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Joan Collins Slams Plastic Surgery, Botox, and Skinny Starlets - Meow!

by Mark Marino (Subscribe to Mark Marino's posts)
Posted Jun 21st 2010 at 12:30PM  
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Joan Collins, in all her 1980's glory, as Alexis Carrington on "Dynasty." Photo: ABC / Getty Images

More than 20 years after "Dynasty" went off the air, Joan Collins is baring her claws again.

And this time the actress who played rich bitch Alexis Carrington is taking a swipe at Hollywood's skinny starlets, saying they all have "boys' figures with big melons stuck on them."

Meowch!

"I'm not a fan of that look... In Hollywood, the girls are forced by the studios to look extremely thin," 77-year-old Collins says in an interview with the London Telegraph.

"When we did 'Dynasty,' we had to keep under a certain weight, but that weight then was a lot higher than it is supposed to be now."

Collins adds that she actually pities the pipe-cleaner-thin actresses, telling the newspaper, "I feel sorry for those who have to live on a lettuce leaf and a cucumber slice."

For her part, the TV vixen says she has maintained her va-va-voom through "discipline, certainly, and portion control," though she does admit to the occasional indulgence, like a Twix bar.


As for how Collins keeps her still-youthful appearance, the British beauty claims she has had help from neither knife nor needle.

"It frightens me," the author of "Health, Youth, and Happiness: My Secrets" and "The Art of Living Well" says of cosmetic surgery.

"Botox, I think, is poison, I would never put it into my face, and I'm needle-phobic. I spend a lot of time keeping my face out of the sun and taking care of my skin and wearing makeup."

Meanwhile, Collins has no plans to retire to her rocking chair anytime soon and will next appear on the U.K. stage as Queen Rat in a pantomime production of "Dick Whittington." And she has this message for all those mature actresses who moan about the lack of roles for older women: Quit complaining!

"It's such a cliché, because every actress over the age of 40 has been saying this for the last 30 years," she says. "Of course it's true: the public want to see young people -- young people are the people who go to the cinema. It's a sad fact of life, but you've got to accept it and not whinge about it."

And if you do, she'll scratch your eyes out.

In related news, another '80s icon, Molly Ringwald, is sounding off on plastic surgery.
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Tags: aging, aging in Hollywood, Alexis Carrington, body image, Botox, cosmetic surgery, diet, Dynasty, Joan Collins, mature women, needles, plastic surgery, skinny stars, weight
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ed baggett, 6-21-2010, 8:12PM

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ed baggett

Who cares about what this "old bag" says ? She's a bitch anyway !

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Jennifer, 6-21-2010, 8:26PM

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Jennifer

She was NEVER a major actress. So what, that she starred in a night time soap opera? It wasn't acting. She is certainly lying when she says she has had help on her face. She is a phoney. She needs to be quiet and do some reading about what real acting is all about.

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Kevin, 6-21-2010, 8:40PM

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Kevin

You folks are morons. Joan Collins is an icon and has been starred in everything from the original Star Trek to film nior detective movies with the likes of Robert Mitchum. She is also a beautiful women who is still stunning into her seventies.

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Joyce, 6-21-2010, 8:49PM

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Joyce

She's lying. Who is she kidding? By the way, she is not an icon.

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MAGOOS, 6-21-2010, 8:54PM

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MAGOOS

Is this a question of the pot calling the kettle black? Never thought this woman had much talent as an actor; more talent for exposure and publicity. j

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J, 6-21-2010, 8:56PM

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Both of you are idiots...Joan was a major actress in her day in England and was one of the most popular pin-up girls in the 50's and 60's. She had many roles in the 80's and 90's and I consider her a better person and actor than the idiotic skanks we have around now days. You both should be ashamed of the "role models" we have around now days. Times change but standards must remain!

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gjeno, 6-21-2010, 9:04PM

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@ ed baggett : You sound like an idiot. Joan Collins is far above most starlets of today.

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ajschrod, 6-21-2010, 9:08PM

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ajschrod

Joan knows whereof she speaks! She was fabulously sexy without "help" for years, and anyone lucky enough to have seen a picture of her nude when she was younger would know what I mean. Finding real beuty among altered Hollywood stars is no longer fun, mostly because so few were born with genes "good enough" to turn out so well on their own. Pity!

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Patty, 6-21-2010, 9:12PM

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I totally agreed with Joan. These actresses today look sickly. They have no shapes. You can always tell the ones that have botox and plastic surgery. You can maintain a good weight by eating sensible. I would hate to live my life like that. Besides women should have curves and some meat on their bones. These actresses look way old before their time. Joan looks great and has no problem getting older.

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John S, 6-21-2010, 9:30PM

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She is right! The actresses of today are so shallow. There is no class, or sophistication. Everything caters to the lowest common denominator. That includes most of the comics as well.

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j, 6-21-2010, 9:37PM

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she may not have been a major actress but she is still hot .
As far as todays actresses go they are not

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dmgg711, 6-21-2010, 9:39PM

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Joan Collins is a British actress at the age of 17. She is still very active in the theatre and is known as an actress, author and columnist. Her sister is author, Jackie Collins.

Those bashing Joan Collins are the ones who probably are too young to know her work as an actress. She certainly has always been beautiful and has never let her self go to pot. She is very disciplined and by the way in case some of you think that is her picture now, no it's not. It says the photo is from the 80's in Dynasty.

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Lon, 6-21-2010, 9:43PM

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Joan Collins is just an old has been. She is in her 70's and of course she is jealous. She is no longer in the limelight and honestly never was, "Dynasty" was her claim to fame and before that her career was not anything to speak of. To slam botox and plastic surgery is quite laughable. Look in the mirror Ms. Collins.... You're not all that!!!

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kaysings, 6-21-2010, 9:44PM

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Right, Ms. Collins, and there's nothing phony about you...

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okim31, 6-21-2010, 9:47PM

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Joan Collins is a total hottie and those that don't appreciate her are young pups who really have no appreciation for what a real healthy adult womans body should look like.

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Meagan, 6-21-2010, 9:54PM

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Joan Collins is right. The "starlets" of today for the most part are forced to look like boys. I mean really 32 inches in the hips? That is the size of a child 11-12 years old. In the 80's most models and major female stars were a size 6 or 8. By the standards of Hollywood today they would be considered PLUS SIZE. She is an ICON.

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BR., 6-21-2010, 10:00PM

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Joan was in many very good movies and she was always a treat to look at. As for her comments, I couldn't agree with her more. All modern starlets looks as if they were designed by computer.They all have the same skinny bodies with artificial boobs, the same generically pretty banal faces, that completely lack breeding and class, the same screeching uncultivated voices, the same lack of any poise and grace and talent. Add to it messy hair and ugly clothes that either look like being picked up in Salvation Army bargain basement or ripped off some two-dollar hooker.
Give me old movies and Joan Collins, please!

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mari, 6-23-2010, 10:03PM

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joan collins needs to shut her mouth, that was another time and decade. she is old and the girls now are dealing with what they have to, in oprder to make the money.

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MARI, 6-23-2010, 10:03PM

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to ED BAGETTE....DAMN RIGHT!! HAAAAAAAAAA!!!! HAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

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Abby, 6-21-2010, 10:09PM

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Regardless of whether she is an icon, I am sick of hearing nasty comments about actress' ages, such as the "old bag" quip. Remember, you too are going to be old some day. I just hope people say such nasty things about you when you get to that stage of your life, jerk!

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