Rosie O'Donnell has lashed out at A-list stars and claimed that many of them are lying to fans about their cosmetic surgery. The comedian, 64, recently revealed she got a secret facelift and explained her reasoning at the 2026 Tony Awards.
Why Rosie O'Donnell Went Public
O'Donnell disclosed on her Substack last month that she underwent a facelift, admitting she felt "shameful" about it and that it cost more money than she has ever paid for a vehicle. At the Tony Awards in New York City on Sunday, she elaborated on why she chose to be open about the procedure.
"Authenticity is the goal in these days and times, and people are lying about everything all day to the American public," she told E! News on the red carpet. "It's very depressing to me and unsettling, and I think all that matters is truth and love, and so I wanted to be truthful and say all the complicated emotions I had about it."
O'Donnell emphasized that not everyone in her life supported her decision to undergo cosmetic surgery. She recalled, "My little autistic 13-year-old said to me, 'If you do it, I would not be able to respect you ever again.' And that put me off it for a few months, but then when I went and did it in January, I came home 10 days later, and they never noticed."
The Importance of Honesty
The Harriet the Spy star shared that she felt it was better to be truthful and get ahead of any tabloid revelations. "I just wanted to say, 'This is what I did, and here's the doctor, and if you want to,'" she explained. "But it's very expensive — it's more expensive than any car I ever bought, but I can't drive around in my face."
O'Donnell noted that she does not plan to have any more plastic surgery, as she addressed the issues she wanted to fix—loose skin and two lines on her face. She credited her weight loss for the extra skin: "I'm on Mounjaro over the last three years, I have diabetes too, and I lost over 50 pounds, and that was responsible for a lot of the extra skin that I had around my face."
Before-and-After Photos
In her Substack post, O'Donnell expressed satisfaction with the results of her facelift and shared unfiltered before-and-after images on Instagram. "I wanted to still be me, just … less haunted," she wrote. "And I do look like me — a slightly more well-rested, emotionally stable version of me."
She added, "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 … it's what a lower deep plane face lift looks like when it minds its own business."
This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission.
