admiring

Obviously he meant it in an admiring way.

You see it differently when you grow up with people admiring your parents.

But the admiring, even celebratory, tone of these paeans to hot actresses remaining hot well past Hollywood’s traditional expiration date masks the shadow side of this phenomenon: The wizened, terrifying hag.

Aikman pointed out there’s an important caveat to that: It’s not just about respecting someone who has gone through hardships, but admiring the bounce-back.

“Not many people are willing to struggle on their own. He takes that struggle to a high degree,” one friend told me admiringly.