'Malnourished' Jolie gets dressing down

04 March 2012 - 02:15 By Sunday Times
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ANGELINA Jolie, the Oscar-winning actress and one half of Hollywood's most glamorous power couple, looks dangerously "malnourished".

WRONG MOVE: TV doctor says Angelina Jolie is 'dangerously malnourished' Picture: REUTERS
WRONG MOVE: TV doctor says Angelina Jolie is 'dangerously malnourished' Picture: REUTERS
WRONG MOVE: TV doctor says Angelina Jolie is 'dangerously malnourished' Picture: REUTERS
WRONG MOVE: TV doctor says Angelina Jolie is 'dangerously malnourished' Picture: REUTERS

This is the verdict of celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky, popularly known as Dr Drew, after Jolie turned heads at this week's Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

Her turn on the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday made headlines across the globe.

And now, almost a week on, THAT picture of Jolie's jutting right leg is still generating talk - but now for different reasons.

The Daily Mail reported that Dr Drew, appearing on television show The View this week, expressed concern about Jolie's weight. Jolie is the partner of actor Brad Pitt and the couple have six children, three of whom were adopted.

Dr Drew warned that women should not view Jolie as the epitome of beauty. He was quoted as saying: "She's malnourished ... I just see malnutrition. We should not look at that as an ideal of beauty, even though she might be a beautiful woman."

According to the Daily Mail report, Fox presenter Bill O'Re illy also weighed in on the subject.

He said: "Is it just me or is she looking mighty slim these days? Emaciated even? I was kind of taken aback. Look at the arms on her."

O'Reilly said Jolie was sending out the wrong message to her fans with her rail-thin physique.

The report quoted an earlier article that claimed Jolie survives on as little as 600 calories a day - the equivalent of two bowls of cereal with milk.

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