'I didn't go to Cannes because I was worried about being called fat' says Andie MacDowell
AS actresses parade in skimpy gowns on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, Hollywood star Andie MacDowell has spoken of her regret at “stupidly” shunning the glittering event one year – because she was worried she would look too fat in photographs after just having had a baby.
It coincided with the launch in 1989 of one of her most famous and award winning films, Sex, Lies and Videotape, which scooped the top gong at the prestigious French festival.
Recalls Andie:“You know Sex, Lies and Videotape won [the Palme D’Or] here and I didn’t come because I had just had my daughter and I was nursing her and really round and I was afraid people would make fun of me.”
The former model, who in her late 50s retains a slender catwalk figure, ruefully admits her past mistake over her body image and says:“I know that was stupid. Now, because I’ve matured and I’m older, I don’t really care what people say.”
I didn’t come because I had just had my daughter and I was nursing her and really round and I was afraid people would make fun of me
That daughter she was nursing at the time is Rainey Qualley, a singer-songwriter and actress recently seen in the last season of Mad Men.
Her other daughter Margaret is also an actress and she also has a son, Justin, 29.
“I try to stay out of their way, they’re really independent,” say Andie, in Cannes this year as a L’Oreal brand ambassador.
“I think what I’ve taught them they’ve really taken. They have really good work ethics. I have a really good work ethic. I’m on time, I’m appreciative, I give 100 per cent and I don’t complain.” Hurrah.