There are plenty of recent photos of Katie Holmes looking absolutely exhausted and drained, like she just should crawl in bed for a couple of days, watch TV and sleep it off. She’s not wearing any makeup, though, and I know when I go out without makeup I look equally frightful and problem-fraught. Maybe Katie is just saying “screw it” because she’s headed to the theater and has to go through full makeup and styling. There’s no use putting on foundation, eye makeup and blush just so she doesn’t look like crap for the daily paparazzi photos if she has to have it all removed and replaced a half an hour later.
What would you do if you had a job where you had to sit through makeup and hair every day? Would you say f’ it in the morning if you had to get made up anyway – even if that meant you were photographed out like this? I’m not saying Katie isn’t tired and worn out, just that a lot of us are and we get cold sores too. I get them about once a year and I want to hide. You can carry Abreva in your purse but it only does so much and costs a fortune.
All that said, I wouldn’t mind it if she left Tommy boy and struck out on her own. Maybe by adopting a frumpier look she’s hoping to wean herself off that insanely expensive designer clothing that seems to be one of the main advantages of marrying a super rich cult member. Tom keeps calling Katie “strong willed.” Does that mean she’s ready to bolt or does this look signify that she’s resigned to her fate? We’ll see if her will is just as drained as she looks or if there’s an angry version of her former self hoping to break out of that domesticated “amazing” life.
According to this week’s In Touch, Katie wants to stay in New York while Tom is ready to move the family back to LA. We’ll see if that’s true and if she stays after All My Sons wraps.
Katie is shown arriving at the theater on 12/21/08 for a performance. Credit: MavrixOnline.
She looks worse than just tired; she looks like a zombie. And it’s not just cold sores; Just Jared has close-up photos showing open sores on her feet. Something is happening to this woman and it isn’t good. She needs help. Fast.
You know, I saw Mad Money this weekend while I was cleaning the house and Katie was actually really cute in that movie. Spunky and funny and good comedic timing. Not Oscar material, but really good. 🙂 I wish she’d leave him. I know no one has a window into another person’s marriage blah blah blah but man, he’s too creepy for words. Controlling, and egotistical and oh yeah, involved in a cult! I hope she and Suri get out of that environment.
If I had to get my make-up professionally done day after day, I would probably go clean-faced the rest of the time. But if I looked as tired as KatE, I might dab on a little concealer.
Damn, girl looks beat. I suspect most of us would probably look like that as well if we had to sit through several hour long auditing sessions with Xenu’s couch-jumping poster boy.
I think the picture’s due to bad angles and catching her mid-word. I don’t wear makeup during performance runs (then again, I have sensitive skin that feels like it’s dissolving after a few shows, so any other makeup would probably make me cry.) It looks like she’s wearing eyeliner here, though.
Damn! she looks bad…..her expression says it all no matter the makeup or lack of…..
she looks like the girl who crawled out of the tv in “the ring”.
did she gain a little weight too?
Oof!
Awww, poor girl, for all we know, Suri was up half the night puking. I know I look like the Ring creature after a night spent soothing my sick kids.
At least KatE has the benefit of a professional make-up job once she gets to work. I have to be satisfied with my cheap drug-store concealer and a couple of very strong coffees!
The weather in New York has been awful–freezing rain, snowy, and very cold–and Katie is way under-dressed, which may explain why she’s huddling over and clasping her hands to keep them warm. It could also explain the dismayed expression on her face and why her hair looks wet.
She seems like more of a person in New York where she’s working hard as an actress, instead of being a baby factory for Tom.
Didn’t Tom say Suri was strong-willed? Do he say that about Katie also? If she is, that’s a problem.
Anybody thinks the discoloring over her hands and face might be the crazy diet that Scientologist (TOMO) is forcing on her. Mega doses of vitamins to the point where discoloration is happening just doesnt sound like a good thing to me nor does it seem to make her more peppy or even look healthier.
Scientology allows kids to stay up as late as they want. Katie and Suri need a better routine – early to bed and early to rise and all that. She needs to put some light reflecting concealer on and some lip gloss. She needs some nice fruit smoothies and vitamins – she has all the resources in the world to do these things!
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I bet her batteries just need to be replaced. You have to maintain a robot properly or it’ll malfunction on you.
she looks rough.
and not just because she isnt wearing makeup, but because of the sores and dark circles under her eyes.
i feel bad for her.
i say mad money the other day too! and she DEF looked much better than she does now. she was sooo cute.
She looks malnourished actually. I guess the barely water is not good for you!
Just goes to show….marrying Tom Cruise will drain the life out of you. How do you plan an escape and keep your child with a OCD control freak like Tom who has a legal team that can buy a verdict?
This woman looks like she is approaching 50! She could have it all and be single if she is BRAVE enough to get out!
No, I wouldn’t bother with makeup if I were about to go get it done anyway. But I don’t look half-bad without it, if I may say so (I have on none today and don’t most days).
Keep in mind, y’all, she’s in her LATE 20s. That’s it. She looks all of 40. I don’t look as old as she does and I’m 38.
I agree with Tina. She looks like she’s being drained by a vampire.
Just the mere thought of letting my kids stay up until all hours of the night makes me want to withdraw into the fetal position. No sleep, no personal time, no putting your feet up. Even the most patient parents need down time: That’s a fact, not a theory.
why does scientology let kids stay up all nite? thats so wierd.
i mean, believe what you want or whatever but what purpose does letting your kid stay up late have?
Scientology doesn’t believe in setting limits. The kids are allowed to set their own schedules. I’m willing to bet Suri has never heard the word “no” applied to anything she wants to do.
I doubt Broadway is easy, having to perform every night. Plus she has to spend some time with her child.
y!kes, shes got some bags under her eyes. if i had to, i would do my makeup myself. it doesn’t take long. but then i guess maybe she can’t because hers has to be purrfect since she is Katie Holmes!
I was about to write something biting, but after taking a careful look, I feel sorry for her.
No woman has to make an effort and put on makeup every time she steps out the door, but this is worst than not looking “polished”.
She looks awful, and she is 30 years old, not 50.
She looks like a woman who has been through hell.
Many people and many actors have cold sores and it’s not a big deal at all.
But why is she wearing these shoes when it’s so cold and why does she has sores on her feet?
I actually think she is trying to look fashinable and that’s why she is also freezing, as it’s very cold in NYC these days.
She might be sick or something. I hope for her sake, that that is all.
Her nails are blue, also dirty. She looks quite ill. I wonder what her mother is thinking when she sees her daughter looking like this?
That’s what really brought me up short — those open sores on her feet.
Open sores are portals for infection, sometimes quite serious infections, especially if you get them on your hands or your feet which are always in contact with germs. Anyone with a grain of common sense who has open sores on their feet will put a band-aid on them.
Yet here is Katie Holmes walking around with two open, unbandaged sores on her feet.
This is a woman who is not taking proper care of herself. And if she can’t take care of herself, how is she going to take care of Suri?
ok…I know if someone says that they have never commented before, they are usually full of it…but I read these sites for entertainment a few times a week, and I HAVE NEVER COMMENTED before. I SWEAR! Have wanted to though! I remember a comment I read, and in fact was about when KatIE has Suri~Klein all the way, I say~someone wrote that if KatIE had to deliver in silence, then Tom wouldn’t mind if he had to endure wrapping his bottom lip around his nuts in the same state!!LOAAAAAAS!! And, I can not believe that no one has considered that KatIE has pulled this stunt for DumbAss’ movie!! What better way to get SOME KIND of positive generation of interest in his movie than would be for KatIE to create the buzz about TOM herself!!
What a bastard, every one would say!!
WE MUST GO SEE FOR OURSELVES!!
Actually, VERY sad for the girl…may be a lost soul!
It’s frightening to witness her decline from a beautiful, vivacious young woman to this haggard, scared, sick looking wretch. We can all have off days, but all the time? To have so much money and look this shit? Something is clearly very wrong with her, physically and emotionally.
The fact is, even if she is sick, I doubt that she is allowed to do anything about it. In high school, I was diagnosed with a hereditary blood disorder that makes me constantly anemic and my Scientologist basketball coach told me that it was all in my head and it was just my repressed memories from my past life manifesting into a fake physical condition. He basically told me that I was making it up and all I needed was to stay positive. Needless to say, I quit soon thereafter. Poor Katie. 🙁
I’m Katie’s age, with a daughter the same age, and I didn’t even look that bad after 36 hours of labor. There is something going on beyond being tired. A 30-year-old woman should NOT look like that even without makeup. She looks horrific.