Courteney Cox takes the cover of the April issue of Harper’s Bazaar. I absolutely HATE the Terry Richardson cover shoot, but some of it isn’t the old pervert’s fault. Courteney’s face, which was once beautiful, is now completely and totally jacked to the point of absurdity. She’s so chock full of fillers and Botox, she looks like a puffy, wax figure. Ugh.
Anyway, in the cover interview excerpts, Courtney is trying to convince us that she didn’t split up with David Arquette specifically for her rumored jumpoff Brian Van Holt. Good one, Court.
On if she’s looking for love:
“The thing is, when you get older, it’s more about compatibility than it is about love … I have no desire right now [to date]. I’m not saying never. It just seems weird. I don’t even know how that would happen or how you meet people. I don’t like to go out. I’m not great at small talk … I don’t like to go to parties…There’s a sign on my forehead: exiting social life, entering into isolation.”
On her public split from David Arquette:
“I think every relationship has a point where you stop and reevaluate. Are you happy? Have you grown together or apart? What do you share interests in? I think that’s a normal thing to do, but it’s so much harder when it’s done publicly.”
On David’s famous Howard Stern interview:
“If you didn’t hear the Howard Stern interview and you just read quotes, I’m sure it seemed out of context, crazy. Most guys aren’t mature, are they? I’m not saying there wasn’t some crazy behavior, but if you know who David is, you know what his intentions are, how honest he is, and how big his heart is. You can’t really get mad at David because he’s not a malicious person. He’s not out to harm. But I’m his biggest protector. I can’t help it.”
On how their daughter Coco is taking the split:
“She’s adjusting. Luckily, we’ve always had two houses so there was no change in her living unit. And we both work a lot, so that wasn’t a huge adjustment. She’s our number-one priority. No matter what happens, she’ll be okay because she knows that she is completely safe, loved, and we’ll protect that more than anything in the world.”
On reprising her role in “Scream”:
“It was where David and I fell in love, so it’s a very special thing we get to keep doing.”
On being a self-titled cougar:
“I thought I had always been a little bit of a cougar with David. I don’t find the whole cougar word that offensive. And also, a cougar is someone who takes care of herself and goes out with younger guys. She doesn’t need a man to take care of her.”
[From People & Wonderwall]
Well, Courteney isn’t anywhere near as nauseating as Eva Longoria’s big Aniston-esque failure on Allure, but Court still has issues. I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: I think Courteney’s divorce didn’t play out the way she was expecting AT ALL. I think she genuinely thought and hoped that David would get (and would take) much of the “blame” for the split, and that people would attack him as immature and crazy. Then, Courteney would re-enter public life with her jumpoff-turned-new love, Brian Van Holt, and no one would bat an eye. But David had such a public breakdown, and then he was the one who ended up going on Oprah. So… at the end of the day, I don’t think Courteney is being completely honest with us, but I give her credit for sticking by David emotionally and for not bad-mouthing him or publicly blaming him.
UPDATE: Bazaar finally released their full interview. Here it is.
Photos courtesy of The Fashion Spot/Wonderwall.
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