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Just weeks after revealing the secret to her facelift, Rosie O’Donnell is talking about why she did it and her thoughts on future cosmetic surgery.
While attending the 2026 Tony Awards on Sunday, the 64-year-old comedian – who had a facelift in January – went on to explain her reasoning for the decision and shared whether she might get other cosmetic procedures.
“No, I don’t think so,” O’Donnell said E! News at the 2026 Tony Awards on Sunday. “I’ve been in Mounjaro for the last three years. I’m diabetic, and I’ve lost over 50 pounds and I was dealing with a lot of extra skin on my face. And there were two lines that made me look sad. In Ireland, people would say, ‘Are you mad, love? What’s the matter, love?’ and I say, ‘That’s just my face. I don’t feel bad. It’s just the way I look.’
“Authenticity is the goal 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 continued. “Also, I wanted to be honest and talk about all the complicated feelings I had about it.”
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Rosie O’Donnell, who attended the 79th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 7, 2026, revealed that she was outed earlier this year. (TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic)
“I just thought it was better to tell the truth than not, and I didn’t want the newspaper to say, ‘Gotcha!'” he added. “I just wanted to say, ‘Here’s what I did, here’s the doctor …’ and if you like, it’s very expensive. It’s more expensive than any car I’ve ever bought, but I can’t walk around with it on my face.”
Last month, the former talk show host opened up about battling an unimaginable amount of guilt and shame after undergoing surgery to correct her condition earlier this year.
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“I used to feel very strongly about facelifts,” she wrote in her essay A small stake. “Not recklessly – morally. I had put myself at the head of all the women who would never – ever. I thought it was a betrayal. Of femininity. Of aging. Of our group of women around the world. Then I lost 50 pounds.”
“It wasn’t wrinkles — it was sagging. I’d look in the mirror and think, this isn’t aging, this is melting on purpose. I tried to be transformed by it. And you say things like, ‘This is natural. This is earned.’ Then… ‘umm how much money should it look like?’ There’s a point where acceptance starts to feel like lying.”
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O’Donnell said that when he started doing his own research, his 13-year-old son, Clay, did not agree with this decision.
“Then my 13-year-old got it. And it wasn’t subtle. ‘You’ve earned your wrinkles.’ Which is – first of all – rude. But again… it’s okay,” O’Donnell wrote. “Then Clay said, ‘Young women look up to you,’ And finally – with a powerful effect – ‘I couldn’t respect you if you did.’ And that… stayed. That’s a lot of talk from someone who still needs you to open jars.”
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O’Donnell said he saw his childhood in Clay, a version of himself who judged himself by his looks.
“It really threw me off. I delayed everything for months, sitting with it, thinking,” he admitted. “And then I had this quiet realization: if I’m going to teach Clay anything, it’s not going to be about my body being an idea. Even a good idea. Even loving women.”
Rosie O’Donnell spoke of the guilt and shame she felt when considering cosmetic surgery. The comedian was rehabilitated in January. (Right: O’Donnell posted this photo in April.) (Getty Images; Rosie O’Donnell Instagram)
“Because that’s not freedom anymore — that’s a different mandate that tells you what you’re allowed to do with your face,” he continued.
After months of back and forth, O’Donnell was deposed in January.
“I wanted an edge. I wanted to be me, just… carefree,” she wrote. “And I look like me – a slightly more relaxed, emotionally stable version of myself.”
Despite the positive outcome, O’Donnell said he began to struggle with a large amount of guilt and deceit.
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“I’ve never liked secrets and it’s part of my desire to prove myself innocent. But who do I owe that truth to? Is it mine to keep?”
O’Donnell, here in 2024, has lost over 50 lbs. a few years ago. (Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images)
O’Donnell said he felt “ashamed” of his privileged place in the world, admitting that the facelift “cost more than I ever paid for a car.”
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“The things I have – I get that others say, but it’s the extremes that hurt me,” he wrote.
“As I prepare for the last day of school with my youngest – the caboose here at 64 years old with a new face and neck, I’m just happy that I’m still alive, able to hear and choose and use my voice whenever I hear it called … For the girl that I was, the woman that I am, and all who join my ranks. As we continue in Act 3, this is me.”
