I Knew It! January Jones Is A Bad Person

99740 dish of salt january jones talks mad men and sharks august 3 2009 I Knew It! January Jones Is A Bad Person

I hate to say it but I told you so. January Jones really is a bad person. My first clues were when I started watching Mad Men. Her icy cold Betty Draper rarely sported a smile and was often in full on bitch mode. She was the only unlikeable character on the show and despite Jones’ gorgeous looks, I couldn’t sympathize with her character at all.

I figured I would give her the benefit of the doubt though. Maybe it was just the writing. Maybe she would be more ‘human’ in other projects. My hopes were crushed though when I saw Unknown and X-Men: First Class. Her character in both films exuded that same stone cold, icy, uninviting and somber mood. She looked so miserable in her roles and I wondered if she was the same in real life.

After some reports by fellow Hollywood actors that Jones was in fact not a nice person, my suspicions began to grow even stronger. I knew she was a bad person, I just couldn’t prove it.

But, today, we finally have official confirmation on Jones’ ‘bad person’ status by none other than Jared Gilmore, the boy who plays Bobby Draper on Mad Men. Straight from his mouth:

“Be careful around January [Jones]. She’s not as approachable as the others. She’s really serious about what she does. Everyone else is so nice.”

Really? Really January? You’re being bashed by a child! That’s the ultimate sign that you’re not a good person. This kid is eleven years old and he’s able to pick up on your ‘bad person’ vibes, that says a lot.

So, for all of you wondering if in fact January Jones really is a bad person, I think you have your answer.

Anyone care to offer a different opinion?

Bob Gordon

The most hilarious thing about this piece is
writer Matt Johnson’s certainty that Jones is a bad person
because she’s *played unsympathetic characters on TV*. Let’s hope Matt
doesn’t attribute the personality traits of every villain to the actor
who happened to play them.

Then Matt bases his proof of her bad character on a child
actor who mentioned he was told or learned not to disturb her because she is “serious about what she does.” Could Jones’s “unapproachable” demeanor
and the idea “she’s serious about what she does” possibly have to do
with to the fact she didn’t train as an actor and might have to prepare
really hard to reach the level of the rest of the cast? How can anyone
presume to know why a child described her this way, what it means, or
whether the child is even right about it without knowing more than this one incident? What is Matt doing other than projecting his own feelings onto an actress and choosing a narrow interpretation of two lines in an interview to back up his hilariously subjective criteria? You could make a case for Mother Theresa’s being a bad person based on evidence like that.How does Matt know the child is
or isn’t a “good person” either, since he’s condemning a stranger’s
character based on another stranger’s off-handed remarks?

On top of which, Matt misuses *good* to mean *nice*.

Lots of good people aren’t particularly friendly or approachable,
but I’d rather have them on my side than someone who’s superficially
sweet but fundamentally unethical. Fundamentally unethical is the
meaning of the phrase “not a good person.”

Didn’t Jane Austen write a book about people who made sweeping assumptions like Matt’s?