Two people with three-word names.
Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photos: Jason Mendez/Getty Images, Robin L Marshall/Getty Images.
We went from “Get your finger out of my face” to “Get your filter out of my face.” On December 1, Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller posted a selfie with Neil Patrick Harris in which he appeared so heavily edited that he commented, “Ummm … what did you do to my face ..?” Even Facetune’s official account chimed in, suggesting, “abby let me proof read your post next time baby goregous [sic].” The picture was the third slide of an Instagram carousel that encouraged people to go see Harris’s new Broadway show, Art. Miller also posed for shots with Harris’s co-stars, James Corden and Bobby Cannavale, but their faces seem much less smoothed out in her post. So why the yassification of Harris? Miller responded to the actor directly and suggested that it was not about him but rather her history of cancer. “Burkitt Lymphoma, 10 rounds of invasive chemo & a big birthday — so I’m sticking with the filters!” she wrote in a comment. “You sir — always look fabulous no matter what!!!”
Following her release from prison in 2018, Miller announced she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In 2019, she shared that she was cancer free. Now, it sounds like she just wants to be free to add filters to any photo she wants. And until she learns how to apply these effects to one person at a time, that’s just the reality anyone who puts their face next to hers should be ready for.
