May 7, 2004
10:39am Friday

I'M NOT A PERFECT PERSON

This movie I'm working on is called "Hairy Tale" and it stars Matthew Modine and Roma Downey (I can't be the only one who wants to call her Roma Downey Junior), and Matthew Modine now looks like a barely younger, equally weathered version of Robert Redford, and our friend Roma has had some serious, serious plastic surgery. So yesterday I did what I always do when I suspect someone's had a facelift -- I google them to get all the dirt. And the chain of messages about Roma's face on the Touched By An Angel bulletin board made my day.

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Subject: "roma downey"
Sun Jan-25-04 01:52 AM
Member since Sep 28th 2003 176 posts
hey I feel like such a cow asking this because i love and respect roma downey soo much but i just had to ask....her face dramatically changed during the 6-7th season.I heard mutters about plastic surgery but I dont want to get the wrong idea.Can anyone clear this up for me to set me straight?? thanks leonie God Bless Leonie xoxo   

RE: roma downey
Jan 25th 2004
Well, to be honest, she did have a few operations over the years, but that's all I'll speak of this. It's not really appropriate to discuss her personal matters over a message board, or anywhere else, considering they don't involve us. God bless you! Love always in Christ   

RE: roma downey
hey sorry i feel horrible for even asking that now.Its none of my business and its not fair to gossip about her when shes such an awesome person.I regret asking and I feeel extrememly shallow for even wondering forgive me love leonie xoxo   

RE: roma downey
Aw, don't worry about it! Everyone has a tendancy to make mistakes, because after all, we are humans. But you can learn from this mistake, just as you can learn from everyone you make. God bless you! Love always in Christ   

RE: roma downey
Thankyou so much. Im glad I had this with you because i will now be a lot slower to judge people.I guess everyone thinks its ok to ask things about famous peoples private affairs but really she is a normal person and deserves the same respect I would treat others with. Now when my friends(who arent fans i may add) say "ew has shge had plastic surgery!"I will remember the respect you treatyed her with and try and apply it to myslelf. thankyou for this revelation I guess every day is just another lesson to help you bacome a better person god bless you Justine(i hope that is your name ) leonie   

RE: roma downey
I don't think there's anything wrong with asking. It is quite clear that Roma's appearance changed during the course of the show. We can't help but notice, so the changes themselves are rather "public". "Why" or "how" would be private. But, I think you put your finger on it: judging someone for whether they have or have not altered their appearance is quite a different matter, and isn't very kind. Personally, I would say that appearance alterations -- including things as simple as hairstyles -- aren't what really matter. They dont affect anyone's talent as an actress, and they don't affect anyone's character as a person. That's just my personal opinion, but I feel it's basically in keeping with the general tone of the show -- especially tolerance and kindness.   

RE: roma downey
You three have made great points!!! That was so sweet what you all said about the person inside, I just had to post something to say thank you. I too will try harder not to judge people, I've been working on that lately. Every time I think...Oh that outift makes them look fat, or I wish they would change their haircut I stop myself. I wouldn't want to be judged and have people hate me because I have braces, or because I wear the same pants almost every day. (lol!)

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And I'll try not to judge you if you try not to judge me, and I'll try also to remember to change my pants.

XXOO