Today’s Ironic Vanna White Story About No Make-Up and Sushi
January 31st, 2007
Vanna White is old.
You’d never know it from watching the gloriously shiny Wheel of Fortune, because much like Oprah Winfrey, she’s got one hell of a make-up artist caking on the powdery-goodness on a daily basis. In fact, I would potentially even go so far as to say that when I see Vanna White on TV — she’s still looking pretty damn good after all these years. And to top it off, I might even say that Vanna White has made me up my “age quotient” when considering what women are still date-able by society’s standard.
Well, that is — until I saw her without make-up.
Already I can hear the haters and Vanna White fans starting to get all medieval on me (along with the make-up haters/whale blubber lovers). Yes. I get it. Women don’t always have to wear make up. In fact, I’m not even here to tell you that Vanna White looks older without make-up or to vocalize some great new bumper sticker saying like “No Make-Up? Break-up!” No. The fact that she went out in her down time to a sushi restaurant to enjoy herself without caking on the shiny goodness has nothing to do with this post.
But it does have something to do with the sushi.
Vanna White: [Looking at sushi that's just been delivered to her] “I don’t know about the presentation.”
Friend: “It looks fine to me.”
Vanna White: “Their other place does a much better job dressing up the sushi. Looks prettier…more like art.”
Friend: “All that matters to me is how good it tastes.”
Vanna White: “Oh, it’s good sushi. That’s not what I’m saying. I’m just saying — if you only do one thing and that’s what you’re known for, when you bring it out into public — it should look good.”
Friend: “I guess I see your point.”
And so did I. Ironically. Metaphorically. Hysterically.
So maybe if Vanna White treated her own “out in public presentation” theory with the kind of fervor with which she addresses the sushi-dressup coefficient, then maybe she could put some blush and lip liner on before heading out into public where all her Wheel of Fortune fans expect to see her looking like she does on TV…and not when she wakes up in the morning after a sleepless night.
You know?
I’m just sayin’.
Makes sense to me, Paul, makes perfect sense to me.
I’ve never encountered Vanna White but I did meet Pat Sajak once, a few years back. I was working at a koi fish store and he and a small entourage came in with various questions about how to improve their little backyard pond. I helped him out as best I could, giving him a few options on how to improve his pond’s condition, but I don’t think he really took my advice to heart.
Comment by James Cooper — January 31, 2007 @ 8:35 am
Was she at least wearing a glittery shiny dress and holding a vowel or something?
Comment by Hilary — January 31, 2007 @ 10:08 am
One could hope that she didn’t have a vowel movement while dining on said sushi.
Comment by Silver Blue — January 31, 2007 @ 10:25 am
Pat, I’d like to buy a Hell Yeah.
Comment by monkeyinabox — January 31, 2007 @ 10:38 am
‘No Make-Up? Break Up!’
Teehee. You’re a funny man
Comment by Merel — January 31, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
How DO you overhear all those celebrity conversations? Do you have bionic hearing? Now that Bionic Woman, she got OLD.
Comment by wordmaven — January 31, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
have you ever tried to put lipstick on a fish? impossible. vanna has some nerve.
Comment by dgm — January 31, 2007 @ 4:57 pm
wondering what Pat looks like without all his powdery goodness. Ew.
Comment by Jennifer Lankenau — January 31, 2007 @ 6:44 pm
So-and this is a huge distinction- are you saying that you wouldn’t do her….assuming it wouldn’t cause you marital tension?
Comment by dan day after you — February 1, 2007 @ 3:45 am
Oh the irony! That story is too good to be made up. Ha. An accidental pun! Look at me.
What’s more ironic Pauly, is this… Last night my friend stopped over after eating at a Sushi place. She brought me to-go Sushi. It was not made up. I was just sitting there in a styrofoam to-go box with no fake grass or anything. Just a little plastic container of soy sauce. And I did not complain about the presentation because a) it was delicious and b) I had no make up on either so how could I be so hypocritical??
Anyway, I have always had a problem with people going out in public without making themselves presentable. I mean, how long does it take? Not long, my friend. Not long at all.
At least she was wearing a bra. Right?
Comment by Jacquie — February 1, 2007 @ 5:13 am
I love your celebrity interactions, pauly–thank goodness you live in L.A., because your brilliant talent of observation brings us so many giggles when it comes to celebrities!
Comment by jadepark — February 1, 2007 @ 9:19 am
I totally know what you’re saying. Good stuff.
Comment by Eve — February 1, 2007 @ 4:28 pm
Though I’m not a celebrity (yet), I have made a vow to never appear in public without makeup. In fact, I don’t even appear at home without makeup. If I didn’t put makeup on in the morning, I’m fairly certain my roommate wouldn’t know who I was and he would end up calling the police to arrest the female intruder (albeit an attractive-in-a-non-makeup-wearing-way female intruder) eating cereal in the kitchen.
Though, to be entirely hypocritical, I refuse to date guys who want me to wear makeup all the time.
Comment by cdub — February 2, 2007 @ 10:45 am
I’d like to know what self tanner Vanna uses?????????????????????
Comment by Becky — March 11, 2007 @ 7:36 am