Jackie Collins Revisited
Posted by Michelle Moquin on August 16th, 2011
Good morning!
Many years ago, I used to read Jackie Collin’s books as pure entertainment. Little did I know then, that the men in her books, and the things that they did, were more true to real life than I had imagined. How naive I was. I haven’t picked up one of her books in at least 20 years, and then while flipping through July’s Bazaar magazine, I came across this:
JACKIE COLLINS: TERMINATED
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s behavior is straight out of one of the author’s novels. Here, Jackie Collins writes the end to the chapter on cheating men. And be sure to also check out the exclusive Q&A with Collins, where she shares her perspective on how to get over a cheater.
To terminate or not to terminate? That is the question all women have to ask themselves when they discover their man has been cheating. Oh dear, that old zipper problem never fails to surface. From presidents to movie stars to politicians to men on the street, certain males seem to think with only their penis, leaving their brain to fend for itself! Some men think that because they have a certain amount of fame and power, they can get away with anything, and a lot of them try to.
In my novels, I write about men a lot: good men, bad men, gay men, straight men, and — of course — serial cheaters. But it all happens in real life. There is John Edwards, a man who denied the child he had with his mistress was his until he was forced to admit it. David Letterman, who availed himself of the services of several attractive young staffers until full-on blackmail reared its ugly head. Jesse James — if it’s tattooed, he’ll jump it. Tiger Woods, a man of many mistresses. And the biggest of the boys gone bad, former “Governator” Arnold Schwarzenegger. And let us not forget Congressman Anthony Weiner and his penchant for sending perverted tweets and lewd photos.
Arnold is a case unto himself. Cheating is one thing, but doing it in the home you share with your wife and children, and with your housekeeper of 20 years, who gives birth to your child within days of your wife giving birth to your son, well?… that’s downright despicable.
But despicable behavior is all too common, especially in Tinseltown. One very married Hollywood icon thinks he’s solved the problem of Arnold’s situation happening. He spends a fortune on high-class call girls who visit him on location. And that’s not such a Hollywood secret! Which brings me to the strip-club seducers: guys who start by visiting a strip club and end up stripping the stripper.
What a bunch of losers! Don’t they get it? Don’t they understand that staying faithful is smart and sexy? Don’t they get that straying when you’re a married man is exhibiting a distinct lack of character and a very shaky libido?
More and more women are not going to take it. Being the good wife and standing by a skirt-chasing husband is too much of a cliché. The wronged wife has had enough. Terminate the jerk who goes around saying to all his pals, “Time to get my helmet polished.” Trust me, I could not make that phrase up. It was uttered all over town by a certain well-known movie star.
Sadly, the double standard is still alive and well in our society. What’s good for the male is not so good for the female — or is it? Whether she decides to stay or leave, a wife can always take comfort in knowing where her husband is really going to feel it: his bank account. And a lot do. Woods’s ex, Elin Nordegren, is a fine example of “Hit him where it really hurts!”
But I digress. These lecherous lotharios, especially the famous ones, have to stop and think about what they are doing to their families. Man up, and keep it in your pants. Have some respect for yourself and the people who love you.
Zip it up, boys. It’s time.
Read more: Jackie Collins on Arnold Schwarzenegger – Jackie Collins on Cheating Men – Harper’s BAZAAR
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Readers: No Jackie, men don’t get that staying “faithful is smart and sexy”…they’d rather get their “helmet polished”! Oh, that is just too funny. She’s got one thing right…you can’t make these things up. The “lecherous lotharios” live on! There is sadly, just too much good stuff here to not repeat it, and get a little morning chuckle. I certainly did – I HOPE you did too. Happy Monday!
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August 16th, 2011 at 7:59 am
I read that article. I found that this line says it all, “Arnold is a case unto himself. Cheating is one thing, but doing it in the home you share with your wife and children, and with your housekeeper of 20 years, who gives birth to your child within days of your wife giving birth to your son, well?… that’s downright despicable.”
I came across this. This comes straight out of Mad Men…perhaps the most sexist ad ever?…
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/12/is-this-the-most-sexist-ad-of-all-time/
August 16th, 2011 at 9:39 am
Michelle, my husband is a famous actor. We are both in the business. Recently, I learned he never stopped cheating. He did it all through the courtship and as for the last 6 years of our marriage.
Reading your article has given me the courage I have been ignoring.
You will be reading about me.
Jewel
August 16th, 2011 at 9:43 am
check it out http://www.womynkind.org/scum.htm the scum manifesto – ZL
August 16th, 2011 at 10:32 am
LOW TESTOSTERONE? NO, IT’S NOT INEVITABLE
Turn on the television these days and you’re likely to see ads asking men 45 or older if they might be suffering from something called “Low T.”
Do you lack energy (the ads ask)? Have you lost some of your zest for life? Even more alarming — could you be losing your desire for sex altogether? Yikes! It’s Low T! Pass me the cure, whatever it is!
Now, I don’t mean to diminish men’s concerns over their vitality and virility — far from it. But before any of my male acquaintances or readers fall for these ads for drugs to boost their levels of testosterone —
for that’s the “T” in Low T — I thought I would look into this question with a little less sensationalism and a little more common sense.
And what I found is that while it’s normal for testosterone levels to decline slightly after a man passes age 40, only a small percentage of men have levels below normal for their age.
So “Low T” is not inevitable, as some ads make it seem — and the best solution for the vast majority of men is not a drug.
I decided to take a deeper look at the latest research on the subject. I found a recently completed study on testosterone levels in healthy older men done at the University of Sydney that put one myth to rest right off the bat.
Researchers in Australia found that while it’s true that men may lose their youthful testosterone levels if they are experiencing declining health, for healthy men, testosterone typically drops only very slightly as a consequence of age. How the study worked…
In two study centers in Australia, researchers drew blood nine times over three months from 325 healthy men age 40 to 97, finding that their levels did not differ significantly among the wide age range — and indicating that age had a minimal effect on testosterone concentrations.
Even the researchers were somewhat surprised by the study results. They concluded that while there may be a modest drop in blood testosterone experienced among older men –
and these men at the same time may experience nonspecific symptoms such as easy fatigue and low sexual desire —
their symptoms are likely due to mounting chronic and acute conditions associated with aspects of aging that have nothing to do with testosterone levels, for instance heart disease and obesity.
Prior research, in fact, has shown that testosterone drops a small amount — about 1% per year — in healthy men starting as early as age 30, according to Spyros Mezitis, MD, PhD, a clinical endocrinologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
However, even by age 65, some studies suggest, testosterone levels will be at levels that would be considered “low-normal” for healthy younger men, Dr. Mezitis told me.
Problems such as erectile dysfunction are prone to occur more often in less healthy men with conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
This means that if a man experiences dramatic symptoms that could be caused by testosterone loss, he should not shrug his shoulders at the weary inevitability of it all.
He should check with his doctor about the possibility of an illness of another sort.
Alarming commercials have their place, Dr. Mezitis thinks, if they raise awareness among men about being vigilant about good health.
But those who may need help shouldn’t order some nebulous product off the Internet or television — they should visit their doctors and get a blood test to see what their testosterone levels really are and discuss the results with their doctors.
“For the minority of patients who do have testosterone problems,” he said, “we’ll recommend hormone replacement therapy.
We don’t prescribe it unless the person is symptomatic and has a genuinely low testosterone level, and we’re sure that his prostate is healthy.”
Since testosterone in the form of a gel or a patch can contribute to the growth of prostate tumors, hormone replacement therapy needs to be carefully discussed with your doctor.
Men are notoriously reluctant to step up and be vigilant about overall health. I’m hoping that these reports will reassure them that, for the great majority, their natural testosterone levels can provide the vitality and virility they need for a lifetime.
If a man feels fatigued or listless, that’s a very good reason to schedule a checkup with his doctor.
Something like depression, hypotension (low blood pressure) or increased abdominal fat may well be the reason for feeling low. Take care of it… and you can move forward with all your usual enthusiasm for life.
Source(s):
Spyros Mezitis, MD, PhD, clinical endocrinologist, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City.
August 16th, 2011 at 11:12 am
Murdoch has been given Anonz’s answer.
August 16th, 2011 at 11:30 am
Chester A. Author:
Here’s another reason why having an OTW President is disturbing to you racist bastards.
The other 43 white Presidents were content with allowing white boys who got busted for cocaine possession getting a pass because they could afford the powered form of the drug and the sentencing on the books was that it carried ten years less of a penalty than getting caught with the cheaper form of the same drug, crack cocaine.
So a white boy could get no more that a year or two, while an OTW caught with the same or less amount of cocaine in the form of crack could get 10 to 20 years for possession.
Just-Us justice and Affirmative Action all wrapped up into one. That was okay for every US President except Obama. Now you white bastards can get equal time.
Of course, you may not but at least the overall mandatory sentencing has been lowered because you don’t want to have your asses or your kids exposed to 10 to 20 years for simple possession of cocaine.
Interesting how all that compassion came about once an OTW President forced the justice system to treat all races the same on the books.
Yeah, I know it is about his birth certificate.
Robert
August 16th, 2011 at 11:35 am
No. 228 of 365
Global Warming Fun.
NO. 9.
At the first hint of a fall chill, run around in terror near your liberal friends, tearing at your hair and shouting “Aiieeee! Aiiieee! It comes, it comes.
The great ice age comes!” Then apologize, slap your forehead, and say: “Wait. My mistake. The ice age was the thing all your gurus were predicting in the 1970s.
You’ve changed your minds now, right? All this increasingly cold weather we’re getting—it’s a sign of, er, global warming, yeah?”
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This shows how easy it is to dupe the ignorant. Here this works because those that hear this crap don’t know how Global Warming works.
They think it mean the weather will be hotter everywhere. These liars know that their followers think that so they use this type of deception to appeal to their ignorance.
Sorry Robert, I got on their mailing list so I could join you in your rebuttals. I love the fun.
Wayne
August 16th, 2011 at 11:39 am
Is this part of Anonz’s answer?
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A former News of the World reporter has alleged that there was a massive cover-up of phone hacking at the paper.
Clive Goodman, the former royal reporter jailed for his role in phone hacking, wrote a letter in 2007 claiming that phone hacking was “widely discussed” at editorial meetings, and that former editor Andy Coulson offered to let him keep his job if he agreed to say in court that he was a rogue element within the paper.
The claims are deeply damaging to Coulson, who has always maintained that he did not know about the hacking going on at his paper.
They are also politically perilous for British Prime Minister David Cameron, who took Coulson on even as evidence mounted against him.
(Labour leader Ed Miliband immediately pounced upon the release of Goodman’s letter, saying Cameron had shown “catastrophic” judgment in hiring Coulson.)
Moreover, they raise fresh danger for James Murdoch, who claimed to Parliament that he did not know hacking at the paper was widespread until 2010.
Goodman’s letter was one of several documents published by a parliamentary committee on Tuesday afternoon.
Before the documents were released, the select committee for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced that it is “likely” to recall James Murdoch when Parliament resumes in September.
It later said that it has called Daniel Cloke, the former human resources chief at News International, and Jon Chapman, the former head of legal affairs there, to a Sept. 6 hearing.
The News of the World’s former top lawyer, Tom Crone, and former editor Colin Myler are also being called before the committee.
Goodman’s letter is from March 2, 2007, after he was released from prison. In the letter, Goodman says he is appealing his firing from the News of the World specifically because he carried out his duties with the “full knowledge and support” of top journalists on the paper, and because the practice was so widespread at the paper.
The letter claims that hacking was so frequently talked about that Coulson—who went on to become David Cameron’s top spin doctor—eventually was forced to ban mention of the practice.
Goodman also says that he was repeatedly promised to be kept on, even after he was arrested. He further claims that the paper continued to pay and consult him on stories, even after it was known that he would plead guilty.
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I’m with you Main Dude. I hope Anonz scorches this asshole.
Donna
August 17th, 2011 at 7:04 am
Zen Lill:
Thanks for the article. It gave me some ammo for the arses who call us sheilas as if we are a thing for their personal pleasure.
Kea