Rosie O’Donnell recently shared insights into her decision to undergo a facelift and her thoughts on any future cosmetic procedures. Speaking at the 2026 Tony Awards on June 7, the 64-year-old former talk show host revealed her current stance on further cosmetic work, stating to E! News, “No, I don’t think so.”
O’Donnell, who once opposed such procedures, chose to have a facelift after experiencing significant weight loss. This journey left her with excess facial skin, prompting her to reconsider her stance. “I’ve been on Mounjaro, a diabetes and weight loss medication, for the past three years,” she explained. “Having diabetes, I lost over 50 pounds, and as a result, I had quite a bit of extra skin around my face.”
She further elaborated on how this physical change affected her appearance, saying, “There were two lines that made me look perpetually sad. In Ireland, people would often ask, ‘Are you upset, darling? What’s the matter, love?’ and I would have to clarify, ‘That’s just my face. I’m not upset; it’s just how I look.’”
While some celebrities choose to keep their cosmetic surgeries under wraps, others, like Denise Richards and Jessi Ngatikaura of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, as well as Heidi Montag, are open about their experiences. Montag, for instance, who underwent a reversal of some enhancements in 2013, shared with Us Weekly the internal conflict she faced over her decision. This openness reflects a growing trend among public figures to candidly discuss their choices regarding plastic surgery.
While some prefer to fly under the radar when they get plastic surgery, celebrities including Denise Richards, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Jessi Ngatikaura and Heidi Montag keep it candid. After getting some of her enhancements reversed in 2013, Montag exclusively told Us Weekly that she struggled with the decision. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. […]
The former View cohost first shared her transformation in a May 25 Substack post, admitting that she initially felt the procedure “was a betrayal. Of feminism. Of aging. Of our team of women worldwide.”
However, since going under the knife in January, O’Donnell said she wants to be open and honest about the work she’s had done.
“Authenticity is the goal in these days and times, and people are lying about everything all day to the American public. It’s very depressing to me and unsettling, and I think all that matters is truth and love,” she said. “And so, I wanted to be truthful and say all the complicated feelings I had about it.”
“I just felt it was better to be truthful than not, and I didn’t want some tabloid to go, ‘Gotcha!’” the comedian went on. “I just wanted to say, ‘Here’s what I did, here’s the doctor…’ and if you want to, it’s very expensive. It’s more expensive than any car I ever bought, but I can’t drive around in my face.”
Rosie O’Donnell surprised fans in May 2025 by revealing a positive update on her weight loss journey — which she credited to using the medication Mounjaro. The injectable drug (also known as tirzepatide) is similar to Ozempic and Wegovy in that it is used primarily to treat diabetes, but can also be effective in weight […]
In her May Substack post, O’Donnell addressed how her appearance changed after losing weight, writing, “It wasn’t wrinkles — it was gravity. I’d look in the mirror and think, ‘This isn’t aging, this is melting with intention.’ I tried to be evolved about it and say things like, ‘This is natural. This is earned.’ And then … ‘Umm, how earned does it have to look?’ There’s a point where acceptance starts to feel like lying.”
O’Donnell said she enlisted a doctor who had worked with some of her friends and is pleased with the results of her procedure.
“I wanted to still be me, just … less haunted. And I do look like me — a slightly more well-rested, emotionally stable version of me,” she wrote.
“I didn’t disappear, I didn’t become someone else — I just stopped arguing with the mirror,” O’Donnell added. “And maybe that’s enough. Or at the very least … it’s what a lower deep plane facelift looks like when it minds its own business.”