Demi Moore, Gettin’ Old, Photoshop, and Rude Comments

By Sherrie Gulmahamad on December 21st, 2009

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It’s amazing how much reaction someone can get from one little picture uploaded to Twitpic – well, I’m underexaggerating of course.  Demi Moore, tamer of Ashton, mother of many, can never do much of anything (like schedule her marital relations on Twitter) without garnering at least a little attention.  Just the other day Demi uploaded a pic of herself on a photo shoot with an elephant, only to be bombarded by the usual ridiculous and poorly-worded insults regarding how old she looked. (For those paying attention, the welfare of the giraffe in the picture was also questioned, and particularly whether it looked “sad” or not.)

This wave of comments also seem related to Moore’s recent W Magazine cover, which was widely attacked as being Photoshopped to high heaven.

Everyone needs to get their snitty little ducks in a row. Yes, that cover looks like Demi from back in her heyday, and not anytime today.  Yes, the magazine denies any Photoshop. Yes, that is…pretty unlikely. Yes, she is 47, and (barely) old-ish looking.

Do celebrities like Demi who (unwittingly or quite willingly) posed for photos that would be “cleaned up” afterward owe it to fans to talk about this openly?  Does it help young women establish healthier standards for beauty, or at least help them learn that the fashion and beauty industries are constructed mostly on lies and careful Photoshop chopping?

Or should Demi just tweet a little less.