Rosie O’Donnell’s Facelift Results in Before-and-After Photos

“Then Clay said, ‘Young women look up to you.’ And finally – with strong effect – ‘I wouldn’t be able to respect you if you did it,’” Rosie recalled. “And that one… landed. That’s a big statement from someone who still needs you to open jars.”

Ultimately, the former daytime host—who is also mom to kids Parker, 31, Chelsea, 28, Blake, 26, and Vivienne, 23, with her ex-wife, Kelli Carpenter—decided the facelift was right for her, explaining, “If I’m teaching Clay anything, it can’t be that my body belongs to an idea either. Even a good idea. Even feminism.”

“Because that’s still not freedom,” Rosie continued, “that’s just a different authority telling you what you’re allowed to do with your own face.”