06.29.04
Apparently, Mary-Kate Olsen has checked herself into a medical facility to deal with an eating disorder, reported to be anorexia.
Um, hi.
She and her sister have been on almost every television program that they could possibly book in order to promote their theatrical release, New York Minute. And every single time she appeared, she looked like a terribly cute, walking skeleton. Sure, Ashley is slender, but she looks positively porky next to Mary-Kate.
Also, M-K's propensity for wearing loose, flowing clothing doesn't help hide the fact that her collarbones jut out unattractively from her blouses' necklines, or that her wrists and ankles are twig-like and frail-looking.
It's not like I don't expect things like this. If you spent 18 years growing up completely on camera as one half of a cutie-pie global multimedia/marketing corporation, you might crack a little under the pressure. And you don't have an individual identity. Despite the fact that you are different from your sister mentally and somewhat physically, you are so heavily marketed as being part of a set, thought of as interchangeable and the same. Who cares that she's more sensitive and reserved, and you are more outgoing and competitive? You're the Olsen Twins.
While I am certain that the Olsens have a great deal of say in what they attach themselves to, there has got to be a lot of pushing from various sectors to fulfill marketing agreements, launch new products and lines, endorse the crap out of everything, be good girls, and all the while look adorable in the limelight.
They aren't girls, they're a product line.
You never hear about Hilton-esque antics from the Olsen twins.
In fact, you never really hear much of anything beyond the contents of press-releases.
I think it's kind of sad, to be honest.
What's in your head?