Rosie O’Donnell Unveils Facelift Results in Before-and-After Photos

And though she tried to be “evolved about it,” she soon started to feel differently. Still, the fact that she even considered a facelift shocked 13-year-old Clay, whom she shared with late ex-wife MichelleRounds.

“It was not subtle,” she said of Clay’s response. “‘You earned your wrinkles.’ Which—first of all—rude. But also… correct.”

“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,’” Rosie recalled. “And that one… landed. That’s a big statement from someone who still needs you to open jars.”

Ultimately, the former daytime host—who is also mom to kids Parker, 31, Chelsea, 28, Blake, 26, and Vivienne, 23, with her ex-wife, Kelli Carpenter—decided the facelift was right for her, explaining, “If I’m teaching Clay anything, it can’t be that my body belongs to an idea either. Even a good idea. Even feminism.”

“Because that’s still not freedom,” Rosie continued, “that’s just a different authority telling you what you’re allowed to do with your own face.”

And despite her initial hesitation—and her desire to make sure her face still looked like her, just “less haunted”—she’s found that barely anyone has noticed the change, including Clay.

“Not one person. Not a friend, not a stranger,” she wrote, “not even people who owe me compliments.”

Regardless, Rosie wanted to make sure she was open about her facelift.

“For the girl I was. The woman I am. And all those joining my ranks. As we carry on in act 3,” she concluded. “This is me.”

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