A few weeks ago, the nearly 6,000 people who follow Anne Heche on her TikTok account were surprised by some words never uttered by the actress until now. The protagonist of six days and seven nights He turned to said social network to, in a humorous way, rate and briefly tell the story of some of the most iconic models that he has worn on the red carpets throughout these decades. In general, as she herself stated, she does not regret “anything.” But there was one exception: the navy blue velvet dress that she wore to the 1998 Golden Globes with her ex-partner Ellen DeGeneres, with whom she had a high-profile romance from 1997 to 2000. “Why do I look like a hippie? ”, he wondered out loud. “It’s because Ellen didn’t want me to dress sexy. Bye bye. “No,” she answered without hesitation, giving the outfit a zero out of ten and also giving it a big thumbs down.
As much as it attracts attention, the confession made by Heche is not exactly something new. On the contrary. There are many famous women who at some point in their lives have had to face scrutiny and criticism from their partners for their clothing. There is the case of the greatest sexy symbol of the seventh art, Marilyn Monroe, whose marriage to baseball player Joe DiMaggio failed due to the athlete’s uncontrollable jealousy. In fact, their relationship began to founder as soon as they said ‘I do’ on January 14, 1954. The reason? He never welcomed the star taking advantage of his honeymoon in Tokyo to encourage the American troops stationed in Korea. After returning to the United States the situation did not improve. Above all, because on September 15 of that same year, Marilyn appeared at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 52nd Street in New York to star in one of the most famous scenes in the film. Temptation lives above by Billy Wilder. Yes, the one in which a subway ventilation grill raised a suggestive white model by William Travilla. Even though the recording was scheduled at one in the morning to avoid the press and onlookers, the city came to a complete standstill. DiMaggio was present, and everyone knows that it did not sit well with him that his beloved showed more flesh than necessary. So much so that that same night they had a loud argument and, just 42 days later, the actress filed for divorce, alleging “psychological violence” and “a career conflict.” They were only married for 274 days.
Mariah Carey also has a lot to say about it. On numerous occasions has confessed that while she was married between 1993 and 1998 to Tommy Mottola, the former president of Sony Music, “she had no freedom as a human being. It was almost like being imprisoned.” Likewise, the tight control that her music mogul (as well as her boss) had over her significantly affected her wardrobe. In a interview granted to the journalist Barbara Walters a few months after divorcing, he noted that he “had problems with the way I dressed” and that, once he became single again, “I definitely now dress more as I am.” Precisely, that is the reason why the diva, since the release of her album Butterfly, began to adopt a much more daring image than the one that characterized his first recording works. Mottola, who was 20 years older than her, took away much of her youth.
Equally notable was the altercation that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian had just the night before the socialite attended the 2019 MET Gala. For the musician, who at that time was in full conversion to Christianity, it was no surprise that he was going to wearing a daring Thierry Mugler dress. In reality, he spent almost a year planning that look. However, as the reality cameras captured Keeping Up with the Kardashians, that day West was anything but supportive to her. “I feel like I just completed a transition from being a rapper who looks at all the women to being a man who looks at his wife and wonders why he needs to show off his body like that to everyone. Before I didn’t realize how much this affected my soul and my spirit as a married man and father of four children. For me, the corset is underwear. Who is a garment like that sexy for? “You are my wife and it affects me when you look too sexy in photos,” she said. Kim’s response, as expected, was blunt: “You know I had an anxiety attack last night and the last thing I need right now is more negative energy around me because you don’t like me wearing such tight dresses. You helped me from the beginning to build this image of a sexy and self-confident person. And just because you are on a spiritual journey right now that is transforming you as a person doesn’t mean I have to be in the same place with you.”
For their part, although two decades have passed since Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman decided to go their separate ways, still no one knows for sure the reasons for their divorce. There are those who suggest that the actor Mission Impossible He made the Australian sign a confidentiality contract, drawn up by the Church of Scientology, so that she would never speak publicly about the dirty laundry of her marriage. But yes, when David Letterman asked her about it in 2001, Kidman blurted out one of the most remembered phrases of the history of talk shows Americans: “Well, now I can wear heels.” As comical as the scene was, those words made it clear that she, at last, was an empowered woman.
