So why is a discussion of whether or not she gets Botox an actual news headline?
Then, there is an even more problematic cultural sickness that comes from the fascination with Fox’s face. As Melissa McEwan pointed out over at Shakesville today, Megan cannot win. Either she gets Botox to stay youthful and beautiful as the status quo demands, or she doesn’t and her industry (and the media itself) shuns her. If she admits to it, she’s less than a human being; if she doesn’t, she is a worthless liar; and whatever she says is going to be debates, scrutinized, and refuted no matter what in the name of gossip.
And this all stems from our repulsive view of beauty in this country. And as McEwan also points out, Fox is an absolute, pardon the pun, fox—I wish she didn’t feel the need to make herself more beautiful because she’s already downright gorgeous, yet here it’s at least implied that she does. And if she doesn’t, captions like, “Megan Fox: Pretty, then sexy, now ‘done’” aren’t being remotely fair to her. The media already turned her into a sex symbol, and now they want to make her a beauty pariah.
Are we jealous of her—is that why the scrutiny is there? Or are we just so used to treating celebrity women like pieces of meat instead of actual people that we don’t really give a damn how they feel?
And who is paying these doctors to analyze her photos, by the way? I doubt a doctor could even make a good diagnosis with a photo, especially with something like skin. It would have to be seen in person. I would think a digital photo expert would be more helpful in such instances than a doctor would. Either way, why are they even spending time with this? Why can’t we just trust Fox to disclose what she does or doesn’t want to share about her personal life?
Even if she is lying, it sure would not be the first time a woman lied about her appearance. Don’t women (and men!) in Hollywood lie about their age, medical procedures, and drug rehab stints all of the time? Sure, it’s not easy to do with sites like IMDB and Wikipedia around, but it still happens. It’s not exactly newsworthy.
Megan, I hope you know that you are a beautiful woman and that you don’t need to alter your appearance in any way—whether it’s now or when you are sixty years old. But if you want to, it’s your own prerogative—and it’s nobody else’s damn business. You seem like a badass, too; I’d just use that the next time you’re asked about a procedure and tell people to piss off, myself.