WARNING: This post may devastate you
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 You know when you hear a person's voice over the phone or on the radio and an image is formed in your head? And then you see the actual person and sometimes it falls together, not perfectly, but still okay, and then other times, the voice does not match the actual person so much that it stuns you for a moment? What about when it's someone whose voice you listen to almost every day and you really love her, and then you see what she looks like and it's so totally OFF that you feel as if your world has been ripped apart at the seams?
Oh my God, I feel the panic rising. Must suppress! Must suppress!
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air.
Holy FUCK. I am having an embolism over here. My Terry Gross has long blonde 80s-ish hair. She wears tweed blazers with elbow patches, and favors a slightly outdated equestrian-inspired look. My Terry Gross wears nude lipstick and contacts (incidentally, her name is spelled Terri). My Terry Gross is not fragile-looking, nor does she wear RED EARRINGS. Not that the Terry Gross pictured above is unattractive, it's just that she's...an imposter. It's the only explanation that I can live with.
I may very well delete this post later. Ask no questions, because I will deny everything.
Reader Comments (36)
Damn you. Delete!
I find out what she looks like a few years ago and was as rocked as you. Don't worry, honey. You'll get over the shock and from now on picture her in your brain looking like she does and still conducting the coolest interviews.
Now I kind of like that she's such a dork because all those "cool" people she interviews are in awe of her and I think THAT'S cool.
OMG. I am right there with you, I listed to her on "frrresh air" and picture someone completely different.
oh i know. Someone gave me a whole book on NPR people, back in the 90s. the whole book is like this. page after page of image shattering photos. horrible.
MY vision: 50-55, gray hair, 25 lbs. over, smoker, kind of woman you want to have a stiff drink with and talk for hours.
I love that woman.
I think there is a saying - something like...
A voice made for TV, A face made for radio
i used to have karl kassel's voice on my home answering machine.
Neil Conan is married to Liane Hansen. Did ya know that?
I've walked through NPR headquarters. It's not for the faint of heart.
Hilarious! I always visualized an attractive middle-aged, professorish, long dark-haired Jewish New Yorker. dang- I was waaaaay off too. I love it.
OH my...I am with you. I pictured her the same as you except with longish brown hair (like anonymous above me). I am totally with you.
Ease up....terry is a wonderful on air personality and is far more well known than a blogger.....