Rosie O'Donnell, 64, Shares Unfiltered Before-and-After Photos of Her Pricey Facelift

Michelle LeeWed, May 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM UTC

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Rosie O'Donnell before and after her facelift
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Rosie O'Donnell shared the results of her facelift

The comedian posted before-and-after photos of her appearance one day after revealing that she underwent the surgery

In her previous Substack post, O'Donnell wrote that her enhancement cost more than a car

Rosie O'Donnell continues to open up about her plastic surgery journey.

The 64-year-old former talk show host revealed in a May 26 Substack post titled "decisions" that she underwent a facelift, the results of which she shared in unfiltered before-and-after photos on Instagram.

O'Donnell let her appearance speak for itself but revealed the story behind her transformation — which she wrote “cost more money than I have ever paid for a car" — in her personal essay.

She admitted that she always felt “very strongly about facelifts” and prided herself on being someone “who would never - ever" get one. “I thought it was a betrayal. Of feminism. Of aging. Of our team of women worldwide," but then, "I lost 50 pounds…,” she added.

Although the former View co-host said that it sometimes felt inauthentic to be completely against cosmetic procedures. “There's a point where acceptance starts to feel like lying."

In her piece, O'Donnell said that she researched facelifts, but her feelings towards them shifted again when her daughter Clay, 13, found out and advised against it. (O'Donnell is mom to Clay as well as kids Parker Jaren O'Donnell, 31, Chelsea Belle O'Donnell, 28, Blake Christopher O'Donnell, 26, and Vivienne Rose O'Donnell, 23.)

Clay "sounded exactly like me. Like my younger, more certain, more morally rigid self had somehow moved into my house," O'Donnell explained. She saw the exchange as a learning opportunity for her children. “I want them to grow up in a world where they don't feel like they have to change but also know they can, if they want to, without losing moral standing in their own lives."

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Rosie O'Donnell at the 'Burlesque: The Musical' premiere on July 22, 2025
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The comedian "wanted a limit" and hoped to avoid developing a fixation where she was constantly trying to make more and more tweaks. She was able to slide under the radar once the procedure was done.

“Not one person. Not a friend, not a stranger, not even people who owe me compliments. My teen daughter,  has not said a word. Nothing. I went through a full existential feminist crisis, had my face and neck surgically altered, and the result is… zippo,” she wrote.

She concluded her post by calling this stage of her life "act 3."

“As I get ready for the last day of school with my youngest - the caboose, here at 64 years old with a new lower face and neck, just happy to be alive. Able to feel and choose and use my voice whenever I feel called to," she shared. "For the girl I was. The woman I am."

In a 2021 interview with Vulture, the actress opened up about her outlook on plastic surgery and why she felt avoiding it would be beneficial for her acting career.

She explained at the time: "I always knew as an actress that when I got into my 60s, I would be playing the Geraldine Page roles. I wasn't going to have plastic surgery. I was going to look the way a woman my age should look, and I always thought that would be a blessing in my older age. I would get to play the Colleen Dewhurst roles. That has turned out to be true. I'm getting all this acting work now that I'm closing in on 60."

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