Scarlett Johansson on diet and exercise ... and not being an old hag

by Martha Edwards (Subscribe to Martha Edwards's posts)
Oct 17th 2007 9:16AM

Sexy Scarlett Johansson is one of the hottest actresses of this decade -- both in terms of her career and her looks. Ever wonder how she manages to look so good? She recently talked to Australia's Women's Health and Fitness, and here's what she had to say:

On keeping in shape: "I eat well and I walk a lot. I'm 21, so luckily I have youth on my side. I do yoga sometimes. And also living in the city, you do a lot of exercise and eat smartly."
On Food: "I like Burger King cheeseburger meals, because I like the toy and I love the charbroiled taste. So good. My dad is Danish. That makes me half danish I suppose but I was born and raised in New York so I don't consider myself to be European. I go to Denmark, I was there recently and we just had our first niece so I was in Copenhagen. I am really happy when I am there and I get really fat too, I can't stop eating all the yummy food."
On Running in the film The Island: "I was so sore I couldn't believe it. The first day of work I came home and I thought I was going to die"
On plastic surgery: "I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag. There's no fun in that."

Hmm. I'm not sure I agree with her thoughts on aging or her show of support for Burger King. I also think she should start stretching to prevent post-running soreness. What do you think?

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Chris 10-17-2007 @ 10:39AM

i think she's f-in hot, and if she can eat BK cheeseburger meals and still be f-in hot... let her eat em'

edieann 10-21-2007 @ 2:49PM

I think she's a self absorbed half wit...too young to have a clue what she's talking about ...can't wait to see her old hag face lol

Lexi 10-21-2007 @ 3:21PM

What a twit. People in their early 20's should just look good and shut up.

Blue 10-21-2007 @ 3:20PM

Whoever did her lips really screwed up! Her lips are too big! Too big! They look like airbags out of a Hyundai! Get your money back for the lip job, Scarlett. The lips are too big for her face!

Laurie 10-21-2007 @ 3:40PM

Scarlett, you're 21. You're drop dead gorgeous, but weren't we all when we were that age. You're not too bright, but that doesn't matter, you're young and beautiful and don't need to be smart.

Thanks for thinking growing older means that ladies turn into "old hags". What a moron. Glad to know you're shallow and superficial. You might want to get a good publicist to edit out your mean spirited remarks.

Youth and beauty fade, but dumb is forever.

Best wishes to a young hag. *lol*

Stephanie 10-23-2007 @ 4:15AM

I don't think she's one of the hottest actresses of any decade, nor is she too bright.

Annie 10-23-2007 @ 1:57AM

Men do not pay much attention to older women. She is right.

DIANA 10-21-2007 @ 4:31PM

She is shallow and not bright what so ever. She might be young and beautiful now but I want to see what she looks like in 30 yrs ! Beauty doesn't last forever ! She needs to grow a brain.

Carla 10-21-2007 @ 4:52PM

Ummm yeah not older women look like hags, some of them are quite beautiful...she should think of giving up the collagen for her own sake..I guess if she is int he ocean she can use those lips for floatation devices. Too uch plastic surgery is not good for ya, look at Plastic Pam and that cat woman in new york...Blondie, etc..
I guess she thinks they look great...hmmm what an idiot.

Ms. Lotus 10-21-2007 @ 4:48PM

Good God...I thought she was smarter than this interview reveals. Guess I was dead wrong. Er, Scarlett? You'd best continue the walking and yoga because your not-so-healthy eating habits WILL (put that in bold caps) create a sudden weight gain that will be hard as hell to shed when you're a little older. I am unsure what's healthy about a Burger King meal. Incidentally, being older does not automatically render a woman into a "hag." What a stupid and nasty remark. Sophia Loren, who is about 50 years your senior, looks better than YOU do!

Carla 10-21-2007 @ 4:53PM

She eats healthy??Is that what she said? Ok well Burger King is not healthy, you stupid ass.

pat 10-21-2007 @ 4:52PM

Here, here to all the older ladies on the board

Carole Orelli 10-21-2007 @ 5:15PM

This is from a 63 year "old hag." Of course, I am not the beauty I was at 21, but neither am I as dumb and inexperienced with life as I was at 21. I don't believe there was any real malice in Scarlett's remark---she is just young and thoughtless. Old age seems a million miles away to her. She will learn as she lives life and acquires the wisdom she has not yet attained. Like the rest of us, she will not remain young, dumb and thoughtless. Do not judge her so harshly.

sam 10-21-2007 @ 5:22PM

hm, sounds deep.

Eriv 10-21-2007 @ 5:33PM

wow.....bitter, angry, and judgemental much? If you really didn't care what she has to say (and if you are really so much wiser, why should you?), you wouldn't feel a need to respond like this. Although I have to say that is it truly remarkable that we have found a board where not a single member has EVER said something - even accidentally or thoughtlessly - in poor taste....especially when we were younger. Lucky us to be of such an elite group.

Maggie 10-21-2007 @ 6:20PM

These are the lips she has always had - even when she was a young teen actress. Why would anyone think she has had lip augmentation? You must not have followed her career for very long!

j 10-21-2007 @ 11:05PM

Scarlet is beautiful and yes, her lips are HUGE . LOL . But we must remember she is only 21. And old to a 21 yr old is like 40 ! I am thinking when she is 30 she will eat those words. Then get lipo !

Lou 10-21-2007 @ 6:27PM

I thought she was at least 35 years old! I am finding it hard to believe she is only 21.

liz 10-21-2007 @ 6:43PM

She is one of the worst acresses ever. She has no talent (for acting, anyway). And she's stupid. No wonder she's famous. Go away you dumb brat.

Amanda 10-21-2007 @ 7:25PM

1. This is a ridiculous and pointless article
2. The "point" of the article was that even Scarlett Johansson eats junk food
3. It is highly unlikely that she thinks just because a woman is older means she is an old hag, but rather that she sus[ects she will turn into an old hag. At 25, I know much older women far more attractive than both myself and Ms. Johansson, she probably notices this, too. I still think about what an "ugly hag" I'm going to turn into. It has nothing to do with any other woman.
4. Eating a BK cheeseburger kids meal is not going to make her fat. There's only 560 calories in it to begin with, add 100 if she drinks a regular coke. If she weighs only 100 lbs, she needs about 1300 calories/day to maintain. I don't think a 560 calorie meal is going to do her in (check how many calories you're eating...)

Good grief.....