WHO’S WHO IN FAMOUS GOSSIP, JOKES AND INSULTS
Photo:
Billy Wilder with Marilyn Monroe. Wilder on Monroe: “She
has breasts of granite and a mind like a Gruyere cheese.”
Don’t let the appearances fool you. The artist you see on stage is NOT always the real person you meet in real life. You know the artist from her/his deeds and words, not from public performances, shows on stage and recordings. The language is a powerful tool, and a strong reflection of the character and personality of the person, both in public and in private life. Here is a selection of the most outrageous insults and jokes made by famous personalities and entertainers.
Against Famous Women (Stars, Celebrities, Entertainers)
The heaviest ones came from L to R: 1-Joan Rivers. 2-Walter Matthau. 3-Joan Crawford. 4- Morrissey. 5-Oscar Levant. 6-Cecil Beaton. 7-Henny Youngman.
From L to R: 1-Bob Hope, 2-Otto Preminger. 3-John Gielgud. 4-Bette Davis. 5-Ava Gardner. 6-Katharine Hepburn.
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About Barbra Streisand: "A cross between an aardvark and an albino rat." John Simon.
"I have more talent in my smallest fart than you have in your entire body." Walter Matthau talking to Barbra Streisand.
About Nancy Reagan: "A senescent bimbo with a lust for home furnishings." Barbara Ehrenreich.
About Margaret Thatcher: "Attila the Hen."Clement Freud.
About Princess Margaret: "She looked like a huge ball of fur on two well-developed legs." Nancy Mitford.
About Queen Victoria: "Nowadays a parlor maid as ignorant as Queen Victoria was when she came to the throne would be classed as mentally defective." George Bernard Shaw.
About Dorothy Kilgallen: "She must use Novocain lipstick." Jack Paar.
About Sarah Ferguson: The Dutchess of York: "She is a lady short on looks, absolutely deprived of any dress sense, has a figure like a Jurassic monster…very greedy when it comes to loot, no tact and wants to upstage everyone else." Sir Nicholas Fairbairn.
About Hedda Hopper: "Timid? As timid as a buzz saw." George Ells.
About Clare Booth Luce: "No woman of our time has gone further with less mental equipment." Clifton Fadiman. About Judy Garland: "I didn't know her well, but after watching her in action I didn't want to know her well." Joan Crawford.