OMG, just this in. Please sit down RIGHT NOW, because this is stunning news of EPIC PROPORTION:

Brittany Spears and Jessica Simpson actually let pictures out of themselves WITHOUT MAKEUP. On magazine covers, no less.

This reminds me of the big stink everyone made when Robert Redford made that movie “Havana” and it was revealed that he had filmed without the extensive makeup he had been using to conceal the fact that he was fifty four years old. ZOMG!

Oh, jeez. I didn’t even retouch pictures of myself from when I was sixty pounds overweight and sent them to my ex-boyfriend when we got back in touch with each other. And I’m not even talking about a some lameoid I broke up with, either. This was The Big Kahuna ex-boyfriend whom I was sure was The Love of My Life but who dumped me like a smelly sneaker.

It’s insane enough that no one will let anyone see anything real anymore. Now we’re supposed to be impressed when someone does something real.

Can’t anyone just get older? And let it happen? And just be themselves?

Disclaimer: I can’t wear a skirt without a Spanx. And I say that without a trace of irony. With me, it’s not vanity. It’s a public service.