Anne Hathaway finally sets the record straight on ‘loud’ facelift speculation

Anne Hathaway finally shut down “distracting” rumors she got a facelift.

During a new interview with Elle, published Thursday, Hathaway confirmed she hasn’t undergone plastic surgery despite preferring to “never comment on anything” about her physical appearance.

“We’re at a time when people feel very confident in assuming what they think is fact, and sometimes what they think is accurate and sometimes it’s not,” the 43-year-old told the magazine.

Hathaway continued, “My preference would be to … just live in the mystery and not draw attention to myself, but the speculation has gotten so loud that you do feel the need to just get your truth out there.”

The “Devil Wears Prada 2” actress looked back on the braided hairstyle tutorial she shared in March as her first subtle response to the speculation.

Hathaway will “probably always wonder” whether she should have posted the Oscars 2026 video — but took the initiative because she felt “the conversation” about her looks “was becoming distracting.”

In the viral video, Hathaway requested hairstylist Orlando Pita “show them [the] secret” after a “drumroll, please.”

Pita told his client’s followers he makes “one [braid] on each side” and then “bring[s] it together in the back.”

Hathway, who previously revealed she uses bobby pins to plump her lips, gushed that this move helps her “look a little more awake.”

Hathaway pointed out on Thursday that getting a facelift is a “huge medical decision that people are presuming” about her.

“I wanted to show that like, no, I didn’t make a huge medical decision,” she explained to the outlet. “It’s just two braids.

“And by the way, the other thing about all this is, I might still get a facelift someday,” the Oscar winner quipped.

Later in the interview, Hathaway admitted she would’ve had a harder time dealing with the criticism earlier in her career.

“One of the things about younger me is she was really scared, and I think that fear made me harsh with myself,” she shared.

“I shudder at the thought that I might have inadvertently been harsh with other people while I was being harsh with myself. I actually get nauseous thinking about it,” Hathaway added.