A small personal update to this story, originally published in March 2025, I went ahead and got a facelift. Although the discussion on when to stop injectables is still relevant today.
This story in Hollywood is not a new one. It is in fact, a very old one. But for some reason, Demi Moore’s denial irks me the most.
A beloved Hollywood actress whose face has remained eerily unchanged will get asked in an interview, “How do you look so young?”
“Oh, just sunscreen and water!”
“Oh, I just sleep on a silk pillowcase!”
“I do daily face yoga!”
“It’s red light therapy.”
My favorite is “I drink green juice everyday.”
The classic Hollywood facelift denial is practically an art form these days. While transprency is getting better. It’s still quite bad.
Can we take a case in point: Demi Moore.
Now, let’s be clear. I absolutely love Demi Moore. If you haven’t read her biography, Demi Moore Inside Out, I can’t recommend it enough. She discusses intimate details of her marriages to Ashton Kutcher and Bruce Willis, eating disorder issues, drinking issues, and so much more. She openly admits and discusses all of the intense pressure on her in Hollywood. It’s very honest. A truly great read.
However, this honesty seems to disappear whenever asked about maintaining her youthful appearance.
In a recent interview about The Substance, she is asked by reporter Tracy Smith, “For you personally, today, when you look in the mirror, what do you think?"
Demi answers this,”Uhm, it fluctuates, some days I look and I'm like, Wow. That's pretty good. And some days, I catch myself dissecting, hyper-focusing on, you know, things that I don't like. The difference is, now I can catch myself. I can go, Yeah, I don't like that loose skin. But, you know, it is what it is. So, I'm gonna make the best of what is, as opposed to chasing what isn't."
Chasing what isn’t? Says the women who has clearly had tons of plastic surgery head to toe.
Am I alone here in how irksome this answer is?
The cool girl laissez-faire attitude about facial aging in her answer bothers me to my core. We all know Demi has visited at least one facial surgeon.
And this is what gets me: with all of the honesty seeping through the pages of her book and her constant talk of how women need to just accept themselves, why can’t she just say, “Hey women everywhere, I got a facelift. I look great! Let me tell you exactly what I did.”
Wouldn’t admitting the work she has had done be the most empowering for her and women everywhere? Rather than putting out into the world the illusion of something completely unattainable?
When Julianne Moore, at age 63, says she has not had surgery, I believe her.
The woman is flawless and gorgeous.