Blind Item #3 - Mexican Restaurant Blues - An INSIDERHER Blind Item
It was around the year 2000.
I stopped into a cute New Mexican restaurant that had recently opened in Pacific Palisades-home of the stars. It was practically empty, but I felt like an enchilada, so I went in and sat down. The place was pretty much empty, it being a week day afternoon. As I scrolled through the menu, I noticed a small, pathetic looking creature huddled alone at a one-seater at the restaurant. Even with tears in her big blue eyes, no makeup, and her famous tousled blonde hair looking like it hadn’t been brushed in days, there was no mistaking who she was. And, there was also no doubt that she wasn’t preparing for a film role. This was a genuinely distraught woman. Her sadness was so private that I wouldn’t have thought of intruding upon it. She mostly looked down, or stared blankly out the window.
All I could think was this: here’s this famous movie star who people assume leads a charmed life, weeping & alone in a Mexican restaurant. It doesn’t matter who you are, your heart can be broken.
That day, I thought I saw the saddest little girl in the world, not the star of countless hit films. She & her ex have been in the news recently, fighting over who cheated, or who cheated more. I dunno, and don’t much care. On that day, she was one miserable girl, and I truly pitied her. I also like her on film. I think a lot of people felt she had a natural sense of honesty about her. Even against a permanent A+ list actor, she shone, and made people want to watch her smile.
I hope she’s doing a lot more of it these days.
I stopped into a cute New Mexican restaurant that had recently opened in Pacific Palisades-home of the stars. It was practically empty, but I felt like an enchilada, so I went in and sat down. The place was pretty much empty, it being a week day afternoon. As I scrolled through the menu, I noticed a small, pathetic looking creature huddled alone at a one-seater at the restaurant. Even with tears in her big blue eyes, no makeup, and her famous tousled blonde hair looking like it hadn’t been brushed in days, there was no mistaking who she was. And, there was also no doubt that she wasn’t preparing for a film role. This was a genuinely distraught woman. Her sadness was so private that I wouldn’t have thought of intruding upon it. She mostly looked down, or stared blankly out the window.
All I could think was this: here’s this famous movie star who people assume leads a charmed life, weeping & alone in a Mexican restaurant. It doesn’t matter who you are, your heart can be broken.
That day, I thought I saw the saddest little girl in the world, not the star of countless hit films. She & her ex have been in the news recently, fighting over who cheated, or who cheated more. I dunno, and don’t much care. On that day, she was one miserable girl, and I truly pitied her. I also like her on film. I think a lot of people felt she had a natural sense of honesty about her. Even against a permanent A+ list actor, she shone, and made people want to watch her smile.
I hope she’s doing a lot more of it these days.
