Sarah Michelle Gellar covers the October issue of Health to promote her new television show, “Ringer,” in which she plays identical twins. If the show succeeds, this will be her first successful return to television since the conclusion of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” in 2003 after a grand total of 145 episodes. In keeping with the “mirror image” concept of her latest show, Gellar has admitted that she’s not always comfortable with her own body when she catches a glimpse of her own reflection. So basically, she’s just like the rest of us, right?
On Her Body Image: I’m a female! I totally have body dysmorphic disorder. I think most women do. A make-up artist friend once said “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you look in a mirror.” I’m surrounded by them all the time – you sit in hair and make-up – so I guess I just have this mechanism where I tune it out. So every once in a while, I’ll look and I’ll be like, “Wait, that’s what I look like?” I just have to remember that I’m human, and I’m a mom. Being a parent changes the vanity at least a little bit. It has to. Your priorities are different.
On Going Into Labor At The Gym: It was funny, too, because I was getting cranky, and I said to my trainer, “I’m just cranky today.” She was like, “Maybe it’s because you’re going to give birth!” And I was like, “Nah, not yet.” It turned out I was in labour, I didn’t realise.
On Teaching Healthy Habits To Her Daughter: Well, we’ve already taught her to love healthy food. I think it’s important at a young age to enjoy different tastes. And we make this green juice for her. It’s basically everything but the kitchen sink. We go to the farmers’ market and buy everything and just put it in the juicer: kale, Swiss chard, carrots, celery. You name it. And now we’ve all started drinking it, and we’ve all been healthier.
On Dutchess Kate & Pippa Middleton: It seems like people are worried that Catherine’s stressed. I feel like 10 years ago, it would have been like, “Oh, she looks incredible.” Whereas you look at her sister, who has such a fabulously athletic body. . . I think there’s this movement now, where more women, finally, want to look like that.
[From Health Magazine]
Oddly, I had close to the same experience as Gellar with my early stages of childbirth. Perhaps I got lucky and had it easier than most, but I honestly expected much worse and didn’t realize that I was in labor until about eight hours after the process started, and I nearly got to the hospital too late. In addition, I also agree with her that most women in contemporary society have some degree of body image issues although they may or not be clinically described as having body dysmophic disorder itself. Still, Sarah Michelle has a pretty great body, and she seems fairly grounded in life. She’s been married to Freddie Prinze Jr. for nine years, and she’s finally returning to television. Let’s hope she sticks around for awhile.
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