Rosie O'Donnell opens up about eye-watering cost of 'secret' facelift
Topics: Rosie O'Donnell, Celebrity, US News
Rhianna Benson
Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@rosie
Topics: Rosie O'Donnell, Celebrity, US News
In a candid new conversation about 'privilege', Rosie O'Donnell confessed to paying more for a 'secret' facelift than she's 'ever paid for a car'.
The 64-year-old made her unexpected admission in a tell-all Substack post, which began with her claiming she previously objected to the notion of going under the knife for aesthetic purposes.
"Not casually—morally," she wrote. "I had assigned myself as head of all women who would never - ever. I thought it was a betrayal. Of feminism. Of ageing. Of our team of women worldwide. And then I lost 50 pounds…"
O'Donnell recalled attempting to 'accept' her new aesthetic after shedding approximately 50lbs with help from the type 2 diabetes drug Mounjaro, but found herself 'lying' about her feelings.
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"So I started just gathering information—which is what women say when they are absolutely considering something they swore they’d never do," she explained, revealing that her 13-year-old daughter, Clay, quickly learned of her intentions.
"Then Clay said, 'Young women look up to you', and finally - with strong effect - 'I wouldn’t be able to respect you if you did it'. And that one… landed. That’s a big statement from someone who still needs you to open jars."
Despite her child's pleas, the mother-of-five saw the moment as an opportunity to teach her kids they shouldn't 'feel like they have to change' but 'know they can, if they want to, without losing moral standing'.
"So in January, I did it," she continued. "I found a doctor I trusted—someone who had worked on friends of mine who all still looked like themselves, just like they had recently been told good news."
O'Donnell detailed the procedure, revealing she'd had a lower deep plane facelift that cost 'more money than I have ever paid for a car'.
"My privileged place in this world," she noted. "And that feels almost shameful to me. The things I have - earned some say, but [it's] the gross excess that wounds me."
The presenter went on to claim that, since her procedure, 'no one has noticed' her new look, 'not a friend, not a stranger', 'which honestly is the best possible outcome'.
"I didn’t disappear, I didn’t become someone else—I just stopped arguing with the mirror. And maybe that’s enough. Or at the very least…"
Lastly, she confessed, however, to still grappling with a 'sense of deceit'.
"I have never liked secrets," O'Donnell wrote. "And part of my desire to show myself is to come clean, but who do I owe that truth to?"
She added: "As I get ready for the last day of school with my youngest - the caboose. Here at 64 years old with a new lower face and neck. Just happy to be alive, able to feel and choose and use my voice whenever I feel called to.
"For the girl I was, the woman I am, and all those joining my ranks, as we carry on in act 3."