Nobody Puts Baby's Book in the Corner: Dirty Dancing Actress Jennifer Grey Tells All in Memoir 'Out of the Corner'! Here is What We Know So Far!
Jennifer Grey is not being left in the corner as she opens up about her career, her plastic surgery, and her journey to find herself in her new memoir Out of the Corner.
The star of Dirty Dancing is opening up in her brand new memoir Out of the Corner where she tells all about her life and career in an inspiring and reflective way. The star rocketed to fame after playing Baby in the iconic film; yet, after the release of this cinematic classic, the star was seemingly no where to be found. According to an article on People, Grey addresses this in her new book.
She shared with People that, "That's a new feeling...To take myself out of the corner - and to recognize that I have been putting myself there, through story, through narratives that weren't giving me the best life. The story I was telling myself about how I got here was not a great story. And not entirely true. I hadn't seen the ways in which I'd made choices." The star specifically reflects on her widely talked about decision to undergo plastic surgery.
While plastic surgery, specifically rhinoplasty, has been incredibly normalized in the modern day (all in part of the very everyone-should-be-able-to-do-what-they-want energy that this age promotes), the actress's decision was met with a lot of criticism. The star actually underwent two nose jobs, after the second, she went out and found herself unrecognized by many. Grey reflects:
"That was the first time I had gone out in public. And it became the thing, the idea of being completely invisible, from one day to the next. In the world's eyes, I was no longer me. and the weird thing was that thing that I resisted my whole life, and the thing I was so upset with my mother for always telling me I should do my nose. I really thought it was capitulating. I really thought it meant surrendering to the enemy camp. I just thought, 'I'm good enough. I shouldn't have to do this.' That's really what I felt. 'I'm beautiful enough.'"
The nose job had been recommended by her mother from an early age, but she acknowleges that this was largey a product of the times they were living in.
"She loves me, loved me, always has, and she was pragmatic because she was saying, 'Guess what? It's too hard to cast you. Make it easier for them.' And then I did and she was right. it wasn't like, 'You're not pretty.' It's like, 'Guess what? If you don't want to be an actor, okay. But if you wanna be an actor...' But when I was a kid, I was completely anti-rhinoplasty. I mean it was like my religion. I loved that my parents did it. I understand it was the 50s. I understand they were assimilating. I understood that you had to change your name and you had to do certain things, and it was just normalized, right? You can't be gay. You can't be Jewish. You know, you can't look Jewish. You're just trying to fit into whatever is the group think."
Grey shares even more about her life in her new book. We are so thrilled that she is able to share her true story in this way.
