Joey Luft looks 'special'

I like blue.

I would have been heartbroken if that wasn't r1.

Do you even GO here?

Awww Lorna looks lovely in that pic.

If you like blue so much, Joey/r1, why is Liza the one in the blue dress?

Wasn't he a "late in life" baby? That's what happens sometimes.

That picture is from the Oscars, which was three or four years ago.

FAS baby.

Judy was thirty-two when Joey Luft was born, not really "late in life", but certainly her drug and alcohol addictions affected her son's development.

Has Lorna had a double mastectomy? I love her dress, but it looks totally wrong in the bodice.

Has the Garland family or friends ever publicly admitted that Joey is developmentally disabled? Is so, what is his particular syndrome?

Lorna wrote in her book that Joey is "special" because of Judy's pill intake when she was pregnant with him. She was able to abstain (or at least cut way back) when she was pregnant with Liza and Lorna, but with Joey she couldn't.

In Judy's defense, in those days the effects of drinking/drugs during pregnancy were not understood like they are today.

R12 why’d she cut back with the other two if the effects weren’t known? I’m calling BS on that. Booze has been around a loooong time and people have known drinking plus pregnancy is bad.

She cut back because of Vincente and Sid. But by the time she was pregnant with Joey she was too hooked. Lorna covered all of this in her book.

^ Did Lorna say what exactly is wrong with Joey? Like, is there a name for it?

Fetal alcohol syndrome

But is he family?

The only source I can find online about him being a FAS baby is Datalounge, supposedly based on Lorna merely calling him "special" in her book. I don't believe she claims anything specific like FAS.

Anyway, look at this face: does he have FAS features?

A couple of years back after the oscars, there was a doc done on Judy where he was interviewed. They also show him performing his nightclub show where he reminisced about Judy while film clips were played. The guy is clearly a functioning adult able to hold a conversation. I suspect this is just DL being shitty as usual.

His head is misshapen so yes I’d say he has FAS. Plus he doesn’t seem to “be home” if you know what I mean ?

He did seem a little special in Judy's Christmas TV show

No, we don't.

Lorna wrote that he struggles with the effects of Judy's drug use while she was pregnant with him.

His head is not misshapen r20, sheesh!

He's clearly not a retard in that video at r22.

Perhaps he did have some "special" issues while growing and developing, maybe a low IQ or comprehension issues, but nothing obvious or debilitating apparently.

Notice how he latches onto Drunk Sissy (blue) yet remains distant from Mean Sissy (red).

I bet Mean Sissy made him wear that red vest and tie, too. The bitch!

R19, I was going to mention that doc. It's part of a series called "Too Young to Die" and Judy's is the tenth episode. Joey is interviewed for the show and he appears to be a fully-abled guy. I was actually surprised because I "learned" on DL that he's cognitively disabled. If anyone wants to see themselves, the series is streaming on Netflix.

How much do you want to bet that all three siblings agreed to wear red to the Oscars...then Liza showed up head to toe in blue.

I think Lorna's removed titties were given to Liza and she is wearing them underneath her own, because I've never seen such sagging udders on a woman as on Liza.

I don't want to be cruel but Joey just sounds like most New Yorkers I hear on the subways, buses, etc. You know, slightly stupid.

Joey Luft during the day...

Joey Luft after dark...

[quote]I don't want to be cruel but Joey just sounds like most New Yorkers I hear on the subways, buses, etc. You know, slightly stupid.

You hear New Yorkers on subways and buses? All I hear are foreign languages.

The red dress is beautiful. Who's the designer?

Joey looks like a Maitre d' at Caesar's Palace.

Or the ringmaster and a circus.

R34, why is he sticking his groin area out like that?

Is he falling backwards?

"Joey looks like a Maitre d' at Caesar's Palace."

Who said he isn't?

He does look like there's something, um, WRONG with him. I have no doubt he was affected by Mama Judy's drug use during her pregnancy with him. Note that both his sisters are both high profile personalities, while he has remained obscure, despite supposedly being Judy's favorite child. And what has he done with his life? I heard somewhere that he's a "photographer" but I tend to think that's a hobby of his, not a profession. Yes, I think he's remained under wraps because he has some kind of mental disability caused by his mother's drug use.

Any comment from Lorna Minelli, star of The Exorcist of Oz?

His sisters have taken care of him for his whole life. Actually, Liza's helped out a LOT of people.

[quote] why is he sticking his groin area out like that? Is he falling backwards?

I think he's trying to keep Liza from toppling over backwards.

Joey lives with a married couple who used to be NYers, my friend knows them. They told my friend that he is slightly disabled and "can't really live by himself". The arrangement seems to work well and has been in place a long time.

I saw him at that "Liza With a Z" screening at the old Ziegfeld theater in NY. He was assisted two guys in walking to his seat and was exceptionally small and somewhat frail looking. He looked far less well than he does in those more recent Oscar photos.

Joey likes blue, I like gold.

Drunk sissy and mean sissy had a fight. I hate fights.

Liza looks like she left her bra at home.

I wonder if Judy's kids have seen the movie yet? Maybe they had to see it as representatives of her estate, to ensure she wasn't defamed.

I know Liza hates any attention on her mother's problems.

[quote]Joey lives with a married couple

Kinky!

"Joey lives with a married couple who used to be NYers, my friend knows them. They told my friend that he is slightly disabled and "can't really live by himself". The arrangement seems to work well and has been in place a long time."

I assume the married couple are paid caregivers. And anybody who "can't really live by himself" is more than "slightly disabled."

[quote]And anybody who "can't really live by himself" is more than "slightly disabled."

Yes, that's full-on retarded.

did i mention that i like blue?

did i mention that i like blow?

did i mention that i'm like, blah?

What if, one day for shits and giggles, Lorna and Lil Joey had replaced Mama's medications with placebos and sugar pills.

Would hilarity have ensued???

[quote]Would hilarity have ensued???

More like cardiac arrest.

Liza’s eyes are so far apart.

Liza is also retarded. Famously. Joey was a cute kid. Like someone you'd offer candy.

Whom do you think tore up the pussy more...Mickey or Mark?

Liza is not retarded. She’s won many awards for acting and singing. She is an addict though but given her upbringing and genes I’m hardly surprised.