Rosie O'donnell Reveals Lower Deep Plane Face Lift in Wednesday Post
rosie o'donnell revealed on Wednesday that she had a lower deep plane face lift, pairing the disclosure with before-and-after photos on Instagram. She also pointed followers to an essay on Substack, turning a personal procedure into a public explanation of why she decided to speak about it at all.
Instagram and Substack
In her essay titled “decisions,” O'Donnell said, “I used to feel very strongly about facelifts,” before laying out how that view changed after she lost 50 pounds. She wrote that her face was “melting with intention,” then said the procedure left her looking like “a slightly more well-rested emotionally stable version” of herself.
The 64-year-old said she delayed the operation for months while talking to friends and thinking it through. She eventually found a doctor she trusted and went through with a “lower deep plane face lift,” then described the result as a way to “still be me, just… less haunted.”
Clay and the wrinkles
Clay pushed the emotional stakes higher before O'Donnell made the choice. She said her child told her that she had “earned” her wrinkles and that the teen “wouldn't be able to respect” her if she got a facelift, a blunt objection that sat beside her own discomfort with changing her face.
O'Donnell also wrote, “This is natural. This is earned,” and recalled asking, “umm how earned does it have to look?” That conflict is the real story here: she did not frame the surgery as reinvention, but as a line she kept moving toward after months of hesitation.
Why she said it publicly
In the same essay, O'Donnell said she struggled with whether she owed the public the truth about the procedure. She compared that pressure to earlier questions about visibility and honesty when she was a closeted gay woman, then ended by saying she was “happier than I have been in years” and “Just to be alive.”
That choice to disclose matters because she did not let the photo do the talking. She attached the image to a written account of body change, family judgment and self-definition, which makes the post less like a reveal and more like a public record of how she reached the decision.
Ireland in March 2025
In March 2025, O'Donnell said she moved out of the United States with Clay and moved to Ireland, adding that “It's been heartbreaking to see what's happening politically and hard for me personally, as well.” The facelift disclosure now sits inside that broader reset: a public life being recast in a different country, with less room for silence and more room for explanation.
For readers, the practical takeaway is simple: O'Donnell said she had the procedure, said why she hesitated, and said why she finally went public. She did not sell the change as anything larger than a face that looks more rested, but she did put her own terms on it before anyone else could.
