‘Generations of women have been disfigured’

Jamie Lee Curtis is condemning Hollywood’s obsession with plastic surgery for “disfiguring” generations of women.

“The concept that you can alter the way you look through chemicals, surgical procedures, fillers – there’s a disfigurement of generations of predominantly women who are altering their appearances,” the “Freakier Friday” star said in a new interview with The Guardian.

“It is aided and abetted by AI, because now the filter face is what people want. I’m not filtered right now. The minute I lay a filter on and you see the before and after, it’s hard not to go, ‘Oh, well that looks better.’ But what’s better? Better is fake.”

To drive her point across even further, Curtis, 66, rocked a pair of oversized wax lips — which she personally bought from Amazon — to her accompanying photo shoot with the outlet.

“The wax lips is my statement against plastic surgery,” she proclaimed. “I’ve been very vocal about the genocide of a generation of women by the cosmeceutical industrial complex, who’ve disfigured themselves. The wax lips really sends it home.”

Curtis then defended her use of the word “genocide,” recalling its definition of the deliberate and systematic destruction of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. She said she uses it “specifically” because it’s a “strong” word.

“I believe that we have wiped out a generation or two of natural human [appearance],” she argued, adding, “And there are too many examples – I will not name them – but very recently we have had a big onslaught through media, many of those people.”

When The Guardian asked her thoughts on her “Freakier Friday” co-star Lindsay Lohan, who has sparked plastic surgery rumors after debuting a fresh look, she said, “I’m bossy, very bossy, but I try to mind my own business.”

“She doesn’t need my advice,” she continued. “She’s a fully functioning, smart woman, creative person. Privately, she’s asked me questions, but nothing that’s more than an older friend you might ask.”

Curtis also told the outlet that women who choose to undergo cosmetic procedures should not feel judged by her comments — simply because she doesn’t “care.”

“It doesn’t matter. I’m not proselytising to them. I would never say a word. I would never say to someone, ‘What have you done?’” she shared. “All I know is that it is a never-ending cycle. That, I know. Once you start, you can’t stop. But it’s not my job to give my opinion; it’s none of my business.”

Back in 2022, the “Halloween” icon made similar statements on the “Today” show, declaring herself “pro-aging.”

“I did plastic surgery,” the star continued. “I put Botox in my head. Does Botox make the big wrinkle go away? Yes. But then you look like a plastic figurine.”

One year prior, she told Fast Company, “The current trend of fillers and procedures, and this obsession with filtering, and the things that we do to adjust our appearance on Zoom are wiping out generations of beauty.

“Once you mess with your face, you can’t get it back.”

Curtis has admitted to getting liposuction and an eye procedure that got her addicted to opioids after the director of “Perfect” made a cruel comment about her appearance. She has been sober for over 20 years.

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