10 Stars Who Swore Up And Down They Didn't Get Cosmetic Work Done — Then Revealed The Truth

"I wish I'd just been honest."

Plastic surgery and procedures have become pretty commonplace in Hollywood, with plenty of celebs being totally upfront about the work they've had done.

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Chrissy Teigen announced she'd had fat removed from her cheeks back in 2011, Amy Schumer publicly detailed her liposuction journey, and Simon Cowell is open about getting botox.

Of course, not everyone is quite so candid about their elective beauty procedures. Which is totally A-OK! We're all entitled to a level of privacy around what we choose to do with our own bodies.

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However, when celebrities deliberately mislead us about cosmetic procedures they've had done, it feels icky. It just perpetuates the idea that people — especially women — can look like them without any intervention.

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Here are 10 celebs who denied getting any work done, only to eventually admit the truth.

1. Bella Hadid spent years denying that she'd gotten a nose job, or any other work done.

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“People think I got all this surgery," she told InStyle in 2018. "And you know what? We can do a scan of my face, darling. I’m scared of putting fillers into my lips. I wouldn’t want to mess up my face."

But in 2022, Bella admitted that she'd had a nose job when she was just 14 years old.

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She told Vogue that she now regrets it, saying, “I wish I had kept the nose of my ancestors." She said that part of the reason for the procedure was that she felt like she didn't measure up to her older sister Gigi. “I was the uglier sister. I was the brunette. I wasn’t as cool as Gigi, not as outgoing,” she told the outlet. “That’s really what people said about me. And unfortunately, when you get told things so many times, you do just believe it.” 

After the Vogue interview was published, social media users called out Bella's parents for letting the surgery go ahead at such a young age. "Getting plastic surgery at 14 years old when you haven’t even grown into your features is sad as hell," one person wrote.

2. Ashlee Simpson made a huge deal about loving our bodies as they are.

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In 2006, the "Pieces of Me" singer appeared on the cover of Marie Claire, claiming that we should all love our bodies as they are. "Everyone is made differently, and that's what makes us beautiful and unique," she said in the accompanying interview. "I want girls to look in the mirror and feel confident."

But then she got a secret nose job.

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At almost the exact same time the issue hit newsstands, Ashlee was spotted with what looked like a very different-shaped nose. The magazine's editor said they received over a thousand pieces of hate mail because of the star's hypocrisy and the magazine’s “cluelessness.” 

Her father eventually spilled the beans to US Weekly, saying that Ashlee had "a real problem with her breathing and that was cured." 

3. Sarah Jessica Parker swore that she wasn't responsible for her missing mole.

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When the SATC actress was photographed in 2008 — sans her iconic chin mole — her publicist told the Daily Mail, "Nothing has been removed."

But she relented two years later.

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SJP eventually admitted that she'd had it removed by her plastic surgeon brother-in-law: “I didn’t object to it. I just didn’t care for it.”

She added that she regretted the decision after a fan told her that the mole was her "signature." "For about the next 15 minutes, I couldn't hear anything because I thought I'd make a terrible mistake. Can they put it back on?" she told David Letterman.

4. Kylie Jenner built a brand around her big lips and swore she hadn't got filler.

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The reality star repeatedly denied getting lip filler, insisting that she simply overlined her lips — while also promoting her best-selling Lip Kits. In a now-deleted tweet, she wrote, “These plastic surgery rumors hurt my feelings to be honest and are kinda insulting.”

But less than a year later, she came clean.

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On an episode of KUWTK, Kylie — then still a teen — admitted to having injections, but no one was shocked. "Kylie Jenner announcing that she has lip fillers is like me announcing that this water I'm drinking is wet," one person wrote on social media. 

The following year, she explained her reasoning to Complex. “I wasn’t even 17 yet,” she said. “What if I came out and said, ‘Oh, yeah, I got my lips done’? What are all those moms going to think about me? I wish I had just been honest and upfront.”

5. Tyra Banks spent years condemning surgery in the modeling industry.

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The model and TV host has spoken out against plastic surgery multiple times, saying she was totally against it. She even hired a doctor to give her a sonogram on live TV to prove she was all-natural. 

But she recently revealed that she'd had a rhinoplasty way back in the '90s.

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In her 2018 memoir, Perfect Is Boring, Tyra revealed she had a nose job early in her career. She told People: “I had bones in my nose that were growing and itching. I could breathe fine, but I added cosmetic surgery. I admit it!"

6. Lady Gaga was proud of the fact that she didn't get surgery, comparing herself to the other pop girlies who did.

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Lady Gaga told Harper's Bazaar in 2011 that she wasn't a fan of surgical procedures. "I have never had plastic surgery, and there are many pop singers who have," she said. "I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification," she added, in reference to the prosthetics she wore in her video for "Born This Way."

Later, though, Gaga admitted that she'd once been addicted to facial fillers.

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In 2012, she told Howard Stern that she used to get a lot of fillers. "I've never had any work-work done, but I went through a phase when I was smoking pot when I was really obsessed with getting facial injections." She added: "Before I shot the 'Applause' video, [a photographer friend] was like, 'Gaga, I love you, but if you don't stop injecting shit in your face, I'm going to just kill you.'"

7. Rose McGowan said that her changing facial features were due to a car accident.

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Charmed star Rose McGowan made headlines in the '00s after photos of her sparked speculation that she had undergone a drastic procedure on her face. The actress told reporters that she'd been in a serious car crash and needed reconstructive surgery. 

Later, Rose revealed that her publicist had told her to say that.

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In her 2018 book Brave, Rose revealed the truth. In reality, she'd had surgery to fix a sinus problem, but the surgeon had accidentally punctured the skin below her right eye. She needed reconstructive surgery, which led to both eyes looking slightly pinched. 

"I told my publicists what happened, and they said to say it was a car accident," Rose wrote. "Looking back, I don't know why it mattered, but I took that advice. And so, when I was asked by the press, that became the party line."

8. Scheana Shay denied having work done on her face.

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In 2016, Vanderpump Rules viewers noticed that Scheana looked a lot different than she had in the previous season. The star addressed rumors on Twitter: "I lost weight. I didn't have work done. Believe what you want. My makeup is better, and my face is thinner. Simple as that."

The next day, she got a bit more specific.

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The following day, Scheana clarified that she'd had some work done, but that nothing about her was plastic. "I've had botox since 2011. Lips for 2 years. Both temp," she tweeted. 

9. Cindy Crawford claimed a DIY face scrub was to thank for her perfect face.

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For years, supermodel Cindy Crawford swore that her youthful looks were thanks to a magic mix of coffee grounds and olive oil, maintaining that she'd never had any medical intervention.

Then, she revealed that she's been going to the same surgeon since she was 29.

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In 2006, she revealed that she'd actually been getting botox injections since just before her 30th birthday. "In order to restore elasticity, all I can really count on is vitamin injections, botox, and collagen," she told Gala.

10. And finally, Victoria Beckham spent a decade denying ever having a boob job.

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There were rumors back in 1999, and then again in 2006, that Posh Spice had gotten a breast augmentation. She denied it for years.

Eventually, she 'fessed up and admitted her regrets.

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"I should probably say, don't mess with your boobs," Beckham wrote in a letter addressed to her younger self for British Vogue. "All those years I denied it — stupid. A sign of insecurity. Just celebrate what you've got."