Why do celebrities kiss so beautifully in the movies and so badly in real life?
In the cinema when the guy kisses the girl, we sigh. In real life, we groan. It was only after writing an article about romantic chemistry and spending hours on Google trying to find pictures of passionate celebrity smooches that I realized just how bad they are. Google “celebrity kisses” and you’ll see what I mean. You hope for something that’ll make you lean forward but what you get makes you step back. How can so many beautiful people do such a beautiful thing in such an ugly way? Some pictures are awkward (see Julia Roberts), some are inappropriate (see Richard Gere) but most are about as sexy as watching paint tongue the plaster (see Andre Agassi). Certainly, the paparazzi get their share of the blame. Celebrities can’t pose with their best side to the camera when the don’t know they’re being photographed. But still. Photographs of a lot of these celebrity smooches are taken on the red carpet, where the lighting is good and the actors know they’re being photographed. Is it too muc
