You won’t believe your ears when you find out what the actress is being trolled about this time…<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Words by Nikki Peach<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/imago800512813-scaled.jpg” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”CA: 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards – Arrivals Nicole Kidman arrives at the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards held at” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] If we don\u2019t laugh, we\u2019ll cry. The relentless, repugnant and quite frankly random obsession with dissecting women\u2019s appearances has reached new heights in the form of \u2013 wait for it\u00a0\u2013 Nicole Kidman\u2019s earlobes.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not enough that the Oscar-winning actress, producer and pop culture icon is regularly trolled because of her \u2018Botox face\u2019, now her \u2018ears are so noteworthy that they simply can\u2019t be ignored\u2019 \u2013 or so one tabloid article reads.<\/p>\n The report suggests that Kidman\u2019s earlobes appear to be \u2018stretched\u2019 and \u2018might be a result of plastic surgery\u2019. According to Mark Solomos, who appeared in Olivia Attwood\u2019s ITV documentary Price of Perfection<\/em>, the Babygirl<\/em> star\u2019s hearing organs are known as \u2018pixie ears\u2019 or \u2018bat ears\u2019. I think I\u2019ll stick with \u2018ears\u2019, personally.<\/p>\n \u2018The effect occurs when the earlobe is pulled downward, often revealing that a facelift has been performed,\u2019 Solomos told The Daily Mail\u2019s FEMAIL<\/em>, before suggesting it is \u2018typically a result of poor surgical technique\u2019.<\/p>\n Most women will recognise a slightly drooped earlobe as the result of wearing heavy earrings or a natural sign of ageing, but fine, whatever, now it\u2019s a tell-tale sign of a ‘botched’ cosmetic procedure as well. \u2018It amazes me that these people think they look good and that\u2019s why they keep having tweaks,\u2019 reads one comment under the aforementioned article. \u2018It\u2019s ridiculous if they think we can\u2019t see that they have had procedures done.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018She was beautiful and would have aged well, now on a slippery slope,\u2019 reads another.<\/p>\n The grass is always greener. Women who stand accused of having work done or who have openly admitted that they have are told they should have \u2018aged naturally\u2019. While those who choose to \u2018age naturally\u2019 are equally vilified and given streams of unwarranted advice about how to improve their appearance.<\/p>\n Before we get onto the crux of the issue, which is, of course, who <\/em>actually cares?<\/em>, we must go over all the usual, tired points. The main one being that even the wealthiest, most idolised and widely sought after women in the world are trolled about how they look. It\u2019s not just their weight, their figure, their style or their facial features anymore, it\u2019s niche, nonsensical things like the shape of their earlobes. If you tried hard enough you could probably find a negative article, comment or social media post about every single square centimetre of a woman\u2019s body \u2013 thousands of times over.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/imago313799527-scaled.jpg” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” alt=”Nicole Kidman” title_text=”Planet OMEGA Exhibition Opening Featuring: Nicole Kidman Where: New York, New York, United States When: 09 Nov 2023 Cred” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] In theory, knowing that it\u2019s a battle that can never be won should be enough of a reason to stop fighting, but we all know that\u2019s not how it works. Far from discouraging us from honing in on our own insecurities \u2013 if Kidman\u2019s ears are enough to offend people, why bother? \u2013 the discourse sends a clear message to women everywhere: your appearance is a constant, failing work in progress.<\/p>\n Those who opt for cosmetic procedures or \u2018tweakments\u2019 to stave off the impending doom, criticism and self-loathing are not safe either. They might hand over time and money to preserve their looks, but strangers on the internet will always find another reason to criticise them.<\/p>\n Then there\u2019s the reality that swathes of people, and industry upon industry, stand to benefit from this cycle of misogyny and abuse. The outlets reporting on Kidman\u2019s \u2018worrying\u2019 earlobes, the cosmetic surgeons who will receive a flurry of calls from women worrying that they look like bats, the beauty industry at large that has every generation in a chokehold worrying about how to attain the latest beauty standards, and now an entire social media ecosystem that feeds off our schadenfreude and encourages us to use our \u2018free speech\u2019 to repeatedly tear other people down.<\/p>\n <\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] If that all sounds dystopian and slightly over the top, unfortunately it doesn\u2019t scratch the surface. Remember, the jumping off point for this conversation is Kidman\u2019s earlobes.<\/p>\n Back to the crux: who finds this type of sexist body part analysis valuable? Obviously not Kidman, though you\u2019d like to hope her publicist is able to shield her from at least some of the drivel that gets shared online. Does anyone actually care what Kidman\u2019s ears look like? Or whether they are the result of surgery? If they do, I kindly implore them to seek help or take up a hobby.<\/p>\n Perhaps we should all defer to another Hollywood stalwart, Emma Thompson, who has had her image debated countless times over the years. She said: \u2018I think one of the greatest tragedies in our lives \u2013 in women\u2019s lives \u2013 is the time, the effort, the energy, the passion that we\u2019ve wasted on not being able to accept our own bodies.\u2019<\/p>\n It\u2019s not even just our own bodies we struggle to accept, it\u2019s other women\u2019s bodies too. That\u2019s no coincidence. The endless quest for perfection knows no bounds. Today\u2019s earlobe discourse should serve as a reminder to listen to voices like Thompson\u2019s, not give us yet another reason to feel bad about ourselves.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”] Photo: <\/b>IMAGO<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just when you think you’ve heard it all, internet trolls will find another reason to criticise a woman’s appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"guestgrazia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7054"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7087,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054\/revisions\/7087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}‘It’s a tragey to waste time not being able to accept our own bodies.\u2019<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]