Runaway

What? I'm agreeing with you, for the most part.

Count Dooku

Yes.
You say she is unrecognizable and the change is unexplainable, but then compare the situation to how makeup and lighting can make someone appear differently. Being unrecognizable and looking different based on the situation are two completely different things.
You say the weight gain is drastic, but then say it could be for normal reasons.
IDK what you really think. It all sounds contradictory to me.

Runaway

Now she is not recognizable, perhaps she would be a little bit more recognizable under ideal circumstances. An illness is something normal.

kd5

I don't believe that's her. Plain and simple.

Josh-da-man

Has anyone run the pictures through a CSI face-id program?

Draven

The story has now gone on for too long for it to not be her.

B5Erik

That logic is... flawed.

morriscroy

If the tabloid stalkerazzi / paparazzi are extremely hardcore, they can do a dna test from a soda can, coffee cup, etc .... she has discarded. A comparison dna would be to get a soda can, coffee cup, paper napkin, etc ... discarded by a known blood relative.

Josh-da-man

That's not creepy at all.

rocket1312

They don't need to do a DNA test because it's her and they know it's her.

Runaway

They don't need to know if it's her as long as enough people believe it's her, regardless if it's her or not.

B5Erik

If anything ever screamed, "CLICKBAIT," this is it.

They can post anything they want and say anything they want. Doesn't make it true.

Draven

This has been picked up on multiple sites (including Fox News) and if it wasn't true, about 50 people would come out of the woodwork to say so, including Fonda, Elfman and the woman who isn't her. Which would be an even BETTER story.

Since none of that has happened, it's her.

B5Erik

Sorry, this just screams of a hoax. Not buying it. And Fox News isn't exactly my barometer of factual reporting...

Count Dooku

In the context of this thread, the words normal and natural have become conflated with regard to aging. While there are many examples of female celebrities who have experienced severe weight gain due to illness, such illnesses are not part of the normal or natural aging process.

andicus

What this screams of is "Occam's Razor."

Count Dooku

Apart from the question of whether it's Fonda in those pictures, the story does bring into the light something that is unquestionable: Fonda has entirely removed herself from public life, and that is very odd.

She is from a celebrity family of movie stars. She, herself, was a movie star for 20 years. Her husband is famous and works in the movie business. Even if she wanted to retire from acting, it is really fucking weird that she would completely disappear from the public eye --never attending a single showbiz event for over a decade.

I don't disagree that her private life is her business, but "What happened to Bridget Fonda?" is a mystery.

movieguru

I agree. We've all seen the comments in the teachers banging the students thread. When only the mugshots are posted, many will call them guilty. When someone else posts their Instagram and Facebook photos, the same people change their verdict to not guilty.

rw2516

Somebody should check the license plate of the car.
Check out images of Sheena Easton in grocery store parking lot.

Dr. DVD

Regardless of whether or not it's her in the photos, and the fact that it's Fox news makes it somewhat doubtful, this does bring something to light . If a man goes out and gains a lot of weight and looks unhealthy and people say he needs to lose weight for health reasons, it's seen as being concerned for him. If someone says the same of a woman the same age, then they get labeled a pig and told to mind their own business.

Draven

But again, if this were a hoax THAT'S A BETTER STORY. Everyone would run the story of some poor woman who gets mistaken for a reclusive celebrity, The fact that that hasn't happened pretty much proves it's true. She could squash it with one photo.

Would you say that there is much more emphasis that hot women (especially celebrities) stay hot? And if they don't - it's a pile-on? You can see it in this very story. Her looks and her weight are her businesses. People certainly don't need to weigh in on any of it, especially since she already removed herself from public life. Maybe she just said "fuck it" since she spent her youth dieting and now she eats whatever she wants whenever she wants? Why is this a story at all?

B5Erik

But is everyone running the story as fact, or are they running a story as, "Someone reported this," and not stating it to be factually correct and verified?

Draven

It doesn’t matter - you don’t think other people have looked at this and thought “that isn’t her”? If anyone could prove otherwise they would.

Draven

It doesn’t matter - you don’t think other people have looked at this and thought “that isn’t her”? If anyone could prove otherwise, they would.

mickey65

The deniers in this thread...