“Vapid, sexist, fatphobic: why Bridget Jones and I will never be best friends”
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“Bridget Jones was always about the gap between how we’re expected to be and how we actually are,” Helen Fielding tells Stylist. “In 2019, that gap is wider.”
Renée Zellweger transforms into Hollywood's first lady in the new biopic
“What did I put up with, in the days of these diaries, without even knowing I had the right not to put up with it?” asks Bridget Jones.
Harry Potter, James Bond and Bridget Jones all got the recasting treatment
Here we go again
Beyoncé, Bridget Jones and a host of political heavyweights also made the list.
“No one can have it all”
Bridget’s focus on finding a man is outdated – but her willingness to be emotionally vulnerable is more relevant than ever.
“We haven’t seen Bridget go through the menopause yet”
“As you mature, you become the best version of yourself”
The six year itch
But the plot of Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries is brewing a whole load of confusion too
“The other day I was on Tinder, half an hour later I’m having a three-way”
"We're going to need bigger pants..."
“It’s as if the virgin or whore dichotomy has extended into our drawers”
"Being a woman is worse than being a farmer – there is so much harvesting and crop spraying to be done."
Even the cast are in the dark over baby's father until film's April release
Singer takes a selfie to prove it...
Exclusive preview of the new Bridget Jones novel