It seems like she went from looking really young to prematurely old overnight. There wasn't much of an "in-between" phase... It seemed like it happened when she was about 25, which I guess is shortly after she started the intense dieting..
Jesus! She's suppose to be 26 years old in this spceial and she looks about 50. It's heartbreaking watching this musical giant slowly dying before our eyes
I told Randy Schmidt lets go on National TV & I will tell you everything you left out of Little Girl Blue- People are really beginning to understand that this gentlemen is making money off of Karen's misfortune. Randy puts on his little suits, goes out signs books, hasen't donated anything towards eating disorders, he has even talked Karen's friends into talking to him, it's on video- However did anyone notice the peolpe who count the most remained LOYAL! Point made!
Seems to me that KC was just very good at whatever she set her mind to. She was a perfectionist. She applied this to singing, prob. to her drumming, to their stage shows & also to becoming thin. Sometimes folks focus on the outcomes & forget that it's the same behavior (e.g., exceling) that drives diff. activities. When she exceled in singing, no prob. When she exceled at thinness, obviously a prob. The important question for me is why 'thin' was such a goal for her.
These parents are really great!! In contrast, I can't stand the awful parents who abuse their families and use the word "love" to justify their degenerate actions. If more parents were as supportive as they were in their children's talents as the Carpenters, then we would have a smarter population overall. Karen & Richard were both adults when they developed their then unknown addictions & both tried to get help. Richard as we know succeeded and Karen helped us learn about eating disorders.
Damn, I think Karen's solo album sounded great! I think its worth taking notice that Karen became drastically thinner and thinner and sicker and sicker from about 1980 onwards- and that was about the time her solo album was rejected. I don't believe the decision to not release the album was all Karen's idea at all. I really do think had Richard supported his sister, it would have happened and it might have liberated Karen a bit, to let her feel like she's accomplished something on her own.
@ThePolkadotbikini Yeah. The severe weight loss made her look older not just because she hadn't been eating but because she'd been replacing vital nutrients with laxatives and other over the counter crap. It's a shame. I don't think she got a chance to discover Karen the person.
shes got a lot of nerve standing there sing mr. postman looking as skinny as that. didnt she ever look in a mirror? illness or not, she can see her bones, cant she? the gauntness of her face? this is one illness i will never understand, ever! she had a wonderful voice, beautiful spirit and fabulous figure. if she was so unhappy why didnt she just stop singing? why go and starve yourself?
@FaerieCrone I think you're right. and theres usually sibling rivalry that goes on in those family situations. It was problaby very beneath the surface.
Well so many thoughts come to my mind viewing this part of the vid... so many negative ones. One question came to my mind... why didn´t The Carpenter family do anything to solve Karen Carpenter eating disorders??
@choirlady1976 to their defense they couldn't make heads or tails of what she was going through. Few people knew what aneroxia was and so they just told Karen to keep eating, keep eating. On the other hand, if I was Richard, I would not have recorded with Karen until she got well.
It isn't easy to air your "dirty laundry" as they say, so I admire Richard's honesty in this interview. Karen really was such a beautiful soul..You can tell her brother was very important to her & vice versa...RIP Karen..Best of luck Richard
I'd love to see that Carpenters appearance on the Bruce Forsyth TV show, in which Karen and the rest of the band performed 3 songs, and Richard stayed home with "the flu".
It seems like she went from looking really young to prematurely old overnight. There wasn't much of an "in-between" phase... It seemed like it happened when she was about 25, which I guess is shortly after she started the intense dieting..
jposh707 1 month ago
If Karen is still living we could hear more and more new songs from the Carpenters
BellaSilvery 1 month ago
If Karen would have lived I think she would have been on Dancing With The Stars.
psychedelics12345 5 months ago
Jesus! She's suppose to be 26 years old in this spceial and she looks about 50. It's heartbreaking watching this musical giant slowly dying before our eyes
Purple1984Rain 7 months ago
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I told Randy Schmidt lets go on National TV & I will tell you everything you left out of Little Girl Blue- People are really beginning to understand that this gentlemen is making money off of Karen's misfortune. Randy puts on his little suits, goes out signs books, hasen't donated anything towards eating disorders, he has even talked Karen's friends into talking to him, it's on video- However did anyone notice the peolpe who count the most remained LOYAL! Point made!
vmuto1 11 months ago
Seems to me that KC was just very good at whatever she set her mind to. She was a perfectionist. She applied this to singing, prob. to her drumming, to their stage shows & also to becoming thin. Sometimes folks focus on the outcomes & forget that it's the same behavior (e.g., exceling) that drives diff. activities. When she exceled in singing, no prob. When she exceled at thinness, obviously a prob. The important question for me is why 'thin' was such a goal for her.
ADenny12 1 year ago
These parents are really great!! In contrast, I can't stand the awful parents who abuse their families and use the word "love" to justify their degenerate actions. If more parents were as supportive as they were in their children's talents as the Carpenters, then we would have a smarter population overall. Karen & Richard were both adults when they developed their then unknown addictions & both tried to get help. Richard as we know succeeded and Karen helped us learn about eating disorders.
AMEDINANA 1 year ago
Damn, I think Karen's solo album sounded great! I think its worth taking notice that Karen became drastically thinner and thinner and sicker and sicker from about 1980 onwards- and that was about the time her solo album was rejected. I don't believe the decision to not release the album was all Karen's idea at all. I really do think had Richard supported his sister, it would have happened and it might have liberated Karen a bit, to let her feel like she's accomplished something on her own.
sraphael 1 year ago
that anorexia is a bitch. she looks forty damn years old!!!
ThePolkadotbikini 1 year ago 2
@ThePolkadotbikini Yeah. The severe weight loss made her look older not just because she hadn't been eating but because she'd been replacing vital nutrients with laxatives and other over the counter crap. It's a shame. I don't think she got a chance to discover Karen the person.
roscoegino 1 year ago 2
shes got a lot of nerve standing there sing mr. postman looking as skinny as that. didnt she ever look in a mirror? illness or not, she can see her bones, cant she? the gauntness of her face? this is one illness i will never understand, ever! she had a wonderful voice, beautiful spirit and fabulous figure. if she was so unhappy why didnt she just stop singing? why go and starve yourself?
ThePolkadotbikini 1 year ago
bones! after 1974 she was nothing but bones. so sad that she ended up like that.
ThePolkadotbikini 1 year ago
When she sings "There's A Kind Of Hush" she holds her microphone the same way she holds her drumstick in her left hand... :)
Wotsupbuttercup 1 year ago
I think that the mother kind of pushed Karen away. She favoured Richard, and karen needed reassurance and praise and never got it from her mother.
FaerieCrone 2 years ago 11
@FaerieCrone I think you're right. and theres usually sibling rivalry that goes on in those family situations. It was problaby very beneath the surface.
luvsmovies79 2 years ago 2
@FaerieCrone Agnes Carpenter was a controlling a-hole, who always idolized Richard while making Karen feel like a second class citizen.
LAWoman323213 2 months ago 2
Well so many thoughts come to my mind viewing this part of the vid... so many negative ones. One question came to my mind... why didn´t The Carpenter family do anything to solve Karen Carpenter eating disorders??
carpentermanuel 2 years ago
I really miss her and watching this videos I feel so empty inside. We have lost a great singer, a beautiful person I think. I love you Karen.
danitad71 2 years ago 2
4:37 :) karen makes me laugh at this bit :)
RIP Karen Carpenter <3
hannahhazlehurst 2 years ago
This is so terribly sad.
raremountainbear 2 years ago
Where can I find the full video of Karen singing that version of Please Mr. Postman
karencarpenterfan1 2 years ago
Ole Phil Ramone produce a fucking dIsco album, great job Phil.
DEEP177 2 years ago 2
She was so incredibly thin, why they didn't get her off the stage and into treatment sooner... she went into treatment too late..
choirlady1976 2 years ago 6
Until Karen Carpenter, almost no one had any idea what an eating disorder was
jellowrestling 2 years ago 3
@choirlady1976 to their defense they couldn't make heads or tails of what she was going through. Few people knew what aneroxia was and so they just told Karen to keep eating, keep eating. On the other hand, if I was Richard, I would not have recorded with Karen until she got well.
roscoegino 1 year ago
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my name is karen carpenter
nakluts 3 years ago
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Those guys that carried Karen must have had it easy because she didn't weigh very much.
shoponline831 3 years ago
It isn't easy to air your "dirty laundry" as they say, so I admire Richard's honesty in this interview. Karen really was such a beautiful soul..You can tell her brother was very important to her & vice versa...RIP Karen..Best of luck Richard
DestiniOz 3 years ago 2
y r richard and karen is look sad on the clip 6:56
aprilshey16 3 years ago 2
OMG!!dont know dat Karen was so thin...huhu..
aprilshey16 3 years ago
I know, she was at her worst in 1982, right before going into treatment. It's more noticeable when she's showing more skin.
shoponline831 3 years ago
I'd love to see that Carpenters appearance on the Bruce Forsyth TV show, in which Karen and the rest of the band performed 3 songs, and Richard stayed home with "the flu".
no1cfielder 3 years ago
tnx for posting , real good
sneyder69 4 years ago