
I feel like she went a little crazy after having to gain and lose weight for those Bridget Jones movies. I think her body/mind never recovered from the shock. But having said that I think that's just her face/expression plus a little bit of botox.
who's the chick in drag doing the interview?
I have wondered why she make those faces. But then again, she kinda does going wayyyyy back to Empire Records.
"How may I service you today?"
Is she half Sami? I had never heard that but it would make sense. The Sami people are indigenous to Norway and have their own language, culture, etc. I think they are related to the Laps or they are one and the same....
I want to like her, really I do! But I can't.
Her voice is one I find grating in the extreme. And there's something a little bit control freakish about how she can't let Cojo get a word in without constant silly prattle (from Renee). She has always seemed rather manic to me, and this clip doesn't change my opinion.
@pinkerton241: they're the same they can be divided into different ways; language, borders, history.
Even time I look at Renee Zellweger, I'm all "Who farted?"
I heard she doesn't sleep...stays up all night and buys stuff off of QVC. She's also known as a big drinker.
Maybe hangover + no sleep = slurry in the morning.
Her face has always been like that... you've seen Empire Records, right?
I feel like she's crossing into Tara Reid territory here, but irregardless, who says you shouldn't show up wasted for an interview? I don't blame her.
I'd put my money on Vicodin or Percoset. She has the look of somebody who's usually wound up who's been knocked into a relaxed state by drugs.
Or, barring those drugs, whatever the hell Paula is on.
@NameGoesHere: That's what I am sayin'.
@cinemaddict: Irregardless is not a word. God, I'm a nerd.
She seems nice enough - I think the minor slurring is no big deal. She might have been puttin' it on a little for effect. Looks like Leatherheads could be a good flick. Although I'm not a Renee fan, I'd see it for George, no worries.
@The HZA: "Shock me, shock me, shock me with that deviant behavior!" I love that movie for her and Liv Tyler (and their delightful 90's style) and for the hot mess that was Rex Manning.
And as for this interview...I think she's cute and she sounds fun. Not super drunk or anything - and she sounds fairly witty. And to whomever said that she had a degree in English - I agree, that's like, 50 bonus points in her favor.
@redrover189: "I don't have to explain my art you, warren."
I love Empire. It's an all time favorite. Since this wasnt on the original soundtrack, you might just want this song: [www.mediafire.com]
Yeah, that's right "Say No More."
By Jack White, about (allegedly) Renee:
"Well, everybody's reaction is changing you
But their love is only a fraction of what I can give to you"
Herein lies the difference between Nicole and Renee, according to my friend in the biz: Nicole is a high-maintenance, nervous woman. Renee is very much the little Texas girl who thinks it's a hoot that she gets to play dress up and pose. And she's an absolute sweetheart. (And, when late for her part of the Oscar telecast, she hiked her formal dress above her knees and ran across the backstage area, giggling all the way.)
@eggplantparm: But it is an awesome Mean Girls reference . . .
@tiffcat:
My mom always says it looks like her contact lenses don't fit right.
The True Hollywood Story I recently saw about her raised my level of appreciation and interest in her acting abilities.
Wow I just did a quick search, and apparently her mom is Norwegian, of Sami origin. So that's kind of awesome, and makes me like Renee a whole lot more because I always thought the squint was an affectation.
Hmm, Renee's going to star along side Viggo Mortensen in a flick directed by the mighty Ed Harris, so I will see her on screen for only the second time ever. The first time was White Oleander and Michelle Pfeiffer dazzled me so completely I had trouble connecting to the other characters. Then again MF could recite white bread recipes and I'd swoon.
If Renee arrived at my door with a case of money and chanted key lime pie recipes, I might take note.
My face looks like that, but I'm addicted to painkillers.