Renee On Tracey Ullman
With Tracey Ullman pulling no punches on her new show State Of The Union, one of her many characters is Renee Zellweger. When asked how she came up with the character, she has been quoted saying, “I just put these eyelashes on and tried to think of Lamb Chop from Shari Lewis.” Rude!!
So it was only a matter of time before Renee was asked what she thought of the impression. Letterman was the first to ask the question, and last week when Renee was on his show promoting her new film Leatherheads, she had this to say in response. “My reason for calling a therapist for the next six months… the reason I’m growing my hair out. Every time I look in the mirror I see Tracey Ullman.”
Here’s hoping Renee was kidding when she said those things, although she’s been open before about her sensitivity to the Hollywood meanness that can happen. I just can’t believe Tracey would have been so callous in how she came up with the character.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Oh, c’mon, Robyn. How can Tracey NOT make fun of Renee? She ALWAYS has that squinty-eyed, purse-lipped face. It’s like her trademark! If she’s gonna be in the biz, she’d better toughen up.