EXCLUSIVE: Anna Richardson has shared her hot take on the “double standards” that surround actors baring all onscreen in the light of Jason Isaac’s scene in The White Lotus
Naked Attraction host Anna Richardson has given her hot take on the discussion regarding Jason Isaac seemingly baring all in The White Lotus.
This comes after Jason shut down speculation about whether he wears a prosthetic penis on the show. Jason, 61, stars as Timothy Ratliff, the patriarch of a wealthy family and father of Saxon Ratliff.
The racy dating presenter, who spoke exclusively to Daily Star as she collaborated with Abbott to share their Above the Bias campaign, shared her thoughts on why people think it’s a big deal with male actors strip off nude on screen.
Anna exclusively said: “Of course, that just speaks of how we objectify women and also misogyny within culture, which has been ever thus, there’s always been this, this sort of fear around showing the penis.
“We’ve had three series of White Lotus and I think it was series one as well. There was a character who was obsessed with the fact he thought he had testicular cancer.
“And of course, you see a prosthetic, and it’s the same with Jason Isaacs, and I’m pretty damn sure that’s a prosthetic. So it’s it’s interesting, isn’t it, to think that women are asked all the time to show their breasts or their vulva, and yet, what’s the problem with seeing a naked penis?”
The third season of the dark comedy is set in Thailand and left viewers shocked when an episode featured a full-frontal nude scene starring the Harry Potter icon.
When asked if he was wearing a prosthetic in the scene on CBS Mornings, Jason said: “A lot of people are debating it. It’s all over the internet.”
Talking further on why he refused to answer the query, he said: “I’ll tell you why because the best actress this year is Mikey Madison at the Oscars and I don’t see anyone discussing her vulva, which is on television all the time and I’m not talking about Swedish cars.
“I think it’s interesting that there’s a double standard for men, but when women are naked, Margaret Qualley in The Substance, no one would dream of talking to her about her genitalia or her nipples or any of those things. So, it’s odd that there’s a double standard.”
Anna spoke to us in conjunction with Abbott’s new research which highlighted ongoing misconceptions that people with diabetes regularly encounter may be affecting their health.
Data from a survey of people living with diabetes across eight countries, including the UK, shows that they may not be getting the care they need due to the shame and stigma around their condition, which can lead to real and often unnoticed health consequences.
Abbott’s latest findings in the UK show that, 61% of people living with diabetes surveyed say they feel stigma when socialising around food and drink. More than a quarter (28%) say they feel conscious of eating more food than others, while one in five (22%) claims to have heard negative comments about their food choices while dining out.
Anna touched upon this and said: “Abbott have discovered they’ve done a survey around this and there’s a lot of stigma attached around type two diabetes and shame because it’s associated wrongly with just being overweight and eating too much and eating the wrong food.
“And we do know that people with type two diabetes, that there’s a high proportion of people that don’t engage with it, and they’re not going to the doctor to manage it, and this is a condition that can be managed.
“So people not doing that, this is, this is a big problem because of the shame that they feel around it, which is awful really, because it’s a situation and a health condition that’s poorly understood, and that goes from the patient point of view, and also society as a whole.”
Neil Harris, Divisional Vice President West Europe for Abbott’s Diabetes Care business, which conducted the research to launch Above the Bias, an initiative to expose the health impact of bias and misconceptions that people living with diabetes face every day.
“In reality, diabetes is a very complex condition. Living with diabetes today, regardless of type, is very different to how it was a decade ago. Our mission is to make living with diabetes easier. By shifting perspectives on the condition, we can enable people to live better, healthier lives.”
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