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My Celebrity BFF


There has been a lot of emotion in my most recentposts.  I thought it was time for a change of pace.  With that in mind, today’s post is a list. Who doesn’t love a list? It’s easy to read, straight to the point, and all the hip kids are making lists these days. 

Today I’m going to share my top five celebrity BFFs.  Admit it.  You’ve made this list in your head before.  No, I’m not talking about “The List”.  That’s different.  We might share that on another day. 

So, in no particular order, these are the five celebrities who I wish were on my speed dial.  If the agents or publicists of these celebrities (or the lovely ladies themselves) are reading this, I promise that I’m not a crazy stalker.  I’d just love to grab a cup of coffee with them someday. 

Mindy Kaling
I just finished reading Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?  It was a refreshing celebrity memoir.  It’s almost an anti-memoir.  She didn’t have a horrible childhood. She hasn’t faced a life threatening disease.  She is, by her own admission, only marginally famous.  It’s not the sort of thing that usually makes for your typical memoir faire.  But she is funny.  Kaling is funny in that self-deprecating, sarcastic, down-to-earth way that makes me want to hang out with her 24-7 and be her BFF.  I get her humor. I get the idea of working really hard to accomplish your dreams and then feeling the joy when your efforts come to fruition.  I get feeling awkward and out of place in childhood and then finally gaining some peace with your body (flaws and all) in adulthood.  I get not being totally obsessed with fashion and appearance and trends but secretly sopping up all the relationship, style, and beauty advice you can find from Glamour magazine.  Did I mention I would love for her to be my BFF?

I loved all of the mini essays in Hanging Out.  Kaling’s style varies throughout the book but the text flows easily and never feels forced.  Early in the book, Mindy says, “this book will take you two days to read. If you’re reading this book every night for months, something is not right.”  It’s true.  I think it actually took three days but Hanging Out was a quick and enjoyable read.  It is also further proof that fame and fortune doesn’t ruin everyone.  You can find success and still stay true to your values, your friends, and your personality. 

Reese Witherspoon
I’ve been watching Reese’s career since she was a young girl in Man on the Moon.  She is always so poised, so collected, and so real.  In every interview I read, she seems like the down home girl who takes the time to speak to everyone and would totally make sure you were on the invite list for her next Oscar party.  You could say that it’s just because she’s playing the right characters in the movies and I confuse her persona with Elle Woods or the cute fashion designer in Sweet Home Alabama, but I don’t think that’s true.  I think she is a true professional and a really good person.  Plus, she could totally play me in the movie version of Four Seasons for Charlotte.  We just have to give her a brunette dye job. 

Felicity Huffman
We’ve already established that her Desperate Housewives alter ego Lynette Scavo and I have been living parallel lives.  Another thing that I love about Felicity is her honesty.  In the many interviews I have read, she is honest about managing unrealistic ideals of beauty in Hollywood as well as managing the expectations of parenthood.  Felicity recently launched a new website called What The Flicka and the posts she and her fellow writers share give an honest, realistic, and often humorous view of parenting and life.  I get that.  We could totally dish over coffee. 

Drew Barrymore
I think my fascination with Drew is all because of ET.  I loved this movie and related so well to the character of Gertie because Drew and I are almost exactly the same age.  I’ve watched her career boom and bust and boom again. I have watched her deal with painful realities of drug and alcohol abuse, troublesome relationships, and questionable career moves.  I am amazed that she came out on the other side, relatively unscathed. I always wanted to be the friend that she called after her latest breakup with her boyfriend or crazy public meltdown.  We could do yoga together and then sit in her Zen garden drinking some chai.  It could totally happen.  Drew is the “crazy friend”; the one who always has a new hairstyle, piercing, or tattoo.  You always want to have her at your dinner parties because you know her stories will just be A-Ma-Zing!

Amy Poehler & Tina Fey
I couldn’t decide between these two funny ladies so I think I’ll label them 5A and 5B.  I think Tina and Amy are two of the most talented actresses to appear on SNL in the last decade.  Every time I turn around, they are doing something to make me laugh.  Like Mindy Kaling, they have proven that you can be smart, funny, AND successful in the entertainment world.  People will still laugh.  Men will still love you.  PLUS, Tina and Amy have shown that you can have both a family and a career.  I think we would have a lot to talk about and we would have a lot of laughs.

So who is on your celebrity BFF list?  
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