“You Look Great For Your Age” And Other Backhanded Compliments You Should Avoid
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🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
70-year-old Howie Mandel called out Kelly and Mark this week for saying that he looks great, right after he told them his age. Mandel compared it to someone saying “You’re smart for a stupid person.” It got us thinking about how many other backhanded compliments we’ve received over the years, and there are a plenty. Also, we go over a very simple way to avoid ever making someone uncomfortable while trying to say something nice… there are at least three words you should NEVER include in a compliment.
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| 0:37.1 | It is Thursday, March 26, and don't you love a good compliment? Doesn't it always feel good when somebody says to you, wow, you look great. But does it change when they add to the end of that for your age? With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. The subject |
| 0:55.6 | has come up because of Howie Mandel. We'll get into all that. Let me start off the top. |
| 1:00.4 | Is it for you, robs immediately automatically an insult if someone says you look good for your age? |
| 1:07.4 | Look, I don't think anybody wants to hear that last for your age. And I don't know why |
| 1:11.7 | you have to say that. I think just saying you look good is good enough. But when it's around your |
| 1:16.8 | age, when you're talking about your age, and then that comes up, yeah, it's, it's, you now have, |
| 1:23.7 | you're now being compared to either your former self or someone. It just doesn't feel like a compliment when someone says that. |
| 1:31.1 | Okay. |
| 1:31.4 | Well, Howie Mandel didn't think it was a compliment either. |
| 1:33.7 | Earlier this week, he was a guest on Live with Kelly and Mark. |
| 1:37.8 | I was still about to say Regis. |
| 1:40.0 | Well, I mean, honestly, it flows. |
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