Sir Tom In the News, What's New, Pussycat?
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From the UK: Another Nasty Article.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Once again a British tabloid is trashing Tom Jones who is, surely, a living national treasure in the UK. If this is how they treat people they value, pity those they don’t care about. We’ve been asking why they do it and the answer is simple: he sells papers and that’s what they’re about. There is not one iota of anything new in this. And, for the record, unless they ran into a Brit on the street in LA, no one in LA would call anyone a “pensioner.” It’s all made-up garbage. But we’re posting this in the hope you will comment as you see fit (see below the article).The article is in today’s Daily Mail. The photos ran with the piece. The one on the left is uncredited; the one on the right is from a papparazzo with REX Features.
Tom Jones: Still a sex-bomb at 66?
On stage, he plays up to his hip-thrusting, sex bomb image of old.
Popping out to pick up some lunch however, Sir Tom Jones was happy to dress down.
The 66-year-old singer wore a casual zip-up top and elasticated slacks as he took a trip in his Bentley to collect some sushi in Los Angeles.
It was a far cry from the look with which he made his name in the Sixties, when his tight-fitting trousers and open shirts had women fans throwing their knickers at him on stage.
An onlooker who spotted him on his sushi trip in LA said: “I was really surprised by how aged he looked. He could have been mistaken for any other pensioner.”
It’s a different story at his stage shows, which regularly sell out. His British appearances last year still left women swooning and he has concerts planned in Las Vegas and California.
The singer has admitted fighting off the ravages of time with £30,000 of plastic surgery.
His operations have included eye lifts, teeth capping and having fat removed from under his chin.
Four months ago, however, he was warned that his face could collapse if he had more surgery.
He said: “I went to see a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills and he told me, ‘You’ve got to be careful with your eyes.’
“He advised me against having anything else done. He said I should try to look as natural as I can.”
When we posted this, there were 35 comments on the article. Our favorite is below. You can go to the page via the link above and make your feelings known.
“His age appears to be a bigger problem to his critics than what it is to him. I’m quite sure the only thing that worries Tom is that he can still keep up his dynamic performance to entertain you and I. He’s great and sets a great example to other sixty year olds. I’m almost sixty-three and I still play the guitar, sing and entertain audiences. “
- Gerry Kirk, Sydney, Australia
March 20th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Leave our Tommy alone. For goodness sake, give him a break. If one can’t go pick up take out dressed however he likes, then what’s it all about (Alfie)? At least he was getting into a Bentley and not some old beat up car. That would be sad, indeed. If you are going to be upset, be upset that he had to fetch it himself; and that his wife didn’t cook for him. Poor ol’ Tommy!
March 20th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
The Brits don’t know how lucky they are. Tom Jones always vows his allegiance to his native country, often leaving fans in the US where he’s lived for decades and does most of his work, feeling quite angry about his rejection of their country. Yet it’s only the British press that treats him this way. British fans should stop buying the papers and, maybe, TJI should stop posting this.
March 20th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
My comment is under review for publication but it’s this:
“What’s grey, wrinkly, rather stodgy and well past its sell by date? Why, The Daily Mail of course! Great to see it still avoiding the cutting edge of quality journalism after all these centuries. Long may it and its misery-monger readership flourish!
For the record, Tom’s just returned from a massive sell-out South American tour that this rag of a paper probably didn’t even notice. Glad they covered this trip to the shops though!
All the best!”
Did I go too far?
March 20th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
mharding: as usual you are spot on! And you should know by now that we think you could have gone even farther.
March 20th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
What an absurd article. Of course, it’s a far cry — he’s been in the business for over 40 years now. Good grief! Folks in the UK undoubtedly know The Daily Mail for what it is, a gossip rag, full of trash.
I’ll take Tom at 66 and in a “zip-up top” and “elasticated pants” anyday!!! His talent is beyond reproach, as is his ability to delight audiences. Tom still has sizzling sex appeal and an amazing power to seduce women with his voice and the sparkle in his eyes. His dancing, his toned-tan abs and that Tiger Growl thing he does are the cherry on top!
March 20th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
He looks sexier to me now than he did in the 60’s! Apparently the folks at The Daily Mail don’t know what SEXY is!
March 20th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
That designer jogging suit probably cost more than most people make in a week. Oh the things I’d like to do in the back seat of that Bentley with him! (P.S. I’m 42 and my Mother thinks my TJ crush is “unhealthy” because my Father is 66.) It’s her fault for playing his music in the kitchen during my formative years and when I was in the womb.
March 20th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
This is so ridiculous! Everyone has the right for dressing like he/she wants. If I want to go shopping in my P.J.s then I’ll go in my P.J.s. Nobody can criticise that. And if Sir Tom decides to wear “casual zip-up top and elasticated slacks” that’s his own decision!O therwise I think it suits him. And yeah,it’s a shame that the British papers don’t mention the South American ovation which Tom caused in the last month!
March 21st, 2007 at 10:21 am
YOU GO MHARDING!
So they caught TJ with a little less flattering photo…is that journalism? I think he still looks great and we know ladies that what is under that casual Zip-top and elasticated slacks is 200LBS OF HEAVENLY JOY!!!
March 21st, 2007 at 12:39 pm
He looks adorable and relaxed. Luv him
Does he have his wedding ring on? If so, I think that’s nice… 
March 21st, 2007 at 1:16 pm
All I have to say is “Thank God these idiots don’t follow me around!!!” I can just imagine some of the pictures they could get of me. I can’t figure out the preoccupation with youth and age in our world today. You’d think with all the baby boomers around that it would be getting easier to age. Easier that is without the fear of criticism from others who have no life and nothing better to write about. I love Tom’s voice and stage presence. I don’t care what he wears to go out to the store etc. I must say that even the picture of him when he was younger isn’t very good either. He looks bored. We’ve been looking at all these great pictures on tji this month and they print those two.
March 21st, 2007 at 6:55 pm
What exactly does the low life that wrote this article think he should wear to pick up take out? His stage suits and sparkling shirts? If he did that they would try to make a fool out of him again. I agree with Marisa, the person that wrote this article only wishes they could shop where Tom does. Our Tom could shop at Wal-Mart and still look gorgeous. Leave him alone, cause truth be told, he’s just try’in to git him some………dinner.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:48 am
It’s just their house style at the Daily Mail and they’ve been doing it to everybody for centuries. Look at this latest offering on George Michael
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 am
RIGHT ON SUSANNE PDX! We all do know what’s under there, don’t we? — and how “delicious” it is. Not many men at his age have that body. I’d like to have been the “delivery person” to bring that sushi to his house. I wouldn’t have even taken a tip! Just looking at him is worth anything.
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:57 am
I agree!!!!I do belive that IS a wedding ring. Love reading the reviews Any of us who have been to the MGM and seen him at the Hollywood know the anticipation and excitement that sizzles at his shows. HE IS THE VOICE!!!!
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:19 am
Tom looks captivating, he shows a certain contentment that exhibits a phased chapter in his life. Maybe it’s in place of the mayhem he once had. The most important element is that voice, tranquil attitude and approach to music that will forever inspire my life
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Sorry about the Daily Mail. Yet again. It’s an excuse for a newspaper that likes to cloak itself in an aura of Middle England respectability; in my opinion it’s the worst of our tabloids which is saying something! Ignore it.
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:44 pm
After 42 years in show business, and as apostle of life after 65..it’s obvious, Tom Jones still sells…
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Paula, I have to admit a fascination with the British tabloids. I love reading them, but you’d think that since there’s so much that’s both true and odd/repulsive/sensational/etc., they really don’t have to make stuff up.
Dre: You are right, but it’s sad that so many people believe this garbage.
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Unless the author of this publication has access to the Fountain of Youth, he/she should get a grip. The fact that the maturing Tom Jones picking up his take-out sushi is generating press, low brow as it is, speaks volumes.
March 24th, 2007 at 3:32 am
I agree with all of you. Shame on the Daily Mail:-(( I love this photo
March 25th, 2007 at 5:54 am
He is just beautiful no matter what. Everyone should leave him alone. Tom, we luv you. Just keep on doing what you do.
March 26th, 2007 at 5:37 am
O.K. Everyone lets calm down so what Tom Jones was spotted on his day off in an elatisized pant and zipped up jacket looking his age SO WHAT? Did we all forget how WONDERFUL he is on stage? What a FANTASTIC ENTERTAINER he is? how good he looks while on stage and most of all how wonderful he makes us all feel while he is singing to us? I just want to let you all know that I have the opportunity to see many entertainers in Las Vegas, and how would you like it if you paid money to see someone you liked and he came out to entertain in a pair of light blue jeans, white sneakers plaid shirt with his sleeves rolled up, big black belt, could not move, no dancing skills ? lets LEAVE Tom alone as far as I am concerned TOM JONES is a fantastic entertainer, singer and, for a senior citizen, looks mighty YUMMY to me .
March 28th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Does anyone know what that bag TJ has hanging from his wrist is? It looks like leather and I don’t believe I have ever seen a man here locally wearing one….just curious. Maybe mharding will know.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
you go tom.I like tom like that to.on stage and off stage.tom looks good.fan of tom.
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:27 am
Tom Jones will always be sexy, charming and he will always have the best voice of all. Enough said. I loved him in the 60’s and I love him now.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:06 pm
I couldn’t care less what a newspaper like the Daily Mail is writing. TOM looks great — a lot better than I do when I get my take outs!!!
September 17th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Tom is in amazing shape!!! I am sure he works very hard at it. Is the man not entitled to wear his comfy’s to go out for a bite??? Good grief. I know that i look alot different when i am just taking it easy opposed to say a night in Vegas with Tom. Give me a break. I would love to see what the person who wrote this article looks like.Tom is 67 and srtill going strong. Jealousy is a terrible thing. You are still as sexy as always Sir Tom.
January 14th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
I think Tom would look great in anything. Some people just have no taste. He will always be amazing….