Bikini Quotes: Valerie Bertinelli
I came across a couple quotes from American actress and television personality Valerie Bertinelli about wearing a bikini. I believe these quotes are from several years ago. The first one is
I started thinking: ‘Okay, what’s wrong with wearing a bikini? I look better than I looked in quite a few years, so why not? What am I afraid of? ~Valerie Bertinelli
So this goes along with my brainwashing post I did a bit back. Through the media (print, tv, movies, etc) we are being trained to think we have to be a certain way to wear a bikini. You have to be in great shape, this age range, this body type, a woman, on and on. So what is wrong with wearing a bikini? Society is wrong in saying who can and can’t wear one. What are we afraid of? We’re afraid of going against the grain and breaking norms. We’ve been body shamed that we have to have a certain build. That a guy’s bulge is a sexual only thing not that it is just a part of us. Neither men nor women should feel they have to improve this or that to wear a bikini. It’s great if that is a motivation to keep you in shape, but don’t hold out on wearing a bikini to get yourself to a certain image. You’ll be missing out on a lot of bikini time.
The next quote from her is similar in nature, but a better way to think about it.
I thought, If I’m so afraid of a bikini, there’s something wrong. And so I had to get back into one! ~Valerie Bertinelli
This is a better mindset of thinking. We shouldn’t be afraid of wearing a bikini or swim brief or whatever we are wanting to wear. Most likely the reason we are afraid is because we don’t want people to judge us. Especially people we know. I don’t know if it is human nature or the brainwashing that we care what other people think about what we wear or how we look in general. Why can’t we just wear what we enjoy without any concerns? We can! Our brains need to be retrained. Build our self confidence in ourselves and our body image. If someone judges then they are not worth the time and energy. It’s time to wear what we want and enjoy the sand, sun, and water in an enjoyable manner.
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Great post! And great points from Valerie (who I think is hot no matter her weight). It’s probably much harder for her as a celebrity too.
I agree celebrities are under a microscope a lot more than us. People can be very harsh on them.
When I read the headline it immediately reminded me of the post on Helena Christensen.Can’t believe that was more than 4 years ago!I guess times haven’t changed. Who would be a celebrity, anyway? Mind you, I have noticed in some of those reality shows that fill our tv screens, that the girls are still wearing body revealing bikinis, whereas the guys are inevitably in dork shorts. Even wannabe minor male tv celebs are afraid to show the merest hint of a bulge. There are very few male celebs I can think of who have been photographed recently in speedos. The actor/singer Luke Evans springs to mind, and the lesser known singer Steve Grand, although to be fair, he does have his own swimwear/underwear company, so it would be weird if he didn’t wear them(lol). Would be great if more of the A list actors and entertainers in other fields would step up and wear them and influence others to follow, but that would probably require a thick skin.
Can’t believe you remember a post from that long ago. I had to go find it to read what it was about! We probably aren’t going to get any A list actor or big celebrities to represent us. Still plenty of women celebrities of a wide range of ages still sporty the bikini or more cheeky styles today. Seems we’re going to be on our own for the foreseeable future.
Imagine what a difference it would make if there were just one or two big summer movies where the guys wore skimpy suits and it wasn’t a focus of the story.
It looks like she went through an episode where she body-shamed herself, decided to do something about it, and actually went on to do it, successfully. That must be the one positive aspect of body-shaming, so well done to her for doing so.
But none of this detracts from your point that we should not have to be a certain build to wear whatever we want to wear. WE are the ones who should be deciding.