The Enquirer has run several stories about Julia Roberts’ difficult relationship with her sister Nancy Motes over the years. Most recently, the Enquirer had a story claiming that Julia didn’t want to help pay for Nancy’s wedding to a freeloader, like Julia is one to judge about that sort of thing (remember “A Low Vera”? I do.). But the worst story about Julia and Nancy came several years ago, when The Enquirer had a detailed story about how Julia was making fun of Nancy for being overweight. Nancy is their mother’s caretaker, and Nancy works as a production assistant on Glee, and apparently Julia thinks that Nancy should find the time to lose a little weight, and Julia was really rude about those thoughts. At the time, I kind of thought the Enquirer story was true. Turns out, it WAS true. Nancy just gave an interview to The Sun where she basically confirmed that Julia Roberts hates overweight people.
It must be tough living in the shadow of one of the world’s most beautiful and successful actresses. And for Nancy Motes, her life as Julia Roberts’ younger half-sister has proved anything but easy.
In her first ever interview with The Sun, Nancy spoke about her battle with obesity and depression, and how Julia would often make derogatory comments about her weight.
‘When you’re in a family of very, very exceptionally beautiful people it’s intimidating,’ said Nancy in an exclusive interview with The Sun. ‘I think that growing up as Pretty Woman’s little sister has definitely made me try to see the person inside and not the person outside. A lot of my life I felt judged for my weight.’
The 37-year-old reached 20 stone at her heaviest and Nancy said she always felt like an embarrassment to Julia, 45, because of her weight. After spending £20,000 on a gastric bypass surgery in June 2012, which was financed by a loan that Nancy had to take out and a little help from her mother, she is now down to 11 stone.
Nancy who grew up with the family in Smyrna, near Atlanta, Georgia wanted to be a movie star like Julia and her other siblings, Eric Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan, but claimed to have got no help from her famous sister. Julia was remembered as being pretty and popular at school before moving to New York at 18-years-old for acting classes, and in 1989 was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Steel Magnolias.
She then picked up the iconic role as prostitute Vivian in Pretty Woman, which 13-year-old Nancy was bullied for at school. According to Nancy, Julia would constantly tell her how overweight she was, and did not want her to follow down the path to Hollywood because of her size.
Nevertheless she still went to auditions, and did a few waitressing jobs before the cost of living got too high and she returned to Georgia to focus on theatre. But in 2009 their mum Betty had a heart attack, they pair have different fathers, and Julia moved Betty to LA to be closer to her and her grandchildren.
Nancy then moved West too after sparking up a relationship with John Dilbeck who was from LA. Nancy claims Julia commented on her size even continued after her moved to LA in 2010, and Julia made a jibe on the week she arrived whilst she was struggling to unpack her bags. She even suspected she saw Julia making comments about her size at her birthday party.
But Nancy suffered from depression and would often comfort eat, namely fast food such as burgers and chocolate milkshakes.
Despite everything she hoped to rekindle her relationship with the Pretty Woman star, as she feels better about herself having lost seven stone and John recently proposing to her on the set of Glee, where she secured a job as a production assistant thanks to her sister’s contacts.
But she is still not sure if Julia will attend her wedding next May, and referred to it as a ‘work in progress,’ but remains certain in her heart that they family all love each other.
Yep. Confirmed. Julia Roberts is now and has always been a nasty, condescending bitch. It’s awful to be rudely sizist, but it’s taken to a whole other level when you’re being that awful to your family member. And the worst part is that I truly believe that Julia doesn’t give a crap about her sister whatsoever, whether Nancy is healthy or happy or mentally capable. For Julia, it’s all about Julia. And how Julia is perceived. And Julia didn’t want her “fat sister” anywhere near her.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Horse-toothed hag.
A horse being a horse (or hag in her case) of course. Of Course. I don’t know about her sister but that whole family is a piece of work. Never ever bought into that “Mega-watt smile, America’s Sweetheart” crap. Sadly, she’s probably no worse than most people on. Hollywood.
I read a biography on Julia Roberts about ten years ago and it was quite interesting. It claimed the feud between Julia and Eric was due to the treatment their mother gave their father. The mother left the father and married a man that was strongly hinted to be a child molester. Apparently the sisters always took the mom’s side and supported the step-father while Eric did not.
Maybe Julia learned to be a cheater from her mother, who the book really gave a bad impression of. It also touched on the fact that Julia was known to sleep with all her costars. I’m pretty sure Denzel Washington resisted her though.
With that insufferable honk laugh.
Down here in the Deep South we call that a Cackle (unpleasant sound by roosters & hens), but the word Honk works quite well.
I always thought she sounded a bit more like a drunken debutante on game night. My apologies to any Celebitchy-utantes out there.
Monkey Towz :
“drunk debutante on game night”! I love it – can I use it sometime if I give credit to you??? Please oh please! It is fabulous.
@ Meredith, by all means. No need to give me credit. Horse-tooth debs be Damned!
I know people who went to high school with her and she isn’t remembered as being either pretty or popular.
Heard the same. She had an undeserved sense of superiority that rubbed people the wrong way.
Maybe she convinced her sister that she was so great and popular? Seems like a control freak.
@ Kitten Mittens :
I had a sister like that – spent all her time telling me how much prettier, smarter, cooler she and our other sister were compared to me. And yes, if a child is told that enough times, they believe it – even if it’s BS. It is a control freak move and should be recognized as just that – petty thoughts from petty people.
@Meredith: I had the same problem two-fold. I had 2 sisters that had the looks & always tried to “improve” me. I’m not a “dog” by any means & I have a nice figure. But, both of my sisters were jealous of me for 1 thing – I got the boobs in the family. In fact, I still have 1 still have 1 sister who still introduces me to her friends as “this is my sister who obviously got the boobs in the family, but I got the looks”. It really affected my self image for years & after I became an adult, I didn’t spend much time around them. But, I have a wonderful husband, who every time he comes home says “Hello beautiful” (even when I had the flu & looked horrible he’d say that. I still have my moments of self doubt, but out of my entire family, I am the only one who has had a long happy marriage with a man who loves me wholeheartedly & has never cheated on me, like my siblings spouses have. So, I think I’m the one who was the true winner in our family.
I take offense to that statement. The lovely horses I have known and worked with do not deserve to be told they look like Julia Roberts!
@Lucy Goosey- HaHaHaHa!!!!
@MonkeyTowz- Hilarious!
I always thought she uses wieners for toothpicks
I’ve never liked Julia Roberts or her crappy ass movies. Just another good reason not to support her with my money. Not that she would want it anyway, cause I’m fat, right?
You won’t be missing much. Every role she takes is pretty much her playing herself: Sarcastic, abrasive, uptight, tantrum prone, self-absorbed, humourless characters mostly. She doesn’t seem to have any range beyond that. I have never understood her appeal either.
I don’t think she needs your money anyway. BTW her relationship with her HALF sister is her thing. Only her thing. This Nancy woman needs to STFU. She is simply jealous about Julia’s fame, fortune, and beauty.
I was thinking, if I were super-successful at my chosen profession, I wouldn’t make sure all my sisters had my same success, because we’re all adults and it wouldn’t be my responsibility. Besides, the article says she has a PA job on Glee thanks to Julia. Sounds like her sister has done what she can. She has no specific evidence of ways Julia has mocked her weight. Maybe she’s just paranoid and jealous.
i just want to say if any of us here today think that we’re ugly/fat/wierd looking/deformed, whatever, that you are a far more beautiful and kind hearted person than this warlock ho/bitch wanna be j. roberts.
seriously. can’t think of anything UGLIER or FATTER than being an arrogant, mean, twiggy bitch
at least WE all here have a sense of humor!
Did you just call Julia Roberts a warlock?! You win the award for insult of the day. Hands down.
Just another reason not to like her!!
I knew it.
What I don’t understand is how Julia Roberts doesn’t have a nastier reputation. Didn’t she leave Kiefer Sutherland two days before their wedding without saying a word, and ran off with his best friend? How on earth was she not in “trouble” for that? It wasn’t even reported on. Or that “Low Vera” shirt…..almost every time I read a Jennifer Aniston article, it always mentions Brad left her/her divorce….why don’t interviews and journalists mention that tshirt? That’s way more awful and disgusting than anything that happened w/the Aniston/Pitt divorce.
She’s just disgusting. Period.
Unfortunately all her nastiness didn’t happen in the social media age. The paparazzi were tamer back then too. Had she done that stuff now, she’d be ripped to shreds, no doubt about it.
The paps were not tamer before social media. There were no laws against them and newspapers had no qualms about publishing anything and everything which is why we have pap pics of a naked Jackie O (on a private island), naked GOOP/Brad (taken in their own back yard ie pap climbed into their garden), Diana being chased (yes, chased!!!) down the street and being video’d crying asking them to stop, paps digging trenches and living in them for days/weeks in order to pap Fergie at her remote villa, not to mention the existence of the pics of Diana dying (because taking pictures was a better option than helping a woman in an accident!)….the list is long of paps and media being super aggressive.
They only became tame after Diana died. Ditto Newspapers stopped printing the more egregious efforts.
What you see these days is a slow return to the bad old days.
As always a spot on analysis by LAK. Adding to the demise in propriety however, is the suddendly instantaneous nature of broadcasting any sort of photos via social media. Today any fan could be a paparazzi. Thus, the drastic measures are less necessary – and when they do happen, they are punished tremendously. Injunctions, criminal charges and witch-hunts for photographers, multiple payouts for invasion of privacy charges. Murdoch had to close his rag as a result of serious infractions of privacy.
The high profile British celebs are better protected than their American counterparts. Dailymail etc cannot print pictures of celebrity children, meanwhile there are American mommy blogs dedicated to the topic of which Affleck child is the most adorably dimpled. Especially the paparazzi in LA seem to be quite harassing based on the meltdowns per capita captured on camera in the city of Angels. Britney, Beiber, Kanye…
When everyone was obsessed with Julia, the media wasn’t what it is now. It was much easier to hide the nastiness of some celebrities back then which is almost impossible to do now in these social media days where anything is over-consumed quickly.
I never warmed up to her and I’m certainly not going to start now.
I have to agree with you about the media then and now. My Fav’s in the industry back then, I detest now. Julia Robert’s could do no wrong in my eyes back in the 90’s.. Goop, loved her with Brad.. I was upset when they broke up and hoped they got back together.
Reese Witherspoon, I thought was an average looking chick however, landed a hottie with Ryan P. Besides I loved her in Election Day. Can’t stand them now.
I do attribute it to the internet, with more info about these stars and their shennigans. Before, they could hide behind what their PR spinned to the media.
I’m not defending Julia Roberts,but Kiefer supposedly cheated with a stripper and that’s why she ended the engagement.
Also Keifer’s substance abuse issues, ongoing and worsening. Her brother Eric also has struggled w addiction and fell out with Julia when she sided with his ex over the custody of Emma Roberts. Julia felt her brother was not sober enough to parent in any positive way and pretty much wrote a letter in support of the ex wife getting full custody.
Not defending Julia’s nasty comments to Nancy. That’s sounds terribly hurtful, and Julia should really channel some of that Zen she claims to have learned and target it towards her fat hate.
All around crazy family, seems like they have a boatload of unhappy issues.
I think it’s ironic that in America’s Sweetheart she played the bullied, formerly-FAT PA to her glamorous movie-star sister (Catherine Z-J). Ironic or…hypocritical? Yeah.
I had the same thought; this sounds completely like that movie!
Watch Mystic Pizza. Julia is definitely not skinny in that one.
@AZ: She has not been skinny it but maybe two of her movies. And even then, not all the way through them (Erin Brockovich comes to mind).
Her viciousness to her sister is probably the result of her own struggles with weight and feelings of self worth.
I remember that: Julia left Kiefer because she finding out he had an affair with a stripper. She was blindside and angry.
I can say that runaway with fiance´s friend is not the best solution, but when we are Young we do lot of mistakes. And not for that reason but i don´t like her and I don´t give my Money to see any of her films.
What’s the “low Vera” comment? I don’t know what I’m missing, but I’m missing something!
Her current husband, Daniel Moder, was married before to a woman named Vera. He cheated with Julia, which ended the marriage. During the husband snatching (Daniel & Vera were still married), Julia wore a shirt that said “A Low Vera” that sounded like “Aloe Vera” when read aloud. It was Julia’s way of being passive aggressive toward Vera.
Julia was apparently quite pissed that Vera wasn’t giving Danny Moder a “quickie” divorce, and so she paraded around wearing that t-shirt.
Julia was NOT the wounded party in that situation. She fell for a married man, tried to pay off his wife to divorce him, and then got pissed when Vera wouldn’t jump to do Julia’s bidding. It was a really gross situation, but again, is only known by people who have been closely following gossip for a LONG time. Your average movie-goer has NO idea about that situation.
Supposedly his parents were very upset about the shirt incident; they liked Vera and thought Julia’s taunting her was unacceptable. I don’t know anything about her relationship with her in-laws, although grand kids have a way of warming relationships.
Didn’t Danny get his start as a cameraman from Vera’s dad? He doesn’t seem like the prize Julia considers him to be.
Julia was ripped to shreds over the Kiefer thing even though it also came out that he had slept with a stripper. She was also called out for sleeping with her costars. When she married Lyle Lovett for 2mins, she was slammed for that too.
The reason you don’t hear so much about it anymore is that it’s all pre-social media. A Lot of print media pre-1999 is hard to find on Google. Youtube depends on the public posting these old videos. She successfully whitewashed her reputation just when the internet was coming out ie when she received her Oscar.
And for the most part, she’s kept her private life very private so not many people realised the ‘a low Vera’ episode, and to be fair, there weren’t many gossip media outlets that were willing to take on a star bar the enquirer which no one pays attention to.
Also because her biggest starring role was as an underdog prostitute. She completely sold the world on “poor little me”. So the world has been very forgiving of the pretty woman.
Her leaving Keifer for Jason was huge and did cause a big scandal. It was what began the tarnishing of her image.
I understand calling off the Kiefer wedding. He had been with a stripper and, more importantly, Kiefer is a raging alcoholic. He still is. So smart of her to call it off. The bizarre part is she had to find a jump-off to do it with. Julia just cannot be alone, period, not even for a second.
Actually, when she jumped from the Keifer Sutherland ship to the Jason Patric ship it was reported on. If I remember correctly, they flew to Ireland (which was her go-to place back then.)
Well, Vera is a nobody. People wanted to see their “Darling” finaly happy. Its the same way with Aniston, Heidi Bivens is a nobody so the Media did not blame JA for her Affair with Justin because her fans wanted her to be happy and they even spread lies like she had miscarriages to defend the no kids story. Nobody was questioning the beginnig of their relationship even it was very clear after Heidis Mother made those comments. They are just not popular enough to feel pitty for them. If Angelina was just a average pretty unknown woman, nobody would care. But, it was a Hollywood triangle. If Vera or Heidi were popular artists with a big fan base, the storys would be very different. JA can be very very happy that Heidi has more class then she will ever have. Heidi said she wont say anything untill they will say something thats why JA dont talk about the details of the beginning of her relationship. With Brad she did
I agree with everything you said, and that just sucks. Good girl images are essential in Hollywood, I suppose.
Virgi — how did you miss the bazillions of stories about The Kiefer breakup and the bazillions of reprints of th ALow Vera shirt ?? Maybe you are only in your 20’s or something.
Years ago, the breakup just before the wedding was HUGE. I think she left because Kiefer Sutherland was (and still is I think ) a pretty bad alcoholic.
She took off with Jason Patric, who I think also is a pretty bad alcoholic as well.
But she and Kiefer were the Brangelina of the late 80’s and early 90’s.
The Vera shirt was because Vera was in the process of getting a divorce from Danny. And Vera probably wanted some hush money from the slut that f**ked her husband.
Julie wanted Danny so she essentially bought his wife’s silence. And I will bet there was a lot to tell.
Don’t know why you are under the impression that those stories did not get covered. Because they did. And then some.
In her defence, wasn’t Kiefer caught out with strippers and that was why the engagement was called off. then she went into hiding with jp.
Actually, it was a huge story. It was all any news outlet would talk about, despite legitimate news. And Kiefer was sleeping with numerous strippers, something he has admitted.
Shocker! Julia Roberts is a bitch! You can smell and see the bitchiness coming off her.
Devon — isn’t is odd how she really does exude that whole vibe ??
I guess Julia hasn’t heard the old adage about, “We become what we ridicule”, and generally people who make fun of overweight people, have an intense fear of becoming fat themselves. Julia Roberts is an icky, small person, IMO.
Uh oh. I ridicule ditzy celebrity fame hos all the time. I hope I get rich at least.
There have been stories around her for years that what you see on screen is not what she is in life. Rude, crude and willing to do whatever it took to become a star. So yes I belive this to be true and I also believe that when Julia goes through menopause keeping her weight down won’t be all that easy for her and karma will bite her in the behind!
Or to be more precise, karma will add 20 lbs to her behind. Much better than kicking it and lasts longer.
Dawn — I doubt it. Rich women have ways of staying thin and young looking. She will utilize all the tools available to her
I’ve always thought she was a self involved narcissist. Don’t like her.
So Julia is a mean girl. Not too shocking.
However, I don’t think Julia is under any obligation to help her sister’s career or pay for her wedding. When you are famous and wealthy, the friends/relatives/hangers-on must come out of the woodwork looking for handouts and favors.
I totally agree. Pay for her wedding? That’s silliness. I’d be embarrassed to ask my sibling for something like that.
I dunno, if I was rich I’d pay for the wedding, in my opinion (let me stress that) I’d pay or at least offer and whether they take me up on that is up to them. But thats just me. Siblings aren’t extended family or your neighbours sisters friends mother- it’s kind of a big deal. For me.
zoomie, I completely agree. Especially since the sister seems to be the main caretaker of their mother.
If I had that kind of money, I’d help my brother and his family in any and every way that I could. Heck, I try to do it now and I’m not even that rich! But he is my family and now my sister-in-law and my amazing niece are my family, and why would I want them to be without if there was some way that I could help them.
Julia Roberts seems like a complete a-hole and I hope all of the nasty choices she’s made come back to haunt her.
I agree that Julia is under no obligation to pay for her sister’s wedding or secure her sister’s employment. Julia is no prize, but frankly, neither is her sister. Her sister’s passive aggressive complaint to the press is just as shitty as Julia’s “a low Vera” t-shirt. Half of the U.S. population is overweight. Want to gain sympathy for yourself & get revenge at the same time? Tell the world your movie star sister doesn’t like fat people. They deserve each other.
100% agree with everything you said. Both women seem pretty miserable to me. Keep this shit to yourselves, ladies.
Haven’t we heard a lot about how Julia doesn’t support her sister’s upcoming marriage? If that’s true, WHY should Julia shell out for the wedding? Even if Julia did like the guy Nancy is marrying, she is under zero obligation to pay for a wedding.
Agreed. As much as I dislike Julia and can believe she’s a bitch to her family, the fact that Nancy is giving interviews about this tell me she’s also a bitch as well as a whiner.
Spare me. I am suspect of people who sell or tell stories of their famous siblings and always play the victim. I have a brother whose version of my parents is skewed and sad. I feel for my now deceased parents who were amazing parents, not perfect, but sacrificed everything for their family, and his whining makes me sick, especially since he’s a selfish father.
I am not a big fan of Julia but give her a pass on this self-serving story. You can’t pick your siblings or half-siblings. It doesn’t mean you are close. I bet Julia has a lot of stories of this woman over the years trying to live off of her. She has her job now because of Julia but is whining at the same time.
The story is consistent with what I already believe to be true of Julia. However, I also believe the whole family is pretty dysfunctional and I’m sure there is a bit of hanging-on from the sister. Even the story concedes her current job is due, at least in part, to Julia’s connections. It’s unfortunate that Julia has not chosen to take the high road and overcome her family’s craziness but is instead an overall nasty, unpleasant person (based on my obviously well-informed impression. lol))
Totally agree, Jayna. Julia may be a mean girl, but I don’t for a second buy that their problems are one-sided. This interview is conveniently skewed to make Julia look terrible and Nancy look totally innocent and wronged. If Julia was as awful as Nancy claims, why would she bother getting Nancy a job with her contacts? The argument that Julia was ashamed of her sister and didn’t want her to succeed in HW holds very little water with that admission alone. Sorry, but we’re only getting one very biased side of this argument so I’m not ready to hop on the ‘flame Julia’ bandwagon just yet.
Yep. I agree. If the half-sister is selling this salacious story to a tabloid, she is looking to make a quick buck. There’s no story here if Julia Roberts is not a big meanie. Sounds like the sister has some self-esteem issues and looking for someone to blame. We don’t know what their relationship is like but why on earth should Julia pay for her wedding to someone that Julia doesn’t think is good for her. Financially supporting someone who is an adult is enabling behavior that needs to be confronted and overcome.
All I will say here is that my husband’s recollection of his father is so much different than his sister’s that she refuses to hear it.
A lot of issues in that family, it seems.
She didn’t seem to mind Oprah’s weight every time she was kissing her behind on her show! Is it the money or the pounds?
What’s the story about the “A Low Vera” shirt? I’ve never heard about it before?
When the wife was dragging her feet in the divorce, wanting a better settlement, Julia was spotted in a t-shirt that said A Low Vera. It was very clear she was playing off of the plant aloe vera to make a dig at Vera, which was the wife’s name. I think Danny’s father issued a statement saying he was disappointed in that behavior regarding the dig. They were very fond of Vera.
I don’t recall the hold-up being about the settlement. I think the wife wanted to remain married and she seemed to have his family’s support. After about a year, Danny filed for divorce and married his celebrity bride very shortly afterwards.
I hope both Ben Bratt & Vera are happy in their respective relationships, because they really went through the tabloid wringer back then.
Maybe I’m slow but how is “aloe Vera” a dig just because the ex-wife’s name was Vera? How is that plant associated with a dig?
Alexandria, it’s a play on words.
Alexandria – it’s a play on words. Julia was calling out the ex-wife whose name is Vera. Very cleverly done too. It was printed ‘a loe Vera’ 3 words. AKA ‘a low Vera’ it looks innocent enough if you were unaware that they were locked in drama involving the divorce.
Jayna – you know, I never read the A LOW VERA shirt as aloe vera. I had read it as ‘allo Vera. As in “hello Vera, what a low thing to be doing to me”.
But I do remember the stories of how his family gave him flack for leaving the marriage and they were very fond of Vera.
And then in the middle of all the tabloid stories, his mother Patricia died suddenly of a heart attack.
That was one hell of a way for her to come into his family. But years pass. Now they have 3 kids together and have bee a couple for more than a decade.
Unless it’s photo shopped, the image shows it written as handwritten “A Low Vera” She can’t even even claim it was a play on words. Nasty woman.
She has been asked about the shirt… and she stands by it.
Oprah: Why did you wear that T-shirt? [Julia was photographed wearing a shirt that read A LOW VERA. Some thought this was a reference to Danny’s ex-wife, Vera.] What was that about?
Julia: You know what that was about? It was private.
Oprah: Okay.
Julia: I stand by my T-shirt.
Oprah: Duly noted. And the people involved know the reason, is what you’re saying.
Julia: Yeah. When people do bad things intentionally, they know they’ve done them. But it’s not to be cared about. That’s the problem with the tabloid press; they dramatize these things until there’s a state of frenzy. People see frenzy and they go, “What?” Then they clamor toward the frenzy. We all do it. It’s a primal, natural response.
Read more: http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Oprah-Interviews-Julia-Roberts/7#ixzz2bhGH7eIf
Response to Katie — good job about digging our the old interview.
Love how Julie had the t-shirt made then wore it out in public, then said it was private.
I figured Vera probably said she wanted “x” amount of dollars from Julie to complete her divorce terms or she would sell her story to the tabloids.
His first wife was playing dirty and drawing out the divorce and playing the media for sympathy. Just because she was the first wife and Julia was the new girlfriend doesn’t mean she was a saint. Everyone has always praised Tiger Woods’ ex for being so classy about the divorce. Vera was NOT classy about it.
These two have a history of going at each other and Nancy running to the papers with it. They’re both nasty.
How is she married? I’m sure Danny Moder has felt her wrath quite often. I’m always mind blown at the number of mean, rude, b*tchy women who are married.
Maybe he’s mean and bitchy. Didn’t he dump a wife he was newly married to for Julia?
My oldest brother is rude, cold, sarcastic, selfish. But he adores his wife, and she is his soft spot. She doesn’t see what we all see, because her experience with him is far different. I have to say they are happier and closer and more affectionate than most long-term couples, and he caves to whatever she wants. It may be the same for Julia towards Danny.
Yes yes and yes. I have a family member who is a total bitch. A nightmare even, that everyone complains about, and of course she snagged herself a doctor. No one understands what the man sees in her, including his mother. But to each their own I guess!
kinda like how people make fun of actresses who they think resemble horses…
and sweetheart, if you think julia makes fun, just imagine what the producers/directors are saying once you exit that audition room — ‘she’s related to julia and emma roberts???’
people are people are assholes… what’s the surprise.
So does my 84 year old grandmother. She’s old school and feels that people are overweight due to pure laziness. Whether its too lazy to cook your own food instead of eating fast food, or too lazy to walk places instead of driving everywhere. I would never slam an overweight person but I do get where my grandmother is coming from.
So does my 84 year old grandmother. She’s old school and feels that people are overweight due to pure laziness. Whether its too lazy to cook your own food instead of eating fast food, or too lazy to walk places instead of driving everywhere. I would never slam an overweight person but I do get where my grandmother is coming from. *ducks*
No ducking neccesary IMO. The truth is that while hormonal and other issues will mean some people gain/hold weight more than others this accounts for differences in relatively ‘average’ weights it does not account for being heavilly overweight. If you consume more energy than you expend you will get fat regardless of your bio-chem situation.
Jo — no reason to duck. And do NOT take my response at all as a slam. I am trying to be very gentle ( because I hate when people slam each other over the web).
But if the woman is morbidly obese, that is an eating disorder.
People have compassion for alcoholics. They have compassion for narcotics addicts. People who take their stress out with food don’t get much compassion.
How well do you think recovery would go for an alcoholic to “just drink tiny amounts and push away from the bar”. Or have a narcotics addict ” just use every other day instead”.
Part of recovery for addictive behavior usually involves abstaining from the trigger (drugs or alcohol).
What do you want the food addict to do? You cannot abstain from food. You have to learn to work with it. Which is not an easy thing.
Julia Roberts a bitch?…What a shocker!
Several sites reported that Julia Roberts was universally disliked/found irritating on the August in Osage County set, mainly for trying to one-up Meryl Streep the entire time (demanding bigger trailer, closer to this service or that, more attention, etc). I’m not surprised, tbh.
Is there any pics of Nancy – I’ll bet she’s a pretty woman.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/5063870/Julia-Roberts-sister-speaks-out-about-her-weight-struggles-and-unsupportive-sister.html no,she’s not pretty
LMAO no respect for people who sell stories to tabloids
@kim1 Agreed. And it’s even worse when it’s family.
Jesus, god! That Dress???
She’s plenty pretty IMO.
yes she is pretty. just google nancy motes.
Julia Roberts was never “very, very exceptionally beautiful”.
This. That mouth is as big as an aircraft hangar.
Ha ha! “An aircraft hanger.”
Agree! But you know what, SHE thinks she is and with her wealth & fame, that must add up to a high intimidation factor for a half-sister. In the 90s I saw Julia twice in person and both times she was super-stuck-up and without any charm at all – thus, whenever I read negative things about her it re-affirms my own impressions of her at the time (she was already famous but I saw/met her in non-fame surroundings twice). She did not seem to me to possess a single nice bone in her body, though I guess she must somewhere … ? … maybe for her kids or something? A pet, maybe? One hopes!
what a witch..
Lol I was thinking of writing something about her being a witch too. Personally I think Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West is prettier than Roberts.
nvr found this woman attractive ,nvr understood the hoo – ha abt her ,she is not gorgeous ,her thin gaunt face with the oversized dentures and those narrow beady eyes ,nvr ,iam glad her sister has come out with her side of story, instead of critizing ,she should have helped when she could
she doesn’t have dentures and everything else you said is wrong too.
“One of the most beautiful actresses”?? Who are they referring to? Look, I’m not hating on Julia for being normal looking. That has always been part of her charm, what made her so identifiable in 90s cheese romcoms. But if she’s bullying others over their weight, it’s probably a response to all the crap I’m sure she’s taken in Hollywood for not being “perfect.”
Seriously i never really understood the “a low vera,” shirt until today. I always thought it was more of a “Hello vera,” like yes its me bitch. But “aloe vera” isnt as clever, that was just dumb.
Relli — I always took it as “hello Vera you are low” as well.
I never thought of it as aloe Vera
Julia obviously hasn’t seen a picture of herself on a bathing-suit.
A low Julia.
The whole family sounds nuts.
I remember “a low Vera” and her showing off that silly homemade-looking shirt that was perceived as a dig at the wife she wanted to replace. Google the phrase and judge the photos for yourself.
I admire her now-husband’s family for not warming up to her “star power” during those ugly days. His mother passed away very shortly after the whole thing became public, and the tabloids speculated that her apparently unexpected death may have been brought on by the stress. His family was reported to be very supportive of Vera.
I think that’s actually a really good indicator of whose fault it was, during and after huge cheating scandals. What I mean is that them not liking Julia (especially after all these years) tells you something about Julia, beyond the fact that her husband cheated to be with her. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her with her inlaws at all. I think whether or not the family chooses to interact with you, after a certain period of time i.e once the kids start coming, says a lot about you as a person, and how you dealt with the situation.
Because I honestly don’t care as much that Julia and Danny Moder cheated (not to condone blatant cheating), but I dislike the fact that he was trying to gyp his pregnant wife out of money, and that Julia was a bitch to HER because Danny was HER husband…that’s cruel. People can make mistakes, but how they handle them is what I care about.
Well, certainly it’s easier to blame Julia than their own cheating son.
@UsedToBeLulu
I agree. But I also think that they have to interact with him, he’s their son. But I also think that it would be interesting to know how often do they see him? I’m sure they love all their grandkids the same, if they’re good people—it’s not the kids fault. I also wonder how often they see Julia. Do they see Julia with the kids only? Or without the kids? If they do, how long and how often?
Because I think that determines what kind of a person she is, in some respects. I get it, cheating is awful, on both parties sides-especially the person who was married. But what Julia did goes beyond cheating. It was disgusting and a cheap shot.
I get the feeling that his family doesn’t really associate themselves with her, and maybe not their son as much. I think that what little association they do have, comes from the grandkids. Because I think that if they are good people, they would have eventually forgiven the cheating (on both sides) IF Moder and Julia had been respectful and remorseful of what happened. I’m not saying it would happen over night, but I think it would eventually happen.
But Julia wasn’t; and Moder was too much of an ass to either tell Julia to quit being so passive aggressive, or dump her for being hugely disrespectful. I think their actions AFTER the shit hit the fan, so to speak, is what made the parents not like them.
But that’s my opinion. I think that’s how I would feel if someone close to me or my family cheated.
Vera was pregnant when he cheated on her? Now that’s the lowest of the low in my book. Why would Julia even want a man who would do that? I bet she worried through her pregnancies too.
Virgi — Vera Moder was not pregnant by Danny Moder ever. His only kids are the kids that he has with Julia.
Vera has (I think) a son with her boyfriend that she met after her divorce was final.
It was Tori Spellings hubby that was in the process of adopting an infant girl when he took up with Tori. Is that who you were thinking of ?!
I still love Julia. I don’t believe this story.
The media turned Julia Roberts into America’s Sweetheart, even when America itself wasn’t sure about the title. She threw over her fiancé for his best friend right before the wedding, for pete’s sake. She is blatantly condescending, nasty and rude. I don’t know why, as she isn’t totally gorgeous like Angelina Jolie, does nothing for charity, stole a guy from his wife and is rude to pretty much everyone. When was her last hit film?
Don’t forget that Kiefer Sutherland was MAD cheating on her, and that’s why she left him. Could she have picked a better man to run to besides his best friend? Sure. But Kiefer could have at least been faithful.
Her 3 children all look hungry to me…
As a sibling, Julia should be supportive & encouraging to her sisters weight loss. Overweight people already know they’re overweight. There’s no sense in calling them fat, they’re aware! However, that being said… You can only help yourself! No one can lose the weight for you! Stop binging on crap like she admitted to doing! I’m sure Julia has told her that before. Nothing is more annoying than someone asking you how to lose weight yet admitting they don’t want to change their diet! People need to learn how to help themselves. Everyone always wants a hand out! Julia may be a rude b-word but she is not obligated to hand out her wealth. You can’t pick your family & it doesn’t mean you have to be close.
The fact that her sister frequently speaks about julia in press already shows what kind of relationship they have.
well guess what julia? I make fun of BITCHRS w/ horsee Hee Haw mouths like you!
pretty woman my ASS.
I used to work for a fashion retailer, won’t name names but i’m sure most of you have shopped there. i worked for the head of womens clothing and she was perfect of course. model type. me? I think i’m attractive, fair enough. i’m def not skinny or ‘model’ and ive got ‘curves’ a nice way of putting it.
each and every time i had to talk to her she would literally stare at my waistline/or boobs! every single time! it nerved me and i would wonder if i had spilled coffee, a button missing, sometimes it made me paranoid but a lot of the time it just aggravated me, “My eyes are up here!” (and no lesbian, married w/ kids.
i lightened up when i confided in a male/gay co worker and he said she did the same to him
A little bit ironic that she played the dowdy sister to Catherine Zeta Jones’ character in “America’s Sweethearts”, and gets treated like crap the whole time. Guess she just put herself in her sister’s place for inspiration.
She seems like a self-absorbed jerk (big surprise in Hollywood) but I do still love Mystic Pizza and Steel Magnolias. I can watch those and not think of her as ‘Julia Roberts’, just the characters she played.
This is so weird, it’s like that movie she made with Catherine Zeta Jones and John Cusack where CZJ played a prima donna actress who made fun of her younger sister/assistant played by Julia Roberts for being fat and ‘uncool’.
Why are people getting so bent out of shape? I’ve seen people on here nastily trashing female celebrities’ looks while applying a much lower standard to male celebrities.
Yep. As soon as negative stories come out for certain female celebs, people crap on them, looks and all. Even in this thread, there are people criticizing Julia’s looks while outraged that Julia would criticize her sister’s (if you actually believe this BS Nancy is spinning). Same with Reese Witherspoon after her arrest.
Most people make fun of overweight people. Not saying that it’s right… just saying that they do.
This is a lame story… and it’s sad that Julia has family members that are running to the press saying bad stuff about her due to whatever issues they have btw them and her.
I guess even the rich and famous aren’t immune to family trying to get a piece of what they have. Shameful.
Besides… who cares if she’s a bitch? You people on here act like it’s a crime, and that most people aren’t like that, when we all know that a good chunk of people in this world are not only unbearable, they are crazy too.
And not to mention… Reese Witherspoon is a NOTORIOUS bitch, yet people still like her. Go figure.
I don’t like Reese or Julia. They are mean spirited and disingenuous. I respect and like Annette Bening, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Kate Winslet. All brilliant actresses and decent human beings.
So Julia is allowed to sell any story she wants to the tabloids but not her sister? So what if the sister talked to the Sun. It;’s not like she is doing this all the time. And why can’t Julia help her family out with money. My parents have more money than any other relatives but my husbands family, my cousins, they ALL take care of their kids and family members in need. I consider that generous and kind. My parents are self-serving arrogant narcissitic and completely out of touch with me and my family. Reminds me of someone else……
Sometimes being generous can be a double edged sword. It’s nice that your husband’s parents are giving people… but sometimes people (and family) get greedy and try and take advantage of other people’s kindness. Perhaps that’s what your parents are trying to avoid. And I don’t blame them. They probably worked hard for their money (or rightfully inherited it through being born into wealth and being lucky)… so why should they have to give it away? Of course, it’s the right thing to do, but the right thing to do is not always the BEST thing to do.
And I’ve never heard of Julia Roberts cashing in on stories to the press about her family (correct me if I’m wrong). Whatever stories she decides to sell about herself is her business, and I’m sure she’s well aware of how that will affect her personally.
Her sister should be ashamed.
I don’t agree that Julia should have to foot the bill for her family just because she has the means. Personally, I dislike that her sister feels entitled to money she did NOT earn and did an interview to lament the fact that she wasn’t getting handouts. Very unclassy.
I still like Julia Roberts and will take her over most celebrities
Hmmm, sounds pretty shallow like most Hollywood types. Wonder how she will feel when her red-headed son gets teased and judged for his appearance. She probably won’t get it then either.
BTW, her sister is the spitting image of their mother.
Not a huge fan or JR, but that sister sounds like a piece of work. The entire piece is about the sister whining that she didn’t get enough hand outs who looks at Julia Roberts and has dollar signs in her eyes. If you read between the lines you can see someone who feels like they are owed a living. You can’t afford a big wedding? Have a smaller one!
Not once in the whole piece does the sister achieve anything on her own, she starts, then gives up and blames Julia for her failure because she didn’t get given money/acting jobs or wasn’t able to lose weight because Julia was mean.
She wants to be an actress, but boy its much harder than she thought it would be. She gets a few auditions, doesn’t get the part, and rather than keep working at it and sticking it out even though its tough, she gives up and goes home, angry that her sister didn’t use her fame to get her some roles. (And lets face it, the roles for larger women in Hollywood are limited – not saying its right, but unfortunately they have a “type” they are looking for)
She claims to be looking after their sick mother, then says that Julia moved the mother to LA and is obviously footing the bill for any care she needs.
Then Nancy the moocher decides to follow the cash cow and moves back to LA (leaving her career, where she is “focusing on theater”), along with her no good boyfriend and starts expecting money for a wedding and then of course there’s a house and all those bills and she’s only a production assistant (which Julia got her so she could support herself) so she couldn’t possibly be expected to pay for all of that and can’t Julia just give them enough to pay for all that and then a little more to get by on and so on…
She states at the bottom that she hopes to rekindle the relationship with Julia? So she sells a bitchy, passive aggressive story to a tabloid, about how her sister won’t support her in a lifestyle that she can’t pay for herself, then says she wants to be friends again?
Seriously. Julia is almost certainly a bitch queen, but her sister is a lazy, whining moocher, who wants a lifestyle that she isn’t willing to actually work for.
I’ve said similar things upthread. Nancy is whining to a tabloid about the lack of handouts, and we’re supposed to feel bad for her? No way. Nancy pokes holes in her own story and comes off as entitled. And since she likely did this for money, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if she threw in the part about Julia mocking her for being fat to better sell the “my sister is Julia Roberts and she’s evil” story. It’s sad that so many comments in this thread are people jumping all over Julia with no proof aside from this self-serving interview full of contradictions from a sister looking for a quick buck.
“Seriously. Julia is almost certainly a bitch queen, but her sister is a lazy, whining moocher, who wants a lifestyle that she isn’t willing to actually work for.”
Well said. The sister sounds she’s blamed everyone else in her life for everything that she doesn’t like. It’s not her fault she’s fat, it’s not her fault her career went nowhere.
I earn a LOT more than my younger sister. The few times in which I’ve managed to convince her to let me help her out she has insisted on working off the debt or paying back every cent. I’ve resorted to stealing her bills sometimes and paying them because I want to help her and my niece. My sister has self respect however and feels that as an adult she is responsible for her own life. While I’d be more than happy if she accepted help gratis I’m sure glad she’s nothing like JR’s sister.
Not surprising, the whole bit. The thing I didn’t know about was the ‘A Low Vera’ shirt. What an immature thing to do. Why would she even acknowledge the previous wife?
no one has much interest in her anymore. Has been.
Her longevity is amazing, as she’s such a one dimensional actor.
“where she secured a job as a production assistant thanks to her sister’s contacts.”
So Julia has helped her career.
Julia may be pretty on the outside to some (she’s not my cup of tea, never has been) but she is obviously ugly on the inside. That goes a long, long way. Farther than your outer looks ever will. I truly believe that people who are good on the inside and fun to be around become the most beautiful people. That being said, this family has a lot of issues. I feel for her sister to be a part of that chaos. I truly hope Julia doesn’t pass on this prejudice to her kids. I still hold it against her for breaking Liam Neeson’s heart…she’s a grade A idiot!
See that’s what I don’t get. Liam Neeson may have been the town ho’ for a while, but he genuinely a sweetheart. He slept around for a long while, but I have never heard any stories about him being disrespectful to anyone.
So tell me why in the hell would she ride the Neeson dong and then quit it!? Are you f’ing kidding me!? He would’ve had to get a restraining order out on me…I would’ve never left him if I could help it. Especially in Hollywood. A dude like that is rare. They would’ve had to pry me off of him with a crowbar….I’d be hanging onto one of his legs…hehehe, I’m the right height for it, too 😉
Julia Roberts was with Liam??? Holy crap!!!! I would’ve super-glued our bodies together. There’s no way I would’ve walked away from him. A restraining wouldn’t have worked. If he wanted me away from him they would’ve had put me on a 100 pound ball and chain or a chain around my waist locked to something in my house. I’d be steady screaming “Liam!!!! Liam!!!! I love you!!!” His voice is just awesome. He’s handsome as all get out. If wishes could come true….
Those teeth must run on the mother’s side of the family.
Yeah, I’m sure talking to a tabloid about how she makes fun of fat people is really going to help rekindle a relationship. That part of the story makes me think she’s a liar. You don’t publicly talk a bunch sh*t about what a horrible person someone is and then say but I really hope we can have a nice relationship! It’s incongruous.
It’s pretty funny how you all think Julia is such a bitch for calling people ugly/fat, while you are doing THE EXACT SAME THING to her – oh irony
ps. everyone saying she isn’t anything special to look at – have you seen Erin Brockovich or…? she was gorgeous
Erin had her own crime show. She wore a wig. A bad wig. I’m pretty sure Erin has been fighting cancer for years. She was beautiful. She was the waitress talking to Julia in the movie. I think Julia portrayed Erin and Erin’s bitchiness in that movie, not her own.
I am no fan of Julia’s and tend to believe she probably is a nightmare bitch in general from various stories/evidence. But, her sister airing their dirty laundry in public is pretty trashy, especially when she acts like she wants her sister at her wedding – dream on lady! I’m not saying Julia hasn’t been mean to her, but sisters can be like that (I’m an only child, just going on my Mom’s sisterly exp.) I think it’s really tacky when celeb’s family members exploit their situation like this. As with Madonna’s brother and others, this lady will have her 15 minutes and then we will never hear from her again. And her sister is unlikely to ever forgive her, especially if she is as bad as she says she is. She has given Julia the upper hand here despite herself I think.
oh wow. A Julia Roberts post. Ick! Did hit my head and find myself back in the 90s?
Sounds like sour grapes to me, oh poor me I’m fat but nobody should say I am fat, the elephant in the room so to speak. I am in no means supermodel material myself, jeez, stop bleating! That doesn’t make me dislike Julia Roberts that makes me want to tell her sister to grow a set and take responsibility for her own life.
Oh God can you imagine what a crabby geriatric she’s going to be, I pity whomever has to care for her one day.
Wasn’t Keifer cheating with Julia and left his wife for her?
Have not had much use for her since the demeaning t’shirt thing with her husband’s then wife Vera. Realize that relationships happen in all circumstances but you don’t get to taunt your boyfriend’s wife and maintain much of a fan base. She lost me as a fan then.
The top photo of Julia reminds me of that wonderful phrase: “By the time you’re 40, you have the face you deserve.”
A sister giving interviews to a gossip magazine is not that credible…I’m just saying it’s not cool to do this especially to family…it’s just not cool.
I never judge celebrity in all those stories where their siblings run to press and whine that celebrities don’t pay them money or don’t have relationships. Because we never hear the other side. And all families have different relationships.
I can’t judge Julia because I don’t know if this is true. She is her half-sister. She is 8 years younger. And if I remember correct Nancy’ father (Julia’s stepfather) was abusing Julia and her other sister and brother. And Julia left home to work when she was 18. When her half-sister was 10. I don’t think they ever had close relationships. And are probably strangers to each other.
Yet Nancy is probably one of those celebrity relatives that think that Julia should support her for the rest of her life. Yeah, I’m sure Julia said to her: “You are so overweight. It’s unhealthy. You would feel better if you would stop being lazy and would exercise and eat healthy”. And Nancy was all like: “What? You are racist and hate all fat people. You would kill us all if you could, I’m sure. Because you hate us so much. You are horrible person. Where is that number of the tabloid magazine. I will tell them all truth about you, how you hate and wish all fat people do die”….
Just like there was misunderstood with Orpah. Or magazine clerk was just jerk and judgesd Oprah by her cloth. Which happens a lot to people, who come to rich stores (no matter on the race. They side eye white people too). But Oprah was all like: “Switzerland hates black people. Don’t come there. They will kill you all. Because they are crazy racists”….
From the words of Nancy I feel like she would totally became movie superstar if Julia would not think that she needs to loose weight… Yeah, of course that’s the only reason… Keep telling to yourself when you lie on the sofa, eating 5-th pizza.
And wasn’t Julia RIGHT when she gave her wise and smart advice that she needs to lose weight if she wants to make it in Hollywood? Because she knows how system works. And Nancy did not listen, still went to auditions… and did not get any roles and moved back.
This actress has her own problems. I am horrified that she dresses her kids in clothing from thrift stores. I love thrift store shopping and enjoy the bargains, but her kids are out in public looking unattractive. Kids can play in just about anything, but I think need to be spiffed up for functions, especially if mom is a millionaire. If the kids show up at the end of a function, having done something they wanted to do earlier, they need to be appropriately dressed.
If true, then pretty bitchy woman.
I’ve never understood why Eric Roberts never became bigger than she is. He is by far the more superior actor. I would never dole out my money for her crappy “acting.” Also can’t understand how she can live with herself knowing that she bought her husband. As far as the sister goes…keep on talking.
A lot of people are making fun of Julia’s mouth, nose ad laugh. Like everyone, she has what God gave her at birth. Each and every one of you look and sound the way you do from birth so why make fun of someone else? Perhaps a lot of yu have wide mouths but don’t see it because you’re used to it. Or have a messed up nose. Or a “weird laugh”. grow up. you’re supposed to be adults.
I love this article. I also know for a fact it’s true. I’ve learned that from working in this industry that there are two types of celebrity’s, the one’s who appreciate there position and our grateful and the ones who think their gods. In this Digital day and age you can’t get away with acting like an entitled, hatful, egotistical, monster. Good for Nancy for standing up for her self. Everyone hate a bully. I hope the media tares Julia’s world apart. Julia is Hindu, and karma is a b!t$h!