By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-07-21 16:22:05 | Updated at 2026-08-09 07:38:06
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Rosie O'Donnell has shared the staggering price of her facelift and opened up about her 60-pound weight loss on Mounjaro - admitting that the miracle drug 'changed her life' after her decades-long struggle with food.
O'Donnell, 64, spoke about her journey with the weight loss jab in a new interview with People, where she also reflected on the viral, shocking facelift she underwent at the beginning of the year.
GLP-1 medications – originally designed to treat type 2 diabetes and sold under brand names such as Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy – have been widely adopted as blockbuster weight-loss tools.
'Mounjaro changed my life. I couldn’t even pronounce it at first,' O'Donnell, who now resides permanently in Ireland, told People.
'I started three years ago when I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I was stunned at how it quieted the food noise. I’ve had trouble with my weight my whole life,' she shared.
'I know the shame and humiliation dealt to people who are overweight.'
O'Donnell explained that her children even went so far as to hide their Halloween candy from her when they were young.
'I’d wake up at 3 in the morning and go, "There’s a Nestlé’s Crunch bar somewhere." I couldn’t help myself,' she confessed to the magazine.
Rosie O'Donnell has shared the staggering price of her facelift and opened up about her 60-pound weight loss on Mounjaro. She's seen in June
'Mounjaro changed my life,' O'Donnell, who now resides permanently in Ireland, told People. She's pictured in 2008
When asked how the weight loss has changed her life, the comedian explained that it's affected how she views herself.
'It’s very strange to just buy a pair of jeans that fit. When I would do late-night [TV], my biggest concern wasn’t my set - it was, did I look fat?' O'Donnell admitted.
'On League of Their Own, [director] Penny Marshall didn’t help by saying, "Rosie, I want you to lose 20 pounds." I’m like, "You think I carry it around for fun, Penny?" When I look back, I go, "God, I wish I could have enjoyed the size I was."
'I’m now at that same weight [as I was then]. But I feel much healthier, more powerful in my own physicality.'
She was also very open about her recent facelift during the interview, explaining why she ultimately decided to be so public about it.
The star first went under the knife in January, and shared a flabbergasting set of before-and-after photos in May showing the results of the facelift on her Instagram page.
'I didn’t make it public until everyone started saying, "You look so much better. What are you doing?" I didn’t want to be one of those people who says, "Oh, nothing,"' O'Donnell said about the decision to share her facelift in the new interview with People. 'So why do I look like this? $90,000.'
O'Donnell admitted she was 'worried' about the high cost, adding: 'I don’t like to waste money. I would never spend that on a car.'
The star first went under the knife in January, and shared a flabbergasting set of before-and-after photos in May showing the results of the facelift on her Instagram page. She's seen before (left) and after (right) the surgery
O'Donnell admitted that she 'wrestled' with the idea of getting a facelift for quite some time because 'as a feminist' she felt like she was giving into the 'male gaze.' She's seen in June
The former The View co-host explained that she had lost so much weight on Mounjaro that she had excess skin on her chin, which made her 'look sad.'
'People in Ireland said, "Rosie, are you all right, love?" I’m like, "It’s my face. I actually feel happy here." I didn’t want my face to be frozen,' she said.
She also admitted that she 'wrestled' with the idea of getting a facelift for quite some time because 'as a feminist' she felt like she was giving into the 'male gaze.'
'I always felt this is the male gaze and not anything I believe in,' she said. '[And my son] Clay said, "Mommy, girls look up to you. What does your legacy stand for if you do this?"
'I changed my mind for six months and then decided the real power of feminism [is] to decide what we want to do with our bodies and when.'
The facelift comes a half-decade after she insisted she would never get plastic surgery on the grounds that it would prevent her from getting the roles she wanted.
'I always knew as an actress that when I got into my 60s, I would be playing the Geraldine Page roles,' she shared with Vulture in 2021.
'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.'
