While it may be hard to picture tabloid celebrities like Kate Bosworth or Nicole Richie going back for seconds of turkey and the stuffing, some A-list stars still celebrate Thanksgiving the old-fashioned way. At least, that is, if your idea of “old-fashioned” includes protesting the holiday, hashing out intense family issues and dining with Steven Spielberg.
* Billy Dee Williams is the Grinch who stole Thanksgiving. “I can’t bring myself to ever celebrate Thanksgiving,” he told the L.A. Daily News. “It was the arrival of the Europeans which disrupted the entire Native American civilization and I think that was a tragedy.”
* Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly spends every Thanksgiving in the Hamptons with the Spielberg family.
* Think your family gatherings are crazy? Try spending a day with Patrick Swayze. The “Dirty Dancing” star dished to Allure: “Usually in the Swayze family, Thanksgiving is an opportunity to bring up the past and have big, big fights.”
* Thanksgiving is always tough for Oprah Winfrey, who has had a very public battle with her fluctuating weight. The chat show queen compares Turkey Day to “the start of the Olympic Games. It meant eating season had begun.”
* Starlet Scarlett Johansson celebrates her birthday on Thanksgiving. She told Star magazine the two-in-one pigout is actually “a joy because you get a big fat feast and then cake and presents and everyone’s giving you attention.”
* Andy Garcia told Entertainment Weekly he invites over his single friends who don’t have their own families: “We have the orphans over. Whoever’s not with their loved ones. We now have a really extended family because, over the years, the orphans develop their own families.”
* “My nine brothers and sisters ate up all the food and left me hungry on Thanksgiving,” Marlon Wayans complained to Entertainment Weekly. “So that one day I would strive to make some damn money to have a dinner big enough to feed all 10 of our greedy black a – - es.”
*ROSIE O’Donnell’s Thanksgivinging in Florida with Kelli the missus’ family. That’s two parents, six sib lings and 12 kids under 11. Sounds like a relaxing holiday. Only in Miami, kids, only in Miami.
*Diane Keaton’s at her mother’s for the big meal because: “I’m useless. A disappointment to everyone. I just can’t cook.”
*Robert Downey, the wife Susan and his 13-year-old son Indio will feast in Palm Desert, where Susan’s mom lives. But, says Robert, “I will not come empty-handed. I’m bringing an option on the pecan pie.”
*Matt Dillon: “Hey, all I know is I’m going to stuff my face and eat and eat.”
*Nathan Lane: “Hey, I only know whenever you spend it with your family it ends up s – - – ty.” Nathan’s coat was either the best grade cashmere I ever felt or a brand of vicuna. Softer than a baby’s behind, so the guy definitely has much to be thankful for.
*Lisa Kudrow: “I’m good in the kitchen. Tomorrow I’m having 30 people over and cooking three 10-pound turkeys. I like a few smaller birds instead of a big one because they’re more moist and there are more parts. Three 10-pounders should be enough, right?” Me, she’s asking? For me, water is takeout.
And another who I imagine will have a big feast is Mel Gibson. After that Laugh Factory incident, my guess is he’s raising a glass to Michael Richards.
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