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Melania Went Blonde

She's not taking this aging thing well.

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by Anonymousreply 156December 17, 2018 2:30 PM

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by Anonymousreply 1December 13, 2018 7:46 AM

Looks godawful.

by Anonymousreply 2December 13, 2018 7:49 AM

I always thought blonde hair on older white women was flattering but I guess not

by Anonymousreply 3December 13, 2018 7:49 AM

It's so brassy. It looks like someone used a home lightening kit, which is why it looks so terrible.

by Anonymousreply 4December 13, 2018 7:50 AM

HORRIBLE.

by Anonymousreply 5December 13, 2018 8:24 AM

The makeup makes it worse. Not sure that she's combed it for a few days, either.

by Anonymousreply 6December 13, 2018 8:29 AM

It is awful. I loved her other hair color, the only thing I liked about her. Well, she also has great legs. This new hair color is a travesty.

by Anonymousreply 7December 13, 2018 8:31 AM

Her facial features are too hard for blond hair...

by Anonymousreply 8December 13, 2018 10:15 AM

Dumb whore.

by Anonymousreply 9December 13, 2018 10:19 AM

Not a good look for her at all. She looks super harsh there, The Donald seems to prefer blondes, though.

by Anonymousreply 10December 13, 2018 10:20 AM

Who taught her the word "opportunists"? That seems overly sophisticated for Ms. Be-Best.

by Anonymousreply 11December 13, 2018 10:21 AM

Cringing.

by Anonymousreply 12December 13, 2018 10:46 AM

Atrocious hair color and way too much Botox in her face. Melania looks horrible and sounds like an idiot in the Sean Hannity propaganda piece.

by Anonymousreply 13December 13, 2018 11:07 AM

Love the look and the hair! Still hate her!

by Anonymousreply 14December 13, 2018 11:09 AM

Nasty looking wig. She’ll change it out tomorrow.

by Anonymousreply 15December 13, 2018 11:11 AM

Her cheeks are plumped up and her one nostril is mucked up. Did she have another "kidney" operation?

by Anonymousreply 16December 13, 2018 11:12 AM

Bitch is aging RAPIDLY.

by Anonymousreply 17December 13, 2018 11:28 AM

She's looking more and more like Stormy Daniels these days.

by Anonymousreply 18December 13, 2018 11:28 AM

The highlights she was doing looked nice, but full blond just does not work for her coloring. Also, she needs to tone down the eye makeup if she's going blond.

by Anonymousreply 19December 13, 2018 12:14 PM

She should do the brunette to blonde ombré. And have Donald buy her better fillers.

by Anonymousreply 20December 13, 2018 12:18 PM

Is she angling for DL fave Goldie Hawn to play her in the biopic?

by Anonymousreply 21December 13, 2018 12:27 PM

She is morphing into a female version of Donald.

by Anonymousreply 22December 13, 2018 12:39 PM

Cheap floozy.

by Anonymousreply 23December 13, 2018 12:48 PM

SHE’S SO CLASSY AND ELEGANT! A TRUE AMERICAN FIRST LADY!

by Anonymousreply 24December 13, 2018 12:48 PM

Harsh old hooker. Menopause must be a member of the Resistance because it’s beating her ass.

by Anonymousreply 25December 13, 2018 1:05 PM

Miss Clairol shade called Deplorable Blonde. Dang it's hot!

by Anonymousreply 26December 13, 2018 1:22 PM

"it takes a lot of money to look this cheap!"

by Anonymousreply 27December 13, 2018 1:25 PM

LOVE the pissed off queen that talked her into that travesty.

by Anonymousreply 28December 13, 2018 1:26 PM

I think she looks like Roseanne after her 15th facelift.

by Anonymousreply 29December 13, 2018 1:34 PM

She's turning into first wife Ivana; too blond, too much make up, too many fillers, Eastern Bloc hard looking.

by Anonymousreply 30December 13, 2018 1:41 PM

The brunette color she always had was always her best feature. Looked great on her, and it was an absolutely beautiful glowy color. This was a bad idea.

by Anonymousreply 31December 13, 2018 1:47 PM

Issa wig.

by Anonymousreply 32December 13, 2018 2:02 PM

I've seen asians and blacks who look better as blondes than this hair hat wearing beaver flasher.

by Anonymousreply 33December 13, 2018 2:03 PM

Christ, she's hit a wall...

by Anonymousreply 34December 13, 2018 2:08 PM

It must be KILLING Trump that his fat, bloated, orange, wig wearing ass is stuck with this way past her prime Chinese lady.

by Anonymousreply 35December 13, 2018 2:12 PM

She's looking disturbingly like Trump in OP's pic.

by Anonymousreply 36December 13, 2018 2:16 PM

Melania, with her colouring, should look to Nancy Pelosi and not Stormy Daniels for hair and makeup inspiration.

All-over blonde really only works if you are a natural blonde or were one as a kid - ie. Hillary Clinton.

by Anonymousreply 37December 13, 2018 2:18 PM

She looks hard and cheap. Trailer trash blonde.

by Anonymousreply 38December 13, 2018 2:38 PM

She looks like a bitter madam in a postwar brothel. I wish that I had some chocolates and nylons to give her.

by Anonymousreply 39December 13, 2018 2:43 PM

I wonder if she's drinking heavily, looks like booze bloat.

by Anonymousreply 40December 13, 2018 2:56 PM

Not flattering. The color ages her.

by Anonymousreply 41December 13, 2018 2:58 PM

She's competing with Ivanka. Hasn't yet figured out that she's always doomed to lose.

by Anonymousreply 42December 13, 2018 2:59 PM

Ivanka is getting up there, too. Daddy's attention will soon be straying to a favored granddaughter perhaps.

by Anonymousreply 43December 13, 2018 3:00 PM

The last time I saw Melanoma she had blonde on top of her head and dark hair on the bottom. Well, it's a terrible color for her but at least it's ONE color.

by Anonymousreply 44December 13, 2018 3:27 PM

Cocker spaniel hair

by Anonymousreply 45December 13, 2018 3:34 PM

Look at that crunchy mess

by Anonymousreply 46December 13, 2018 3:46 PM

The more she opens her mouth, the more she sounds like her husband.

by Anonymousreply 47December 13, 2018 3:47 PM

I'm thinking Donnie used his crap and dyed it for her.

by Anonymousreply 48December 13, 2018 3:49 PM

[quote]Melania, with her colouring, should look to Nancy Pelosi and not Stormy Daniels for hair and makeup inspiration.

R37’s comment makes me think that it must be time for Cheetolini’s annual coitus session with The Whore and the only way he’ll come is if he thinks he’s fucking Stormy.

by Anonymousreply 49December 13, 2018 4:00 PM

Who remembers the way they were.

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by Anonymousreply 50December 13, 2018 4:11 PM

Her hair looks like a bathmat. The thing that jumps out of that photo is the bloated cheekbones and squinty eyes. What look is she going for besides Eurotrash whore? First Lady chic? Beverly Hills Second Wife Fresh From Divorce #2? Chipmunk?

She looks to the Real Housewives as her fashion inspiration, I swear to Jesus. Either that or all of Dallas, Texas.

by Anonymousreply 51December 13, 2018 4:12 PM

R50 There must be a gallon in each of those jugs.

by Anonymousreply 52December 13, 2018 4:14 PM

Slavtrash. How about "down there", too?

by Anonymousreply 53December 13, 2018 4:17 PM

WTF happened to her?! I can't stand her but I can admit she was a beauty when she was younger. She could have aged naturally (with perhaps light fillers and botox).

by Anonymousreply 54December 13, 2018 4:23 PM

Who sells wigs that ugly? She looks like she's in one of those half-destroyed wigs they use to comedic effect on Moira in "Schitt's Creek."

by Anonymousreply 55December 13, 2018 4:43 PM

Her lips look like crap.

by Anonymousreply 56December 13, 2018 4:50 PM

In the OP she sorta calls to mind that scene in the Atkins trailer in [italic]Drop Dead Gorgeous[/italic] where Annette counsels Amber to get the money before she takes her top off.

by Anonymousreply 57December 13, 2018 4:53 PM

I wish someone would ask Ivana for her opinion. She really throws the best shade at M.

by Anonymousreply 58December 13, 2018 4:57 PM

Hilarious r39.

by Anonymousreply 59December 13, 2018 5:52 PM

Looks tired.

by Anonymousreply 60December 13, 2018 6:18 PM

Does she really r58? Do they not get along?

by Anonymousreply 61December 13, 2018 6:21 PM

"How about "down there", too?"

Inquiring minds need to know: does the carpet match the drapes?

by Anonymousreply 62December 13, 2018 6:22 PM

it's a wig! she has been wearing wigs for years now.

by Anonymousreply 63December 13, 2018 6:23 PM

And so she continues to morph into the hardened hoor she really is. Outside, inside.

by Anonymousreply 64December 13, 2018 6:25 PM

It looks so bad. Im shocked really

by Anonymousreply 65December 13, 2018 6:26 PM

If it's a wig, that's one of the ugliest and she should ask for her money back.

by Anonymousreply 66December 13, 2018 6:27 PM

I really hope this is something she did herself and not something she paid money for

by Anonymousreply 67December 13, 2018 6:28 PM

It's from the Skank-ho Hilton collection, R66. Piss yellow.

by Anonymousreply 68December 13, 2018 6:28 PM

I wonder when Trump will trade her out for a younger version.

by Anonymousreply 69December 13, 2018 6:30 PM

It is time for dotard to do a trade in.

by Anonymousreply 70December 13, 2018 6:36 PM

She was never a "beauty". In her natural state she was just another non-descript moon-faced Slavic girl, who worked her way to "sexbot" status with a lot of surgery, faked-up photography, and expensive styling.

by Anonymousreply 71December 13, 2018 6:37 PM

I believe that there is a perfect shade of blonde for everyone, no matter what the eye color/complexion. People just have to accept that platinum isn’t always that perfect shade.

Mika Brzezinski can pull off the icy white blonde. I thought Kim Kardashian pulled off the warm honey blonde. Etc.

This is not a good shade for Melania. She needs something less drastic.

by Anonymousreply 72December 13, 2018 7:17 PM

Brunette was much more youthful on her - almost a power move, since most white women benefit from going blonder as they get older.

Melania, obviously, doesn't.

by Anonymousreply 73December 13, 2018 7:40 PM

it's crazy that with all the money and access she's got she ended up looking like she had her hair done at some New Jersey's Supercutz

by Anonymousreply 74December 13, 2018 7:56 PM

Yeah, make that thin hair thinner you filthy whore.

by Anonymousreply 75December 13, 2018 8:03 PM

Her new hair color triggers me.

by Anonymousreply 76December 13, 2018 8:07 PM

Is she desperate to look more like Ivanka?

by Anonymousreply 77December 13, 2018 8:13 PM

I would imagine the past couple of years has made the gray hair come in at an alarming rate.

I know mine has.

by Anonymousreply 78December 13, 2018 8:16 PM

Be best blonde!

by Anonymousreply 79December 13, 2018 8:23 PM

r74 At least it's not some cheap "Dorothy Hamill" cut from some godforsaken salon (huh!) in the South or Midwest.

by Anonymousreply 80December 13, 2018 8:52 PM

Cuz I’m a blond, B-L-A-N-D. Don’t you wish you were me!

by Anonymousreply 81December 13, 2018 9:25 PM

She must be going grey

by Anonymousreply 82December 13, 2018 9:37 PM

Oddly, the First Hooker & the Donald are starting to resemble each other, same plastic surgeon & colorist?

by Anonymousreply 83December 14, 2018 12:51 AM

That has to be her real hair, no wig is that shitty.

by Anonymousreply 84December 14, 2018 12:52 AM

It's so a wig.

by Anonymousreply 85December 14, 2018 12:59 AM

She looks like a Slovenian Raquel Welch impersonator. This is definitely a very cheap wig, her hairline is always way off.

by Anonymousreply 86December 14, 2018 1:01 AM

Dahlink! My vigs are not cheap!

by Anonymousreply 87December 14, 2018 1:02 AM

Her mouth is looking old.

by Anonymousreply 88December 14, 2018 1:03 AM

Dahlink! My vigs are not cheap!

by Anonymousreply 89December 14, 2018 1:03 AM

[quote]Christ, she's hit a wall...

She hit that wall a lonnnnnnnng time ago.

[quote]She was never a "beauty". In her natural state she was just another non-descript moon-faced Slavic girl, who worked her way to "sexbot" status with a lot of surgery, faked-up photography, and expensive styling. —Susie Parker House-Rolls

This, this, a-thousand times, this! She was always smoke and mirrors, and the mirror cracked.

by Anonymousreply 90December 14, 2018 1:37 AM

this is not a real hair, this is a wig.

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by Anonymousreply 91December 14, 2018 2:48 AM

again...wig in 2013. this is not natural hair. billions of dollars and she cannot get herself a good wig.

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by Anonymousreply 92December 14, 2018 2:52 AM

Is she on prednisone or something? Why does her face look like it’s filled with jello?

by Anonymousreply 93December 14, 2018 2:59 AM

Blonde bombshell! The bombshell being that she put sentences together.

by Anonymousreply 94December 14, 2018 3:06 AM

for some reason her hair has really gotten under my skin, this is a rare photo of it natural. wonder why she chooses the wigs.

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by Anonymousreply 95December 14, 2018 3:06 AM

This is what naturally dark hair looks like when you bleach the crap out of it.....the color will "lift" to an orangey/brassy color and then you need to TONE it with a purple toner to neutralize the orange/gold. In this case, it still would not look right on her. She needs some depth in her color. Highlights are ok. This just makes her look washed out.

by Anonymousreply 96December 14, 2018 3:07 AM

She's probably losing her hair.

by Anonymousreply 97December 14, 2018 3:08 AM

she's been losing her hair for 10+ years then because that is how far the wigs go back. i wonder if its a health condition related to her "minor kidney issue" hospitalization earlier this year.

by Anonymousreply 98December 14, 2018 3:27 AM

Lord have mercy, she’s a Yellow Lab.

by Anonymousreply 99December 14, 2018 3:32 AM

I simply cannot look at this woman without the word "SKANK" entering my head.

by Anonymousreply 100December 14, 2018 3:59 AM

I love that she's gradually morphing into a Jennifer Coolidge character.

by Anonymousreply 101December 14, 2018 4:32 AM

Her hairline was way far back in that photo from a decade ago, so it's probably even worse now.

Doesn't have to be a major health problem to cause that, just genetics, over processing, or a light hormonal imbalance.

by Anonymousreply 102December 14, 2018 8:15 AM

She has a 5 head. Cheap extensions and streaks of blond highlights are so 1995.

by Anonymousreply 103December 14, 2018 8:22 AM

I think it was the way she parted her hair, it looks like today she parted it in the middle and it looks better?

by Anonymousreply 104December 14, 2018 8:25 AM

If you're talking about the photos at the children's hospital, it looks like it's just a completely different wig.

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by Anonymousreply 105December 14, 2018 8:30 AM

"billions of dollars and she cannot get herself a good wig."

Sure, Jan. That's just what these low life grifters want you to think. When Mueller finally reveals his hand, we'll find out Donny & Company don't have a fraction of the money they like people to think they have. Never did and never will. And when Mueller and all the other investigations are done, Trump et al won't have a god damned pot to piss in.

by Anonymousreply 106December 14, 2018 1:05 PM

Agree with R106

The Trump "wealth" is all about being leveraged and moving stuff around like 3 card monte. He doesn't own his properties or homes(golf clubs) outright and I would bet there are little solid investments.

Melania has been trotted out lately to defend their "name". That bitch knows her buttered toast is threatened. She doesn't have much of a prenup and has to hang in there to keep the money coming for her family. She has no choice, but she is a birther and a cold bitch anyway.

When the dust clears in a few years, the only one who may have anything is Ivanka. If she and Jared escape legal penalty. She will find a way to make money abroad and he will still have his own family's grifts going.

by Anonymousreply 107December 14, 2018 4:48 PM

I think her hair looks like shit, no matter the color.

by Anonymousreply 108December 14, 2018 5:01 PM

R95 looks like it's pre-nose job too.

by Anonymousreply 109December 14, 2018 6:01 PM

Miss Theeng needs a quality lacefront

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by Anonymousreply 110December 14, 2018 6:05 PM

Her eyes are going to be at the back of her head soon.

by Anonymousreply 111December 14, 2018 6:11 PM

She is beautiful, kind of like an ice sculpture and I had a little sympathy for her at one point. Given her early law suit against the Sun or Guardian (?) over their interference with her ability to capitalize on her First Lady status and her non happening initiatives and now plays for victimhood and exploitation- well: Is there a better example of a woman exploiting her husband and her position than she? But then she always has. She was not really a "model", she was an escort. An escort is a high end hooker or low end courtesan- take your pick. It would seem her entire adult life has been a transaction. Nothing to admire here- just be aghast along with the rest of the low life's and incompetents Drump has brought into the highest levels of American gov't.

by Anonymousreply 112December 14, 2018 6:15 PM

She does look like Jennifer Coolidge in that picture.

by Anonymousreply 113December 14, 2018 6:17 PM

[quote]just be aghast

“Be Aghast” would be a more appropriate initiative for her to work on.

by Anonymousreply 114December 14, 2018 6:19 PM

Agree r71, she’s like Prayingmantisvanka. Ugly ugly ugly woman who carved herself up to reach an acceptable appearance. R95’s photo proves she was no looker.

It would explain why Dump is so appearance obsessed. His whole family looks like mutants before all the surgery. Sometimes not even surgery can overcome that chemical waste dump that is Drumpf DNA. Looking at you Tiffany.

by Anonymousreply 115December 14, 2018 6:28 PM

#betrash

by Anonymousreply 116December 14, 2018 6:56 PM

She looks terrible blonde. I could barely look at her before but now it's hurting my eyes.

by Anonymousreply 117December 14, 2018 6:58 PM

My highest level of sympathy for her was when they first met the Obamas at the WH and the Turd basically left her behind carrying that recycled Tiffany gift.

by Anonymousreply 118December 14, 2018 7:18 PM

Ze Donalt wantz me to look like ze dautar vit ze blond hair ent ze beeg boobs.

Ju know, ze dautar he wud like to date eef she were not hees dautar.

by Anonymousreply 119December 14, 2018 7:23 PM

Ju know, zat'z alzo ze dauter whose pussee he likez to grab.

by Anonymousreply 120December 14, 2018 7:24 PM

R110 what’s the name of that shop, link please?

by Anonymousreply 121December 14, 2018 7:32 PM

If she really wants to stick to blonde hair, she needs a softer tone. It still might not turn out to be best (hehehehe), but ANYTHING is better than the mess she's got on her head these days.

by Anonymousreply 122December 14, 2018 7:47 PM

She does not look good blond but don't tell her.

by Anonymousreply 123December 14, 2018 7:59 PM

Here you go R121

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by Anonymousreply 124December 15, 2018 11:30 PM

You want blond...

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by Anonymousreply 125December 15, 2018 11:34 PM

Used car salesman style

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by Anonymousreply 126December 15, 2018 11:35 PM

I'll give you blonde...

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by Anonymousreply 127December 15, 2018 11:36 PM

Clairol's latest shade: Complicit Blonde

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by Anonymousreply 128December 15, 2018 11:39 PM

Her husband humiliates her by cheating with a porn star and a Playboy bimbette and she's angry at the press? Bitch, please.

by Anonymousreply 129December 15, 2018 11:43 PM

Now she's blonde trash.

by Anonymousreply 130December 15, 2018 11:59 PM

Today I put blonde wig on head.

by Anonymousreply 131December 16, 2018 12:47 AM

Is her merkin blonde too?

by Anonymousreply 132December 16, 2018 12:55 AM

[quote]She is beautiful, kind of like an ice sculpture

No. Just, no.

[quote]Now she's blonde trash. —With fake tits.

As opposed to: Trash, period. With fake everything (including: values, morals, and integrity).

by Anonymousreply 133December 16, 2018 1:00 AM

I don't think Trump will get a new whore after this one leaves. He'll retire to Mar A Lago and hold court there and golf his last days away-- if he's not thrown in prison or forced into exile overseas.

by Anonymousreply 134December 16, 2018 1:04 AM

So off topic but I don’t understand this. Melania is a legit model but somehow has failed to be good business for designers. Michelle Obama, who I love, but isn’t built like the classic model, made that industry more money than arguably anyone in history. Her fashion choices always caused a big splash and she moved racks upon racks of dresses 👗. Can someone explain?

by Anonymousreply 135December 16, 2018 1:36 AM

I think she has to wear wigs to lower her hair lone which has been raised too high from numerous face/brow lifts . I have a female friend who had a brow lift . Her whole head is like a 6 head now . Still pretty but it’s only going to get worse as she ages .

by Anonymousreply 136December 16, 2018 1:48 AM

R135. She's a Trump. Everyone hates Trump. Especially designers where their name would be forever associated with Melania Trump. That ain't happening.

by Anonymousreply 137December 16, 2018 2:03 AM

Melania's hair is back to its regular color again. At least when she was at the children's hospital.

Sometimes hair coloring has steps to it. So maybe what we saw wasn't the finish product yet. Because she's back to her normal brown hair color. So maybe she was in the middle of the coloring process and just decided to sit for that hannity interview and cause a stir with that brassy blonde hair color.

But ill say, brown hair looks much better on her than that blonde from the other day.

by Anonymousreply 138December 16, 2018 2:03 AM

Agree with r134

R135, I do t think she was ever a legit model. Maybe in the very early days. But, by the time the late 20s rolled in she was a high priced escort

by Anonymousreply 139December 16, 2018 2:04 AM

R137. Dolce and Gabbana are defiantly supportive.

by Anonymousreply 140December 16, 2018 2:06 AM

R137 Plus no major editorial magazines want her either. The right-wing media complained about that in the past since she became first lady.

Whereas, Michelle Obama was the darling of major magazines and constantly on the cover of them. And as a former first lady still constantly on the cover of major editorial magazines.

No one wants to be associated with the Trumps and for good reason.

by Anonymousreply 141December 16, 2018 2:07 AM

Michelle Obama is the Oprah and Beyonce of first ladies.

That's why people freak out when they see her. She's not the regular first lady by a long shot. Mrs Obama is an international supper star.

The Obamas in general are international supper stars. I've never seen the type of reaction to former presidents and first ladies that the Obamas get. That's gotta count for something.

by Anonymousreply 142December 16, 2018 2:14 AM

^The always tasty Obamas.

by Anonymousreply 143December 16, 2018 2:20 AM

She’s going to continue to facially deteriorate. She does not have classic beauty. A classic beauty looks good in old age. Not sexy anymore, but still good looking. Melania will look like a wax figure with ridiculously slanted eyes

by Anonymousreply 144December 16, 2018 4:08 AM

She looks like a whore

by Anonymousreply 145December 16, 2018 4:39 AM

R142 But what about breakfast and lunch? Are they stars during those meals, too?

by Anonymousreply 146December 16, 2018 10:11 AM

Will she write a memoir in 2021?

by Anonymousreply 147December 16, 2018 2:59 PM

Kitty Dukakis

by Anonymousreply 148December 16, 2018 4:50 PM

Who the fuck wants to read about melanias, life?

But than again?

by Anonymousreply 149December 16, 2018 4:58 PM

Where were her tits in r95? Did she send them in for resurfacing?

by Anonymousreply 150December 17, 2018 12:42 AM

How can broke drag queens get their hands on better wigs than the vairst lady?

by Anonymousreply 151December 17, 2018 5:06 AM

Fuck melania, she's a birther along with her hopefully soon to be jail bird husband.

by Anonymousreply 152December 17, 2018 5:39 AM

I enjoy ridiculing Melanie

by Anonymousreply 153December 17, 2018 5:41 AM

She should try aerobics. It's what I do.

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by Anonymousreply 154December 17, 2018 6:50 AM

I'm of the school Mrs Turd doesn't wear a wig. Not much search results besides her walking off the plane.

by Anonymousreply 155December 17, 2018 7:17 AM

She’s a whore

by Anonymousreply 156December 17, 2018 2:30 PM
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