Christy Turlington is fascinating because she is beautiful. Reading her interview in this month's Vogue is therefore a painful exercise for her fans. But the blame is more on the reporter (Sally Singer) than on Turlington herself. The interview is a pure commercial promo, not very honest in its journalistic ways. Can you really publish 3,000 words about Turlington "healthy living" without even mentionning that she is suffering from emphysema? Or must you drop this fact because it would hurt her claim to plenitude thru Yoga?
All the quotes about Turlington are from friends and associates. The quotes from Turlington herself are somewhat embarassing. What are you supposed to think about her claim she can explain the tragedy of 9/11 can be dealt by yoga and the concept of "the continuous cycle of life and death"? And could pranayama (the limb of yoga dedicated to breathing) really save her father from lung cancer?
More interesting was the paragraph about her love life. As posted here earlier, Turlington reveals she broke up with fiance Ed Burns only weeks before the wedding because of constant rows. There's a strange story about how she decides she can't marry him because his family would rather have the wedding in America and not in Europe because of 9/11 fears of flying.
Turlington herself doesn't speak about her love life now. Her sister, Kelly, says: "She hasn't met the right person. She's had three very long-term relationships (Roger Wilson, Jason Patrick and Burns) that ended for the right reasons. Now she's leading a much quieter life, so maybe it will happen for her."
And photographer Arthur Elgort is quoted - this being Vogue, have no doubt the quote was approved by Turlington herself - saying: "Just because you're ready doesn't mean somebody else is ready to have the husband job".
Christy, just drop me a line.
Related links:
---> a Christy Turlington Gallery
---> Christy Turlington in The House of Zob