Rosie O’Donnell opens up about her recent facelift and whether she plans to do any more cosmetic work.
“No, I don’t think so,” said the former talk show host, 64 E! News at the 2026 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7.
O’Donnell said she decided to have a facelift, despite being against the procedure, after losing a lot of weight, which left her with more skin on her face.
“I am open [diabetes and weight loss drug] Mounjaro for the past three years. I have diabetes, and I lost over 50 pounds and then it caused an increase in the skin I had on my face.” And there were two lines that made me look sad. In Ireland, people used to say, ‘Are you upset, dear? What’s up honey?’ and I say, ‘That’s just my face. I don’t feel bad. Just the way I look.’”
The first one Look cohost, who moved to Ireland last year, first shared her transition in a May 25 Substack post, admitting that she initially felt the process was “betrayal. Feminism.
However, since going under the knife in January, O’Donnell has said he wants to be open and honest about the work he has done.
“Authenticity is the key in this day and age, and people lie about everything all day long in American society. It’s very stressful and troubling to me, and I think all that matters is truth and love,” he said. “Also, I wanted to be honest and talk about all the complicated feelings I had about it.”
“I just thought it’s better to tell the truth than not to want it, and I didn’t want the magazines saying, ‘Gotcha!'” the comedian continued. “I just wanted to say, ‘Here’s what I did, here’s the doctor…’ and if you like, it’s expensive. More expensive than any car I’ve ever bought, but I can’t walk away looking at my face.”
Rosie O’Donnell surprised fans in May 2025 by revealing a positive update on her weight loss journey – she didn’t mention she was using the drug Mounjaro. The injectable drug (also known as tirzepatide) is similar to Ozempic and Wegovy in that it is mainly used to treat diabetes, but it can also help with weight. […]
In her book Substack, O’Donnell talked about 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 on purpose.’ I tried to be flexible about it and say things like, ‘This is natural. This has been achieved.’ Then … ‘Umm, how much money should it look like?’ There’s a point where acceptance starts to feel like lying.”
O’Donnell said she signed up with a doctor who had worked with some of her friends and was happy with the results of her procedure.
“I wanted to be myself, …
“I didn’t disappear, I didn’t become someone else – I just stopped arguing with the mirror,” added O’Donnell. “And maybe that’s enough. Or at least … it’s a way to raise the face of a deep plane when it’s minding its own business.”
