Better Played, Lea Michele/RED ALERT, LEA MICHELE


Is that see-through, or just a very illusory flesh-toned dress liner? I suspect the latter, and so I offer Lea a hearty pat on the back — but not too hearty in case it pops anything erogenous out of its sheath — for classing up the joint and tamping down her tendency to go gynecological on us. As for the rest of what happened on the red carpet, well… I am ringing the alarm, Beyonce-style.

[Photos: Getty]

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Comments (96):

  1. Cait

    Her skirt is ABSOLUTELY see-through. But her hair is pretty!

  2. Erin

    I’m just popping in to say I see no mesh or liner or anything in the boobal area in the photos — that’s all Lea. But I’m guessing there’s some double-sided tape doing really good security work.

  3. Willow

    I hear the rumour mill’s hivemide ticking!

    STEP AWAY FROM THE DOUCHEBAG LEA!

  4. INeedANap

    She looks like Patti Stanger.

  5. schadenfreudelicious

    i seriously feel the need for a bath after those photos…..

  6. Jennifer E.

    that isn’t cleavage, darling fug girls. that’s FLATage. to have cleavage, the bosum must actually touch itself from both sides, create a tantalizing canyon, however shallow or deep. this is NOT tantalizing, as we can see EVERYTHING – and it ain’t much. and it ain’t tantalizing. FAIL.

    as for the kutch element, i’m going on the assumption that Lea is a far better actress than anyone has given her credit for previously, and is only smiling until she gets out of public view, whereupon she will slap the kutch loudly, both verbally and manually.

    • Miranda

      There’s really no need to be so contemptuous toward the smaller-breasted among us. While I have quite respectable boobage now, I was once also quite small (though not as small as she is). But as Dr. Seuss taught us: a booby’s a booby, no matter how small.

      • Kris M

        AMEN. That was a nasty post, we’re not supposed to be making comments about the person’s size/shape, just their clothing.

  7. Maria L.

    I hardly think that going boobalogical is a great improvement over going gynecological. That and the see-thru add up to tacky as usual Lea for me.

    I cannot abide her or her singing on the best of days–and the fact that she is smiling at and touching that icky man makes me want to slap her silly.

  8. Alexandra Nilsson

    Ashton needs a haircut like I need a shopping spree. Desperately, that is!

    • Miranda

      In the most recent of his Nikon commercials, he has the long hair but also a slightly Jesus-y beard, and I thought that actually looked pretty good. But if he’s gonna rock the hair, he really needs the beard, because like this…no.

  9. Annie E

    I don’t know, I think they’d be perfect together.

  10. Mouse

    That’s a lot of ego in one small frame…

  11. Becca

    Love the hair and makeup, but the dress is definitely see through. Also, ‘an idea of the bad variety’ made me laugh-shout in my cubicle. Whoopsies.

  12. Annie

    She looks SO MUCH like Kristin Davis in that first pic. Like, Charlotte York’s irritating Mini-Me. And call me crazy, but I think flat-chested gals pull off the super-plunging neckline better than their more boobalicious counterparts. It’s still tacky, but it’s not as tacky as a pair of bolt-ons puling the fabric five inches from the chest. And I’d rather see bare sternum than bare thigh any day.

    He is so gross. So, so gross.

    • Annie

      *Pulling. Argh.

    • Sarah

      I thought the same thing re: Kristin Davis! It’s uncanny in that first shot.

    • filmcricket

      Honestly, for me, it’s not a good look either way. i don’t enjoy looking at sternum any more than I enjoy looking at underboob. I think the only person I’ve seen pull it off with any amount of aplomb in living memory is Olivia Wilde, and she is a) genetically blessed, or b) employs the greatest shapewear in the history of the universe, or c) both.

  13. Sandra

    If this is classy, I truly fear to imagine what tacky looks like.

  14. cstiddy

    Oh dear.

  15. julie

    BAD IDEA indeed. However, I would rather he’s with her than with someone I like.

  16. Stefanie

    I feel icky after looking at these.

  17. Kit

    “Of all the idea flavors in the world, this one tastes like bad” = amazing!

    How did that room contain all the ego? Mindboggling!

  18. Jamee

    I think she looks lovely. I don’t see pubes, so I think she’s good. Though some lining would’ve made it a home run. There’s a lot of sex going on with the boobs and the see-through, but I know I like what she’s wearing because, for once, her TRY HARD posing isn’t taking all the attention.

    He is vile. So very vile.

  19. CJ

    Long before the recent events of their marriage, I thought this guy was scuzzy looking and not very talented. Hugh Jackman can do scruffy and still look like a zillion bucks. Viggo Mortenson can let his hair grow out and look like he hasn’t showered or shaved in weeks and he would still give me heart palpitations. But not everyone can sport the results of lazy grooming successfully. And this guy is one of them. Get a haircut. Get a shave. I realize you may look like a tall twelve year old, but goodness, it would make you look better.

    As for Lea Michelle, ugh, she really rubs me the wrong way. In reality, she might be the nicest person in the world, but she always comes off as a diva. Not the new sense of the word where they call a really talented woman a diva. I mean the old sense of the word where an overrated talent acts like she is the center of the universe. Just how she STANDS makes her look like a diva. And overinflated sense of self is always fugly.

    Oh, yeah, the dress. Ditto to everyone. BAD IDEA.

    • Kate

      actually the term “diva” originally meant a female opera singer of extraordinary talent. I think people like Lea have actually changed the meaning to the latter :)

  20. MelissaW

    Icky, icky (the douchelord, not Lea – she’s got such pretty hair!! Yay for getting rid of her heavy bangs, now ditch the skeezeball). She needs a little better boob tape because there is gap-ing occuring in some of those pictures, including the one that someone posted where Ashton is LOOKING down her dress. EEEEeeeewwww!!!!

    On a tangent, when the picture for this post http://gofugyourself.com/na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-fug-fug-12-2011 came across my feed reader yesterday I thought it was Lea Michelle….

    • Red Panda

      I thought the same thing about the other post! I had to read the text before I realized it wasn’t her.

  21. val.

    Lea is on the cover of this month’s allure, and the interview inside didn’t do much to make her likeable.

  22. Sarah

    I kind of hope they start dating just so I can irrationally hate them as a couple,

  23. JJ

    I think this is their respective publicists saying “hey guys. . . um, we made a really crappy Love Actually rip-off and now we need to sell it. So, we’re gonna need you guys to work it and get that rumor mil churning, um thanks.”

  24. melanie

    Man is he creepy lately.

  25. theotherjennifer

    bet she wears a turtleneck at the next event.

  26. vandalfan

    He is icky and her boobs are funny looking when squashed. But mostly, sheer leg curtains WHAT.

  27. Joyce

    well, well, well, what have we got here? The dress is ok. It would be pretty if she didn’t have an feminine cleansing product attached to it.

  28. ok

    we all make poor, poor decisions when it comes to love. jesus h. christ, does anyone remember the asshole sandra bullock married?

    if lea wants to get it on with a dumbass, that’s her prerogative.

    • Miranda

      Yup. These pictures reminded me of the many ill-advised flirtations in my past, in which I kept trying to make myself stop being SO OBVIOUS GOD PEOPLE ARE WATCHING but it was just impossible. I’m almost nostalgic, in a weird way. Go ahead, Lea. We all go through this at some point.

      Also, it occurs to me that Ashton has a pretty well-defined type, if you look at her and Demi.

  29. oy vey

    ewww. You called it, BAD IDEA!!!

  30. Kathleen F.

    Don’t think I can comment on the dress or the Kutch without going off on a multi-paragraph, minimally coherent rant, so I’ll just say that her hair and makeup look really, really good. So glad she got away from the overdramatic bangs and smoky eyes.

  31. Natty G

    They have no class

  32. KL

    She looks really pretty. Great hair and smile.

  33. Miranda

    She looks great, except for the painfully obvious flirting. Well, actually, that’s making her look really pretty and happy, but he is terrifying me in these pictures.

    Sigh. I feel you, girl; I’ve been down that road. It’ll be okay.

  34. The Other Molly

    Blech.
    I need a lobotomy after looking at those pictures.
    Mrs. Gump would say “skanky is as skanky does”.

  35. mel

    Made. For. Each. Other.

  36. Bubba

    I really despise these super-plunging necklines. They look like crap on anyone and everyone, look like they are on backward, and make women look like they have smooth man-chests. It’s creepy.

  37. Lina

    Repulsive.

  38. Gabby

    I thought that was Kristin Davis at first. Kinda dissapointed it wasn’t. She could look so good in that dress.

  39. Hel

    What was so hilarious?

  40. Jade

    I simply hate those plunging necklines, equally who wears them. I think they are awfully tacky, it doesn’t matter how much boob is pulling it. no one can pull it off.
    As for her: I always have the feeling she is trying too hard.

    He looks awful. greasy and ungroomed. He is a grown man! Get a haircut for crying out loud.

  41. Sandala

    Isn’t that the same suit he wears in the Nikon commercials? Maybe Demi won’t give him his clothes?

  42. Anne B

    Agree with others who mention that it’s not cleavage if there’s nothing to cleave. That said, I love how comfortable Lea looks, and her hair is amazing — No-Bangs is a great look on her. She should never Bang again, for the rest of her life.

    ‘Specially not with THIS GUY.

  43. grace

    Didn’t Lea Michele wear a very similar dress to the Golden Globes? It was gold with a plunging neckline and she received a lot of rave reviews for it because it was so different from the typical bridesmaid stuff she wears. I think we have a JLove situation on our hands here…find a silhouette that is somewhat flattering and wear it to death.

  44. Sophie OH

    I feel so bad for her. My memory consists of so many montages from so many Saturday nights annotated with similar warnings. Hindsight is 20/20.,

  45. Gabby

    dude what is up with plunging necklines these days?? I am no prude but it seems like a lot of celebrities aren’t just wearing low necklines, they’re wearing half a top. It just looks way too big like it needs to be yanked up a couple of inches

  46. Veronica

    Classy.

    This being said, she does look very pretty and genuinely cheerful. I wish there was more I could say to her advantage, but she annoys me for imprecise reasons I can’t articulate.

  47. Lisa

    So so funny! And yes, a very BAD idea. I can’t help thinking of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. If only she had worn red.

  48. Lisa

    Also way too low cut– it makes me cold just to look at her.

  49. Claire L

    He is the kind of guy I wouldn’t accept a drink from…… you know he surfs the internet for ‘drink enhancers sure to make her lose her panties”

  50. gabs

    Wow….. I totally read you wanted to offer her a “party hat on the beach” instead of a “hearty pat on the back”… Talk about WTF ?!

  51. Carvin

    She looks great, i like that she’s not doing her usual posing. This wouldn’t be a Lea Michele post with out the negative comments though…

  52. Franziska

    Cleavage? What cleavage? But at least she didn’t wear one of those push-up and together bras. That would have lowered the tone even more.

  53. Kristina

    His hair is an idea of the bad variety.

  54. Beth

    I completely agree; I so thought it was Kristin Davis at first. Very pretty.

    I take issue with the boob area of the dress, and not because she’s a smaller-sized woman. There’s nothing wrong with that. But the design is not flattering up close; it’s a Monet moment. Check out picture 5 in the slideshow to see how ill-fitting the dress is in the chest. That could’ve been tailored so much better to fit her bosom while still plunging. Make the dress more empire, or have it tightened around the back some, or… something. I know she’s laughing, so probably her intake of oxygen changes how it fits (I know that sounds odd, but it’s true, your middle scrunches up and your chest may concave and whatnot), but the designer could’ve not made specific “boob pockets” in the first place, no? The chest of the dress could’ve just flowed to the waist, with some inner structural support, and maybe some visible darts to add interest to the outside of the dress.

    Other than that, I gotta say I love the look. Her hair is amazing. Not even gonna comment on the fool she’s flirting with, though Heather’s commentary had me cracking up in the office.

  55. Jacq

    She looks gorgeous, but I can’t stand her. And man, I hope these two get married. What a trainwreck reality TV show their wedded bliss would make!

  56. Jess Goodwin

    They look a bit too much like brother and sister for my taste…

  57. corriner

    WHY IS SHE NOT EMPLOYING BOOB TAPE?

    Tape those bad boys up woman! Somewhere they can’t escape!

  58. ChaChaHeels

    Annie (et al) you’re not crazy, that deep plunge neckline ONLY works on women with tiny or no breasts. Anything larger than an A cup and the outfit will look like an escapee from a KISS album cover in the late 70′s. No one wants to be mistaken for a woman who’d dress like that.

    Sadly, whatever gains are made via breast size and dress design are lost again with the so- sheer-even-a-liner-won’t-help see through skirt. Pushes the whole thing back in Gene Simmons’ direction. Kind of makes Ashton Kutcher look like the better prospect, doesn’t it?

  59. lesli

    Yes, BAD IDEA OF THE BAD VARIETY. He’s gross. Especially in that picture a commenter posted, where he is completely obviously looking in her dress where the fabric has gapped open. GROSS GROSS GROSS. He makes me go all caps-locky.

  60. crystal

    Haha! Even she looks a little apprehensive, methinks. There is a hint of panic around the eyes, and perhaps a leaning away.

  61. mojo

    Nice lookin’ woman.

    But who’s the stiff?

  62. Diana

    Ashton either needs a haircut or he needs a nice, thick, well-trimmed beard to go with the longer hair.

    Lea looks very pretty, I love her hair and the dress is lovely, but I wish the bodice wasn’t so bare. And as we’ve seen from other photos, the double-sided tape is either not in attendance or has given up, because it is gaping A LOT and she is one deep breath out away from a nipple slip.

    I do feel super awkward watching these two laugh at one another, though. It looks very, very forced. Blech.