I have ulterior motives for writing this post, which I’ll get to in a minute. First of all, this is Gerard Butler leaving the Roger Room lounge last night in Los Angeles. He looks a lot better than he did in Barbados, maybe because we aren’t being blinded by his enormous, pasty gut. He actually looks thinner – he must wear clothes that are very slimming, in which case I need him to act as my stylist. The PCN Photos people said he was “celebrating” not having to go to jail for attacking that paparazzo, but I think it’s just as likely he was “celebrating” being fully clothed. Just a side note: is anyone else disturbed by his jacket? I think I’ve seen it before, but the red pleather always bothers me. Other than the pleather, he looks totally hot. Doable. Smokin’, even.
So here’s my first ulterior motive for talking about Gerard: I had a dream about him last night! This isn’t the first time I’ve dreamt of him, but this was by far the most disturbing. In my dream, we were living in the same college town, we were friends, and one day I asked him out, and he said yes. Then, when I went to meet him for our date, he was already with another girl and he ignored me completely! What do you think this means?!?
My second ulterior motive: My post of Gerard’s “gut and moobs” got a shout-out on a really great, interesting Gawker post! I’m totally thrilled with this, because I love reading Gawker. It was a piece called “Gerard Butler’s Belly Will Be the End to Hollywood’s Beauty Double-Standard” and the shout-out was as follows: “’From Spartan to softie: Gerard Butler packs on the holiday pounds and shows off his new beach body,’ reads the headline in the New York Daily News. ‘Gerard Butler packs some paunch on his Barbados holiday as his Spartan muscles become a distant memory,’ says the U.K.’s Daily Mail. Celebitchy cuts right to the chase with, “Gerard Butler shows off his gut & moobs in Barbados.’” Anyway, here’s the whole piece…. It’s totally interesting, and asks the question, “What does Gerard Butler’s gut and moobs mean in the larger sense?”
Paparazzi pictures of 300 stud Gerard Butler looking all fat in Barbados have everyone in a tizzy. Finally it seems male celebrities will be held to the same impossible body standards as their female counterparts. Thank God.
For so many years Hollywood’s leading men, even of the leading and romantic varieties, have been allowed to fall into a state of disrepair after first seducing fans with their svelte physiques. Just look at Russell Crowe, Luke Wilson, and Vince Vaughn. This was acceptable behavior, to get all big and bloated and still play men who women fawn all over in the movies. It seems like Fatty Butler is putting this to rest.
“From Spartan to softie: Gerard Butler packs on the holiday pounds and shows off his new beach body,” reads the headline in the New York Daily News. “Gerard Butler packs some paunch on his Barbados holiday as his Spartan muscles become a distant memory,” says theU.K.’s Daily Mail. Celebitchy cuts right to the chase with, “Gerard Butler shows off his gut & moobs in Barbados.”
These are the types of headlines usually reserved for female celebs like the Olsen twins, who are a constant source of speculation for being either too fat or dangerously thin. Jessica Simpson, who got the “Fat Jessica: Still Hot?” treatment when she gained a couple pounds last year. Britney Spears is only in the tabs good graces now that she has lost the weight from her Video Music Awards debacle in 2007.
Butler needs to follow Britney’s example (did you ever think anyone would say that ever?) and get back in shape and remind the public that he is a hunk of burning love. After all, look at what we fell in love with? His role in 300 was predicated more on his abdominals than it was his acting ability, and that’s what we want.
Sorry, we’re not going to lobby for more lax standards for celebrities. If they want to be famous, they have to pay the price by being famously fit. After all, if we want to look at people carrying a bit of fat around the midsection we’ll start following politics. Other than starring in movies and TV shows and making albums, stars have nothing else to do but go to the gym and eat right. They also have money and the access to afford the best trainers, nutritionist, yoga instructors, or surgery, if it really comes to that. And part of their job description is to be more beautiful than the fatties that we see every Saturday at the mall buying bigger sweatpants.
No matter what you might say about Madonna’s scary arms, she managed to keep a stellar body into her 50s. Same with Jamie Lee Curtis, Demi Moore (not quite fifty), and even Sally Boniva Field! These women know that maintaining a career as an actress means being held up to nearly impossible standards, and it’s finally time for the men to join in. Hear that, Val Kilmer? Better get to the gym, Alec Baldwin. Robert Downey Jr and Brad Pitt are still rocking killer bodies well into their prime, and that is going to be the standard for the future. That means Zac Efron will never eat another piece of chocolate cake in his life, but such is the price of fame.
The Star cover above, while predominantly concerned with women, also includes some men, which shows that they are starting to get the heat for looking good in public as well. Let’s hope that Gerard is the final nail in that coffin. We’re just sick of seeing man boobs with the men behind them getting a free pass from public ridicule.
[From Gawker]
Eh. I do think it’s nice that men are getting the same bullsh-t the women get, but ultimately, it would be nice if everyone didn’t have a major freakout every time any celebrity put on a little weight. After all, it’s just more to love! Actually, Gerard did look a little gross:
Gerard Butler leaving the Roger Room Lounge in LA on January 7, 2010. Credit: PacificCoastNews.com. Also, Gerard Butler in Barbados on January 3, 2010, credit: INFphoto.com.
Any man that starts to resemble my ex is gross!
Love the jacket.
The double standard is still there, men only get talked about when it’s more extreme. Gerry looked drastically different in the widely circulated photo, which is the only reason such a big deal is being made. An actress eats a sandwich for lunch or forgets to suck in her stomach for a moment, and she’s got a supposed pregnancy bump.
I have no problem with celebs gaining weight. expecting them to be in shape all the bloody time is a bit much. What I don’t get though, is why Gerard would fly to Barbados where he must’ve known he’d be photographed, looking like that. Gross.
If he weren’t marketed as such a hunk all the time, I’d be whatever on this because his weight does fluctuate a lot. These photos now will be archived and whenever ppl feel like talking about weight gain within HW or poke fun at him, they’ll surface again. It was either stupid or naive of him. I still like him and wish I could nail him to a wall but this definitely killed my quiver a bit. lol
Equality: you’re doing it wrong.
It’s different for men and there’s nothing you can do about it. Even if he put on 100 lbs he’d still be getting it. Women throw themselves at male celeb’s regarless of their weight. Granted if you are hot hot hot, you’ll get more and more work. But being big hasn’t seemed to slow down Jack Nicholson’s model quest has it. I argued this point the other day about Jon Gosslin–who would hit that if it wasn’t famous? Anyone?? Sucks for women though, Meryl Streep and Kathy Bates are both great actresses but who is working more?
it’s the beginning of an era… the J.Simp-jacket era, where round-ish stars are called out for their fluffiness and fight back with slimming leather jackets to remind everyone that there’s still a hot frame under those soft layers and maybe it’s not them, it’s you (and your lack of beer goggles).
Y’all can think he is gross so when he is looking for his next tumble and you don’t want him- I will be there…ready and very willing
@Dorothy- you won’t get any resistance from me on that front!
Dammit Dorothy, you took the words right out of my mouth. Then again, I don’t go for the finely chiseled pretty boys who spend every waking moment admiring their abs at the gym, and shun everything else. That’s just me.
@Anna, re: why go to Barbados like that…..maybe he just wanted to relax and just doesn’t give a shit.
ha ha @ peaches’ comment. surely it would be better if women weren’t being held to those standards instead of making mens lives miserable as well?
It’s healthier to stay in shape anyway, than to yo-yo your way through your working years. I saw Bill Paxton on some TV spot and was shocked at how much he pudges out between movie roles. *tsk tsk*
Gerry must use a body double in his movies, then?
The reason there is a double standard:
Men don’t give a crap about how other men look.
Women, on the other hand, are obsessed with pointing out every tiny fault in other women’s bodies.
Who do you think buys all the stupid gossip rags?
Let’s remember that the holidays JUST finished and even actors have the right to put on weight and *gasp* taken a vacation while heavy whilst NOT being a spring chicken (he’s 40 people!…can’t eat like ya used ta nor take off the weight either) Unfortunately I know first hand as we share the same birthdate and year… *sigh*
Last time I checked, it wasn’t a crime, makes the eyes squint a bit…but trust, this man would be back to his hunky self in a matter of a month or two (okay maybe 4, LOL). I’ll take Gerard with a lil fluff and in the buff. He’s still quite a dish to me.
I don’t he looks that bad in the swimsuit…he’s out of shape but he’s still my #1!
If he starts looking like Jack Nickolson then we have a problem!
He looks cuddly. I like a cuddly Gerard.
Maybe I’m a fetishist, but I don’t think he looks half bad.
Kaiser, I’m with you on everything G.But-related, but I’m worried you’re going to alienate the guy if he reads about your “gut and moobs” comments in Gawker. When you meet him, give him your real name, not your nom de plume. 🙂
I’d rather that we cut both men and women a little slack than spread the body image issue equally…not really my idea of “equality,” but there you have it
We can all talk about his weight for days to come but I have a feeling he’s not getting less booty because of it and sadly I can see him having no problem chosing from an line of beauties
I think most of us here are still thinking you’ll jump him if the opportunity permits.
That said, I don’t think men will say that about Charlize Theron when she packed the pounds, and that was just for a movie
For a minute I thought this was Ray Romano’s pudgy younger brother.
So because women are willing to overlook a dude’s pasty ass man tits and gut, somehow men will stop expecting women in hollywood to look “traditionally” hot?
Can we say confirmation bias?
Woo hoo hoo, fallacious logic abounds.
Devries, your sweeping generalizations are far from accurate. Unless you can read minds (and if you could, you’d be delightfully surprised at the complexity and creativity of female ‘obsessions’), speak for yourself.
I don’t think there’s a double standard: fat and out of shape are just that, regardless of sex. He wouldn’t get hired for “400” or whatevs looking like tubby crap.
Co-signign with Ron up there. Hate to say it but it’s true.
Kath Bates is a brilliant Oscar winning actress, we can’t deny her talent, but it’s true – she didn’t get the same type of role opportunitiwes than certain other actresses in that league have recieved. Kate Winslet has been an awesome actress for freaking EVER and is just NOW getting her just due. And I do feel its because she’s not thin. Just as I believe the Kathy Bates and Whoopi Goldberg’s of the world(even though both have Oscars) are some considered more character actors than go-to-gals.
I don’t care if he has a beer gut and man boobs but please, let’s call a spade a spade. This guy is no Adonis.
Kaiser,
The reason the jacket looks familiar is because Kate Gosselin wore one that looks a lot like it in 2009.
I don’t care if Gerard is carrying a few extra pounds – sexy is in the way a man carries himself, and he is still sexy. I’d do him!
To me this guy looks like the middle stage of Dennis Quaid morphing into his portly brother Randy.
“400.” Hee!
Just watched P.S- I love you. What an awful movie! It was painful to sit through!
He looks pretty normal, in my opinion. That’s not an artery-choking amount of fat, people. Frankly, Gerard Butler always looked like Joe Shmoe to me- he’s only “hot” because he’s famous. Abs actually turn me off because I know how much you have to obsess over your body to maintain that. Ripped dudes wouldn’t want to have drinks or dessert, ever. I like to cook; he’d be all full of protein powder by the time he came over. And 9 times out of 10, their personalities end up like “The Situation” from Jersey Shore. Just like I can’t separate Tom Cruise’s looks from his insanity anymore, I can’t get past the gut (no pun intended) feeling that I would have nothing in common with a man whose life clearly revolves around his abs. Ergo, I am more attracted to fluffy Gerard. After all, my life revolves around…food!
Ugh – WHO CARES!? He’s still hot.
Hey Rhymes easy on my boy The Situation now! lol! Snookie too while we are at it. You can hate on that slut J-Wow if you want though. As long as you burn more calories than you take in you can maintain whatever shape you want anyway. Me myself? Anybody can have abs, I have one big ab.
Celebs should be in shape all the time. They get paid astronomical amounts to work in short stints, they have an unbelievable amount of free time and money to do whatever they want. They live a fantasy lifestyle so, sorry but I think it’s an obligation–if their fame is built on being a sex symbol–to stay in shape. And its about TIME, this applied to men as well as women.
Not that anyone cares, but I am now watching Nim’s Island, and Gerard’s acting in it is not any better.
Is there any other movie, besides 300, that he is actually GOOD in?
LOL@”400″
agreed. I’d still do him.
He’s good in RocknRolla
And it’s nice to see a male star who actually looks like a man, not a boy trying to be a man. I like a little hair on the chest, some character to the face, and I definitely don’t want to be the only one at our table having dessert!
i loved him in rock n rolla!
I like him. He’s got a nice fuzzy chest and a tummy I’d like to kiss.
@dhavy and drakeula- I will check that movie out. Thanks for the suggestion!
yummo. wouldn’t kick that bloke outta my bed. i don’t like it when people are so fit and tight it is like hugging a board. give me a man with some softness to his body, not like homer simpson, but like gerry up there. yummo still. 😀
He did a brilliant movie back in 1999 where he was a Chef…he looks amazing in that movie. 300 he was a hunk of burning love.
Now, he looks a big mess.
If I had his money and access to the best medical care …I would hit the gym or at least swim everyday and get some lypo.
He does not look good fat/plump.
The Moobs are off putting.
It was his acting that did it for me concerning 300. He was a M.A.N…i wanted to join the Army after watching that movie or make a baby with someone…it was a real masculine role. Its the same thing I feel when I see Simon Cowel. No BS or asking me what tomato to by Cherry or pomodoro…he just make a decision and does not whine.
Anyway, his market is the HE MAN MACHO MASCULINE market and he needs to stay away from KFC and do some press-up. I know for a fact he hates the gym…big time. However, he needs to loose the MOOBS pronto.
Val Kilmer was a sexy beast and now he is just a pudding. I cant believe that he let himself go.
Same with Baldwin…I guess these men had manorexia or something.
Pierece Brosanan puts on weight too when he is on holiday…but not to moobs proportion. I remember 2 wks before Remember Me started shooting he has a tummy. Then he was in NYC. Tummy gone and as $£XY as ever. Yum. However, I love it that his wife is a real women with curves and his stardom has zero effect on her need to be size zero.
Tom Cruise had some weight before shooting his movie with Cam in Spain and he worked it out and he is back to the lean muscle machine.
Tom Cruise is a control freak so I find it odd that he would put on weight during his vacation but I found that endearing especially since he spent a lot of time with his Daughter instead of hitting the gym.
It depends if the Actor looks good plump. Catherine Zeta Jones looks good thin or fat some other actress/actors do not look good fat. Renee is disgusting when she is fat…just nasty. Sorry, had to say it
Naw, he looks Mucho Gross with his Moobs.
His skin looks nasty and pasty. He needs to be lean and a tan/healthy glow…sugar scrub might help.
IMO, it looks like he has been spending his cash on a lot of Beers.
Kate Winslet and Katy Bates look amazing. Best actors of the century and their weight does not have any impact on the role or their performance.
However, the Genre that Gerard is going for means he needs to keep fit like Arnie S.
He’still very hotttttttttttttttt
With the constant change in his diet, it’s no surprise. Buff > skinny > buff > skinny. It must suck having to change body mass for each movie you play in.
Gerard is the handsomest man in the universe.Enough said