Julianne Moore says the red carpet is a “humiliating” process and it’s time to bring some dignity back to the awards season.
She won ‘Best Actress’ at this years Oscars, but Julianne Moore says she finds the award season humiliating.
Moore’s comments have been hailed by supporters of the #askhermore campaign – a campaign that focused on reporters asking women on red carpet more in depth questions about career than simply focusing on appearance.
“I’m 54 years old,” Moore told Harper’s Bazaar when speaking of E!’s mani-cam, where stars are encouraged to walk their hands down a tiny red carpet.
“I can’t make my fingers walk; it’s humiliating!
Moore said she’s fine to talk about who has designed her dress and twirl for the camera’s but feels uncomfortable when it goes beyond that.
“A guy asked me to lift up my skirt to show them my shoes, and I said, ‘I don’t need to do that. Let’s keep some dignity,’ ” she said.
Read more: Nicole Kidman snubbing the Grammy interview wasn’t #askhermore. It was just #rude.
The 2015 awards season was the first where women refused to answer superficial questions and participate in E!’s mani-cam, leading to the channel removing the feature from the Oscars’s red carpet.
However, Moore added that she’s be lying if she said she didn’t watch what she ate in the lead up to red carpet appearances.
“Of course we are! I think we’re also really stressed. I’m not a stress eater. I get nervous and I don’t eat. But, you know, I had a dress on the other day, and I said to my manager, ‘When you see my back fat sticking out, tuck it back in!’ [Laughs] Be a friend.”
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Top Comments
Why does she walk the carpet then? It's not compulsory.
The #askhermore campaign is one of the silliest around! The whole point of the red carpet is for these celebrities to model the clothing they have been lent by the designers and this includes the hand bags, jewelry etc. And as another commenter mentioned, these celebrities are often endorsing the brands they are wearing. How anybody could object to someone admiring their nail polish is beyond me! The reason it's not done for men is not some sexist conspiracy, it's because largely they are not as flamboyant as women and the women that consume the images of these celebrities are simply not as interested in what the men are wearing!
And as for asking them more, why would we??? They are celebrities, not experts. Their opinion on feminism, nuclear energy, climate change, world poverty, ebola is no more educated than the average man on the street and perhaps less so. It is admirable when celebrities sometimes use their status to bring wider awareness to an issue, but this does not make them an expert on it!
If they want to talk about these issues, they need to find an appropriate arena for it, not the red carpet, which is effectively a fashion catwalk.
They want to be asked more (or even just asked at all) about the movie they are in etc My daughter is in the entertainment business and works very hard at what she does, she realises looking the part is part of it but hopes to be given some credit for the work she does, just like the men are.