12.04.2007  BY EM & LO
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Nigella Lawson is the only woman we can think of who could convince Em's husband and dad to sit down together to watch a cooking show (Rachael Ray? Puh-lease, she's about as sexy as a protein shake). Also, we love her. And not just because she's into hairy men and hates the whole food-sex combo. Our latest rush of girl-crushiness is due to her weighing in (heh) on what she calls "the great god of skinny" that everything must be sacrificed to. "I think it is a fear of flesh," Nigella tells the London Times. "Maybe of vulnerability and softness."

Is that a fear of sex, the Times asks her? "I don't know," she replies. "But I do think that women who spend all their lives on a diet probably have a miserable sex life: if your body is the enemy, how can you relax and take pleasure? Everything is about control, rather than relaxing, about holding everything in." Talk about waiting to exhale. Also, Nigella points out that it's only ever other women who have made her feel bad about her weight. "Women act like it is somehow a moral failing to have hips." Nigella, if we promise to only ever say nice things about your curves and to never say no to dessert when you're cooking, can we please be your BFF?


6 Comments

lulu said:

Nigella is amazing, and I am so glad she stands up for her gorgeous, full-figure. Like the title of Mo'Nique's book says, "Skinny Cooks Can't Be Trusted."

meg said:

okay, love that lulu just quoted Monique. Nigella has a really hot body, but I think what makes her so sexy is her smarts, her gorgeous face and that naughty grin. She's a seductress in all ways and she does so knowingly -- it's not just her body that we are all so attracted to.

CondoLiza Rhys said:

nigella bites...in a good way!

HotMama said:

I like the tiara. And I like hairy men, too!

Maggie said:

I have been in love with Nigella for years. She's on my short-list for the women my husband would give me a pass for... :)

Will said:

A few years ago (?4+?) she was full but still juicy.
Lately though, she's starting to get too big; more approaching Nigella Hindenburg or Barefoot Contessa territory than anything less than completely spherical.

But before, she was just too hot for words. I vaguely remember several brain freezes during her cooking show.

-AND if you look at the pix of her very much younger and her 4+ years ago, she actually LOOKS Significantly BETTER with some extra meat on her bones.

How supernova gorgeous can she be that she's one of those few women who can actually carry extra weight that well? (one of the few others I can think of is the very nsfw Kerry Marie)

-Sadly, NL really needs to lose about 20 pounds of fat, based on the last photos I've seen. She's pushing it too far.

Still, I can't respect her; all that success and she married Saatchi instead of a regular bloke; fantasies aside, seems rather mercenary on her part.

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