The Pope is Getting a Make-over

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 12/16/07 at 4:36pm

"Italian film and opera legend Franco Zeffirelli says he has agreed to become an image consultant to Pope Benedict XVI.

The pope does not have a "happy image", Zeffirelli tells Italian daily La Stampa in an interview published today.

"Coming after a Pope as telegenic as John Paul II is a difficult task," he said.

Zeffirelli says Pope Benedict, elected in 2005, "comes across coldly, which isn't suited to his surroundings" and added that his wardrobe "should be reviewed".

The 84-year-old director of the 1977 miniseries Jesus of Nazareth and 1968 film Romeo and Juliet says the Pope's robes are "too sumptuous and flashy"."
Why not Carson, Jai, Ted and Kyan?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/16/07 at 4:47pm

Franco's gonna make him look less GAY?

[AlexanderB]

Posted: 12/16/07 at 6:04pm

Good ol Pope gets to enter the machine now. It's fun to see celebrities post machine, like Clay Aiken and even Laura Bush! Granted, not as extreme, but his time has come.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 12/16/07 at 8:32pm

Bet the little ruby red Prada slippers go!

[blueroses]

Posted: 12/16/07 at 8:58pm

The Pope wears Prada?

[mominator]

Posted: 12/16/07 at 9:01pm

Yep. Popes don't have a vow of poverty.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:15am

Gold dresses, elaborate hats , Prada slippers, a drag Queens wet dream!