Shailene Woodley covers the April issue of Elle magazine. She’s wearing a Balmain bodysuit. Her bod looks fantastic, but I’m disappointed by the lack of Shailene’s fabled hairy pits. They probably ‘shopped out the hair for a fashion magazine. The makeup artist must have been asleep too. They made her look like Kristen Stewart, right?
This interview is classic Shailene. She rambles to Elle about ler love for love, warriors, and her kick-ass grandma. I’ve included some of her interview with MTV where she doles out diet tips. Shailene has developed an obsession with bone broth, which she sees as a way to “honor the animal.” She’s very excited about this newfound discovery:
On loooove: “I’m all-loving. I fall in love with people based on who they are. I never want to love like this [holds arms outstretched]. I always want to love like this [thrusts her arms behind her back, pressing her chest forward]. Heart centered, like, ‘This is who I am! And I love you if you love me for who this person is. And if not, I’ll still love you, but I ain’t fallin’ in love with you!’ When you’re truly in love, for me, it’s … you’re my lighthouse! You’re somebody who holds me high, keeps me safe, you’ve got my f***in’ back.You also love me whole, wild, and free. You let me do me, and I’m gonna let you do you! And I’ll be the home that you return to.”
Her warrior family: “I was born into a family of warriors, really strong people. It doesn’t mean that it was an easy childhood and we didn’t have our s–t, because every family does behind closed doors. But even though my parents are divorced, they get along. I have a family who every day strives to do the right thing. My Grams is the most banging 69-year-old I’ve ever met in my life. She’s so fit. She’s so rad.”
Her latest health tip: “Bone broth. I am telling you, it is the sh*t. It is everything. You take bones from animals, it sounds pretty gnarly, but if you’re gonna eat a steak, there’s gonna be bones involved, so you may as well honor the animal and utilize them. You just brew it in water and a crockpot. Add some onions and garlic. Oh my god, it’s heaven. It tastes so good, and if you want, you can blend it with coconut oil, and it’s delicious.”
She’s so freaking wacky. Shailene’s bone broth must be (in her mind) a cleansing agent. Sort of like how she swallows clay to remove heavy metals from her bod. She probably swigs her bone broth and runs onto the beach to catch some “gnarly” waves. Is the bone broth thing gross? I’m vegetarian, so it sounds nasty on this end. But isn’t most chicken and beef-type stock derived from bones? Educate me, omnivores.
For what it’s worth, MTV talked to Shailene’s Insurgent costars about her health tips. Ansel Elgort says Shailene won’t let him eat more than one type of meat during a meal (he prefers to stack his plate with fish, pork, chicken, and steak all at once). Theo James talks about how Shailene made him take a “throat coat.” Only Jai Courtney stands firm in his convictions: “I ignore any health tips from Shailene.” LMAO.
This editorial shot from Elle is much better than the cover.
Photos courtesy of Michael Thompson/Elle & WENN
Bone broth is very very very healthy! The broth produces gelatin from collagen-rich joints and also releases minerals from bones.
You can, however, buy bone marrow gelatin in a water soluble form online and add it to hot drinks (which I do) and reap all the benefits. I also make bone broth and it is quite soothing and very healthy.
Yup! For once Shailene is not spouting wacky. Bone broth is used by many cultures because it has many nutrients.
She needs to be careful with her advice. In 15 years and with an Oscar nod or nomination, she will transform into the new Goop.
I grew up on bone broth, it’s very healthy and delicious. In most cultures it’s shameful to kill an animal then waste nutritious body parts. I remember learning from an American friend that Americans don’t eat animal organs (heart, kidney, liver) and being utterly shocked.
Haha, well if you consider that many of us eat processed meats like sausage, bologna, hot dogs, etc. then yes, we do eat animal organs 🙂
That’s not entirely true. My mom was a southerner who grew up on a farm and she would eat everything, tongue, liver, etc. I admit I never really had a taste for most of it, but I gave it a try. This was the way my mom would make homemade soup. Don’t really think it is that new, and my mom didn’t want to waste anything.
Well, in my culture it’s shameful to kill an animal, period.
Lots of people eat animals from “the roota to the toota” as my Grandma used to say.
Bone broth is FANTASTIC. I’ve been making my own soup stock since I was a teenager so its not new to me lol. And I eat all the offal as well, as do my kids and husband. Chicken gizzard curry, Canterbury casserole with lamb hearts and kidney’s, traditional dirty rice made with gizzards and liver (chicken) to name but a few. YUM! (I’m a Canadian/Kiwi who lives in NZ and many NZérs think we eat weird stuff lol)
Kind of excited we’re talking about bone broth!
Yes, its wonderful stuff. I had bone broth mixed with shark fin broth and it was amazing. And to clarify a friend caught it while fishing. It swallowed the hook too far and wasn’t going to make it.
I ate it passed out and 16 hours later woke up feeling awesome. It’s tougher on the body to digest because it’s also cleansing. You sweat a lot out. Great when recovering from a cold or as a quick detox.
I am amazed that your friend or you had the time or the patience to make sharks fin soup! Traditionally it takes 72 hours to cook. I hope you used the rest of the shark too and I am glad you don’t make a habit of it.
Yes, much of the flavor and nutrients in meat comes from the bone, right? So it’s delicious.
The flavor comes mostly from the fat, and nutrients come from the muscle, bone, and fat (yes, you need fat) but A LOT of nutrients come from the bone and bone marrow. Some flavor too, but the “this is beef” or “this is pork” flavor comes from the fat. Bone gives things a richness that’s hard to define as a distinct flavor.
I hate to see bones thrown away. I’m like, “you’re wasting so much good nutrition, gah!”
I’m surprised to read that bone broth is the new thing in the States or that you have to go online to buy bone marrow gelatin. I took it for granted because it’s super common in my part of Europe. Most of our soups are based on the bone broth, sometimes with some meat on it, but not necessarily and the gelatin is added to so many meals, it’s as common as baking soda. It’s supposed to be very healthy. People have been using it to cure cold, flu and other minor infections for centuries. Bone broth and homemade garlic, onion and honey syrup where the only “medicine” my grandmas would use when I was sick as a child.
It’s not new. Just new to her.
Oh, I see. After reading her answer and Bedhead’s commentary, I thought it’s some new discovery.
Stock is made from the bones and other residual parts of animals. Broth is made by simmering the meat. It’s nothing new, she just thinks she “discovered” it.
I learned to cook by watching my grandmother. Who was married to a farmer. So obviously, she used all parts of the animal. It’s not new to anyone who knows how to make their own stock. But “bone broth” IS the new fad diet making the rounds. I had a very “is this for real” moment a few months ago when I started seeing all the celebs mentioning “bone broth” like they invented it and reading the articles on the health benefits. Ummm, this isn’t new.
Thanks for the clarification folks – I was wondering the same things. My husband always saves the bones from dinners, freezes them, and makes stock. I can’t believe this is considered some sort of new diet discovery.
I believe that broth is seasoned stock.
We’re always a few dozen steps behind Europe, especially in health & food safety. As much as the coastal states probably know about bone broth, I can guarantee you it isn’t showing up at any midwestern potlucks yet!
p.s. LOVE both bone broth AND I have hydrated bentonite clay in my fridge at all time in case I get a rash or tummy trouble. (I actually travel with it when I can.) She might be on the edge, but a lot of us live there!
yes amy, it is here in the fly over states:)
I call it stock! When it’s beef bones, I call it beef tea.
Don’t eat/drink it as a broth, though. I use it as stock, for casseroles and soups and whathaveyous.
I’ve always made stock from leftover bones from roasting joints. These days, I bung them in the microwave with water, and the holy trinity of onion/carrot/celery but it used to be a saucepan on the hob. My mother did it. Both my grandmothers did it. Is this not common in the US, then?
Same here I have always made stock on a Sunday after making a roast chicken. it’s so easy and when it’s cooled down it can be frozen for when it’s needed.
Of course it’s common here. It’s just soup stock.
Ditto what Ruth Dunbar said. It’s just stock!
I do the same after we are finished eating roast chicken I make stock with the leftovers and a nice soup the next day .. It’s so delicious and nutritious.
It’s a fad like any other.
Maybe a fad in the celebrity world, those of us who cook have been using it forever, and it mean forever….
Not a fad at ALL. It’s a cooking staple ingredient.
She’s 100% correct. Bone broth IS the shit! It’s healthy and delicious and you can use it in so many dishes.
I make it all the time. Whenever we have a chicken or a roast or anything with bone (I buy all my meat bone in for this reason), I make stock with them. And when I didn’t have much money I just bought soup bones and made broth all the time. Add veggies and you’ve got a great soup. So cheap.
I love bone broth. It is super-healthy and makes me feel better when I am sick.
I mean, she has a great body so she’s doing something right. But I also want to smack her in the face all the time.
Ha! Me too. Can’t stand her or her acting. If this is an example of a typical interview of hers then I hope she stops giving interviews. She sounds incredibly pretentious in a very immature way. Hopefully she’ll grow out of it.
I just don’t get her. At all. She’s just so ordinary
@Joy,
I agree. I just don’t get it. I didn’t get it when she made her first big splash and I don’t get it now. What is the DEAL with this girl. She has basic looks, works on basic movies, but suddenly the celebrity media can’t get enough of her.
she does have an amazing body though
A big +1 to all of you. I wish she’d go away until her brain is fully formed. Holy crap, she’s an odd one.
@GingerCrunch: I wish there was a “like” button to like your comment. My thoughts, precisely.
Jenny, she’s at that age where she could probably eat anything she wants and still have a great body. I’m not sure her clay/bone broth eating, labia sunbathing lifestyle has much to do with it at this point.
That’s how stock is made out of the bones and veg, herbs, the bones have marrow that is quite yummy but kinda gross to look at but It gives the broth its richness.
Bone marrow, chopped fresh parsley, and a sprinkle of sea salt on a hearty piece of toast is my most favorite thing in the world.
That sounds very delicious. 🙂
This is interesting; I’ve never heard of marrow being consumed by itself (as in, not used to make stock) – I picture it as something spreadable or jelly-like??
Yes it is spreadable and it tastes better than butter.
I first heard about the sea salt/parsley/marrow combo on Bourdain’s show No Reservation, where he described that meal as his “death row meal”. He did an episode where he ate that at a restaurant in London called St John. Last time I was in London I made a beeline to that place just to try it and it was FANTASTIC. I buy marrow from Whole Foods and make it myself with Flying Pig bread and organic parsley. The parsley cuts through the fattiness of the marrow and adds a nice freshness, the salt gives a faint crunch and pairs perfectly with the butteriness of the marrow…so so good.
Sorry I just geeked out. I get really excited about food sometimes….
Well now you’ve got me feeling geeky! I’ll have to give this a whirl!
My grandma used to eat bone marrow on toast. One day when I was little I saw her smearing what I thought was butter on her toast and I asked her for a piece. She gave me a little piece and I told her it tasted funny. She told me it was “cow jelly” that came from cow bones. The face I made must have been priceless, because she got quite the belly laugh from it. LOL. I miss that mean ol’ lady.
Yeah, I didn’t know that was something new. People make stock that way for….I don’t know how long. It’s like…everyone knows this where I live. Everyone. And if, on off chance, there was someone who doesn’t-they always go on and on about it on Masterchef.
Bone broth is an annoying trend. I have a friend who was shocked that a dumpy mom like me is ny hip because I’ve made bone broth for decades. Duh it’s just stock. Next year meat and potato style dinners will be whispered about in yoga studios as “the new cleanse” I guess hipsters who barley eat are easily impressed
Yeah, she’s basically talking about soup like she’s the first person in history to DISCOVER HOMEMADE SOUP OMG.
Hipster Boner Soup. 😁 Lol!
Haha! Hipster BONER soup? That sounds painful… LOL
Yeah, that’s what I was little shocked by. I don’t think the suggestion of bone broth was dumb, but acting like no one has ever heard of it before struck me as a bit strange.
That’s what struck me, too. But at least it’s sane, not like the vitamin d must be absorbed by exposing your private parts to the sun or whatever. I see improvement.
Me three. This chick…smh.
So, some hipster in Brooklyn has slapped a new name on old fashioned stock, which has been made for hundreds of years as a basis for just about every soup (my mother made it as well after Thanksgiving with the turkey bones), called it “Bone Broth” and is making a mint. Then new age people discover it and voila, new trendy health miracle discovered by folks like her. OK.
That got me too. Marrow has long been used as a thickener and or flavor booster.
What irks me is now there will be a higher demand for marrow and bones so the price will surely go up… No more getting free bones from butcher…
I know. She is talking about broth or stock. That is…just how it is made.
Exactly. I have been hearing/reading a lot about “bone broth” lately, and I keep thinking, Damn, I am soooooooo trendy! I always make stock out of leftover chicken, then throw it into an ice cube tray and use the cubes as needed. I have some in the freezer now.
LOL IKR? I was about to post “Uh, isn’t this basically homemade soup? “
I’d rather drink bone broth than suntan my vadge.
Broth is made from bones. Except you know, vegetable broth. She’s a little excited, but homemade broth/stock is awesome.
Also the Kstew styling is no good.
Thought she looked like Kstew too.
She looks like Kristen Stewart on the cover, but without whatever it is about Kristen Stewart’s face that makes that kind of look work.
Did she articulate herself like this when she was on The Secret Life of the American Teenager? I feel like she developed a new vocabulary (i.e rad, gnarly, banging, etc.) once she started doing franchise movies.
Forget the bone broth.
What is up with that cover? what did they do to her? she is so pretty but damn, that is terrible eye make up : (
Right? She looks terrible! Those shiny cheeks and nude lips – she looks like a sick, bloated middle-aged woman. A sick, bloated Kristen Stewart, perhaps.
That is a terrible photo. Who would actually choose that foe the cover?
Ugh, I’m just imagining what it must be like to work with her and hear her “tips” nonstop. I think I would go insane.
I bet her breath smells like the shit
Bone broth is amazing, I make my own out of chicken and turkey bones (I don’t eat red meat), onion, garlic, carrots, celery and then I’ve got delicious stock for soups, stews, rice, etc.
But she’s got to stop with the chest-pounding wild and free warrior sh*t…it’s really OTT.
That cover shot is… wow. They made her look like Elizabeth Taylor (good) after a bender (bad), imo.
Someone seriously hates her at Elle, poor girl that cover is god awful. There is no way after a day/hours of taking pics THIS is the best that they got.
I was just about to say this. These photos are just awful- she is actually a good-looking girl but the cover pics make her look like a man in drag. If I were her agent I’d be pissed.
I splurge for an organic chicken, and after I get 2 family meals from all the meat, I simmer the carcass in a crock pot all night. All the nutrients from the bone marrow go right into the stock. Then add any veggie and leftovers: you can clean out your frig! Delicious and nutritious 🙂
Do you strain it afterward before you add the veggies?
So, soup? Yep. Homemade soup is good, and good for you. What a surprise.
I’m vegetarian so although the natural blogs rave about bone broth I don’t try it. Glad to hear her getting some of the “wacky” natural stuff into mainstream.
She should pursue legal action against whoever made her face look like that on the cover.
Yes, broths are derived from boiling down the bones. If the gelatin is left intact it is a stock. Bone marrow is actually very good for you as well.
…and yeah I second what someone said up there. She is basically talking about soup in her own pretentious hipster way.
technically, stocks are made from the bones and broths are derived from simmering meats.
That’s right, my bad.
paranormaldude is a chef. He’s always going on about stock vs broth. LOL
It’s crazy that her grandma is only 69. My dad is 64 and I’m only a few years older than her.
Bone broth is definitely good for your immune system but the collagen angle is exaggerated .
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/02/10/384948585/taking-stock-of-bone-broth-sorry-no-cure-all-here
Bad choice of makeup and hair style… It’s like they were trying to make her look like Kristen Stewart.
Whoever did her makeup hates her. That eye makeup is dreadful–it makes her look like she has a wonky eye.
Plus…she always looks unwashed. Even in these photos, she looks greasy.
Yes, what is that about some people, always looking like they need a scrubbing? Fergie always strikes me that way. But of course, Ethan Hawke is the Dirt King.
its hilarious to me, those eating trends. kale and bone broth is what i ate at my grandma when i was little.
damn i should have just copied her recipes, made a book and sold it and be a nutrion guru and multi millionaire.
Seriously! These hipster types grow up sheltered enough to never hear about some of this stuff, then think they’re inventing sliced bread every time they catch on to something that’s been around for ages, and then believe they’re educating the ignorant masses by bringing it into the mainstream.
Wait – did you just say “sliced bread”? I believe you meant artistically chiseled carbohydrate loaves. Silly peasant!
Bone broth is amazing. I never use boullion anymore and homemade soups are the best! I cook rice and quinoa in it too and it adds all kinds of nutrients and flavor. Don’t know about weight loss…. Adding coconut oil would add calories (and good fat. It’s all fat!). But bone broth is very, very good for you.
ETA–I agree with you guys. It’s basically stock. I never saw the value in it until I started making my own, but it’s NOT NEW. lol
I really don’t have anything against her, but I just get the feeling that this girl smells.
I can’t really dislike her. She’s a flake but seems incredibly sweet.
She’s pretty ,but that cover is awful. It looks like something from Saved by the bell.
That cover is awful, and yes, her right armpit looks blurred. Ugh, I looked. lol
As for bone broth, it’s something that I’m going to be trying – before she mentioned it. It’s supposed to have a lot of nutrients and I used to be a big carnivore, so I’m going to see if consuming it makes me feel better. If not, then I’ll keep moving closer to being vegetarian.
LOL! Oh honey..bone broth/stock from boiling/simmering bones is not a new idea. I’ve done it my whole life. My favorite is after we have a roast chicken.
Maybe she grew up using bullion cubes or something. *Kanye shrug*
This is interesting to me that Shaliene and so many comments on here seem like this is new. I remember being told years ago by the women in my family if you want to lose weight stop eating out and make homemade soup. It’s nutritious, low calorie and filling. I don’t really cook, but before people ate out every other meal at least you saw food prepared, and I knew the basics of how most things were made. Now so much is processed that an entire generation is just figuring it out. They seem so excited about their new discoveries too. Now I just have to think of the other kernels of wisdom I remember and see how to market it to these new women to earn my retirement package.
What about Bone broth is new?
I just cant
Its certainly not new, my mom taught me to make it when I was a little kid in the 70s. I still make some kind of stock 3-4 times per month. I have noticed that the younger gens are really getting into it and thats a good thing imo; especially when you consider the crap food young people usually eat and all the fake frankenfood the supermarkets sell. If they want to call it “bone broth” instead of “stock”, who cares? My vegetarian niece, who has a diet that is 99% carbs and candy, told me that her vegan friends are starting to drink bone broth, because its not the same as eating meat. I am all for it. Let the vegans drink bone broth. I hope my niece will join them, she is a beautiful, brilliant young girl, but her skin looks terrible and she has no energy, she is starving herself from her stupid diet. Like most college students, she doesn’t have the time or means to do a vegetarian diet properly. So I say, good for Shailene pushing the “bone broth”!
OH MY GOD YES!–your niece. My little sister is the EXACT same way. She won’t learn how to cook vegetarian dishes, whenever my mom makes her vegetarian dishes, she always wants to eat that processed (vegetarian) crap that she gets from the store…..and it’s a nightmare. I’m wondering what she’s going to do when she leaves home, because she can’t cook and doesn’t want to learn.
bone broth….also known as stock. something people have been making for probably thousands of years. good lord she’s a moron.
The whole “discovery” of bone broth cracks me up! It is definitely the new health fad. What is truly hilarious though, is that it’s been used for centuries – it’s called stock. My Mom never, ever threw out chicken, beef, or turkey bones until she boiled the goodness out of them and saved the stock. For Mom, it went into soups and stews, but for me, I use it in soup, stew, and for any cooking that needs liquid – quinoa cooked in stock is amazing.
While it’s delicious, far cheaper and healthier than store-bought, and easy to make, I doubt that 95% of the health-fad claims are true. It won’t “detox” you – whatever that’s supposed to mean, or any other woo, but it does come free from preservatives, artificial flavours & colours, and MSG, and it’s cheap. Isn’t that enough?
Where’s the like button?
Soup. She’s talking about bloody soup.
Ah, leave her alone, she’s harmless and sweet. If you weren’t brought up with people who cook, this would be news. At least she’s interested in natural things rather than Birkin Bags and $1,000 sneakers.
Completely, 100% agree! I’d much rather read her interviews than read anything another vapid Kardashian or E channel twit has to say!
My husband makes stock at least once a week and freezes it. We always have homemade beef, chicken, turkey, and seafood stock (shrimp heads, lobster shells and bodies, etc) in the freezer. Nothing like a good homemade stock to make things taste outrageous!!
I know bone broth isn’t a new thing. But 10-20 years ago (I’m so old I can’t accurately tell the passage of time!) it fell out of favor when the mad cow scare hit Britain and America. Bone marrow was much more likely to transmit it than meat. Maybe the younger generation don’t realize bone broth USED to be thing because they’re too young to remember.
LOL, no it never fell out of favor. That’s funny.
Well it depends where you live. Where i live, it kinda did.The type of bones changed, because people started to be afraid of lead and heavy metals.
Um, I know bone broth seems to be the latest fad, but who else has always made soup stock with bones?
Me. What else would you use?
Bone broth is good but I ain ‘t cooking 10 hours. I’ll just eat gelatin.
Try a pressure cooker! it only takes an hour.
Do it in a crock pot overnight. Sleep while your bone broth brews!
Hey, she’s not claiming to have solved World Peace–just that bone broth is new to her. After these interviews, I’ve decided I like her. I like her for all the reasons people say Jennifer Lawrence is so awesome…’crept I don’t much care for JLaw.
But this chick is engaged and excited by the world around her, so that works for me!
I don’t like Shailene, but I do feel ya’ll are being too harsh on her this time. Bone broth is new to her. Heck, I only found out about it like 2 years ago as well. She’s excited she found out about this and is telling the world. Big deal.
It surprises me than in at least half of this threads, a poster will show up calling out sexism on how people judge celebrities, yet I feel this treatment of being incredibly annoyed by completely inoffensive things is reserved just to young actresses. (Shailene Woodley, Blake Lively, etc)
Who the hell is this chick?
From warrior to actress? Give me a break… Can’t think of two further extremes…
This is food that regular people eat all the time. Why is it a story?
Meh. Call me old fashioned but counting calories and exercise works for me. I don’t know why people feel they need to keep finding something new to stay in shape.
I like that she stays true to herself. Who gives a flying f if she’s just heard of ‘soup.’ She’s not talking about selfies, so she wins.
While I generally like Shailene, here she looks like Kristen Stewart here and talks like Miley Cyrus, lol.