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I Wish Carla Bruni Would Stop Talking About How “Ugly” She Looked Pregnant

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“It was a very fragile moment in my life. I’m kind of tall, with good-size shoulders, and when I am 40 pounds overweight, I don’t even look fat — I just look ugly. Having children when you’re older is not easy.”

— I can see where you’re coming from, Carla Bruni … maybe? Can I? If Carla Bruni looks ugly pregnant, then what do the other pregnant people look like? This new Vanity Fair interview with the supermodel and former First Lady of France is, well, frankly kind of depressing, considering this is Carla Bruni we’re talking about and all she can seem to talk about is how shitty her life is. But she did speak openly about going to therapy  in “double the doses” these days, so points for that! And, like, absolutely nothing else. Sorry, Carla. [Celebitchy]

Reese Witherspoon Was Channeling Elle Woods When She Confronted That Atlanta Cop

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“When a police officer tells you to stay in the car, you stay in the car. I think I’ve played a lawyer so many times in movies, I think I am a lawyer – and clearly I’m not a lawyer. So, I learned a lot.”

–Reese Witherspoon finally broke her silence about her arrest for disorderly conduct in a Thursday morning interview with “Good Morning America.” As we all know now, Reese went a little crazy on the Atlanta cop who was arresting her husband Jim Toth for DUI, launching into a “Do you know who I am?” rant. In the interview, Reese does seem genuinely apologetic and appropriately mortified about her behavior. “I saw him arresting my husband and I literally panicked,” she explains. “I said all kinds of crazy things. I told him I was pregnant. I’m not pregnant! I said crazy things.” Oh Reese, Elle Woods would have prepared much better arguments than that. [NY Daily News]

Donatella Versace Is Like, “Yeah, Whatever, We All Know I’m Not Even Real”

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“I’m not like this genetically.”

— Shock! Awe! Donatella Versace admits at the Vogue festival that, unlike her pal Lady Gaga, she was not just born this way. True, she said as much in the context of using “tons of cream” and taking care of her skin and hair, but we can go ahead and read between the lines, right? But who even cares what her face looks like — despite her intimidating persona, Donatella is actually pretty rad, telling her star-struck audience at the event, “Right now, having you kids in front of me asking these questions, this is my proudest moment.” [Vogue UK]

Pink Isn’t Afraid Of The Word “Slut”

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“I’m a reformed slut. [Using the word] is my very unsophisticated way of taking the power back. I’ve always had an issue with, ‘OK, we’ve both decided to do this. Why am I a slut and you’re the player? You didn’t get anything from me that I didn’t get from you.’”

– Pink tells Glamour magazine why she proudly refers to herself as a slut (well, currently in the 7th year of her relationship with Cary Hart, she now calls herself a “reformed slut”). She goes on to mention one unexpected guy who made an appearance in her romantic past: NSYNC’s Joey Fatone! ”He took me to Friendly’s on a date and he bought me an ice cream. Such a sweetheart. He asked my dad’s permission!” This story is bringing me a ridiculous amount of joy. Rock on, Pink. [Us Weekly]

Good News: James Deen’s Doctor Says Sex Is A Workout — But Only Porn Sex

“My doctor actually told me that sex doesn’t count as cardio and working out. And then the next time I saw him he had seen one of my scenes, and he told me, “You are OK.” In the film world, people don’t realize you’re not just having sex. Sex on camera can be anywhere from 20 minutes to four hours. It all depends on the production and type of scene. It’s also not just standard sex, like, “Let’s just make each other’s bodies feel good.” It’s physical, entertainment-style sex. So while you might ride a motorcycle in a certain way when you’re driving to work, if you’re a stunt person and you’re going to ride that motorcycle on camera, you’re going to do a totally different style of motorcycle riding. My whole point is that because of the on-camera sex, I have this insane style of stunt sex. It actually is very physically strenuous. It’s a good workout. All the positioning and weird things. My doctor said so! Doctor-approved workout.”

And here I was thinking that sex, my preferred (and, um, only) form of workout, was a super-sneaky way to get some serious cardio. Not true. Like, at all. Damn you, James Deen’s doctor, damn you! [GQ]

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand On Why Women Need To Run For Office

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“When women are at the table, a broader agenda is discussed, an agenda that looks out for all Americans, particularly those who are voiceless. Women’s voices are not better than men’s, they’re different and the broader perspective that we bring often leads to better results. That’s why I’ve been such an advocate for more women to run for office and make their voices heard.”

– Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) penned an impassioned op-ed for PolicyMic about ending sexual assault in the military. In it, she makes this point about how it’s “not a coincidence at all” that there are 20 women in the U.S. Senate and this issue is finally being directly addressed. Hear, hear! Clearly Sen. Gillibrand’s statement about the need for “broader perspectives” applies to people of color, LGBTQ folks, and anyone else who has been voiceless in our government for far too long. [PolicyMic] [Photo: Getty]

Emma Stone Proves It’s Possible To Love Her Even More

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Cosmopolitan: What makeup do you think guys like on a girl?

Emma Stone: I could care less. I think women should wear whatever makeup they want for themselves. Makeup should be fun.

– Well said, Emma Stone. Well said. [Cosmopolitan]

Dixie Chick Natalie Maines Doesn’t Listen To Country Music Anymore

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“People do look at it as an insult that I say I don’t listen to country music, which cracks me up. Music is a personal preference. Everyone’s free to connect and like whatever they want.”

–Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, tells Us Weekly that despite being a huge star in the genre, she doesn’t actually listen to country music anymore. “I definitely have a bad taste in my mouth about country radio,” she explained. “We did get supporters [after her anti-war comments in 2003], but as a whole, the country music industry did not support us. Award shows would laugh at our expense. It was fun to hate us.”

Maines is releasing a solo album, Mother, on May 7th, and even though the sound is reportedly much different than the twangy hits she recorded with the Dixie Chicks, I can’t wait to hear it. [Update: You're in luck, Winona! NPR is streaming the whole album online, so you can listen to it for free!] [Us Weekly]

Martha Stewart Considered Joining Match.com, Realized Online Dating Was Impossible

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“I had a longtime boyfriend … That ended a couple years ago. And I haven’t found the next Mr. Right … I started to laugh halfway down the page [when filling out my Match.com profile], … It was, like, impossible …I want to do my real thing… I love dating.”

– Martha Stewart complained to “Today’”s Matt Lauer about online dating. Join the club, Martha. We all get to that place when filling out our online profiles and then we breathe through it because the option of spending eternity alone seems even worse. Way to give us hope, Martha. [US Weekly]

“Scandal” Needs More Columbus Short Stripping

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“Josh Malina [who plays David Rosen] has left me messages that he’s a police detective and that he wants to question me. It’d scare the hell out of me. He did the same thing to Katie, saying he was a tabloid reporter and wanted scoop on the actors of ‘Scandal.’ He’s so bad. He’ll take our phones and tweet things like ‘I’m horny’ on Twitter and retweet it real fast. He’s a little shit. Me or Darby [Stanchfield, who plays Abby] are the more serious ones. For me, it’s because of my character. I try to stay low-key, in that Huck headspace. Columbus [Short, who plays Harrison] is the dancer. On Fridays after we wrap, he loves to give a little strip dance. He starts taking off his suspenders in front of everybody. Kerry [Washington, a.k.a. Olivia Pope] loves to sing; she’s a beautiful singer.”

– Tucked into this New York magazine Q&A (with spoilers!!!!) with Guillermo Diaz, who plays Huck on “Scandal,” are a few tidbits about his cast members’ off-camera behavior. As it turns out, hottie Columbus Short (pictured), who sizzles with sexual tension alongside Olivia Pope as her righthand man Harrison, likes to strip down at cast parties. Shonda Rimes, if you have any humanity in your heart whatsoever, you will write this into a plot. [NYMag.com]