Terry Prone: Sharon Osbourne manages to stay relevant at ripe old age of 72
She may not like her arms. She may yearn for the return of 10 pounds. But what a way to stay current
Originally published in the Irish Examiner.
You would not expect me to have much in common with Sharon Osbourne, but it’s time to reveal all, starting with the covered-up arms.
Hers featured in a newspaper picture this week, taken in Beverley Hills.
According to some anonymous source described as a “friend’ of Ms Osbourne, “she covers her arms because they’re so painfully thin and it is actually making her quite unhappy…”
One of the downsides of extreme fame and its attendant wealth is that “friend” who is always willing to self-promote by sharing shameful details about the celebrity.
One of the upsides of obscurity is that nobody wants to hear from such “friends” about you: who gives a rat’s if you wear long sleeves?
It’s not just that Sharon Osbourne is into arm-concealment. It’s that this lamentable action can be attributed to her use of one of the new slimming drugs, and therefore amounts to moral retribution.
Moral condemnation of famous people using GLP-1 drugs takes many forms.
Some users are to be condemned because they might, by their use, be shortening the supply of the drug to “real” patients, including those with diabetes.
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