While I am in a bad mood

[deelaundry]

Here is a post in which I criticize the public statements of certain actors.

Lisa Edelstein has complained about fans harassing boyfriends of hers, because the fans want her to be with Hugh Laurie instead. That is a more than fair complaint, and any fans doing that need a life, and probably psychiatric attention.

With that said, she needs to stop egging people on by talking about how do-able she finds Hugh Laurie. The latest is an Ausiello interview in which she "jokes" about showing Hugh herself naked and asking which parts she needs to tone up in case they have a sex scene together (even though, as she says, the parts won't be seen on TV).

Such talk makes you sound like a person of loose morals, dear.

Lest you think I only scorn women for acting like horndogs, Robert Sean Leonard similarly grossed me out during an old interview, in which he said he enjoyed rehearsing for The Music Man with the chorus because the teenaged girls were hot. Ew, dude. Some thoughts should stay in your head.

Comments

[black-cigarette.livejournal.com]

Yeah, those are some less-than-classy moments, all right.

Any other things you'd care to snipe about tonight? It's about 10 below outside and I don't have a lot else to do.

:-)

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Eh, this is the main one.

If I think of any more, I'll let you know. :D

[shutterbug-12.livejournal.com]

Some people really do need to keep thoughts in their heads. Or, if, in Lisa's case, she's actually saying those things in rehearsals/on set, then she needs to keep that sort of thing professional and private. Heh.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I often find her charming, but on this topic she's just not. In my opinion.

[jdr1184.livejournal.com]

I always think LE is sexier when she isn't trying.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I agree with that. Same with Cuddy. There have been a few scenes where she goes "coy" and it makes me squirm. Confident and intelligent works much better for her, in my opinion.

[californiaquail.livejournal.com]

I think EVERYONE is sexier when they aren't trying.

[nuclearfootball.livejournal.com]

All I can think about is bananas. BANANAS

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

Be glad you didn't read the watermelon part. XP

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

she needs to stop egging people on by talking about how do-able she finds Hugh Laurie

It goes without saying there are many many women (and many men too) who find Hugh doable. But I'd think Jo Laurie would have something to say about Lisa's quip.

(Is it me, or is the stupid quotient pushing the limit in fandom today?)

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Below, spoggly says she thinks it's normal publicity talk, so maybe I'm just a prude. I get cringey when LE talks about it, though, and Aussiello certainly doesn't help anything by sex being almost the only thing he ever talks about.

[bammel.livejournal.com]

Eh, I think she's just saying what The People want to hear her say.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

If by The People you mean Ausiello, you're probably right. I'm still judging her for having said it in front of a camera, though. She's charming generally, but not on this point.

[spoggly.livejournal.com]

Whore is a pretty loaded word for what sounds like normal publicity talk.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I warned for criticism. And I didn't say she is a whore, I said that kind of talk makes her sound like one. In my opinion. She has given lovely and charming interviews. This wasn't one of them.

[californiaquail.livejournal.com]

I think many of RSL's thoughts should stay in his head.

I find LE's behavior in interviews to be sad. She drapes herself on HL and RSL rather desperately, and both of them are visibly uncomfortable with it.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

LE has given many charming interviews, but there are others that definitely make me sad.

[perspi.livejournal.com]

Excellent points, all. And it kinda makes me glad I seem to avoid those kinds of information...

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

It was foolish of me to click on an Ausiello video. They always annoy me.

[inlaterdays.livejournal.com]

I can't wait till we get moar shows so we can all go back to fighting about episodes and stop fighting with each other and such. :(

Also, I do not care for Ausiello.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I am in a critical mood, as you can see. D: But I don't want to fight with anyone. If others find her comments whimsical and sexy, that's fine with me. I just don't. :(

[galaxygirl76.livejournal.com]

RSL needs to never speak in public. He's really good at the whole stick foot in mouth thing. Sometimes it's entertaining, more often it's cringe worthy.

I'm not a big LE fan(I know, blasphemy, but she bugs me, can't pinpoint why) and I don't like her OTT gushing about HL. The constant talk about how hot and sexy he is and she can't wait to have a sex scene with him: Totally disrespectful towards Jo, imo. JMo used to talk a lot like that too, she toned it down a lot, probably because she's being asked those question less now HAM seems to be off the radar.

Just my opinion and all that good stuff.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Oh, RSL. daasgrrl said he's on his own wavelength, and I totally agree with that.

LE and JMo have both shown how charming and lovely they can be during interviews. I don't mind them having done most of the talking after the PCAs, for example. But there have been interviews that just make me shake my head. What kind of atmosphere does the show production have, where your character having sex with House is the most important thing for you to strive for? That wouldn't make you Queen of the show.

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

In the less than classy dept, I also had a beef with an interview done with Edelstein, but it was more the interviewer's fault. It was in Bitch magazine and I thought, oh here we go, finally some tough questions about why a smart and independent dean of medicine needs to dress so, so ridiculously trashy! But instead they spent the entire interview talking about Laurie's bum.

...way to roll, post-feminist world.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I just wrote above, and will copy here: What kind of atmosphere does the show production have, where your character having sex with House is the most important thing for you to strive for? LE has talked about wanting that for Cuddy; JMo has talked about wanting that for Cameron; most female guest stars gush about their sexual chemistry with HL. Do they all have the impression that having sex with the lead character makes you Queen of the show? That is a sad state of affairs in sexual politics there.

[m-supercomputer.livejournal.com]

Hm, well, while I agree that going so far OTT in description of herself and HL is definitely not the way to discourage the crazy stalker fans, I kind of agree with spoggly that whore is such a loaded word, you know? Not that I've never said similarly strong things when Using the Internet While Cranky before myself, of course. *g*

The interview did make me uncomfortable, though, in ways I had a hard time pinning down. It's a similar sort of feeling I get when I come across sexual RPF (no offense to those who like it, it just squicks me) or, for that matter, when the Cuddy strip scene aired. There's the gender aspect, that female actors are constantly asked the sex question and female characters on the show (who aren't 13) are only given major amounts of screentime when they're sexing it up with House. Then there's feeling awkward on the actresses' behalf that they're expected to do that sort of thing as part of their job, even though it doesn't really bother them as much. Then, as with RPF, I tend to get the creepy feeling that someone's real body is being exploited ostensibly for my entertainment. ...to get all, like, pseudo-intellectual in your LJ.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

You probably read my other comments, so I won't repeat myself, but the fact that actresses seem to feel they have to play up their sexual attraction to the lead bothers me so badly.

I actually wrote an AU fic about it, in which American TV production had an official designation of "Star" for a TV show and the Star was always given a "Yeoman," a more junior actor, to fulfill whatever duties the Star deemed necessary. The Star and Yeoman designations are written into the actors' contracts, with the implicit understanding that the Yeoman will provide no-strings sex for the Star. An outsider comes in and thinks the whole thing is bizarre, but there's actually social capital to be gained from being a Yeoman, and they have their own network and grapevine, and a Star who refuses to have a Yeoman loses points socially.

[remydoodle.livejournal.com]

From her first comments about him years ago, I always felt she was a little stalkerish. The way she talked about him to the way she hung all over him. If you ever notice the award shows, she is always sitting next to him. It's just creepy!

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I guess it's normal to want to link yourself to the star of the show -- Omar Epps had a photoshoot/article where they made kind of a big deal about his trailer being next to HL's -- but some of the comments cross the line for me. Hence this post.

I'd noticed that Lisa is always next to HL at the award shows, when he's not there with his wife. I wonder why they don't mix it up a little, have different people by him at different times.

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

... eep. There's some things that are okay to say, but the blatant, out-there stuff is just bad.

I hadn't realized RSL had said that -- RSL! Why? Just... be quiet and look pretty. That works for me.

LE sounds like she wants to have an affair with Hugh, and that's kind of crass, especially since Hugh's married, and it's not a big secret that he's married. *sigh*

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

RSL's quote is from a while ago, before House, and yeah, it's bad. Icky-perv-on-the-bus bad. Someone said he seems like he has no social filter, and I'd have to agree with that.

LE can be quite charming, but I really want her to get off that particular topic (and for Ausiello to quit bringing it up!). Makes her look so bad.

[diysheep.livejournal.com]

I think RSL is more unique than a moron. Or maybe he's just moronically unique. I loved the peoples' choice award thingie where suddenly Hugh looks around and goes 'where's Robert' - probably tied up in a closet (with a paper to read - the FOX monkeys aren't that cruel).

But maybe Lisa's comments stem from the whole show biz thing. Whole casts shoved into teeny tiny dressing rooms - and a lot of sharing. One amusing one was where one chick thought another chick's deordorant was hair spray.

There is much undressing and jokes (and maybe sex outside), but inside it's different. You can make the jokes, but nothing actually happens (unless it happens on the outside - which I doubt in this case).

That's just my take on those comments. But what I really want to know is 'the fans keep hounding her boyfriends'. That sounds a tad odd.

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

Right on both counts!!

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I was far more bothered by the "I gotta go to the gym" angle of Lisa's talk, like she was implying Hugh hates women who aren't all buf. God, I fucking hope he isn't that shallow.

[daisylily.livejournal.com]

I get squicked by comments like that anyway, so I'm not very good at judging what's 'acceptable', but both your examples go way beyond my definition of it.

I didn't read/watch the whole Ausiello thing, but now I see just why it annoyed you so much. Ugh.

(Hmm, I don't have a 'grumpy' icon. Oh well, this one is kind of appropriate :D )

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I think I'll skip every Ausiello interview from now on, and will probably feel much better for it. Also Katie Jacobs interviews, because she annoys me just as much.

Love that icon; it does look quite grumpy.

[lostwiginity.livejournal.com]

Lisa Edelstein has complained about fans harassing boyfriends of hers, because the fans want her to be with Hugh Laurie instead.

What the hell? Who does such a thing! Do HL/RSL people do the same? I hope not.

P.S.: Hahaha, RSL is an old pervert. (He's rather unlikeable, actually. It's Wilson who is awesome.)

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

There are definitely some weirdo fans who cross the line. I hope HL/RSL fans aren't doing the same thing. REALLY hope.

RSL is either crazy like a fox or has next-to-no filter for his thoughts. Sometimes I find it cute, but sometimes it's very unlikeable.

[(Anonymous)]

Has it occurred to anyone that maybe they *have* had a fling? Or are close to it? Hugh's awesome, but a choir boy he is not. heh.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I suppose it's possible. But Lisa has said in other interviews that's not the impression she wants to give.