Apparently January Jones cannot even be nice to children so I wonder if she will be able to at least be nice to her own. Jared Gilmore played January Jones' son on Mad Men. He is moving on to a new show on ABC and had some words of wisdom for his replacement on the show. He told TV Guide, "Be careful around January. She's not as approachable as the others. She's really serious about what she does. Everyone else is so nice."
And this is coming from a kid who has worked with Jennifer Lopez so you know January must be really awful. Is anyone getting the feeling that she paid people to come to her baby shower? I know she paid for the actual shower itself because I don't think anyone was willing. Despite all the photos of her you see, there are none where she is walking with someone or talking or where she is smiling. Does anyone like her?
Danish proverb: "From children and drunks will you hear the truth."
ReplyDeleteI´m tired of this hate campaign against January Jones. Next post please.
ReplyDeleteI wish Jared knew who the father is; he's have told on her.
ReplyDeleteShe must have been *with someone* as some point.
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ReplyDeleteNot sure what I think of January Jones one way or the other, except that perhaps she is a little odd. But what 8 year old kid uses the word "approachable"? Sounds suspicious to me.
ReplyDeleteIsn't this kid almost 12? I can believe it, sounds like the general impression people have of January.
ReplyDeleteShe's made it clear she doesn't care for women, prefers the company of men. She just seems so cold.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I have met plenty of kids who spend a lot of time around adults (or read a lot) speak that way.
ReplyDelete@Voice -- if you listen to the MD DVD commentaries, Kiernan Shipka (the actress who plays Sally) is equally well-spoken. I'll bet she could beat Megan Fox in a spelling bee, for sure. :-) Some kids who spend all day around adults end up adopting the same mature vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteI love Betty's character, even if I find it deplorable. January really does contribute a lot of complexity and depth to the show, but it sucks to know how she's essentially playing herself.
Maybe she was just being all ~Method~ or whatever?
Kidding. I *know* she's no Elizabeth Moss. Her skills are far from advanced -- but she sure does play an entertaining bitch.
Kiernan can spot him quite a few years and gets much more exposure to scripts, storylines etc, so I would expect her to be more advanced that way.
ReplyDeleteI, too, have seen interviews with her and she actually seemed OK with January. I just don't buy that the word "approachable" is just going to magically roll off that kids lips IHMO. I am betting he is parroting something another adult has said.
If January is as some have said, she will find the ride down to obscurity is a bit bumpy. Time will tell...
I have several nieces and nephews who spoke like that at a very young age. My own daughter's vocabulary at 7 was equal to that of a highschool student. That was according to her teacher. Alot depends on the parents and people around them. Heck, one niece was using the word "precisely" correctly when she was 5.
ReplyDeleteSo why is the kid leaving? Did he have a better offer or were they recasting for someone older? Just looking at this from a Mad Men storyline point of view. . .
ReplyDeleteLinnea - SO true!
ReplyDeleteIt was kind of a back handed compliment....I love this kid for saying it.
I didn't know he'd worked with J-Lo. Yikes.
Well, not every woman ooh's and aah's over kids. I've heard other stories about how JJ is supposedly a bitch, but in this case, I'm going to have to defend her a little bit...*L*
ReplyDeleteI just have to chime in my two cents in believing the vocab of a kid who uses a four-syllable word.
ReplyDeleteA week ago my mom was telling me a story about me when I was a baby jasmine. She said at under 4 yrs old I said the word 'cooperation' in a sentence. And thats five syllables.
I think if kids have the capacity and are around adults who encourage reading from an early age and dont talk baby talk to the kid, then children are capable of freaking anything.
I know my mom used to walk me in the stroller and point out signs and words everywhere and lean down to say 'See that Jazzy, just wait until you can read, the whole world opens up to you!' I read and spoke at a very early age and continue to maintain what I consider a high vocabulary. I attribute that to her in some ways, encouraging a sense of adventure and fun in learning the English language.
I think, especially with child actors, many are treated like adults and probably speak very grown up. I remember an interview with Dakota Fanning when she was 7 or 8 and she spoke beautifully.
But yeah, on topic, I think January is a bitch and I found it sorta awesome and hilarious that this kid called her out on that.
The poor kid is going to need therapy for life to get over working with January and JLo. : (
ReplyDeleteMy son would say something like that. He's 8 and speaks very well and has since he was a wee one.
ReplyDeletedoes anyone like her?
ReplyDeletewell, i love her as betty, if that counts.
Dlisted's post on this last night was so funny. She IS going to give birth to a block of ice.
ReplyDeleteI love that a kid called her out... so damn funny!
Not good PR for her, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she is just not that social at work because she is there to work?Not being approachable does not mean a bitch.
ReplyDeleteI read he took a job in a series as opposed to doing 7 episodes of Mad Men. They don't really use him much.
ReplyDeleteHe may have been taught, when you think someone is a bitch, say they are "not as approachable as others." Works well and does not get him in trouble. Pretty smart.
Children develop differently. My friends kids speak well, particularly two brothers. I met my co-workers two boys and they just didn't have the same vocabulary. I think it just depends. There was always reading at my house, I could read before I went to school, and my parents made me read with a dictionary so I could look up words I didn't know.
ReplyDeleteHaving written that, my first thought is that she is at work and quite possibly just wants to concentrate on her job.
I know what her rep is, but just pointing out for what it's worth that the kid doesn't say she's a horrible nasty meany who steals candy from babies. He says she's "not as approachable" and "really serious." Yeah, he does say the others are really nice, but that can mean lots of things. And what he says about JJ can, I think, mean lots of things too.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the few others that say, "so, she's there to work, not become best friends with everyone." I'm not big on kids and would prefer for them to stay away from me. I have a few co-workers I don't even talk to.
ReplyDeleteI hate this BITCH!
ReplyDeleteI was able to use the word bacteria correctly at age of 5. My mom & dad gave books to the four of us as gifts. They never talked baby talk. I think it's amusing that this little guy spoke his mind and did it politely.
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't have to be their best friend but there is no need to treat that child like excrement either.
(Sing it with me)
She's a mean one Mz January.
You really are a heel.
You are cuddly as a cactus.
You are charming as an eel
Mz. January
You are a bad bananna, with a greasy black peel.
Ditte said...
ReplyDeleteI´m tired of this hate campaign against January Jones.
Ditto. I don't doubt that she's not the warmest person around but the hate against her seems unreasonable, and at times borderline misogynist.
@jen: Why are you defending this drunk-driving bitch? She's not worth it.
ReplyDeleteRemember the picture of January walking around with Jennifer Carpenter a few months ago? Didn't Enty say they were pretty good friends- or am I making that up? I remember being really bummed bc I love Jennifer Carpenter (and Deb too)!!
ReplyDelete@luckydog: Jennifer doesn't have a good reputation either. Birds of a feather flock together.
ReplyDeletemean/schmean. i wanna know who the baby daddy is!
ReplyDeleteDitto. I don't doubt that she's not the warmest person around but the hate against her seems unreasonable, and at times borderline misogynist.
ReplyDeleteAmen, sister. AMEN!!!
Oh noooo, a woman who doesn't care for other people's kids. WHAT A BITCH!!!! BURN THAT WITCH!!!!
Damn, is this the 21st century?
@Mina -- I largely agree with you in that January doesn't *HAVE* to enjoy the company of children, but I still think that she should at least be somewhat cordial towards the ones who play her sons and daughter. They might be much smaller and younger, but they're also paid professionals who auditioned to be a part of that show, and I feel as if they deserve to be treated and talked to like normal people. She doesn't have to dole out bear hugs and eskimo kisses, but it wouldn't kill her to crack a smile and ask them how they're doing every now and then. Even Betty does *that*, sometimes. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnd people who have an abiding dislike for children should proooobably avoid having their own. Just sayin.'
Ida, first of all, we still don't know if the boy actually said that or if someone wants to get back at that woman for putting things in that boy's mouth he didn't even say. We don't even know what (if he really said that, of course) he wanted to say with that statement. Maybe, January is polite, but doesn't engage in small talk or some on-set shenanigans with the child actors as thhe others did. Doesn't make her a bad person, does it?! Also, some people feel awkward when surrounded by children. And just because you can't be bothered about other people's kids it doesn't mean that you can't be a good mother for your own. Some people only start having 'maternal' feelings when their first child is born, but didn't care for kids before that.
ReplyDeleteLastly, who knows if she actually wanted to get pregnant and if the boy himself isn't a brat who can be highly annoying?
I just see an alarming tendency to rip female celebrities to shreds whose bad reputation mostly seems to result from how the media wants them to be perceived by us and not from what they actually did or said. See Jennifer Aniston for example; All of those "Jen wants to marry/Jen wants a child so desperately" stories although she hardly makes it a point in her interviews to talk about those things and still everyone sees her as that desperate 40-something woman who hunts down men to marry and impregnate her before its too late because there's nothing worse in the world than an unmarried, childless woman.
Ugh, it's by and not for
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