Renée Zellwegger caused a media storm the other day by going to the Elle awards, er, looking completely different. Whether this is due to a combination of ageing, plastic surgery, or a bit of both, we will never know because it isn’t our face and we haven’t seen her in around five years, so it’s difficult to tell, plus it isn’t our face.
Alongside the fairly standard ‘WOW SHE LOOKS DIFFERENT’ articles, there has also been lots of ‘BUT WE LIKED YOU BEFORE’ and ‘WHAT HAVE YOU DONE’ and ‘ISN’T IT SO SAD YOU FEEL THE NEED TO HAVE PLASTIC SURGERY’.
A few people have pointed out that in the Bridget Jones era when Renée was at her most A-listy, loads of people called her hamsterface and made mean comments about her. Despite the fact she was beautiful and – as she ‘unveiled’ her ‘new face’ at the awards do earlier on in the week – is still beautiful, just in a different sort of way.
A male friend of mine said, ‘She’s not fit any more, she looks like a mum,’ – which is probably just the worst thing to say. I didn’t even have a response to it because there were too many responses, and all of them involved swearing.
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Anyway, enough about my stupid mates, some celebrities (important people!) have sprung to Renée’s defense on Twitter. Iggy Azalea, for one, tells it pretty much exactly like it is:
And comedian/writer/revolutionary Russell Brand devoted an entire episode of his webisode series ‘Trews’ (‘It’s news, that’s true’) to discussing the reaction to her face. Highlights include: ‘This is, after all, a person going to a place’, ‘It’s just Renée Zellwegger... plus time’ and ‘OK let’s say Renée Zellwegger has had surgery. What’s Renée Zellwegger had surgery for? It’s like she’s under some intense pressure regarding her physical appearance or something!’
Another favourite part is ‘OH MY GOD RENÉE ZELLWEGGER WHAT’S HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE’ ‘Er, I’m George Foreman.’
Check it out.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.