Mayim Bialik is not a fan of Ariana Grande. Specifically the billboards around town promoting the singer's new album, and in Bialik's view, sex and lots of it.
As she shared on her Kveller blog on Friday, the self-proclaimed "old-fashioned" actress is not a fan of ads such as this, especially because of her children.
"There is one for Ariana Grande, and I will go ahead and admit I have no idea who she is or what she does," the 38-year-old mother of sons ages 6 and 9 wrote.
"Based on the billboard, she sells lingerie. Or stiletto heels. Or plastic surgery, because every woman over 22 wishes she has that body, I'm sure."
"Why is she in her underwear on this billboard though? And if she has a talent (is she a singer?), then why does she have to sell herself in lingerie?"
"I mean, I know society is patriarchal and women are expected to be sexy and sexually available no matter what we do, but I guess now I need to explain that to my sons?"
The billboard (below) is actually for Ariana's new album, My Everything, which hit shelves late last month using that same image of Grande on its cover:
"Am I a crotchety old lady?" Mayim, one of the smartest celebrities in Hollywood, added. "I guess so. But I just don't understand why this is what ads need to look like..."
"Why do I have to be okay with young women literally in lingerie on gigantic billboards? If I want to see women in lingerie, I can walk through any mall with a Victoria's Secret."
The former Blossom cast member would probably cringe to learn that Ariana is actually more talented and conservative than most when it comes to this sort of this.
This doesn't diminish her point, though, because it's hard not to look at the image above (or the Ariana Grande photos below), and not notice her looks.
What do you think? Has society gone overboard with ads such as these? It's not Ariana alone who Mayim has beef with here, either. Not by a long shot.
Bialik also called out a Masters of Sex billboard: "Seriously? How am I supposed to explain those to my kids? Especially my older son who can read?"
Levi's jeans ads, too, the 38-year-old actress says, are "basically people groping each other as foreplay and undressing each other while making out."
Finally, there's a billboard showing a young girl "flipping the bird." According to her blog, it's an ad "for a new show about teenagers in school or something."
She's not a fan of any of the above, but you watch The Big Bang Theory online and that probably won't offend her. It's also pretty gosh darn hilarious.
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