"Surfing is not my strong point. And... I don't really have a tan. I go to the tanning place, the one that sprays you with color"
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The wording matters. “And...” does a lot of work, stretching the pause for comedic timing while signaling she’s about to undercut the image further. Then comes the specificity: not just “I don’t tan,” but “the tanning place, the one that sprays you with color.” That detail turns the admission into a miniature scene, almost sitcom-like, and it updates an old Hollywood trick: reveal a flaw, but choose one that keeps you safely within the aspirational frame. She’s not rejecting the beauty standard; she’s outsourcing it.
Culturally, the line sits at the crossroads of wellness performance and manufactured authenticity. Spray tans are an open secret, a widely shared fix that lets people maintain the look without the sun damage. By naming the mechanism, Loughlin turns artifice into relatability, acknowledging the labor behind “effortless” glamour. The subtext is less about tanning than about image maintenance: in a world that rewards naturalness, the smartest move is to admit the fake part with a laugh, before anyone else can.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Loughlin, Lori. (2026, January 16). Surfing is not my strong point. And... I don't really have a tan. I go to the tanning place, the one that sprays you with color. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/surfing-is-not-my-strong-point-and-i-dont-really-136341/
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Loughlin, Lori. "Surfing is not my strong point. And... I don't really have a tan. I go to the tanning place, the one that sprays you with color." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/surfing-is-not-my-strong-point-and-i-dont-really-136341/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Surfing is not my strong point. And... I don't really have a tan. I go to the tanning place, the one that sprays you with color." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/surfing-is-not-my-strong-point-and-i-dont-really-136341/. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.









