{"id":825710,"date":"2026-05-27T14:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/825710\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:44:30","slug":"rosie-odonnell-stuns-fans-with-candid-facelift-reveal-before-and-after-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/825710\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie O’Donnell stuns fans with candid facelift reveal \u2013 before and after photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rosie O’Donnell<\/a> shocked her fans with a vulnerable plastic surgery confession on Monday, revealing that she had received a lower deep plane facelift after losing 50 lbs on her weight loss journey.<\/p>\n

The 64-year-old wrote a deeply personal essay on her Substack<\/a>\u00a0detailing her decision to undergo the procedure in January, despite years of publicly condemning plastic surgery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Rosie’s facelift<\/p>\n

“I used to feel very strongly about facelifts. Not casually \u2013 morally. I had assigned myself as head of all women who would never \u2013 ever,” she began.<\/p>\n

“I thought it was a betrayal. Of feminism. Of aging. Of our team of women worldwide. And then I lost 50 pounds<\/a>\u2026” Rosie shared that she saw her face as “melting” rather than just aging, particularly due to her drastic weight loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Major transformation<\/p>\n

“I tried to be evolved about it and say things like, ‘This is natural. This is earned.’ And then\u2026 ‘Umm how earned does it have to look?'” The comedienne revealed that her youngest child<\/a>, Clay, opposed the idea and cited Rosie’s strong feminist beliefs as the reason why she shouldn’t undergo the procedure. <\/p>\n

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    “Then Clay said, ‘Young women look up to you,’ and finally \u2013 with strong effect \u2013 ‘I wouldn’t be able to respect you if you did it.’ And that one\u2026 landed.” Rosie added that Clay’s feelings on the matter closely mirrored her own at the same age.<\/p>\n

    “What was wild is \u2013 she sounded exactly like me,” the mother of five continued. “Like my younger, more certain, more morally rigid self had somehow moved into my house and was now judging my face. It really threw me.”<\/p>\n

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    Learning curve<\/p>\n

    Rosie explained that she came to the realization that the facelift was a perfect chance to teach Clay about bodily autonomy. “If I’m teaching clay anything, it can’t be that my body belongs to an idea either. Even a good idea. Even feminism.”<\/p>\n

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    The next step<\/p>\n

    The\u00a0Now and Then\u00a0actress added that she didn’t want more plastic surgery, and that she still looked like herself, so much so that her loved ones didn’t notice her post-facelift transformation. “I wanted to still be me, just\u2026less haunted,” she wrote. “And I do look like me.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Rosie, who relocated to Ireland in 2025<\/a> with Clay, was prescribed the GLP-1 weight loss medication named Mounjaro to control her diabetes, and went on to lose 50 lbs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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    Feeling the love<\/p>\n

    After she shared a snippet of her Substack piece to\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, the star received an outpouring of love in the comments, with one fan writing: “You are glowing!” while another added: “That is such a personal decision. Do what makes you feel best.”<\/p>\n

    “You look great and no judgments. If you can afford to do it, why not,” said another, while a fourth chimed in: “You’re beautiful! Do whatever makes you happy. It’s your body.”\u00a0<\/p>\n