Ugly truth about Charlize’s odd couple romance

IN CHARLIZE THERON’S new rom-com, Long Shot, she stars as a glamorous U.S. Secretary of State (what else?) who reunites with her old babysitting charge, loser journalist Seth Rogen.

Charlize is intelligent and beautiful, while Seth is an overweight he-frump with a great pelt of beard.

But guess what? Charlize manages to look beyond the ugly shell to see the pearl within, shucks.

In this Princess Charming-meetsCinderfella tale, the unlikely couple fall in love.

But in Hollywood, could this romantic scenario ever be made the other way around, with the hunk falling for the ugly girl? (Asking for a friend.) Doubtful. It would only work if there had been a nuclear war and Plain Jane was the last female left alive.

Even then, Mr Hunky would be unwilling to commit to anything serious just in case Scarlett Johansson suddenly emerged from a hidden bunker in a bombed-out bikini.

You know I’m right.