It is distracting. That is exactly what Anne Hathaway thinks of all the noise surrounding her face. The 43-year-old spoke to Elle recently to set the record straight, tired of the assumption game everyone plays online. People act like they know the medical truth about her. They don’t.
“We’re at a time when everyone feels so confident in assuming what they think is a fact, sometimes what they think is true, sometimes it is not.”
Here is where the whole circus started. In March she posted an Instagram video. Her hairstylist was there. They showed her a little trick—two tiny braids pulled back near the temples. It gives the cheekbones a bit of lift. Pure mechanics. Nothing invasive.
The internet looked at that and decided she was secretly fighting rumors about a facelift with a braid tutorial. Or maybe the video itself looked like she was fighting a battle she didn’t want. Either way.
Hathaway admits she probably shouldn’t have said anything. Her natural instinct is silence, mystery, and keeping her head down. But the speculation got so loud, so loud, she had to get her truth out. Just once. She still wonders if she should have kept quiet. Let it be. Just do the thing that makes her happy on the red carpet. But she couldn’t. The distraction was winning.
She points out that assuming she got work done means assuming she made massive medical choices she definitely did not make. It’s just hair.
“I might still get a facelift one day.”
She actually said that. Can you imagine saying that publicly? Most people run for cover. Not her. She is just laying cards on the table.
She isn’t always this bold. Younger Anne Hathaway? A different story entirely. That version of herself was scared. Scared enough to be really mean to herself. She shudders just thinking about how harsh she must have been on the world when she was so harsh on herself. Makes her nauseous, really.
Maybe growing up just teaches you that other people’s opinions about your nose aren’t your emergency. Or maybe it takes turning forty to finally not give a damn. We’ll never know for sure.
