<p>I am with Teri, I wonder if they were chewing gum to cover up the alcohol. I saw Clooney and I wondered if he was out with Danny Devito again doing more Lemoncello shots!</p>
<p>Twisted, I remember a teacher in hs who hated any student chewing gum, she broke the student of that habit really quick…Gum on the nose! I am not a gum chewer because my Mom ingrained the old wives tale that it would stick to my stomach for 7 yrs if I swallowed it, and that scared me!</p>
<p>Mamabear–I also didn’t watch the Oscars and have little celebrity interest, and also don’t have any strong opinion about them gumchewing.</p>
<p>Maybe there’s a connection.</p>
<p>I had just come from a political event where I complained about seeing someone chewing gum and was surprised to see so many of the people at the Oscars chewing gum. It was looking like a trend. </p>
<p>I think SJP and her hubby both smoke so that may have been nicotine gum. I thought that might be the case for all or most. Mark Anthony was chewing too and I think he also smokes.</p>
<p>Actually the ones I saw chewing were not up for an Oscar so I doubt it was to calm nerves.</p>
<p>Maybe some marketing person was giving gum out as they entered?</p>
<p>She is wonderful…and it is a different and classy dress: Beautiful and Exquisite dress!</p>
<p>The chewing gum was out of place…I agree 100%.</p>
<p>“wonder if she knew how it blew her whole look”</p>
<p>I’d say her hair and dress did that.</p>
<p>I have an extremely dry mouth so I chew gum most everyday. But I think I only do it when I’m in my own office – not in a meeting. And certainly not on the red carpet!</p>
<p>Mariah Carey did not look great in that photo (see the SJP link and click forward) Her body is so lush she needs to pick shapes carefully or she does not look as good as she could</p>
<p>I am going to go with Mariska Hargitay looking the best after scrolling though the photos on the link above, Demi Moore looks good too, but darn she looks skinny.</p>
<p>I was shooting some bridal portraits for a friend. She was chewing gum while wearing her wedding dress. I asked, “Are you chewing gum?” “Yes,” she said. I shrugged and gave her a, “Welp, you’re the one paying for the dress, I suppose…” look. </p>
<p>Got some great shots of the gum.</p>
<p>At Yom Kippur services last year, the woman in front of me, in her 50’s, was chewing gum. So was a twenty-something guy. Yech. On Yom Kippur? A conservative synagogue, too.</p>
<p>People, please! If you are in a situation where you shouldn’t/wouldn’t be gnawing on a lamb chop, you should not be chewing gum! Chew in you office with the door closed. In your car on the way back from an aromatic lunch. If you find yourself in conversation with gum in your mouth: apologize. Yes. It is that obvious and that distasteful. (I often eat lunch at my desk, and often not at noon. I always apologize if someone comes in at, say 1:30 and I am in the middle of my lunch. )</p>
<p>mafool, AMEN</p>
<p>Last weekend in a movie theatre I had to ask the 60 something woman next to me to stop popping her chewing gum. Disgusting.</p>
<p>There are so many real things wrong in this world, I am amazed at the trivial things people will find to get upset about. I couldn’t care less if somebody else is chewing gum. If they’re enjoying it, more power to them. What’s the harm?</p>
<p>We aren’t supposed to have manners because there are people starving in Africa? Is your ability to multitask really so severely deficient that you cannot care about “real things wrong” and refrain from grossing out the people around you as well? Don’t be silly.</p>
<p>Sorry, I guess I have a hard time fathoming why this bothers people so much. I have no personal axe to grind here, since I don’t chew gum myself.</p>
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<p>Thank you, mafool! I’ll add: chewing gum has only one purpose - oral hygiene. If you are not in a situation where you shouldn’t/wouldn’t be brushing or flossing your teeth, you shouldn’t be chewing gum! Some things should be done in private, in a very discreet manner.</p>
<p>I’ve (nicely) asked people to stop cracking their gum. It drives me batty esp in enclosed places like airplanes. It’s really not a very attractive habit.</p>