Over the years weve seen don draper s first wife endure philandering, divorce, massive weight gain, a thyroid cancer scare, and advances from creepy neighborkid glenn, but this episode. Betty s season 5 absence, weight and what both say about the characters future. Despite her concern about weight gain, betty was back to. Mad men creators used fat suit for betty drapers weight gain. Dont want to give anything away in case this is your first time watching the series, other than to say that the only time mad men made me really emotional, it was because of her. At the ripe notsoold age of 34, betty draper francis is sitting in her doctors office facing two of her worst nightmares shes old and fat. The fifth season was released on dvd and bluray in region 1 on october 16, 2012. Betty s weight gain makes her more sympathetic, in a way, but theres also something faintly. A buzz about january jones weight gain started following the premier of 5th season, in which betty appeared as unhappy, bored and fat woman.
Bettys weight gain has mad men fans, critics divided mtv. May 11, 2015 but betty deserved better from mad men, too. Jones was never as large as she looked in sunday nights season five second episode of the hit amc series, where her character, betty draper, is seen carrying some megapoundage caused by boredom, unhappiness and emotional distance from her second husband, henry. The episode, directed by jon hamm, focused significantly. Her absence is made clear in the first moment that we see betty january jones struggling to fit into a dress as a result of a substantial weight gain. Why we should have seen betty drapers mad men fate from a. Mad men you know you love fashion mad men fashion, mad.
Apr 03, 2012 what will be interesting is to see how betty copes with the weight gain and loss in the next episodes. Her first kiss was with a jewish boy named david rosenberg. In the season one episode in which betty excitedly goes back to modelling, she tells her psychiatrist. January jones talks mad men season 6, bettys weight. Mad men star january jones bulks up to play betty draper. Mother was very concerned about looks and weight, and i have always eaten a lot and i like hot dogs.
Our panel discusses the first episode of the season. The fifth season of the american television drama series mad men premiered on march 25, 2012, with a twoepisode premiere, and concluded on june 10, 2012. Mad men star january jones bulks up to play betty draper poll. Apr 08, 20 when betty s weight gain first appeared last season, it was depressing but unsurprising how much negative commentary it elicited. See more ideas about betty draper, mad men fashion and mad men. Mad men star january jones reveals it takes three hours to.
May 17, 2015 over the years weve seen don drapers first wife endure philandering, divorce, massive weight gain, a thyroid cancer scare, and advances from creepy neighborkid glenn, but this episode. At first, most of the fans believed that january jones weight gain resulted from her reallife pregnancy. Movies betty s weight gain has mad men fans, critics divided still fixated on fat betty draper, almost 12 hours later, one viewer writes of polarizing characters transformation. Why do the mad men writers make betty draper such a monster. Since bettys series 5 debut it seems all that the bloggersphere and twitter have been talking about has been bettys sudden weight gain even fat betty themed twitter accounts have appeared along with what seems to be an awful amount of hate for the character. Why betty will always be my favorite mad men character. Granted, with this shows impressionistic, willfully noncontextual promos, its not. As in the former betty draper, current betty francis and the once and future ice queen. May 18, 2015 here are 10 outfits and style elements that helped tell this tale of midcentury drama. Julia roberts character in the recently released mirror mirror, also grappled with these concerns, as do many women entering middle age. She was attempting to lose the weight since s5, henry gaining prominence was just the final kick she needed. It got so bad that daphne was eventually sent away to a treatment.
January jones returned to mad men last night as the beautiful icequeen betty draper but was shown looking rounder in the face as bosses covered her reallife pregnancy. It remains one of the sharpest, most confident series on television. Betty draper s weight gain reflects modern weight struggles photo questions loomed last week during the twohour premiere of mad mens season five wheres betty. Betty drapers best style moments mad men season 7 premiere. Thankfully, betty s increased size was not due to a tumor, as we learned sunday. Season 5, after the cancer scare in tea leaves, we only see her a few more times and nearly every scene furthers a skinny again plot.
Betty s weight this was a very strange subplot that simply came and then went, without much explanation or reasoning on the show. When betty s weight gain first appeared last season, it was depressing but unsurprising how much negative commentary it elicited. Season five of mad men is eight episodes into its run, and january jones character has appeared once, in. The doctor rather condescendingly told her initially that when a housewife has rapid weight gain, the cause is usually psychological. Times, found the weight gain insulting to the character. Betty s weight gain makes her more sympathetic, in a way, but theres also something faintly sadistic about her cartoonish makeup. She doesnt realize its all part of the strategy to get don on board. May 21, 2015 wednesday night at the new york public library, matthew weiner sat down with novelist a. Rather than do the usual coveringofthebabybump with strategic camera angles and loose clothing, the shows producers decided to make jones character betty draper fat. Blonde and beautiful but emotionally distant and immature, she spends the bulk of the series slowly growing as a person amid the social and political turmoil of. Elizabeth betty hofstadt was born in 1932 and is the exwife of don draper. Betty draper s nightie s1e9 shoot for most of the first season, betty draper is a picture perfect barbie doll, dressed up in flawless getups that were heavily influenced by grace kelly. But it takes quite some time to transform slim blonde january jones into the homely brunette, the. Apr 02, 2012 following a betty draper francis void from mad mens season 5 premiere, january jones returned to the small screen in a big way on sunday.
Here are 10 outfits and style elements that helped tell this tale of midcentury drama. Apr 23, 20 mad men fans are growing ever fonder of plump and newly merry betty francis in the new series. Since betty s series 5 debut it seems all that the bloggersphere and twitter have been talking about has been betty s sudden weight gain even fat betty themed twitter accounts have appeared along with what seems to be an awful amount of hate for the character. Not only did we get a major dose of the old don draper attempting to roar back into fighting shape last night, but betty finally returned. Fat betty has become wtf betty also, is don at his jumpingoff point. All shes missing is the white driving gloves january jones in mad men late fifties to sixties iconic betty draper betty draper has a drink and a smoke.
With seven seasons and almost 100 episodes 92 to be exact, crazy men he had many different stories throughout his time on television. Peggy olsen is fretting over her weight gain but doesnt appreciate joans advice about getting ahead in the office. After all, it was a change for the previously trim character who constantly reminisced about her model days. Cbs news fans of mad men were saddled with two big revelations about betty draper s character on the april 1 episode spoilers. Mad men star january jones reveals it takes three hours to transform her into fat betty francis. That time daphne gained weight jane leeves who played daphne moon, martins healthcare worker on the show, had an interesting bout with weight gain during her season 7 arc. In reality, the reason mad men gave betty draper the storyline of gaining weight and becoming body conscious is that actress, january jones was pregnant in. While there was the main plot of don draper s life, both romantically and professionally, there were also countless secondary plots that were created everywhere. See more ideas about betty draper, mad men and mad men fashion. Mad men star january jones reveals it takes three hours to daily mail. Fat suit for betty due to january jones pregnancy while january jones, who plays betty, was pregnant during early. Season five of mad men is eight episodes into its run, and january jones character has appeared once, in the third episode. What reallife doctors say about mad mens shocking cancer.
Elizabeth betty hofstadt francis formerly draper is a fictional character on amcs television series mad men, portrayed by january jones. The actress was never as large as her role in this series, so they used a fat suit to make her bigger in order to make the role of betty draper suit season five of mad men. Betty francis january jones, photographed looking decidedly svelte in a promo pic for mad mens fifth season. Betty draper rekindles her interest in modeling after hobart suggests she should try it. Unfortunately, betty s extra pounds also awakened those anxieties. She was born in cape may, new jersey, where her family summered, and raised in the tony enclave of lower merion, a suburb of philadelphia on the main line. Shes shown going to weight watchers and several times measuring her portions. Behind the smile gripper to the dungeon me and the mob good gyms are heaven the muscle beach gym. One of the biggest shocks of mad mens fifth season was the reveal that betty had put on considerable weight between seasons. Season 5 of mad men is eight episodes into its run and january jones. Fat suit for betty due to january jones pregnancy while january jones, who plays betty, was pregnant during early season 5 filming, mad men creator matthew weiner didnt want to. On the penultimate episode of mad men, viewers were shocked by a betty draper curveball, that, as far as i can tell by trolling dozens of unhinged messages boards online, very few viewers saw coming. Despite her concern about weight gain, betty was back to eating. Ive always found weiner strangely unforgiving of betty, whos easily the least sympathetic character on mad men but who, as the virtual poster girl for the feminine mystique, has more reasons.
Since it didnt make sense to write in the pregnancy for the character they also had betty draper suddenly gain a lot of weight, which meant up to seven hours of prosthetics and makeup to make the weight gain look real. Early in the episode, betty s weight gain was contrasted with the physique of exhusband don draper s jon hamm new wife, megan. Despite her concern about weight gain, betty was back to eating double portions of ice cream sundaes by episodes end. Betty in mad men series, show, character, partner tv. Francis back into the spotlight after being noticeably absent during last weeks twohour season premiere. Mad mens betty draper has never been a very sympathetic character. Mad men creators used fat suit for betty drapers weight.
This was the strangest plot line of the whole show. Mad men madison avenue betty draper don draper betty draper from mad men is the epitome of the perfect housewife look, including cigarette, long painted nails, chunky necklace. But one things for sure, the media and her fans were taken by surprise when she announced her pregnancy in the midst of filming season 5 of the hit tv drama mad men. Janie bryant breaks down how she adjusted betty s style to accommodate her weight gain. May 11, 2015 bettys emotionally gutting letter to sally, the daughter she has long kept great distance from, is one of the series ultimate parting gifts, if you can call it that. Season five of mad men is eight episodes into its run, and. The writers on mad men must have taken a page from the writers at frasier, when january jones was eight months pregnant at the beginning of the shows fifth season. Stan and peggy almost didnt end up together in mad men finale. Betty drapers weight gain reflects modern weight struggles. In reality, the reason mad men gave betty draper the storyline of gaining weight and becoming body conscious is that actress, january jones was pregnant in real life.
I will say, though, that at the end of the series, january jones has her moment to shine as betty draper. The actress donned a fat suit for her season five return, after a quick recovery and little weight gain during her own pregnancy. As sady doyle pointed out on twitter, making betty gain weight was a great way to tap into her anxieties about aging and losing her looks, which shes so heavily traded on in the past. January jones as betty draper on mad men this sunday, amcs mad men airs its fourthseason finale. An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated don drapers location in this episode. Betty drapers nightie s1e9 shoot for most of the first season, betty draper is a picture perfect barbie doll, dressed up in flawless getups that were heavily influenced by grace kelly. January jones weight gain happened in order to play the role of betty draper in tv series mad men. Betty mentioned having a german grandmother and that she came from nordic people. Mad men fans are growing ever fonder of plump and newly merry betty francis in the new series.
Televisions best and worst hidden pregnancies the boston globe. But it seems that after episodes of fat betty in incredible muumuus, many viewers still cant get past the fact that she is no longer skinny. She is wife and later exwife of main character don draper and mother of his three children. Following a betty draper francis void from mad mens season 5 premiere, january jones returned to the small screen in a big way on sunday. What would cancer treatment for mad mens betty draper be. What would cancer treatment for mad mens betty draper. An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated don draper s location in this episode. Matthew weiner on whats next for that fat ass betty draper. In autumn 2011 the actress gave birth to a son, xander dane jones. Full story about january jones weight gain awaits you. Draper top squat daves books newest dave draper book.
Betty would never in a million years gain that much weight. It consisted of thirteen episodes, each running approximately 48 minutes in length. Betty drapers weight gain reflects modern weight struggles photo questions loomed last week during the twohour premiere of mad mens season five wheres betty. Five days have passed since the world was introduced to fat betty francis on mad men. Fat suitwearing january jones returns to mad men in a. Mad men creators used fat suit for betty draper s weight gain. Then, in season 6, the first few episodes have her in a slimmer fatsuit while shes chasing after violinists and dying her hair brunette, and we see. Homes to discuss the series finale of mad men just in case you need more deconstruction. Apr 04, 2012 cbs news fans of mad men were saddled with two big revelations about betty drapers character on the april 1 episode spoilers. Betty draper january jones is the epitome of early 60s style with her red lipstick, curledunder blonde hair, blue coat, structured black handbag, leather gloves, and hermes scarf. Im surprized that the custommade, fatsuit savvy coming in obesity of this character keep to get back to this thread every once and again for years, but that absolutely no one ever commented about the how peggy olson interpretated by elizabeth moss did really crept up the scale in the. However, it didnt take long for the sexiest blonde on the show to make her appearance in tonights second episode. January jones talks mad men season 6, bettys weight issues.