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Willa Holland Spills On Her Most Embarrassing Moment, How She Was Bullied & Tiger Eyes, Arrow & More!

Jessica Booth — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:40:44 +0000

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Who here read the book Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume when they were younger? It was an amazing book, just like the rest of Judy Blume’s books, which were all must-reads when I was growing up. Well, the movie for Tiger Eyes is actually coming out today, June 7, in select theaters, on iTunes, On Demand and DirecTv. Not only did I get to see the movie, but I also got the chance to interview the star, Willa Holland.

So, first of all, the movie was so great. I cried, I laughed, I felt emotions… overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I recommend everyone see it. Second of all, talking to Willa Holland was awesome. Willa is down-to-earth, funny and feels like she could be your hilarious BFF. In case you’re not familiar with her, Willa has also starred in The OC as Marisa’s little sister and she’s in the TV show Arrow.

Willa spilled on her most embarrassing moment (which is SO funny), how she got bullied when she was younger and some Tiger Eyes and Arrow secrets. Check out the interview:

First, I asked you guys on Instagram to send over some questions for Willa. Here are the three reader questions I asked:

Do you have any weird obsessions?
Everyone says it’s a weird obsession of mine, but I don’t think it’s that weird. I really like bacon a lot. I love to cook and bacon is kind of usually my main ingredient in most of my recipes.

Do you have any embarrassing stories from high school or from when you were younger?
Oh, I definitely do. There was this thing called The Flying Fox, I don’t know why we called it that, but that’s what we did… and it was this little kind of pulley lever that you could slide across one end of the jungle gym to the other. Like, you would hang on it and if you got pushed, you could slide across. So one of my friends, or so I thought she was my friend, was pushing me to the other side of the jungle gym and on the other side was this boy I had a major crush on. And then whilst pushing me, she also decided to pull a major prank on me and pull my pants down, so I go sliding across the thing to the other side of the jungle gym with my pants down to my ankles. It was the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened in my entire life.

Is brown your original hair color and if so, do you ever think about dying your hair?
Brown is my original hair color, I have never dyed my hair. My mother is actually allergic to hair dye. She’s a very lovely looking women and has yet to go gray and she’s never dyed her hair, so I feel like I probably wouldn’t. I kind of like the color of it and I kind of like the fact that my mom hasn’t, so I don’t think I would.

Now, onto questions about Tiger Eyes and Arrow:

Willa in Tiger Eyes

Did you read this book when you were younger?
I did, I read Tiger Eyes when I was a kid. It’s definitely one of those things, you can’t grow up in the ’90s without coming across that.

Your character in the movie dealt with obviously a lot of really tough situations. Have you ever had to deal with anything tough when you were in high school or when you were younger?
I definitely did deal with a lot of difficult things when I was in school. I ended up leaving high school for multiple reasons: because I ended up getting a job when I was about 14-years-old, so I only went for about six weeks of high school. But I also left because school, for me, never really went too smoothly. I got bullied a lot. I was never a popular kid. But I never went through anything as difficult as Davie did, that’s for sure, when I was her age. Thankfully, I’ve never lost a parent or a family member that close to me, or even a friend that close to me. So I mean, to imagine that, to put myself in those shoes, was very difficult and my heart goes out to anyone who has gone through something that traumatic.

Do you have any advice for any girls who are going through something similar to that?
Try to keep your head above water, which is a really difficult thing to do. But my best advice to anybody is to try to keep your head above water and to realize that you’re not alone in situations, try to seek out people that have gone through similar things as you. Honestly, seeking the company of others who have gone through similar situations, as lame as it sometimes sounds, is actually probably the best thing to do in these scenarios because you don’t want to ever feel like you’re alone.

When you say you were bullied, how did you deal with that as a high school student?
Well, I left. Probably not the best course of action, I just ran away from it and then did something else with my life. But I definitely changed my life around and I wanted to prove to everybody that I wasn’t the person that they thought I was because nobody believed in me. When I was in school, I always said that I was going to be an actor and I would dream these things and I was always going on about auditions and I was modeling and doing stuff… and yeah, there would be plenty of days when I was not there, but it wasn’t like I was on a big screen anywhere, it wasn’t like anybody was believing me. And I was like, just you wait, one day I’ll be doing something with my life and one day I’ll be writing movies, and I’ll be behind the big screen, I’ll be behind all the stuff you guys pay attention to. And then I walked out of that school and did exactly that. I realized that the best thing you can do is surround yourself with people who are positive for you and influence you in good ways as well as believe in you.

And it sounds like you really believed in yourself the whole time too, which is great.
Yeah, I just had an idea of where I wanted to be and I saw myself somewhere and I’m continuously pushing myself to get there.

Another still from the movie.

So, how was your experience filming Tiger Eyes?
It was amazing. It was the only project I’ve ever been on where I was number one on the call sheet, especially for that length of time. We were filming for, I want to say about five weeks, and I was shooting in… I mean, there’s not a frame I’m not in, really. I was literally shooting 12-18 hour days five days a week and then also doing prepping all weekend, so it wasn’t really like I got weekends off. And at first when I was staring at the schedule, I was kind of a little dismayed and a little shocked at the amount of work that was ahead of me and the short amount of time I had to do it all. But then the crew that I had and the place I was in… Santa Fe really is a magical place, I have to say. Just the people I was surrounded by and the scenery I had around me just kind of changed everything and made everything go by so smoothly. It was kind of almost like a dream, it was one of the best things I ever worked on.

Any funny behind-the-scenes stories?
I like to think I’m a happy, cheery person and I don’t like to be the downer, even if it is written for the day that we’re filming those scenes and it is going to be one of those downer days, I always try to list people’s spirits up between takes, so I would always be like cracking jokes between tears running down my cheeks. We had so much fun to the point where there wasn’t really a sad moment.

There was just so many funny things that happened. The one scene where I was running after I see my father, while we were filming that scene, I accidentally tripped. But it was the most hilarious trip and fall I’ve ever done in my entire life to the point where I watched it on playback like 20 times. it was amazing. I had tears streaming down my face and I just fell in the most arms flailing everywhere kind of way, it was hilarious.

I know you’re on the show Arrow, can you tell us anything about what’s coming up?
Season two is going to be insane from what I hear. I mean, the writers and producers love to keep us just as much in the dark as they like to keep the fans. So we have no idea what’s going to happen until we get the script in front of us. we’re only like 3 weeks ahead of the fans. I’m quite excited for what’s going to happen.

Check out this clip from the movie:

Tiger Eyes – Cliff Scene from Tashmoo Productions on Vimeo.!

What did you think of Willa’s interview? Are you going to see Tiger Eyes? What’s your most embarrassing moment? Tell me in the comments!

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Would You Rather: Embarrassing Moments

Ashley Reese — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 17:00:51 +0000

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You know that moment when you’re in the middle of washing the dishes and you randomly remember that embarrassing thing you did eight years ago out of nowhere and you just want to crawl into a little ball and die?

Yeah, we’ve all been there and it always sucks. But what if you had the choice to pick and choose your embarrassing moments? Well, now you do! Show us what you’d rather do in an embarrassing scenario in Would You Rather: Embarrassing Moments.

What moment makes you want to die of awkwardness when you remember it? Is it worse to get embarrassed in front of strangers or people you’re close to? Tell us in the comments!

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20 Of The Most #AwkwardSituations Ever

Jessica Booth — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:03:10 +0000

Most of the time it feels like my life is one long series of awkward situations. I wish I were joking or exaggerating, but I’m not – I haven’t quite gotten a handle on acting social without being incredibly awkward at the same time. So when I saw one of Twitter’s trending topics today was #AwkwardSituations, I jumped at the chance to read some of the amazing tweets.

Seriously, every single one of these 20 very awkward moments has happened to me. I don’t know if I should be proud or sad. Whatever, I’ll embrace it – at least those awkward situations make for some pretty hilarious stories later on, right? Read on to see 20 of the most awkward situations that happen to all of us:

THIS JUST HAPPENED TO ME AND IT WAS SO WEIRD.

And it always happens at the absolute worst moment, right?

It’s like, what exactly am I supposed to do here?

Your friend is all like, “are you okay?” and you’re all like, “Oh yeah, I’m fine, I could climb stairs all day.”

Whatever, just dance it out.

What do I want for my birthday? For all of you to skip singing happy birthday. Thanks.

Being the third wheel… never fun, always awkward.

Damn you, chain messages.

And then you try to play it off like, “Oh, I was just touching my hair, no big deal.”

Don’t you just want to scream, “I WASN’T LOOKING AT YOU I SWEAR.”

Get on my level, man.

Do you smile at them? Do you ignore them? Do you say hi? So many questions!

And then you guys try not to look at each other, because what else are you supposed to do?

…to your mom. Or dad.

This is always accompanied by a lot of blushing and trying to act nonchalant, but failing.

It’s like, “Oh hey, I SEE YOU.”

You’re just left sitting there wondering what they must think of you, am I right?

EVERY SINGLE TIME.

That moment when you feel incredibly embarrassed for them because they suck at flirting…

You just want to run after them screaming for them to come back, you know?

Have you ever found yourself in these awkward situations? Which is the most awkward? What has been your most awkward situation ever? Tell me in the comments!

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Reader Hookup Confession: I Wrote A Poem For My Crush And He Found It!

Gurl Confessions — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:00:05 +0000

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If there’s one thing girls can always bond about, it’s an embarrassing hookup story. Trust us: we all have them. So don’t be shy! Read this OMG reader hook-up confession, and then send your own to confession@gurl.com

You know that feeling when you want a hole to open up in the ground beneath you and make you disappear forever? Well, that is one feeling that I am way too familiar with. My life practically revolves around that feeling. Every moment of my school days are full of feeling like that and the weekends and holidays are days when I am waiting nervously for the next embarrassing moment to happen to me.

My most embarrassing moment so far happened only a few days ago. I’ve been crushing on this cute guy in my school forever and when I say crushing, I really mean that I’m in love with him. I decided to write a poem for my one and only. It took me two weeks to write it – I poured my heart and soul into it! I had planning on giving it to him, but once I was done, I decided that I wouldn’t give it to him after all. I’m way too shy and the poem explained exactly how much I liked him and why. Instead, I carried it around with me everywhere to make sure that no one would find it.

Then the worst thing happened: my crush found it and took it! We were joking around in class and the poem fell out of my backpack onto the floor. He grabbed it and when I begged for it back, he said it was his now and I couldn’t have it. I tried my hardest, but no matter what, he wouldn’t give it to me.

It’s been a few days and he still has it. I know that he has definitely read it by now and I can’t even look him in the face! We’ve both been avoiding each other. Ugh, that’s the last time I write a love poem like that.

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Reader Hookup Confession: My Nephew Almost Caught Us Having Sex!

Gurl Confessions — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:00:59 +0000

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This one is really bad, just warning you.

My boyfriend was invited to stay with me at my sister’s house for a few days. He was set up to sleep in the front room and I was put in a spare bedroom. My sister said she wouldn’t allow us to sleep together and she kept a really close eye on us. One night, we decided we would sneak. So, my boyfriend and I moved from the front room (where we were watching TV) to my bedroom, making sure everyone was asleep. We were heavily making out and getting down to business, both of us nearly naked already and we climbed onto my bed…

When my nephew’s head popped up from under my bed sheet! He looked absolutely horrified. He was young, so he was a bit confused. Apparently, he had climbed into my bed because it had start storming and I hadn’t seen him when we first walked in because he was hiding under the covers.

He ran screaming out of my room as my boyfriend and I frantically tried to get dressed. He told my sister that my boyfriend was attacking me and forcing me to take my clothing off, which of course caused my sister AND brother-in-law to come running into my room. It took all of my strength to keep my brother-in-law from beating my boyfriend to a pulp.

My boyfriend stayed at a hotel that night and I doubt he’ll ever be invited back.

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15 Of Your Most Embarrassing Period Stories

Meg Malone — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:00:53 +0000

Periods. Most months, you can keep everything fine and managed, and then there’s just those times when it is causing you every problem in the world. The worst? When your period causes a totally embarrassing situation.

Over the past year or so, our “All About Your Period” survey has gotten hundreds (literally!) of responses from all of you talking about your menstrual moments. I am completely serious when I say props to all of you who were brave enough to share your embarrassing period stories with the Gurl community.

I feel pretty confident saying that all of us have had or will have an embarrassing period moment at some point in our lives. Sometimes knowing that other girls have gone through similar situations too can help make the aftermath of these moments more bearable. Here are fifteen of your responses to our survey asking, “What’s your most embarrassing period story?”