Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Lippy women lose respect
Ireland star Jon opens up on loss
WOMEN who are heavily made up are less likely to be regarded as good leaders, a study found.
People compared images of the same woman with no cosmetics and ready for a night out.
Both men and women had negative reactions to the woman in lots of makeup, the team at Abertay University, Dundee, found.
It said that while goodlooking women usually command more deference, “make-up doesn’t enhance a woman’s dominance”. IRELAND star Jon Walters was reduced to tears when recalling how he lost his mother to cancer when he was just 11 years old.
The Burnley striker, 34, is a fan favourite due to the passion he displays, and crucial goals he has scored for his country and club.
In a heart-wrenching interview on BBC Radio, Walters opened up about losing his beloved mother at such a young age.
He said: “You know, just a little while ago I wouldn’t have spoken about this to anyone, and I mean anyone, not even my wife. I lock it away.
“That’s how I deal with it. And I did from the day she passed away.”
Remembering how he had learned that his sick mum was not going to get any better, Walters said: “[My dad] just pulled us in and said, ‘Look, your mum isn’t going to be around for much longer.’
“I just took myself off and I reckon I would have cried for six hours, seven hours. Even speaking about it now – and I don’t normally get emotional – it’s tough.
“But I don’t think I ever grieved for her. I was upset – I was very, very upset for a long time, and every time it was brought up later I’d get upset again, but I don’t think I grieved... I just got on with it.
“I remember I went to school the day after she died, and my mates were like, ‘Are you alright?’, and you pretend that you are.
“I was Year Six at the time, so you are one of the big boys in school, so you put on a show, and I think from that point you put up a wall, and it is still there.” Asked how losing his mum had impacted on his later life, a visibly upset Walters explained: “It’s a huge part of me that’s missing. And everything you do, I think it affects you.
“When you are younger you want to do everything to make your mum proud, or your parents proud. That’s what I did when I was younger.
“Everything I did I did for my mum. That’s why when I was 16 or 17 and was going to become a footballer I wanted to play for Ireland, because my mum was Irish.
“I’ve had horrendous times in football, some horrendous games. The funniest one, and it’s funny because it doesn’t really bother me, is when I scored two own goals, missed a penner and then kicked the ball in my own face against Chelsea. “When the real bad things happen to you, that sort of thing means nothing.
“In fact, nothing really bothers me now, so if anything bad happens in a match I don’t get down on myself. You just get on with it because you’ve had so many worse things happen to you.
“You quickly realise it’s such a miniscule part of anything really.”