Rosie O'Donnell's Candid Confession: Why She's Done with Plastic Surgery

Rosie O’Donnell will not go under the knife again.

At Sunday’s Tony Awards 2026, the former talk show host was asked whether she plans to have any more cosmetic work done after fessing up to getting a facelift.

“No, I don’t think so,” she told E! News on the red carpet.

O’Donnell, 64, told the outlet that she decided to go public with her plastic surgery because she wanted to be genuine.

“Authenticity is the goal in these days and times,” she shared.

“And I think all that matters is truth and love, and so I wanted to be truthful and say all the complicated emotions I had about it,” the “A League of Their Own” star added.

O’Donnell also felt it was smart to get ahead of the tabloids leaking the story for a “gotcha” moment.

“I just wanted to say, ‘This is what I did, and here’s the doctor, and if you want to,'” she explained, adding that the procedure was very pricey.

“But it’s very expensive — it’s more expensive than any car I ever bought, but I can’t drive around in my face,” the former “View” co-host explained.

Last month, O’Donnell shared before-and-after photos of her transformation, saying that she felt “shameful” about the surgery because of how much she spent on it.

“The things I have — earned some say, but it’s the gross excess that wounds me,” she wrote on Substack.

The “Flintstones” actress said that though she previously thought plastic surgery was a “betrayal” of feminism, she had a change of heart when she noticed how many wrinkles were on her face following her 50-pound weight loss.

“I tried to be evolved about it. and say things like, ‘This is natural. This is earned,’” she penned. “And then … ‘umm how earned does it have to look?’

“There’s a point where acceptance starts to feel like lying,” O’Donnell added.