Rosie O'Donnell Reveals January Facelift After 50-Pound Weight Loss, Admitting Guilt and Shame
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Updated · Fox News · May 26
Rosie O'Donnell Reveals January Facelift After 50-Pound Weight Loss, Admitting Guilt and Shame
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 26
Rosie O'Donnell said she secretly underwent a facelift in January after losing 50 pounds, later describing the decision as emotionally fraught and long concealed.
The 64-year-old wrote that rapid facial sagging after the weight loss made her feel she looked "less aged" than "melting," pushing her to seek a subtle procedure so she would look "less haunted."
Clay, her 13-year-old child, opposed the surgery and told her, "Young women look up to you," prompting months of delay and a broader struggle over feminism, aging and bodily autonomy.
O'Donnell said the result was barely noticeable, which she called the best outcome, but she still felt deceitful and ashamed of spending more on the facelift than she had ever paid for a car.
The essay adds a personal disclosure to O'Donnell's recent public comments about life outside the U.S. and her ongoing willingness to speak openly despite political attacks from Trump.
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