<![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy! - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy! - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Oh Helen, you are so amazing! Lindsay Lohan will never begin to know how to understand this. Unfortunately, what ever chances she may have had to be in a list of talented actresses like Helen have all but vanished! No matter how many covers she is on or how many times you have to watch "Mean Girls" to remind yourself of what could have been. It's not about if she can make a come back, it's about not ever being able to even be near the vicinity of being compared to such a great talent. I really do not forsee the future having Lindsay Lohan as one of the great actresses of our times. Helen is a force to be reckoned with. We can all learn from her words. It;s not about what's on the outside dodo's.

ilovehermakeup

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> This is reason number 13,479 why Helen Mirren is awesome! I particularly love how she's Childfree by Choice and is really, really happy about it!

Anointynointy

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> A celebrity who actually has something interesting and non-narcissistic to say! It almost makes me want to pay money for a celebrity magazine. But then, why bother when Jezebel gives me the best parts for free. I now promise not to say anything rude about actors (and the only time they are worth listening to...) for two whole months.

oldschoolfeminist

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> She's the epitome of timeless class AND sexiness. WOW!

AGreenEyeDevil

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @land surveyor k: Jealous!

Tiny-Moves

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> The first movie I saw her in was "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover," in which she gets the most visceral revenge on her abusive, violent, horrible husband. I won't spoil it for you, but she came out all kinds of relentless in that scene.

Then I saw her in "Calendar Girls," which was a galaxy away, and made me want to marry Ciaran Hinds and learn not to kill plants (pre-hubs! way pre!)

noseriously

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> I can't wait to not be sexy.

SBJ

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @frumious: Probably not her, as she's married to director Taylor Hackford. He directed her in 'White Nights', a movie I TOTALLY loved as a little girl. I'm still mad Mikal B. left her character behind when he defected. And she suffered for it! *wails 8 year-old tears*

kikichanelconspiracy

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @bigleggedwoman: Very true. Pop culture's rabid obsession with pretty, young, rich soon-to-be-burnouts with little (if any) discernible talent infuriates me.

SoCalGilligan

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @DEARBLONDDIARY: there's a fine line. i get what you're saying. i think ms. mirren's point is that when you get labelled a sex object, your definition begins and ends there. as you mature, you become "the woman that used to be..."a sex object, hot, fillintheblank. why limit your self worth to your attractiveness? is that all that a woman is - she's only as good as her expiration date? if you need any proof of this, just look at the botoxed and implanted women who are celebrities desparately trying to hold on to their young, 'sex object' selves and the millions of women who want to look like them.

rednrowdy

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @land surveyor k: envious. I would like to be in the presence of that dame.

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: Oh dear, food poisoning? Yeesh! Poor guy.

You got me about the whole name thing. No clue.

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> i met her. she's a friend of my mom's coolest woman ever.

land surveyor k

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @DEARBLONDDIARY: I think she's referring to the in-your-face, swing-your-tits-around brand of sexuality that many young starlets have used to get famous. She's undeniably sexy and she seems unafraid to be sexual on her own terms. (See Shadowboxer!) But she refuses to allow her sexuality to overshadow the other characteristics that make her who she is. She carries her sexuality in a very low-key, graceful way. And that makes her even sexier than if she had built her career on t&a model.

PhillyLass

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @Her_royal_Highness: omg, no he died of food poisoning! can you believe it? he was at a restaurant and ate something and plop! dropped dead.
insane.

i never heard of that dude. what kind of name is valentino lanus anyways?

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @DEARBLONDDIARY: I'm pretty sure it comes down to the two groups trying to convince each other they are right, and each group rejecting the other's point of view.

I like Dame Helen's point, because it's right out there and realistic. It kind of mirrors the whole hooker thread -- you get trapped by it and then at some point, it goes away, though in terms of "beauty" a woman can try and fight the ravages of age.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @Cam/ron: But her stripping for the camera does not have to be necessarily tied to objectification.

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @Cam/ron: The '70s were a long time ago.

bifteck-frites

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: Oh yeah I saw that one! Did you know that the main character died not too long ago. Stroke or heart attack I think it was.

There are some new guys that make me squirm. Have you heard of Valentino Lanus? Makes me want to regress to my soap opera days.

[www.telenovely.net]

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> It's interesting that she made such a statement considering that she has had a big reputation for going nude for the camera without fuss since the 70's.

Cam/ron

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> It takes a long time to realize how powerless that power is. I still haven't figured it out - always lusting after prettiness.

AnnieGetYourFun

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @Her_royal_Highness: Ugh, I HATED eduardo capetillo AND fernando colunga.
My loins ached for the hot dudes in Alcanzar una Estrella and that hot dude in that Corazon Salvaje soap. did you see that one? it was setin like the 1600s or something. i dont remember it. ok i just googled it. his name is ariel lopez padilla? anywho, its this guy
[www.venevision.net]

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> I love the fact that she's "still trying to wriggle out from under that label".

She's just too damn sexy.

Snooties

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @NefariousNewt: I think so too, but I do wonder about looks, beauty and sexiness in women. I am just curious, because she obviously takes pleasure in her looks, based on the care she takes of her appearance, and there is nothing wrong with that, but I am curious about the juxtaposition of women yearning to believe they are sexy and beautiful, and beautiful women saying "no no, it is a curse, it entraps you."

Dear Blond Diary

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> .

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: I was a fan of Maria la del Barrio...But then Eduardo Capetillo kinda annoyed me.

I was young when I was introduced to those soap operas...but I must say my hormones were on fire each time I saw Fernando Colunga.

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> A powerless power. I love that.

Archetype

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @Her_royal_Highness: haha. you know, your grandma did really well. really well. the Thalia trilogy is just something everybody should see. of course Maria Mercedes was the best one. god bless her soul.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @Her_royal_Highness: man. Her_royal_highness cannot spell. Please forgive the bad grammar.

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: hahahaha! Yes! I do the same. However I am now all of a sudden having the urge to sing "mari mar aowwwwwwwwwwwww....."

Bless my grandma and her need to educate me about the Latin culture through the Mexican soap operas!

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Helen Mirren is incredible. If only more people had this sort of attitude. Being "sexy" is completely overrated.

HoboQueen

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> "Being a sexual object is mortifying and irritating, yet it's giving you power--an awful power that you've done nothing to deserve, a powerless power."

Bravo. Many a young Hollywood starlet could benefit from this much self-awareness, as would the millions of young girls/women who idolize them in turn.

FireEyedGrrl

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> WOW! What a fabulous quote! I fucking LOVE that she said this and that you guys posted it.

Algren

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @DEARBLONDDIARY: The same I think. I really, truly believe she's as unpretentious as she sounds.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Are there any other latins in here that cant help but sing the theme song from Maria Mercedes every time they see Maria Mercedes' name anywhere on the site? It's both awesome and driving me insane.

ineffable.me

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> i respect her opinion but will still continue to love her for her acting skills and her total slutiness (which is in my head)

PopCultureSavant

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> This post has really made my day. And since it's Friday already, that's really saying something.

Thank you, Maria Mercedes.

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> I've always wanted to be older so I can be fabulous and classy like Helen. Sigh.

Le Kangourou de Kataroo

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> I have to wonder how she would feel if she had never been called sexy...

Dear Blond Diary

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> She definitely has a point about "sexy" - especially the Hollywood, emaciated-with-big-boobs, wearing next to nothing kind of sexy. It is objectifying and cheapening, and it's got nothing on the real thing.

effeteaesthete

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @brendastarlet: Maggie Smith started off as a member of the Bloods in South Central.

Ptarmigan

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> This is especially important to hear in light of all the prostitute talk lately. Poor Kristin a.k.a. Ashley and her like, prostitute or not, will not be able to age nearly as gracefully as Helen Mirren without the skill to go with it. It's tragic.

tell Dolly Parton again

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @brendastarlet: I asked my question before seeing your post. But in any case...its has to do with age (how they were brought up) as well. Look at flipping Jordan (tit model) or Posh. Sure, neither of them HAVE talent...but they like fuss.

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @SoCalGilligan: so relevant, too, to the current fascination our culture has with hoochie-mamas.

bigleggedwoman

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @frumious: Nope that was Diane Keaton. Who also rules.

Helen Mirren is married to Taylor Hackford, who directed Ray. You know, one of those classy Hollywood marriages that some people seem to act like are impossible to pull off.

tell Dolly Parton again

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> thank GOD somebody has said this out loud; that there is a perverse unearned power given to young women by being called a sexual objects. there's an automatic and unspoken 'expiration date' that comes with being called a sexual object and believing it. ms. mirren let it happen naturally and changes the meaning of "sexy" in the process. brava!!!

rednrowdy

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @Her_royal_Highness: Yes, thank you. My fantasy tea party is now complete.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @jenndavo: She was so cute. I love her too because she's not botoxed/face lifted within an inch of her life.

DorothyZbornak

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @cate3710: oh yes...and dont forget Julie Andrews. Is it significant that all these classy women are British? Just a thought?

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> and with that, she just got sexier. She can't win.

Dear Blond Diary

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @jenndavo: well, she's English, and they abhor a fuss being made. She, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith are who I want to be when I grow up.

brendastarlet

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Helen, you are my idol.

I am in total, complete agreement - especially in light of how much emphasis is placed on "sexiness" in the US (and, increasingly, everywhere else). I'm thinking now of 12-year old girls in Juicy Couture-type sweatpants with 'sexy' blazing across the butt as if it was a self-imposed brand. If that's empowering, I'd be glad to go and hide in a dark cave for the next several centuries (and be decidedly un-sexy).

PS On a random tangent, the new Glamour magazine cover tells us that there are beauty products that will "change your life." If my life can be changed by a new moisturizer, I'll go hide in my cave as well. With dry skin. And pimples. And flat, lifeless hair.

thenotwho

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @cate3710: Oh! Oh! And Dame Maggie Smith!

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @jenndavo: Yeah, but you know inside she's pumped. She would just never admit it. You can't fake that kind of humility. She is definitely the real deal.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> I so want her to adopt me as a niece and teach me her ways of coolness.

Flackette reminds everyone to Vote!

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> I love her more every time I hear her speak/read such interviews. So awesome. Don't you wish there was some kind of Hollywood mentoring program? Some young starlets need to hear this stuff (naming no names...)

dancingteacups

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @brendastarlet: But she's cool enough to be embarrassed when people fuss about her hotness. Remember when Will Ferell and Jack Black did that little song about her at the Oscars? The cameras kept cutting to her face and she looked mortified.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @EdnasEdibles: Indeed. Classy with a "k"

Ptarmigan

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> She should give a class on the difference between confidence and sexiness. The young starlets could learn so much from her.

pantycrickets

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> LOVE.

TeenageGangDeb

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Helen Mirren, you rock. I want to be like you and Dame Judi when I get older.

cate3710

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Well, when she puts it like that, I say "FUCK SEXY!" No, seriously. If I can tell my Aspirations to Sexy to "fuck off," then maybe I can put this irrational fear of aging to rest. I'm 29 (30 in June) and freaking out about it. And it's soooo stupid...

Iconocleft

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @jenndavo: Oh, I'm going to go besmirch her character on that post right now just to spite you!

But, in all seriousness, I don't think it's a bad thing to be sexy. It's bad when you let it define you.

Lady Skittlehattington

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> "an awful power that you've done nothing to deserve, a powerless power. I think some young women fall in love with that power, and it's really objectifying."

I now love her more than ever for that astute observation.

SoCalGilligan

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Is she the one who, when asked why she'd never been married, replied, "No one ever asked"?

It was some hot "older person," but I'm not sure if it was her. At any rate, she is gorgeous and even the younger guys want her.

frumious

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @EdnasEdibles: Exactly. Her class is what makes her sexy. Note to Lindsay: leggings are not classy.

punkrockgirl

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> I love Helen Mirren because she said she doesn't wear pants, because they make her look fat. So she doesn't wear them. Unlike everyone else today who is in a race to wear the most unflattering item possible....leggings....bubble dresses...dressy bermuda shorts...skinny/ highwaisted jeans ...10 layers of tunic sweaters. It just seems like common sense.

suburbanstoner-corporateslave

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Me thinks she doth protest too much. She knows she's hot. Look at her Oscar dress from last year.
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(And her dress this year was gorgeous, too.)

brendastarlet

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> But her sexual power has nothing to do with nubility - like most sexual power does - the kind that fades. Her sexual power so HUGE because she has the brain to go with the beauty.

sybann

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Helen Mirren is one beautiful woman, but she has never rested on her looks and I can respect that. You don't EARN pretty.

My mom gets More magazine...it isn't a bad read.

Rhody

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> If I can get to be her age and be able to tell people not to call me sexy, I will be the happiest woman alive.

Ditto if I can be as confident, eloquent and generally awesome as she is.

Sassette

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Then it's okay to call her fione? 'Cause I do!

JessicaLovejoy: Is voting for Kodos

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> She is fantastic. Her humility makes her even sexier.

Her_royal_Highness

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Aaannnddd... it's this sort of attitude that makes her even sexier. Your move, Mirren.

tailfeather

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> I want to be like her when I grow up. She's so stunning and classy.

EdnasEdibles

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> @NefariousNewt: Exactly! I find it all the more appealing...makes her even hotter!

NoFrillsLabelWhore

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> close up on awesome dress, please (oh and helen's hot, no matter what she says even with a couple of corgis and a QE2 wig on)

missjwalker

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Oh, Dame Mirren, I love you so. I promise not to besmirch your character in the gross-out contest I'm having with Lady Skittles a few posts away.

jenndavo

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> I agree with what she says but have to digress as she is a siren! That is a hot woman - no sign of it falling away any time soon!

NoFrillsLabelWhore

]]> <![CDATA[Don't Call Hottie Helen Mirren Sexy!]]> Sorry Helen, but you are sexy... if you choose not to trade on that, more power to you.

NefariousNewt

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